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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1909
Page
5
Belmont residents report visits by William Millican and others, and church services by Elder Wales. Cotton trades occur on Belmont streets while I R R Birmingham Division officials discuss expanding freight facilities. New houses and a school building boost local carpentry, with an Easter egg hunt planned and bids due for the new school. Kidney and bladder ads close the notice.
Burnsville and vicinity report scarce news with health good and farmers busy planting corn and preparing cotton ground in fine weather. Births include a boy to M and Mrs James Dempsey and another to Mr and Mrs J J Streetman and to Mr and Mrs Lam bert. Marriages seal with Isaac Roach and Lena King officiated by A D Woodruff. Local gossip covers mad dogs, a mob hanging in Dawson, snakes found while plowing, and a nondescript quip about Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup sold locally.
More than nine in ten rheumatism cases are muscular or cold damp related and need no internal medicines. Chamberlains Liniment offers quick relief with no internal drugs, avoiding poisonous prescriptions. sold by J C Jourdan.
Local merchant Geo Elevens of Springfield N C was told his son’s consumption was hopeless by two doctors. Dr King’s New Discovery then reportedly cured him in three weeks. The ad claims it is infallible for coughs and colds and offers a dollar trial bottle with store guarantee.
An ordinance of Inka Mississippi prohibits spitting on the Mayor's office floor walls stove or beneath the stove and requires use of designated spit tubs. Violations carry fines from one to ten dollars and/or up to thirty days in jail. Effective upon passage, dated April 6 1909, signed by Mayor A B Patterson and Clerk G W Dudley.
NH Brown of Pittsburg Vermont endorses Dr King s New Life Pills as a reliable family medicine for chills constipation biliousness and headaches. The ad notes a 25 cent price at J C Jourdan s and adds a domestic home improvement message about beauty and homes.
This ad warns of river dangers from careless boatmen and warns of kidney trouble. It promotes Electric Bitters as a remedy, claiming a reader was cured after long suffering and mentioning a 50 cent bottle sold at J C Jourdan's druggist in Belk Tennessee.
M L Kingham faced amputation after gangrene threatened eight toes but was saved by Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Doctors warned of death if he refused surgery, yet the salve healed eczema fever sores boils burns and piles. The note ends with a remark that virtue often sneaks in via weather change.
A Fifth Sunday meeting will convene at Union church on Saturday before the fifth Sunday in May 1909. Rev. W H Hamilton preaches at 11 o clock, followed by Rev. L M Taylor. Discussions cover if a sinner can pray and if a preacher must be called of God. Large attendance expected. Union church lies east of Bear Creek and four miles west of Dennis, Miss. Ads promote DeWitt's Little Early Risers pills and Model Drug Star.
An advertisement claims Kodol for Dyspepsia digests food instantly by supplying stomach like digestive juices. It touts improved digestion and enjoyment of meals, warns against neglecting digestion, and promotes Kodol as harmless and usable only when needed.© B. Kodol Co., Chicago.
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