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Rates listed include 88 1 3 cents per inch for display ads and 1 cent per word for classified. No classified ads accepted under 25 cents. Readers' classified pricing is 10 cents per line.
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1922
Page
4
Rates listed include 88 1 3 cents per inch for display ads and 1 cent per word for classified. No classified ads accepted under 25 cents. Readers' classified pricing is 10 cents per line.
The Camp Ground hosts a community Thanksgiving service on Thursday November 30 with Rev. L. M. Lipscomb of Oxford delivering an 11 o’clock sermon. A noon basket dinner follows by area ladies and an afternoon tree planting. If weather fails, Central Church will host the gathering.
T. M. Early details coal tonnage and costs, plant upgrades, and financials for the water and electric system. He notes total expenses, credits, and improvements, including new wells and meters, and warns that the city lacks sufficient generating capacity for future demand.
Mary E. Doney invites Lafayette County poultry growers to bring birds to the Bank of Oxford sales room for Tupelo State Poultry Show on Saturday December 9. She offers guidance on fitting and selecting birds, notes washing for white birds and special care for parti colored birds, and mentions leg bands and dues for nonmembers.
The city council cuts water charges from 2.50 to 2.00 per month. Officials say the reduction saves residents money and boosts confidence in local governance, signaling renewed effort to ease the cost of living.
The Lafayette County Board of Supervisors will award contracts at 1:30 PM on Tuesday December 5 1922 for building two bridges. One 200 ft across Yocona River Channel at Fondren Crossing Beat 4 and a second about 50 ft across a creek in Jess Adams field Beat 2. Plans on file in Chancery Clerk's office. Bids may be rejected. bond required for faithful performance. Nov 11 1922. W M Woodward Clerk. Nov 16 28 and 30.
Public auction undertakes foreclosure of multiple trust deeds by trustees W P Shinault and Phil Stone on lands in Lafayette County Mississippi. The sales, to satisfy secured indebtedness and costs, occur by cash at public outcry at Oxford courthouse and Abbeville area parcels on specified dates in November or December 1922, with detailed land descriptions and ownership terms.
Mary Means of 2341 A Eugenia St St Louis Mo is commanded to appear in Lafayette County Mississippi Chancery Court on the fourth Monday of November 1922 to defend suit brought by Will Means. Notice dated November 2 1922. Attorney W P Shinault. Serving dates November 29 16 23.
Receiver M Price of the Chancery Courts of Lafayette County offers to rent the Stowers Place on Cypress Creek for 1923. The 800 acre fenced cultivable property has good pastures and water. Interested parties should write to Oxford Mississippi Route 5 by January 1, 1923.
Notice to creditors that Wess Alvis is appointed administrator with will annexed of W. T. Lowry, deceased. Creditors must probate claims within six months from this date or be barred. Witnessed by W. G. Boyett, solicitor for executrix, with dates November 16, 23, 30 and December 6.
State of Mississippi directs John Price and Jerry Thomas to appear in Lafayette County chancery court on the Fourth Monday of November 1922 to defend suits brought by Hannah Price and Emma Thomas. Notices dated October 31 and October 30.
Notice to Jim Cash of unidentified post office address regarding a lawsuit brought by Shirley Cash in a Mississippi county court. Dated October 30 1922 with a filing date of November 29 1923.
Notice announces a partition sale by Special Commissioner I W M Woodward in case No 5237 Mamie More Houston et al Ex Parte. Sale of the West Half of the Southeast Quarter Section 10 Town 8 Range 2 West Lafayette County Mississippi 80 acres. Sale set December 9 1922 at 10am at Oxford Court House with report to Chancellor J G McGowan for confirmation. Parties may attend. Title believed good but sold as is. W M Woodward Special Commissioner W G Boyett Me Pokes.
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