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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1903
Page
3
Miss Pearl Leavell and several others return from Chicago and New York while Mrs. McCathy moves into Commercial Hotel. Rev N W P Bacon and wife, Prof Dabney Lipscomb, and others visit Memphis, Jackson, or Tulane. Telegraph office moves. roses for sale. search for day boarders. local business revives after elections.
The Eagle will not receive any matter for publication after noon Wednesday. This rule will be strictly enforced.
Prof. Eugene Campbell and family return from Pontotoc relatives. Miss Lily Buford departs for Memphis to resume sanitarium work. Edward Russell to Fawndale Ala as stenographer. Murray and Tankersley to run Oxford House again. Pauline Andrews to Tupelo to teach next year. Roy Mosby back from Brazil visiting Oxford. Various moves, notices, and sales from Sanpers and Falkner. First cotton bale at Memphis fetches wartime price.
Mrs. Sarah Carothers departed for Harrison after weeks with her sister Mrs. Josephine Barr. Advertiser Lex Ramey promotes furniture bargains. Lost spectacles with a B on case return reward. T. J. Carnathan and family left for Stanton Tenn. Archie Buford offers carpentry work. Harris' Business College of Jackson guarantees positions and tuition note terms. W. B. McMahon sells Talking Machines. Guy McLarty and Miss Blanche Hawkins wed at the bride’s father’s home. Whit Owens trial ongoing in Holly Springs amid election tension. Calls to repair sidewalks and weed control on University Avenue. Cotton crop late. frost risk noted. Oxford’s depot needs modernization for a growing educational town.
For sale at South Street Oxford Mississippi near Mrs B property. If not sold by August 1 the property may be rented or sold. Also a warning order in J N Scatchard v W H Guirl et al in the Western District of Mississippi with defendants non residents ordered to appear October first, 193, by Judge H C Nites. Publication required for six weeks in a local Oxford newspaper.
A juror list for the Fair term of the Circuit Court is announced with two weekly groups. The notice invites education supporters to attend the Woman's College chapel on September 9 at 10 AM for the opening day and highlights expected strong college attendance and local support for Oxford's female college.
Thousands of acres in Red River Valley near Vernon Texas are opened for settlement. The land adjoins Kiowa and Comanche Country of Oklahoma with railroad access via Frisco System. Special trains depart St Louis and Kansas City on Sept 15 with low $16 rates. write R J Lemon Frisco System Immigration Bureau for arrangements.
Special offer combines The Eagle and Twice-a-Week Detroit Free Press for one year at 1.79 with 52 Eagle issues and 101 Free Press issues. Readers urged to subscribe via THE EAGLE address. Letter from T L Harris endorses Pine Tree Asthma and Catarrh Cure for lungs.
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