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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1912
Page
2
Mrs E A Thomecor is listed as editor and producer for The Oxford Eagle. This credit notes her leadership role at the newspaper, indicating responsibility for content and production processes.
High School department notes include Otto Cook's Memphis trip after the game and Sarah Dacia's return to school. Miss Percy Whiteway visited ely Springs. The senior class met to discuss the constitution led by Julia McFader. Students anticipate a basketball game with i C and University coeds. St Elmo received the most votes. Exams begin. Cyril Tidees injured a toe and Cyril had his knee sprain. The football team lost a game this year but trained after a party hosted by Miss Nittie Bogari. Miss Kittie praised as delightful by the attendees.
A legal notice recounts a deed of trust with George Raight the beneficiary, recorded in Book V, and a Dec 2, 1952 public sale at the county courthouse in Oxford, Lafayette County, listing the property conveyed and the grantor. A separate ad-like brief touts a patent medicine sale with a crowd and claims of cure for aches and pains at 36 cents.
The LaFayette-WYalobusha County Rural Letter Carriers Association plans a Thanksgiving meeting in Oxford on November 25. M. L. S. presides, with talks on parcel post, rural free delivery, drainage projects, and farm improvements. Local officials travel from Water Valley, Coffeeville, Paris, and Oxford.
A historical letter reflects on Woodrow Wilson and William J Bryan, praising Democratic victory, calling for direct election of officials, and urging citizens to study national questions with independent logic. The writer endorses leadership of Wilson and Marshall and argues for party principles and reforms in government.
Public notice states sealed bids will be received until two o clock on Tuesday December 9 for building bridges across a ditto on the Baford tramad and for a bridge at Upper Oxford and Paris road and for a bridge and slough on Wyatt levee and on Harmen own and Wyatt road in Cane deaneb. Bids to be opened publicly. bonds double bid amount required. board reserves right to reject all bids. W M Woonwa Clerk Oxford Miss November 9 1912.
An advertisement touts Zemo as a liquid skin treatment that clears pimples blackheads and rashes with fingertip application and no residue. It also includes a dubious anti cold health claim and a confusing list of medical “dons” from a distant era.
Citizens of Oxford vouch for Dean's Kidney Pills to relieve back pain and fatigue. An 1902 user from East Street reports dramatic relief after Kendal's Drug Store purchase. The ad urges readers to try a liver regenerator as a general health aid and hints at affordable powder pricing.
A deed of trust in Lafayette and Jefferson counties Mississippi secures indebtedness on real and personal property. The trustee will sell for cash at the courthouse steps in Osford on December 2 following notice filed in Book WS Page DM. The property, 11 acres more or less in Section 27 Township 9 Range 2 West, is described with metes and bounds and vested in the trustee W. M. Slaughter. The notice is signed December Ith, by trustee Hoauc. Port Riles.
A fractured reminiscence extols Electric Bitters as a cure amid a dire medical crisis. The text lists a long 1912 pension roster with No Ll and No. 5 shares, naming numerous individuals by surname and initials, including unions of widows of Confederate soldiers. A later note touts King’s Life Pills and a croup remedy as household aids.
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