Kennedy Manager Organ on Application
A short classified notice from The Oxford Eagle indicates an opening for a Kennedy manager position. Details show contact lines referencing Fayette County and local residence, with application requested.
01 Sep 1910
Page 1
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1910
Page
1
A short classified notice from The Oxford Eagle indicates an opening for a Kennedy manager position. Details show contact lines referencing Fayette County and local residence, with application requested.
The article notes Roosevelt’s hard line against crooked Republicans and predicts further purges as Wall Street signals it is past frost damage. It references Taft Aldrich Cannon and Sherman in a broad, opinionated roundup of political figures and satire from the social season.
A Mississippi political column celebrates Therspoon's victory over Byrd, denouncing Byrd for collusion with opponents and loss of public trust. The piece praises Witherspoon as a reformer and warns the electorate to reject the defeat of the people’s will. Leroy Percy and C H Alexander are named among opponents.
The piece argues that the Common Cause secret caucus backed by Leroy Percy C H Alexander and A M Byrd undermined Vardaman in a Mississippi Senate race. It claims voters will reject such covert actions and insists the public never chose those men to represent them. The piece frames the defeat as a dark, unspoken maneuver hidden from the people.
A public salvo condemns the so called Common Cause faction in Mississippi politics. It attacks alleged clandestine schemes against Governor Vardaman and warns voters they will face a sweeping defeat in the upcoming election. The piece also references a Boston lard weight scandal as a contrasting note.
J. B. Hauser of Merkle Texas recalls local Civil War memories in La Fayette county. He notes the Paris Rebels company, led by Judge Geo Paris and others, served at Grenada in 1861, fought at Fort Donelson, and faced prison at Camp Chase before dispersing. He mentions twenty local youths answering the 1861 call and reflects on the era's drums and Dixie.
A Civil War update recalls the 1864 Wilderness to Petersburg fighting as Grant presses Petersburg while Lee’s line holds. A letter from a Lamar Rifles member in Deep Bottom dated June 25, 1864 describes movements near Petersburg and notes minimal company casualties and uncertain Union strategy toward Weldon or the Peninsula.
A fragmented wartime letter from Richmond describes July 4 dining and morale, references to battles at Spotsylvania and Vicksburg, dust and heat, nightly Yankee dispatches, and asks about a local home remedy ZEMO for skin ailments.
Legal notices itemize coal sealing bids for furn ishing 35 tons of Plast Cia for the Howse and Jaf and announce publishing rights for county officers. Also outlines public sale notices, tender periods, bond requirements, and bid rejection rights. Sections cover tax payer notices and bridge project bids with deadlines and bid let procedures. W M Woodwarp, Clerk, Oxford, Miss 1919.
The LaPayette County Board of Supervisors will hold a bid letting on Tuesday September 8 at the south door of the court house in Oxford from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and continue daily until all listed road segments are bid. Bids will be opened to the lowest bidder meeting contract terms with plans on file. The board may reject any and all bids. Roads involved include the Oxford and Rocky Ford, Oxford and Abbeville, New Oxford and College Hill, and other segments described in the notice.
The report details road links and grades for Oxford, Pontotoc, New Albany, and surrounding routes. It lists segments by link numbers, starting points, ending points, and nearby landmarks, reflecting August Board of Supervisors approvals and local intersections.
The Batt Springs gathering drew attentive listeners as Rev. T. H. Winter led sermons day and night. Three joined the church and services are scheduled for Saturday and Sunday September 11 and 13, with both morning and night sessions and all invited. Mrs Deniz Buller and Mrs Halle Harrison are visiting nearby towns. several local residents, including Mr Curtis Busby and Miss Fattie Vinnef, visited Cora Littlejohn and Mrs Hawkins recently.
An old fashioned medicine advertisement warns of kidney illness with symptoms like pale foamy urine and back pain. It cites a testimonial from Dan Wiley of Oxford Mississippi detailing relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills and endorses Foster Milburn Co as US agents.
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