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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1897
Page
3
The I C R R timetable shows upbound trains with Fast Mail at 6:19 a m and 8:50 p m Limited at 6:32 p m Local Freight at 7:00 a m plus no service on Sundays and downbound Fast Mail 6:19 a m Limited 6:32 p m Local Freight 7:00 a m Freight not run on Sunday.
SITION GUARANTEED to Graduates of Hanns' Practical Business College. Jackson Mississippi ad notes catalogues sent on request. Harris of Jackson invites prospective students to Meridian and Jackson campuses, promising best business training and shorthand telegraphy courses.
Large fall trade activity fills streets as residents welcome new neighbors and discuss upcoming ventures. Oxford citizens plan a novice stenographer club, a potential opera house, and dental and university affairs. Local courts handle cases. businesses expand, and efforts toward quarantine and improved water, sewer, and lighting progress continue amidst rapid town development. Public notices urge fish orders and cotton handling credits.
A roundup of residents visiting relatives and traveling in Mississippi Arkansas and Tennessee. Names include Ed Routes Hume Barry Trigg Neill Moss Sullivan Price Leavell Chilton Hussey Hammer Wagner Falkner Manning Thomason Vineyard Turner Wilkinson Leavell Leavell Neilson Banks Foster Burr Croxston Kimbrough Wohlleben Buffaloe Hudson Butler Chandler Gates Mitchell and others with brief mentions of trips visits and gatherings in Oxford Pontotoc Union counties and nearby areas.
City community gathers Monday for the Oxford Graded School opening. Prof G R Hightower, Rev T A Wigginton, Judge Kimbrough, and Prof Hester with Prof Barry praise new 10 grade structure, hall government, and improved faculty led by Principal Hester. Board leaders urge obedience and progress as J H Kimmona proposes building improvements.
The Warren Institute opened Monday at nine o'clock with strong attendance. Chancellor Fulton led devotional exercises and congratulated teachers and pupils. Miss Ida Wilbourn serves as principal, with Prof. R. E. Wilbourn as associate and assistant. Miss Helen Conkey will head the music department.
Classified notice notes a TONserial art call directing readers to Jack Kennington for current projects. It advertises TO LET three rooms near the University and a FOR SALE offer from Mr Hargis with contact via the office or direct call.
Notice to Teachers informs that regular fall examinations for white teachers occur September 17 18 and October 22 23 while examinations for colored teachers occur September 24 25 and October 30 31. County Superintendent G B Hightower signs the notice.
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