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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1914
Page
3
Local items include memos about visitors and residents in Memphis Pontotoc and Jackson. Social notices mention Mrs Dr L Suham and Mrs M P Bishop visiting, a house being refitted, a fire loss near Zion, and Estelle Oldham recovering after a horse fall. Reverend J R Daily from Indianapolis will preach at the Baptist Church.
MauJe SS of Louisville spoke Tuesday in Oxford at a church gathering of state women missionaries. Dallas resident Joseph A. Bracking wed Miss Baby Smitt in Oxford, and Carra Edna McLarty married John Burrard Kelley at the brides’ home. The couples planned Texas and Mount community residences, with best wishes from families.
Fragmented classified style note seeks information on Lewis Boucher of Oxford early Civil War days and dispatches a series of missing items. It mentions a Captain W C Neal, a nearby farm within ten miles of Oxford, and a barter for land south of Laws with details on land quality water crops and no boll weevil or negroes. Also a lost black faced dog with white markings described and reward offered.
All parties delinquent with Om ford Buildin and Loan Association dues must call at the First National Bank or get the notice of the Board of Directors. W. D. Por rin, Secy. For sale or exchange for cotton Certificate of Deposit bearing 4 percent interest with Merchants and Farmers Bank. $2.00 will allow 2 cents per pound for his cotton. Ad G. M. L., care Herming Box 32 Union St Memphis Tennessee.
The November session of the Lafayette County Board of Supervisors met at the Coert house in Oxferd Misa. They recorded allowances for paupers and road work, jail oversight, inspections, and salaries. Numerous names appear for services on roads levees and prisons with amounts listed.
Notice warns trespassers not to enter land described as Bermuda pasture for cattle grazing. Addressed to Delbridge Bros by R. Dursames of Oxford Mississippi Route 3. All persons are warned that legal action will follow for violations.
Furniture sale listing offers a quartered-oak extension dining table with matching bedroom furniture in good condition. Prices reasonable. Contact details not provided in the readable text.
An advertisement touts The Steate Microbe Destroyer as curing severe momsili tis and sore throat. It claims relief for mothers of young children and promises strong throat relief for various ailments.
At the Gooleby residence near Yprese Creek noon ceremony united Pearl Goolsby and Henry Graham of Rocky Ford with Rev. James Neon officiating. The bride, a native of the area, is celebrated for her many graces and broad circle of friends wish her happiness.
The Alemrae Club of the Industrial Institute and College at Columbus sought review after claims tied to a sensational letter. A Post Office Department inquiry, led by Chief Inspector Joe P. Johnston, found no evidence connecting any faculty member to the author ship of the letter, yielding complete exoneration for the implicated faculty.
A quirky note notes experiments with pea wart remedies offered for sale. The fragment hints at a mother and child context and a trial of remedies, with little concrete detail beyond the themed product claim.
Mrs Nettie Vandiver of Bolivar Route No 2 is commanded to appear before the Lafayette County Mississippi Court on the th e Monday of November 1914 to answer or demur to the divorce complaint of E C Vandiver filed by W M Woodwarp Chancery Clerk solicitor for complainant. The document lists Rowland Drug Co Oxford Miss Johny Jone Taylor Mise and Eath an Manufacturing Co Grenada as involved parties.
The Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of Lafayette County Mississippi will receive sealed bids Dec 5 1914 at 2 o clock noon for road work links 190 Orford and Abbeville road from Abbeville to Gwatt Interstate area Reedick work from Tom Tidwell to Union High School House known as the Gaffer New Row. Bids to conform to plans and specifications and the Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids.
In Oxford Mississippi September 3 a governor candidate for clemency is urged for Elia, a Mississippi convict from 1906 with good conduct and long imprisonment. The petitioner, a Lafayette County resident, cites age and clean prior character and asks authority to grant executive clemency and restore freedom.
Sheriff E. E. Temple of Lafayette County Mississippi advertises sale of Berry and Robert Cochran’s real estate to satisfy a October 1 1863 judgment for 8047 plus costs. Property includes 20 acres in the South half of section 18 Township 8 Range 4 and the East fraction of Northeast of section 2 Township 8 Range 4 in Oxford Mississippi. Sale at the Court House between legal hours to the highest bidder.
Mrs Norris of Sanford Miss fell near death from a stomach ache until Mayr’s Wonderful Stomach Remedy was found. After taking the extract, she recovered and is now stated to be out of danger. The report credits the remedy with saving her life and restoring health.
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