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Newspaper
Oxford Falcon
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1868
Page
3
Oxford Lxige No 33 of Free and Accepted Masons meets on the first Thursday of every month. Oxford Royal Arch Chapter meets Iatamen iat be ont month. Public notices and advertising rates listed including 20 cents per page and 50 cents per MASONIA.
Notices for Oxford Masonic Lodge No 33 call members to meet in Oxford Mi e on the first Thursday in December 1568 at 1 pm with J W Me's warrant and secretary's update. Religious notices follow for local churches with service and prayer meeting times. Court schedule updates list Northern District of Mississippi and county court terms and presiding judges. A correction notes Fat com article miscredit.
The passage presents a fragmentary, sensational ad style remark about medicines, claiming threats and division by outsiders. It mentions Great preparations made in the South and a call to use kith and kin products, with an emphatic line about sword and torch. The readable bits imply a polemic tone and a product promotion within a controversial context.
The Fat Cox urges Oxford residents with homes to rent or sell to advertise locally. It notes recent demand for housing and building sites, encouraging listings to help tenants and buyers find property quickly.
In Leulerille Kentucky De John Bull declares that only he may prepare the genuine Smith's Tonto Syrup and warns that he will prosecute anyone infringing his rights. The public servant signs as authority for the claim from start to finish.
Death of Judge W L Barris described as a calamity to the country. He served on the High Court Of Errore and Appeals and resigned recently, moving to Memphis, where he practiced law. Oxford reports bustling business, cotton prices strong, and local notices include dressmaking by Mrs Sallie C Cook and wood payments for Falcon subscriptions.
We will receive wood corn potatoes pork and all kinds of provisions in payment of dues to the fatten officer. We are glad LaFayette County was represented in the assemblage of adventurers carpetbags and scalawags at Jackson last week. The few rail leaders here are disgusted with the party and leaving it.
A northern suspect was arrested in Greensburg for attempting to pass counterfeit bills at a local store. Authorities recovered about $2,500 in questionable currency, and the suspect was bound over for trial in federal court. The report also recounts Greensburg’s haunted house tale and a variety of unrelated snippets about economic tips and historical curiosities.
A Memphis lodge adopts memorials for Brother Jeter Po Dann born February 16, 1817 in Madisonburg County NC and raised to Rommeon in 1404. Resolutions praise his virtue and Christian faith and call for mourning badges and lodge jewels for 30 days. A copy is sent to the family and for publication in the Argus. Also reported is James Williams escaping a Knoxville cave via rope rescue after a 120 foot drop. his survival uncertain.
A daring plot to release George Sheppard in Russellville Kentucky was foiled by Louisville detectives. Investigations show Cashill and Haddix, arrested for the escape plan, are linked to the original Russellville bank robbery gang. They reside with the Younger brothers in Jackson County Missouri. Cahill is James Youngers, brother of Cole Younger, while pid Weds is John Jarrett-Zeenyilie Vaion.
Respectfully announces to the ladies and citizens generally that she is prepared to do all kinds of crews making and plain sewing on short notice and at reduced rates. She solicits public patronage for household work and factory tasks. December 1868.
An 1868 notice on University Street Oxford Mississippi advertises fresh leather and shoe work, urging callers to inspect Roots and Shoes. It is followed by ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE under a Lafayette County probate decree listing 1000 acres of land to be sold at public auction on December 1 for the estate of Joshua Browning, deceased.
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