Oxford High School Officers Elected and Improvements Noted
The Oxford High School elected officers led by President Miss Josephine Bogard and Secretary John Donn. Rev E S Lewis spoke at a Friday meeting in Big Chapel. Donations and new faculty additions accompany a shower bath, sanitary drinking fountains, and planned football with Water Valley High.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Bogard
Jonnie Slough
John Donn
DeWitt Horn
E. S. Lewis
Memphis
Kattye Bogard
Aton
Hathorn
Cass
Elbery Morgan
Altus
Water Valley High School
A Letter Warns Wife of Hard Times and Higher Prices
A letter urges saving pennies as the boll weevil curtails money and goods grow costly. It lists prices for goods like oil per gallon and school tablets, signaling widespread price hikes and financial strain.
TOOL'S THEATRE Weeknight Shows and Big Star Films
Thursday features Helen Ware in Cross Currents with an all star cast in a five reel Tririangle drama. Friday presents Weber and Fields in Worst of Friends, Chester Conklin in Dizzy Heights and Brave Hearts and Mysteries of Myra in six reels. Saturday Blanche Sweet stars in The Coupon Books with ten shows for one dollar. Every night a big feature with a big star. Our pictures are clean and wholesome and no better program is shown by any Theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Ware
Fine Arts
Weber and Fields
Chester Conklin
Myra
Blanche Sweet
Weevil's Toll Timed: Gloster Writer Urges Action
A letter from C. P. McPherson of Gloster Mississippi reflects on the boll weevil crisis, recounting decades of cotton trade, failed crops, and local responses. He cites the region’s hardship, warns farmers, and urges practical effort over panic, mentioning Pellagra, amite county politics, and community resilience.
Rheumatism Follows Exposure in General Sufferers
A brief note reports that rheumatism follows exposure with general soreness and neuralgia described. The text mentions liniment as a remedy and references pains in limbs and back. No specific names, dates, or places are provided.
Death of J M Sloan Remembered by Oxford Citizens
J M Sloan, longtime Oxford resident and former Hamilton Brown Shoe Company executive in St Louis, died Monday night in St Louis. His son Eugene E Sloan conveyed the news to friend J E Pegues. Sloan was married to Miss Molcie Carter of near Oxford, a relative of merchant R C Carter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Lafayette County
J. M. Sloan
Hamilton Brown Shoe Company
St. Louis
Eugene E. Sloan
J. E. Pegues
Mr. Sloan
Molcie Carter
R. C. Carter
Near
Sloan
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Foley
Jackson Square
Nola
Grand Dame
Rumford
Whitmore
van Camp
Libby
Rex Brand
Water Valley Creamery
Eac
Coleman's Cash
Mississippi
John
The
NEW York Life Insurance CO
Cas
Paul Ramey
Agt
Tool's Theatre
Wiley & Cook
North Court Square
Oxford, Mississippi
Gloster, Miss
Gloster
Miss
Oxford Eagie
Cord
Baltimore
Boll Weevil
Dean Couth
Sears & Roebuck
Bilbo
Lee Russell
Amite County
E. Bunyan Carter
C. P. McPherson
Porter Harware CO
F. S. Leaves Estate
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