07 Nov 1918
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1918
Page
1
The article lists leaders and beat chairmen for a war work drive in Oxford area, naming T. H. Somerville as chairman and Mrs A L Bondurant and others as chairs and secretaries. It inventories beat districts from Oxford to Taylor and nearby communities with numerous volunteers and routes.
A county mass meeting will be held in Oxford at the Courtyard on Saturday November 9 at 11:00 a.m. Speakers from the front will describe war progress and the valor of our boys. No collections will be taken. A Duree boar donated by General James Stone will be auctioned for United Causes. A Lafayette County service flag will be presented and dedicated.
Ed Ramsey of Water Valley and others are named with route and district assignments including Cornish Knight Paris Tula and Toee Pota. An advertisement for Ballard's Hore-Hound Syrup promotes relief from coughing with prices 25c 60c and 1.00 per bottle sold by A H Kendel.
A Lafayette County appeal urges six thousand dollars for The United War Work Campaign to aid soldiers. Women are asked to contribute in the next few days and attend the Oxford event on Saturday November 9 to dedicates the county service flag and hear messages from cantonments.
The nation celebrated amid rumors that Germany had surrendered and that an armistice would take effect. Reports from Washington discuss terms prepared by the supreme war council and the process for German emissaries to receive and consider them, with final acceptance likely after military and civil approvals.
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