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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1920
Page
3
A collage of local items notes Mr. R W Busby visiting Iuka, Reid Brothers promoting values and a sale on Prunes, various visits by residents to Aberdeen and university towns, a lost automobile tire, Jersey cows for sale, and housekeeping items. Miss Ida Archer dies of pneumonia, a catarrh remedy critique, and Túpelo field meet details.
A promotional notice urges readers to discard makeshift remedies and start a treatment praised for over fifty years. It touts a product labeled 8.5.8 that addresses the disease by removing its root causes from the blood and offers free medical advice from the Medical Director at 106 Swift Laboratory in Atlanta Georgia. Also appears are notices of livestock strays, a car for sale, a church directory schedule for Spring Hill areas, and a lost oil can with contact in Tuka Mississippi.
A reader advertises wanting 50 head of yearlings and some old cows for pasture at a good acreage. Contact T. I. Ingram, Box 236, Julia, Mississippi. Also promotions for Reid Brothers hats and Butterick patterns at G. T. Carmichael & Son. Mr Rudy Copeland, student at Washington and Lee University, visits his mother Mrs Laura Copeland for Easter. Berry Lee Martin Jr, Southern claim agent, transferred to Memphis division with family moving here by week’s end.
A margin message signals expired subscription. Notices include sample ladies suits and one piece dresses from T. L. Brown & Co. at 29 Stp. For sale two good horses from K. F. McRay in Belmont, Mississippi. Local merchants advertise new goods such as news items, fresh mackerel from Moknight’s, and a continuing stream of inventory.
An advertisement touts Diamond Dyes as guaranteed to color wool silk linen cotton and blends with a new fadeless finish. It notes a color card matched to dealers and mentions local notices about Massey visiting Gates Tenn and a small red mare missing near Oldham pit. It also highlights coffee quality from McKonight's and reports on a Columbians entertainment with music reading and novelty acts enjoyed by a large crowd.
An old time medical ad extols Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a spring tonic to counteract blood impurities from winter, with testimonials praising its use for colds and bilious issues. The clip also includes humorous captions about a car owner seeking a fine for toe nail punctures and a real estate plug for Geo. L. McMasters and a dental office move by R. R. Hill.
Mississippi mississippi territory notice describes Burnsville Road District boundaries in Tishomingo County and schedule for a May 1920 bond issue to fund road construction and maintenance under 1914 law. Includes official notice by Clerk J. P. Ford dated April 7 1920 and local notices about stray cattle and community news from Iuka.
A jumble of ads and notices lists a wanted man with bond for a farm sale, product prices, and rat poison promotion. It cites J. B. Watkins Co. and others, plus a cough of political aspirants and a line about skin bleaching for African Americans, reflecting scattered 19th or early 20th century classified style.
A brief note warns of collection action, granting 15 days to settle before pursuing legal steps and collection with an attorney. The writer signs as W. 8, Brown, and references a Bolshevist disguise remark and impressions about Viennese billboards and burning board bills.
Rouse City resident Mary Kilman recounts severe postnatal side pain lasting three months. She credits Cardus as life saving after using three bottles, claiming ongoing health since. She urges others with monthly headaches or fatigue to try Cardus, described as a woman's tonic.
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