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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1909
Page
3
Moving Pictures at the Opera House tomorrow night and Saturday night. Miss Fannie May Hargis visiting in the Delta. Sept 1 changes of residence in Oxford. Court notices, church events, and society updates from local residents and officials add to the autumn timetable.
Notice to LaFayette County teachers urging attendance at a teachers meeting in Oxford at 12 30 o clock on Saturday September 4. All who taught in the county last session and those planning to teach next session are invited. Prizes will be awarded for most material improvement. County Association to reorganize and members urged to join. Two or three brief addresses will be given and other matters of interest will be discussed.
An advertisement promotes Dr Milay Reu-Pein Pills as a remedy for neuralgia. The spot touts quick relief from sharp shooting pains with a priced package of pills offered at 1 cent per dose.
Citizens urge rapid paving to ease dust and disease risk in Oxford while the ado ments fund a series of bridge projects. The county invites sealed bids by noon on Tuesday for bridges over Greasy Creek, a ditch near T Lammy s gin, a branch near C Lam how s residence, and a Pumpkin Creek span plus Hartsfield levee lumber. bids must include double bid bonds and be subject to board approval.
The Board of Supervisors will on Tuesday Sept 7th at the south door of the courthouse in Oxford accept bids for road projects from 11 am to 4 pm and continue daily until all roads are let. Lowest bidder must enter bond. The roads listed include Beat No. 3 Batesville and Tubby Road link 69, Beat No. 6 Oxford and Sarepta Road Unk 139, Oxford and Pontoon Road link 16. Clerk: W. M. Wooow. Oxford Miss Aug th le Announcement Moving Pictures opens Friday night with promise of quality films and new electric fans. program to be announced Saturday night. The management.
A crowd drew Saturday for Cresce Rore in the Cifesit Court with names in eight beats and several not convening on Monday September 17. Separate notices list buyers and bidders, land tracts for sale near Oxford with fences and houses, plus county tax rolls on file for Lafayette County Mississippi for equalization in September 1900 by Tax Assessor J. G. Woolworth.
A prospect to exchange 800 acres in Washington county Mississippi for a hill plantation or $2744 per acre is described. The land is well improved with 400 acres cultivated and 3240 old designations noted. It lies along a mile of WY. D. Railroad says T J Coutier of Chapleston Mississippi. Also notices for teacher examinations and dates for September set by H T Sari County Superintendent.
The ad describes heart weakness caused by illness, overwork, and anxiety, claiming symptoms like shortness of breath and chest pain. It touts Dr Miles Heart Cure as a remedy and includes a testimonial of improved breathing and energy after use, with the Miles Medical Co. advertising contact in St Louis.
Case after case shows Dean's Kidney Pills aiding kidney and urinary problems. Oxford Miss resident J. W. Ward reports back pain and sleeplessness improved after using Doan's. Ads claim Doan's relieves indigestion constipation and bowel discomfort. Sold by druggists with Foley, Star and agencies across the United States.
An advertisement promotes Kodol digestive aid claiming it fully digests all foods and will refund the purchase if no benefit is received. It touts a dollar bottle with twice the contents of a smaller size and claims the offer covers large bottles only, from DeWitt Co. in Chicago.
A garbled plea for quick relief advertises Backlen's Arnica Salve and Oring Laxative Fruit Syrup. The text mentions a child injured by an axe and a family affected, claiming the product as a great healer. It reads like a chaotic old time medical ad with scattered brand names.
The undersigned petitioners address your Excellency Governor B F Noe to present a pardon plea for a September term conviction in a circuit court in Mississippi County. The petitioner, a white male, was sentenced to three years in the State Penitentiary for a charge of rand DY. They request remission of the offense time, noting they were under ten years old without parental guidance and urging safer punishment through release. J H Weleb et al.
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