Oxford Eagle Urges Fourth Liberty Loan Support
The Oxford Eagle pledges four weeks of space to the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign starting September 25. It urges Lafayette County residents to buy bonds, with a county quota of about $140,000 and Volunteer Day on September 28, to show home support for the war effort and back the front lines.
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Oxford
Lafayette
United States
Lafayette County
The
Eagle
Liberty Loan
Liberty Loan War Exhibit Train Planned for Oxford Visit
A U S Liberty Loan exhibit train with war trophies from France will visit Oxford on Saturday October 5 arriving at 8 30 a m and leaving at 10 30 a m under the Liberty Loan Organization of the Eighth Federal Reserve District. Soldiers sailors and allied service members will explain material and relate front line experiences to encourage Fourth Liberty Loan bonds. An official will lead the event and bond salesmen will participate. The visit aims to draw visitors from nearby towns and cover extensive territory within the city bounds.
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U. S. Liberty Loan
France
Oxford
Liberty Loan Organization
Eigth Federal Reserve District
A Business Man's Prayer Clip for Desk Display
A short verse urges daily integrity for a businessman. It prays for a clear conscience, honest earnings, restraint from tainted money, and fair treatment of others. It envisions a peaceful night with a loyal wife and happy children, and ends with a simple epitaph: Here Lies a Man.
Letter From World War I Soldier in England
A August 16 1918 letter from a serviceman in England describes sea voyage seasickness sharks and weather. He mentions meeting old Ole Miss student Bob Caldwell in Memphis and asks his family to write weekly as mail times stretch four to five weeks. He signs from A E F Lwlst Aero Squadron Some where in England.
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O. K
England
Mamma
Bob Caldwell
Ole Miss
Memphis
Waco
Peabody Hotel
U.S. A
Home Sweet Home
Beauty Lotion Promises Cheap Skin Whitening
An advertisement touts a DIY beauty lotion using lemon juice to remove tan freckles and sallowness at a very low cost. It targets girls seeking lighter skin through a simple home remedy.
Church Leaders Form Three Priest Committee for Liberty Loan
Archbishop John N. Glennon of St. Louis names Rev. J.J. McGlynn Rev. H. S. Kister Rev. D. O Conner to promote the Fourth Liberty Loan in Catholic churches and reads a letter during services. Rev. J. Marvin Culbreth is asked to serve similarly for Protestants.
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John N. Glennon
St. Louis
J.J. McGlynn
St. Rose's Church
Goodfellow Avenue
H. S. Kister
St. Liborius
North Eighteenth Street
D. O'Conner
Immaculate Conception
Pennsylvania Avenue
J. Marvin Culbreth
St. Louis Church Federation
Liberty Loan
Lift a Corn Off Without Pain
An ad promising a simple corn treatment claims the product costs little at drug stores and removes corns, calluses, or warts without irritation. It hints at easy trade for a single Euphona gadget and an automobile, but the text is garbled and incomplete.
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Antena
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H. Friedman
Oxford, Miss
New York, N. Y
Mississippi
North Carolina
J. Hirsh
Vicks
Burg
Henry Morgenthal
Red Cross
Considera
City of
George W. Price
Oxford Eagle
Aus
Wursing Puk
the Eagle
Court Square
Pht Tran
Lwlst Aero Squadron
American Expeditionary Forces
Oxford Furniture Co
Cincinnati
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