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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1919
Page
9
The page lists obituary and bank card rates at one cent per word with advance payment, subscription prices, and sample ad rates. It also features a political jab about government stores in New Orleans and questions the Republican slogan regarding the full dinner pail.
The message urges action to secure free mail delivery for Oxford and to land the North Mississippi Charity Hospital. It notes no vacant business or residential properties and calls for building rental housing. It also proposes equipping the University to accommodate 1,000 students next fall if the Legislature acts, setting a timely target.
A plan proposes a £150,000 charity hospital for Oxford and a $250,000 appropriation for dormitory and chemical buildings for the University, claiming these sums will satisfy the people and meet essential needs.
The University faces a severe dormitory shortage with over a hundred Mississippi youths forced to seek admission at other colleges. Ginners in the two city gunnerys work long hours as Lafayette County produces more cotton than in recent years, boosted by high prices promising significant local wealth.
With Lee Russell as Governor and Casteel as Lieutenant Governor, North Mississippi would gain a long needed improvement. The plan aims to provide adequate facilities to accommodate 1,000 students and improve the North Mississippi Charity Hospital at Ostet.
The $30 000 Ford Building in Oxford is slowed by a shortage of gravel and cement. Excavation is complete and foundation forms are in place for concrete work. Once materials arrive the project will move to completion, promising one of the finest buildings in Oxford.
Some claim the upcoming city election lacks legal authority arguing the fifteen day candidate list requirement was not met. Municipal elections follow the same laws as general elections, critics say.
Letters of administration with the will annexed issued to the undersigned by Unancery VCOULL of Lafayette County Mississippi for the estate of briaunie Dunlap deceased. Creditors must present their claims for probate and allowance within one year from the date of this notice or they will be forever barred. Administrator: AKLHUM db RIE RSON. (Sept. 20, Oct. 2)
VUlerk of the board of Supervisors Lafayette County Mississippi invites bids for building about 9 miles of road in the burpess road district. Commissioners reserve right to reject all bids and re advertise if none satisfactory. Notice dated Sept 18 to Oct 2.
Election commissioners Bowles Hall Tankersley announce a special election in Oxford Mississippi to fill the unexpired terms of the mayor and councilman. The city will vote on September 29 during lawful hours at the usual polling place, with signatures of the election board dated September 1919.
Clerk of Lafayette County Mississippi invites sealed bids by 12 noon October 2010 for about half mile of gravel road in Burgis Road District. Road Commissioners may reject bids and re advertise. bids opened publicly to lowest bidder. readvertise if no satisfactory bid. M L Waller George Brisco A L Turpin.
Notice from Lafayette County Mississippi that a petition to form Cypress Separate Road District covers multiple sections in Township 8 1 west and 8 2 west. Board of Supervisors will issue district bonds at the October 1919 meeting unless twenty percent of qualified electors file an objection. Official seal and signatures of W M Woodward clerk and G A Woodward deputy clerk.
Defendants Luther Lackey Austin Crocker and Almuth Crocker are commanded to appear before the Chancery Court of Lafayette County Mississippi in Oxford on the 4th Monday and 24th day of November 191 to plead answer or demur to the bill of Miss Agie Kestler et al. Chancery Clerk W M Woodward signs the notice with Ximbrough and Ryan as attorneys.
The Lafayette County Board of Supervisors will receive sealed bids by noon on Tuesday October 7th 1919 for building a 90 foot bridge over Toby Tubby Creek at Buford Mill Beat 3 furnishing 40 tons of coal for the Court House and Jail and a 105 foot steel bridge over Tallahatchie River near Abbeville Beat 8. Plans and specifications are on file in the Chancery Clerk’s office Oxford Mississippi. The Board may reject any or all bids.
Notice states the Lafayette County Mississippi district to be organized into a 1080 unit and bonds issued under Chapter L/b Laws of 1914. It describes survey lines and sections south of the Holiday River in Town 6 Range 1 west and surrounding parts, with funds in Beat 2 Lafayette County. The supervisor’s vote threshold is twenty percent of electors, and the seal at Oxford, Mississippi marks the filing date November 18 25.
The State of Sipi notes a petition filed by over twenty percent of qualified electors for forming a new town district in Lafayette County Mississippi under Chapter 176 Laws of 1914. The Board of Supervisors will consider the petition at its October meeting and issue bonds on district organization if approved. Oxford, Mississippi, fiveteenth November 1918.
Notice is given that under a Deed of Trust dated to secure installments, J B Roach as trustee will sell the described Lot in Section 28 Township 8 Range 3 West Lafayette County Mississippi at the Court House Oxford Mississippi on October 6 1919 to the highest bidder for cash. The description covers 1 1/4 acres more or less with a specific boundary description. The title is believed good, but only such title as vested in the trustee will be conveyed.
The Oxford Eagle reports a hand five wheel numbering machine and two Wetter five wheel numbering heads were removed from the office desk during an office move. One head bears the serial No. 79823. A reward is offered for recovery or information, with instruction to report if seen for sale.
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