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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1919
Page
4
Published weekly from Oxford Mississippi the paper lists subscription rates and advertising charges. Rates include one year in advance at $1.50 for in town and $2.00 outside United States with various options and advance payment requirements.
Washington weighs a new German envoy as officials recall Bernstorff’s double dealing and passport delays. The candidate linked to Bernstorff faces scrutiny while Berlin tests the U S response, with the aim of appointing a trusted representative to the red brick building on Massachusetts Avenue.
The Judge Advocate General office steps up actions after WWI. Clemmency is not the rule as cases rise. Files show missing registrations, unanswered questionnaires, and men who fled to Mexico near California. Relatives travel to Washington to pursue their cases, a trying process.
Federal authorities report major living expenses rising in the last five years with food up 85 percent and shelter up 28 percent, highlighting inflation pressures on households and profits.
The piece argues that general conditions alone cannot explain rising living costs. It notes clothing, fuel, and sundries up, food rising sharply, rents pressured by regulation yet projected to climb further. It calls for public accountability as prices drift and highlights Red Cross civilian relief training details with Harry S. Hopkins.
The Memphis Commercial Appeal argues that loan sharks thrive on desperate workers and urges thrift as the solution. It cites a man who borrowed 20 and, after monthly payments, still owed 32 with threats to continue payments. The piece calls for wage earners to save, budget, and invest, warning signs on doors would push sharks into honest business.
A six week Institute for Home Service Training begins Monday September 15 at Vicksburg under the American Red Cross. Lectures cover government insurance rights of disabled veterans and Federal Vocational Training topics among other matters.
List of July 1919 marriage announcements followed by an advertisement for McGee's Baby Elixir claiming to ease digestive troubles in babies. Product priced at 85 cents and 60 cents, sold by A. H. Kendel in Oxford, Mississippi.
Citizens petition the Pardoning Board to grant a pardon to Jeff Armstrong who was imprisoned for Grand Larceny in 1916. He served over three years of a five year sentence for a yearling calf theft. Armstrong insists innocence and points to a accuser. Aug 7 14 21 28 Sept 4 dates shown.
A grocer advertises a lemon and orchard white mixture as a cheap, harmless skin whitener. By squeezing lemon juice into orchard white and shaking, a quarter pint lotion is made to massage on face neck arms and hands to reduce freckles tan redness and roughness for smooth white skin.
The Oxford Society won the banner for best work in the past year and the motto for the coming year is Come On and the response Lets Go. Delegates will give reports of the Convention at the Sunday 7 46 p m gathering at the Presbyterian annex.
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