E C Foster Dies in Louisiana
The remains of E C Foster age about 74 a Lafayette county lifelong citizen reached Oxford from Monroe Louisiana where he died Wednesday He served in the Civil War and was a brave soldier Surviving wife daughter and two sons Funeral will be held here today with interment at St Peters cemetery The community offers sympathy to the family
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E. C. Foster
Lafayette County
Oxford
Monroe
Mr. Foster
St. Peters
Lafayette Co W M A meeting at Taylor Mississippi
Jesse Margaret Lackey corresponding secretary will attend. Mesdames R. H. McElroy Vance G. W Boyette and Longest represent Oxford Baptist Church. An all day service will be held with dinner on the ground.
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Jesse Margaret Lackey
Mesdames R. H. McElroy
Vance
G. W Boyette
Longest
Oxford Baptist Church
Gratitude to W. M A. Donors for Generous Gifts
Acknowledgment to the W. M A. and all friends for the highly prized gifts left on the porch and accompanying necessities. May God bless each donor, Mr. and Mrs. N. M. ALES.
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W. M A
N. M. Ales
Women’s Book Club Meets at Mrs Bell Home
The Womans' Book Club gathered Tuesday afternoon with Mrs J W Bell hosting. Autumn Halloween decorations set the season, and Katherine Bell helped serve refreshments in a black and yellow costume. Attendance was full.
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Womans’ Book Club
J. W. Bell
Katherine
Community gatherings highlight Hi-Y hut fund drive
The Brownings and Mrs. B S Guyton hosted a 20th Century Club afternoon with autumn decor and refreshments. The P T A social at the school featured contests songs and a speech by Miss Dorothy Oldham promoting Hi Y hut needs. Dr J E Hargis spoke on dental care and plans were shown by junior students.
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Dorothy Oldham
J. E. Hargis
B. S. Guyton
Oxford High Defeated by Holly Springs High
Oxford High School fell to Holly Springs High School 12 to 0 at Holly Springs Friday afternoon. Fans urged Captain Falkner and the OHS team with supportive cheers.
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Oxford High
Holly Springs High
Oxford High School
Holly Springs
Maude Sage Weds Gideon Hill in Tupelo Nuptials
Miss Maude Sage of Ecru and Gideon Hill of New Albany were married in Tupelo with Rev. Douglass officiating. Sage, a bank bookkeeper, is daughter of W. H. Sage and a leading local social figure. Hill, a New Albany railroad official, is described as a prominent young man. They left for Florida for the honeymoon and will reside in New Albany after.
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Ecru
Maude Sage
Gideon Hill
New Albany
Tupelo
Douglass
Hill
W. H. Sage
G. M. & N. Railroad
Florida
Prickly Ash Bitters Promoted for Health Benefits
An advertisement touts Prickly Ash Bitters as a tonic to cleanse and strengthen the stomach liver and bowels, boost resistance to disease, and suit working men. It notes a price of $1.25 per bottle and lists B. R. Chilton & Co. as sellers.
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B. R. Chilton & Co
Vision of God and public morality in church notes
A Pittsburg Church notes column critiques the fading vision of God in society, linking crime waves and materialism to spiritual drift. It urges Christians to live by Christ’s life and cite a sermon on personal identity at the Methodist Church.
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Department of Life
God
Jesus Christ
Federation of Clubs Holds District Meeting in Oxford
The 4th District Federated Clubs met in Oxford October 20 and 21 1921 with Mrs Christopher Longest presiding. The program included prayers by Rev B C Mitchell welcome by Mrs Edna Lowe Eatman reports by officers and committee work followed by a luncheon and an open evening program featuring Mrs Covington state president Frank Tate Harvey and Prof J W Bell among others.
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Oxford
Federated Clubs
Christopher Longest
America
B. C. Mitchell
Edna Lowe Eatman
Sessele
Holly Springs
Rowlands
Covington
Frank Tate Harvey
Oxford Christians Await Revival Meeting at Baptist Church
The Christian people of Oxford anticipate the upcoming revival gathering at the Baptist Church that begins next Sunday. They express prayerful interest and hope for renewed faith and God’s blessing on efforts for His kingdom in the hearts of men.
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Oxford
The
Baptist Church
Millions in Damage Florida Storm Toll Rises
Reported from Lakeland and St Petersburg shows millions in damage from a gulf hurricane across Florida. Tampa suffered the heaviest losses while only three to four deaths are confirmed so far. Debris blocking roads isolated portions of the coast, with Tampa hit hardest within a 40 mile radius of Lakeland.
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Florida
Lakeland
Fla
South Florida
Tampa
Battery Service Station Ad and Notices in Holly Springs
Classified items include a battery service ad offering old battery overhaul and recharging with quick service in Holly Springs Mississippi dated Nov 18 11. Also a notice business solicitation for Taxicab service Price Taxi Line with 24 hour operation and phone 108, plus a land posting notice from J W Fulmer banning bird hunting on his land with four posted dates, and a land sale offer of 160 acres ten miles from Oxford with box reply.
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Holly Springs
Miss
Eagle Office
J. W. Fulmer
Oxford
Mins
Taylor Consolidated School
H. F. Simpson
Porterton Farm
W. D. Porter
College Hill
A. H. Me
A. L. Keel
C. F. Cain
Migs
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Louisiana
Lafayette CO. W. M. A
Taylor, Miss
Brownings
Joe Pegues
20Th Century Club
Hill—Sage
A. F. Calloway
J. A. Christian
Nina Somerville
Frances Leavell
Dorcas Aid Society
W. T. Lowrey
Blue Mountain
Baptist Church of
This City
Prairie, Miss
W. S. Hargis
Federation OF Clubs
St. Petersburg
Jacksonville
Times Union
Thomas W. Parkins
Pinellas County
Our Lord
Evangelistic
First Baptist
Harry Leland Martin
H. L. Martin
Indianola
O. P. Estes
Lyon
Oxford Furniture Co
Price Taxi Line
H W. D. Porter
G. B. Taylor
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