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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1903
Page
3
Local notes report Miss Annie Chandler ill. several visits to Oxford. community events fill weekends. Advertisements promote menswear, dresses, shoes, and a photo studio with a guaranteed finish in 2–5 days, plus Thanksgiving turkey prep and a Medallion giveaway with photo sessions.
Readable fragments indicate old newspapers offered for purchase at the rate of 25 cents per hundred. The notice mentions inventory and sale terms in a concise classified style.
The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Ray is seriously ill, prompting concern from family and community members.
Friday night's program attracted a large audience with the Magee sisters and Adelaide Duval delivering a charming vocal trio. The Elocution class performed a Parasol Drill and The Little Red Umbrella, and the Dramatic Club staged A Ghost of an Idea with Polly Flutter by Janie McIntosh. The Pantomime Nearer My God to Thee closed with Graceful display and a moving hymn by Francis Winchester.
A. M. Mitchell declares the place posted against all hunters and notes he acts as agent for the R. H. Martin and Pete Mitchell farms. The statement identifies property boundaries and implicates hunting restrictions.
Eighty acres of land offered eight miles northwest of town at a bargain for the year 1904. For particulars apply at this office.
A 5 year old Jack is offered for sale or trade cheap. A thoroughbred Jersey male, 4 years old, priced at $15.00. Several hundred gallons of Sorghum offered at 25 cents per gallon. Listing by Lanes DY Wis Varro.
The Ladies of the Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church in Oxford hold a week of prayer and thank offering. Attendance was affected by sickness yet the meeting was encouraging, with papers read on schools city missions rescue work and tithing and the group prayed for faithful workers and divine aid.
The speaker asks why God sent foreigners and urges Americanization and Christianization. Women should lead to combat evils threatening newcomers. Praise for Mrs. W H Johnson of Dallas Rescue Home and calls for more con secrated women to ease burdens. Mission work spans from coast to coast with Cuban and Italian outreach and requests enlarged quarters at Ruth Hargrove Key West. Twenty five needy souls were turned away last year.
The Shelbina Democrat editor concedes a sensitive issue among readers, hinting at a drift in subscriber behavior and the need to address a matter essential to the newspaper business without detailing it.
A sales pitch extols photographs as the ideal gift made at Halladay's New Oxford Studio above the Oxford Dry Goods Store. It promises high quality, up-to-date photos to suit holidays and notes the studio's prime location at the northwest corner of the public square with day or night service.
The article notes a Japanese minister returning to teach and aid missionaries. It reports a city missionary converting fifteen nationalities in one northern city, and urges Women’s Home Mission Society members to expand outreach abroad and at home. It mentions Brevard School opening October first with noted leaders and ongoing fundraising challenges.
Dr June Davidson longtime Lafayette County resident and onetime University campus physician died at his home Friday night at age 79 after retiring in usual health the evening before. Survived by wife, sons, and daughters. community mourns a lifetime of service.
B P Gray Chancery Clerk announces that his term ends the first Monday in January 1904 and asks all debtors for recording fees and court costs to call and settle at once stating leniency and urging payment for deeds and fees without further notice
To Roxey Pegues whose post office is unknown you are commanded to appear before the Chancery Court of Lafayette County Mississippi on the fourth Monday in November 1903 to answer the suit of Charles Pegues in which you are defendant. This the 25th of Oct 1903.
Letters testamentary for Benn Price granted by the Chancery Court of LaFayette County Mississippi on October 28 1903. All claimants must probate and register within one year or be forever barred. MEMPHIS TRUST Co Executor.
Josephine Singleton of Nacogdoches Texas is summoned to Fayette County Chancery Court Mississippi on the ath Monday in November 1993 to defend suit by Thomas Mize et al. The notice is dated 27th day of Act. A. D., 1903.
State of Mississippi requires Sallie Patton whose post office is Brunswick Georgia to appear before the Chancery Court of Lafayette County on the fourth Monday in November 1903 to defend suit brought by Sam Patton. Dated October 29 1903. B P Gray Clerk L M Russell Attorney for Complainant.
Advertisement claims Herbine directly influences the poece terrane to purify and strengthen organs, maintaining health to remove causes of yellow skin pimples blotches and blackheads. Offers 25 ete at the Oxford Pharmacy.
Notice states possession is given immediately and directs inquiries to W. D. Porter at Merchants & Farmers Bank regarding terms and details related to THEO. SWEENEY.
The Chancery Court of LaFayette County Mississippi commands Ida Lee McCord Effie Edward and Mattie Johnson to appear on the fourth Monday in November 1903 to show cause why J R Harkins administrator of the estate of J T McCord deceased should not be allowed final account and discharged. Clerk P Gray and W V Sullivan attorney.
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