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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1913
Page
3
Local notes mix a weather streak and social updates with market mentions. The piece highlights cotton seed pricing at Farmers Warehouse and lists community names, visits, and events from Oxford and nearby towns, including opera and court news, plus a death in Tula.
Disjointed Mississippi notices report J. W. Quinn Drug Co. of Greenwood touting a malaria tonic claimed to control malaria in hills, while obituaries note Mrs. Fronie Graham and Mrs. Garna Owens hosting events. Community updates include wedding plans for Willie Shaw and Harper Mathis and remarks on local health and hospital conditions.
A public notice announces a fifty question contest from Falkner Hardware Co offering ten dollars in gold for the best answers. Questions cover items such as shotgun types stoves axes bridles and tools. Employees are barred from entry and winners chosen by drawing if tied.
A brief reward notice mentions return of an Oxford Watch Charm embossed with K of J Emblen on one side and Masonic on the other, signed by R. S. Adams. The rest urges rewards for recovery. An unrelated ad for Dr King’s Seradhoa Pills promises headache relief.
Dr John Culley and Miss Marguerite Rhodes of Oxford married at the Methodist church in an all white and green setup. The service featured candlelit decor, a procession led by Mabie Smith, and vows exchanged before Rev W W Mi and Rev J E Brown.
A cloudy notice lists numerous firms and individuals including First National Bank J E Neilson Davidson Wardlaw and other merchants and lawyers. The fragment names capacity observers for a Thanksgiving event and includes various company names and partners.
G. W. Eatman of Grenada calls Kaykendall's Eczema Remedy a never-failing liquid medicine for skin conditions. The claim notes cures for tetter ringworm poison oak fever blisters frost bites chicken pox prickly heat nettlerash and old stubborn sores with notable healing power.
Classified ad fragment lists a four room air unit for sale with garbled text urging to avoid drafts and to enjoy fresh air. Other details are unreadable.
Residents of Oxford reported years of back and kidney pain with persistent symptoms. One witness recalled onset about a year ago with increasing discomfort in the lower back and related urinary concerns.
Chancery Clerk of Lafayette County Mississippi announces sale of real and personal property described as Lot 2 and 100 acres from the original Oxford plan in section 23, township 3, range 3 west. Conducted December 1913 at the courthouse, deed of trust assigns title through trustee J B Roach. Sale proceeds to satisfy the trust debt held by Geesther.
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