Local notes from Iuka and surrounding towns
A long stream of brief items notes residents at home and visiting towns. Ben Ellis at home drinks Fan Taz at Model Drug Store. many in town for visits, trips, and duties including Dr. J C Walker, H S Massey, Emmett Reid Jr., W W Harris, and J H Webb. Cattle shipments, court visits, picnics, and a large Red Sulphur Springs picnic loom. local businesses tout ads and goods. a Burnsville baby dies in Burnsville home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pep
H. S. Massey
J. C. Walker
Model Drug Store
Nina Powell Hosts North Juka Evening Party
Miss Nina Powell entertained at her North Juka home with a recent evening party. A conversation contest awarded the prize to Mr. W. Graham. Misses Robinson and Carmack performed music, and refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nina Powell
Powell
North Juka
W. Graham
Robinson
Carmack
Model Drug Store Showcases Stationery and Toiletries in North Mississippi
The notice lists guests of Mrs. Jackson and Mrs. Cook with families in Nashville and Owens, and families of Mr and Mrs Jones in Tuscumbia, Mr and Mrs Isbell with eight children in Tuscumbia, and Mrs. McGoy with five children in Topelo, highlighting a gathering pattern across several towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Gee
Melchair
Jones
Melaines
Memphis
Nickle
Deeafir
Ala
C. W. McKnight
Model Drug Store
Mississippi
Jackson
Cook
Nashville
Owens
Tuscumbia
Isbell
McGoy
Topelo
Wanted Produce Local Vendor Ad and Fire News
Classified notice seeks butter eggs and all kinds of saleable produce with high prices from Dc. W. McKnight. A fire at the Viperri office started by a match threatened fuel from a leaking tank but was stopped by the Volunteer Fire Department. Also mentions watch and jewelry repair shop near the post office. A death notice cites Mary Hobbs two miles north of Tuka on August 4 from scarlet fever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dc. W. McKnight
Viperri
Tuka
Harvey Place
Mary
C B Hobbs
Model Drug Store Returns Home Like Repentant Prodigal Son
Miss Blanche Edwards has gone to Corinth for nurse training. She returned home Wednesday and will continue her studies at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Edwards
Corinth
Local Notes Include Visitors and Prices From Town Creek and Dennis
Mr HJ Landers of Town Creek Alabama visits daughter Mrs EM Kent. George L McMasters offers twenty acres at one dollar per acre. WS Sharpley and wife of Decatur Alabama with A N Bureh and daughter from Brick Alabama visit Mr and Mrs B Patterson. Model Drug Store promises lower prices after August 15 1909 and advertises slippers. L R Davis of Dennis Mississippi seeks exchange for a good mare and colt weighing at least 900 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HJ Landers
Town Creek, Ala
Mrs EM Kent
WS Sharpley
Decatur
Ala
Bureh
Daught
Brick
B . Patterson
L. R, Davis
Dennis
Miss
Shaving Ten Cents Ad Stays Next Door to Williams
An old time ad notes Shave We and J. D. Barnett offering cheap services next to 1B Williams. Shaving remains ten cents and haircut remains twenty five cents, inviting patronage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tam
1B Williams
J. D. Barnett
The Beau Nots entertain at Miss Walmsley’s club
The Besdu Nots gathered Wednesday afternoon for a program featuring quotations from Ella Wheeler Wilcox and readings of two of her poems by Miss Annie Jourdan. Miss Ruth Carmack offered a musical selection and Miss Caddie Webb attended as guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Besdu- Nots
Mary Walmsley
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Mrs. Wilcox
Annie Jourdan
Ruth Carmack
Williams
Jourdan
Rugene Field
Caddie Webb
Paden News Notes Rain Lifts Crops and Social Happenings
Rain improves crops in Paden with cotton and hay prospects up. Visitors arrive from Haleyville Alabama and Shackelford family plans move via Tukia. WC Patterson recuperating from fever. W A Williams on vacation with David Gibson as substitute. Picnic draws crowd. local meeting approves but citizens object to recent school district change. Model Drug Store to relocate to old town stand after Aug 15.
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Paden
Padena
Model Drug Store
Cow and calf for sale cheap in Iuka Mississippi
A good cow with a young calf is offered for immediate cash sale. Apply to 5 W Shockley in Iuka Mississippi.
