Liberty Loan Fourth Campaign Opens September 22
The Central Committee of the Field Federal Reserve District announces the Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign opening September 22 for three weeks. Volunteer Subscription Days are set for September 26 and 28 with pledges urged on September 28 and 29. Churches, schools, factories, and women’s groups are mobilized to collect subscriptions, aided by badges and materials from St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Committee of
Fieldh Federal Reserve District
Vincent L. Price
Price
Liberty Loan
Central
Liberty Loan Organization
St. Louis
France
England
Notice of Drainage District Petition in Lafayette County
Public notice announces E. E. Temple and others petitioning Lafayette County Chancery Court for drainage of lands in the Burney branch basin and surrounding parcels in sections 9 3 4 5 16 and 21 22 in Lafayette Mississippi. The County Board of Drainage will convene September 26 1918 in Oxford to hear the petition and act under law. The document lists extensive land descriptions within the proposed district and bears the Chancery Clerk and Deputy Clerk seals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Proposoleman
Lafayette County
Mississippi
E. E. Temple
Chancery Clerk
I. W. M. Woodward
Chancery Court
County Board of Drainage Commissioners
Said
Drainage Board
Laws of
Lafayette County Court House
Oxford
Burney Branch Creek
Lafayette
Eeast
South Oxford
S. R
W. N
S. W
S. E
State of
N. E
West. E
N. W
Township
Range
W. W
M. W
S. Range
S&s W
S.E
Creek
Secon
Secamar
West
Ss. E
N. Ee
Lafayette Coty
Mienlessog
W. M Woodw
County Drainage Board
J. E. Woodward
Notice of Bids for Bacon Road Bridge Construction
Notice from Lafayett County Mississippi raising bids for three bridges on Bacon Road. Bids payable by 12:00 Noon Tuesday October 1918. Bridges include Bridge No 1 over aero Creek and Bridge No 1 over Moore Farm with specified lengths and construction specs. Clerk J E Woodard supervises, bids opened at office and awarded upon completion terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bacon Road
Pic
Mississip
Lafayett
Aboveshire
Tueday
Aero Creek
Dillard
Moore
Septem Woodward
J. E. Woodard
Letters From The Boys From Camp Hospital 1918 Letters
Ben Stewart writes from Camp Hospital 27 detailing care, meals, and Red Cross ice while asking about Keel boys. Clifton Stewart receives update on spine wound and medical care from Ella Wheeler Wilcox at Paris Island. A Marine sergeant shares camp life on the Island including signaling, YMCA support, vaudeville, hypnosis tricks, and impressions of civilians and colors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keel Boys
Ben
H. C. Stewart
26Th Infantry
Camp Hospital
Aly
Mrs. Stewart
Clifton
Taking Over Bankhead Highway Urged by Officials
Washington officials and highway leaders press for federal takeover of the Bankhead Highway as a military road. Delegates from Southern cities including Richmond Raleigh Atlanta and Memphis will meet in Washington on December 10 to urge action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. OF
Bankhead Highway
Washington, D. C
J. A. Rountree
Birmingham
Bankhead Highway Association
Col. Cameron
North Carolina Highway Commission
Bankhead Highway Board
Senate
House
Stevens
Mississippi
Rountree
Col
Cameron
Washington
Filerick
Richmond
Petersburg
Virginia
Raleigh
Charlotte
North Carolina
Spartanburg
Greenville
South Carolina
Atlanta
Athens
Georgia
Anniston
Birmim
Alabama
Memis
Tenn
Little Rock
Arkegates
Mess
Notice to Bid on Tallahatchie Bridge and Levee Work
Mississippi Lafayette County issues legal notice for sealed bids by 12:00 noon October 8, 1918 to construct levee and 900 feet of bridges across Tallahatchie Bottom between Abbeville Road District and Marshall Bond Issue. Plans due September 18, 1918. bids require 5 percent bid bond. board may reject any bid. clerk W Allsodward signs official seal September 10, 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Lafayette
Board of Supervisors
Tallahatchie Bottom
Abbeville Road
W. All Sodward
Louis Stephens
D. C.E
Ranger's Sale of Estray Horse in Oxford Mississippi
Advertisement of sale announcing a public auction on the first Monday of October 1918 at the courthouse. Describes an estray sorrel horse valued at $40, owned by Fred Wood, located 14 miles west of Oxford, Mississippi. Auctioneer G. H. Evans signs the notice on September 12, 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Fred Wood
Oxford
G. H. Evans
Notice to Bid on Oxford Creek Bridge Construction
Supervisors of the county invite sealed bids by noon Tuesday in 1918 for building a bridge over Tuccolopha Creek on Banner Road near Paris. The bridge will be a specified length. plans and specs are with the Clerk. Bid bond equal to twice the bid is required. the board may reject any or all bids and advertise again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Corps
Grady Smith
Moincs
Taps
Mississippi
Lafayette
Tuccolopha Creek
and Banner Road
Paris
Oxford
W. M. Woodward
Louis Stephens
Oxford Loan Association Seeks Sale of Described Property
L C Moore in favor of the Oxford Loan Association to secure indebtedness, to sell at public auction in Oxford Mississippi within lawful hours. The property lies in Lafayette County including parts of blocks fronting North Street and West 132 feet, with various lot boundaries and chains of title references. Sale to occur September 7 1918 at the south door of the Court House in Oxford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Moore
Oxfording Loan Association
Chancery
Lafayette
Mississippi
Oxford
Miss
Col. Rum
W. Hi
Corporation of
A. H Pegues
Ella
Ella Pegues
D. L. Sultan
W. H. Marshall
Gilbert Burney
Association of Oxford
W. D. Porter
Teg E
Notice of Public Auction of Real and Personal Property
Pursuant to a trust deed to secure indebtedness in Lafayette County Mississippi the executor G C Christeen for Brown and Co will sell for cash at the courthouse in Oxford Mississippi on October 7 1918 the property described as sixty acres in Northeast Quarter Range 1 West lying in Lafayette County Mississippi. The title is believed good and the sale is by the beneficiary under the deed. Signed September 5 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. C. Christeen
Brown and Co
of Lafayette
Sippi
Munty
Lafayette
Mississippi
Notice to Non Residents in Chancery Court Case Mississippi
Notice to non residents commands appearance before the Chancery Court of a Mississippi county on the Monday in November to answer the suit of Ewen. The document names W. M. Woodward as chancellor and J. W. T. Falkner Jr as sel for compt. Witness dated September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colo
Chancery Court of
Mississippi
Ewen
W. M
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ete Dang
Ballard
A. H. Kendell
Adv
Swift & Company
Swift
U.S. A
A P.O
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Marine F. M. D
Paris Island
S.C
Knights of Columbus
Ed Lowe
Chord
Meridian, Miss
Wilson
A. H. George
Secy
Mgr
Ontotoc
Toccoy
Ranger's Sale
J. W. T. Falkner, Jr
Sel
Compt
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