{"id":152889,"date":"2025-10-23T06:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T11:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=152889"},"modified":"2025-10-22T17:25:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T22:25:46","slug":"john-cofields-photo-of-the-week-morgan-jewelry-on-the-square-in-1961","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/john-cofields-photo-of-the-week-morgan-jewelry-on-the-square-in-1961\/","title":{"rendered":"John Cofield\u2019s Photo of the Week: “Morgan Jewelry on The Square in 1961”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“Turning Nickels Into Dimes”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Kids distributing The Oxford Eagle<\/em><\/strong> when it was a weekly publication. It was a mad dash to get to The Square<\/strong> with your papers. Granddaddy Cofield<\/strong> would give us a dollar, and we’d buy 20 copies and sell them for a total of two dollars. Granddad told me several times that it was a business loan, and he chuckled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Morgan Jewelry on The Square in 1961, Oxford, Misissippi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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