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W. Shockley
Iuka
Miss
Ordinance Grants 25 Year Magnetic Telephone Franchise
The town of Iuka Mississippi grants Stantonville Telephone Co a twenty five year franchise to build operate and maintain a magnetic telephone system within Iuka. The ordinance allows erection of posts poles wires and cables on streets and alleys while ensuring traffic is not unduly hindered and becomes effective upon passage August 3 1909.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stantonville Telephone Co
Iuka
Miss
Tuka
Inka
Bridge Bid Notice for Bear River at Epps and Cow Ford
The notice states the lowest responsible bidder will be chosen on September 6, 1909, at the courthouse in Tuka Mississippi for constructing two wooden bridges over Bear River in the South Supervisors district. The Bard may reject all bids. Plans are at the Chancery Clerk’s office. August 2, 1909. J D Mano M B S
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuka
Miss
Bear River
Sth
Bard
Epps Ford
Cow Ford
Chancery Clerk's
J.D. Mano
M. B.S
Notice on Fan Taz drink at Model Drug Store
A red touring car carrying a Standard Oil representative was seen en route from Memphis to Chattanooga. Sheriff Payne visited Florence on Tuesday and returned with Thomas Harland who is charged with obtaining $10 from P. W. Patterson under false pretenses. Harland is jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Model Drug Store
Standard Oil
Memphis
Chattanooga
Ste
Payne
Florence
Thos. Harland
Harland
P. W. Patterson
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Ben Ellis
Ben E. Everett of
Emmett Reid Jr
Mr. W. W. Harris
Cherokee
T. P. Haney
Burnsville
Gordon Massey
Sheffield
Elmore Robinson
G. T. Jordan
H. Robinson
A. J. Strickland
W B Ellis
Booneville
J. H. Webb
Estelle Alsebrook
Marie Ellis
Carrie Underwood
Ruth Taylor
Kathleen McIntoh
C. H. M'Lions
McKnight House
Paul Leatherwood
Marked Tree, Ark
E'S Candler Sr
Leatherwood
Tom M Grisham
Messrs
W & Leatherwood
J C Callicott
R Tam Baker
Mies
Joe Walker
Aeek
Willie O'Reiley
L. Massey
Pulton
Wl. S. Massey
Alabama
Motel Drug Store
F and C W Walker
Oute 1
Iday
Jas Walmsley and
Schildren
Oklahoma
Land Paper Co
Geo
Omega
Bob White
Reed
WT Adams
Walker's
Mary Hearn
Baldwyn
Mrs. Whittacker
Jas. A. Holder
Vintrre
BE. ‘T. Hammerly
The
Stanfard 671 Co
Memphis, Tenn
J. B. Williams
Sam Shockley Jr
W H Dawes
Raper
Jaginto
Texas
Church Stallings
Ship
Tenn
C Peal
Geo D Mosely
Birdie Meriwether
Fitzpatrick
W. W. Harris & Co
al Robinson
Hatcher
Booneville Court
J. M. Harland
Riverton
Red Sulphur Springs
Allsboro
Luka
W.M
Jeff Busby
Houston
M. L. McCulloch
Jourdan White Co
Lowne
Andy
Model Deng
Henry and
Will Fryer
Frances Fryer
Nashville, Tenn
Chas, Palmer
Tika
W. McKnight
Eastport
Dy. J. T. Walker
J. E Clement
Kn, Wood
North Mississippi Land Co
H.B. Cameron
Leatherwood Hotel
George L. McMasters
W. W
Harris & Co
GT Goddard
Miss Libbie
Haleysville
Shackelford
Cascilla
Hame
WC Patterson
W A Wiliams
Prentiss County
David Gibson
Bob Shackelford
Hacklebury
Johnson
Pickwick, Tenn
J Hill
J H Johnson
J. H. Faircloth
Liverpool
London and Globe
Royal Home
Phenix
Hartford
Tishomingo Banking Co’s
Lowney
JC Jourdan's
A B
Patterson
Dudley
National Monthly
Norman E. Mack
Buffalo, N. Y
Thomas Jefferson
United States
Buffalo
N. Y
Rehium
Kern
Belleville
Ill
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