03 Apr 1919
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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1919
Page
1
An appeal from the League of Nations invites readers to become a god parent to a French orphan. The notice frames this as a chance to support a child deprived by a father's death and to join the nation’s effort in building a peaceful world. Subscriptions will reveal the village and child name to donors.
A partial text shows a parent promising payment and future installments for a child or children in Pennsylvania. The note asks for the names and addresses of the child or children and is signed with an unidentified signature. The fragment provides little context beyond the payment pledge and request for recipient identifiers.
A Commercial Appeal note forecasts higher prices for hogs corn and hay as hog control shifts, claiming meat and flour will rise all summer and into fall. It urges farmers to plant more corn hay and hogs, warns against growing cotton alone, and notes edible vegetables remain costly.
Gladbach Germany sees soldier E Barnes of Co D 126 A 8 Inf report shelling and nightly bomb drops before armistice. He details travel through France Belgium Luxembourg, crossing the Rhine into Germany, sleeping in tents, and soon returning home to the Vidette and friends.
Mrs Ida Barnes of Alabama City visited the Home Service Office of the Etawah County Chapter American Red Cross seeking to locate her cousin Willie Caperton Seaman later identified as Rear Admiral William Caperton third ranking admiral of the Navy. The note was sent from Brazil where the admiral was being entertained by the President, after a letter from the old home prompted the contact.
The piece marks the nineteenth anniversary of John Marshall Stone, recalling his life as a two term Mississippi governor, banker and college president. It praises his strong leadership in two administrations and notes his death at Holly Springs in 1900, with tributes from Governor Longino and the Daily Clarion-Ledger.
A humorous note suggests alcohol could be extracted from potatoes and jokes about champagne tempting farmers to experiment. It also mocks Wilhelm Hohenzollern’s touted appeal as a great woodchopper, remarking that such methods of courting voters have fallen out of fashion.
A. T. Scruggs as secretary and J. B. Hyatt as promoter urge subscriptions for the Vidette. The rate is one dollar per year.
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