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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1919
Page
4
A post primary card from J C McCriven thanks every man in Tishomingo County for their vote in the Sheriff race. He expresses no ill will toward those who did not support him and notes his intention to run again in four years.
A damaged notice-like fragment recounts a candidate for county commissioner in Coorgin conty who sunk up the sign expenses by confessing moral lapses imagined as hours slept, teeth loss, hair loss, gifts and misdeeds. It claims crowd engagement numbers and a baptism tally while noting defeat.
Notice to contractors to bid the bridge across Cole's Mil iock on Tet Monday in September 1919. Plans and specs are on file in the Chancery Clerk's office. The board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. J. A. Mosey.
United States Department of Agriculture issues the July 24 cotton crop report. Mississippi shows only 8 percent of normal with 2,939,000 acres planted and a projected 882,014 bales. The United States as a whole stands at 66.1 percent of normal with an indicated production of 811,160,000 bales 500 pounds.
Jacksonville 12 Broad Street owner C and B Hat Factory now runs the mail order business previously handled by H W Clarke Hat Company. Agents wanted. Send for catalogue. Singer sewing machines named for highest quality in sewing machines. Various types available with style and price.
A brief early-20th century editorial urges youth to value personal capital beyond inherited wealth. It argues that a sound body, trained mind, and disciplined spirit form the lasting capital, and that many fortunes arise from these traits even when one lacks property or family wealth.
In Tishomingo Mississippi on August 11 1919 Mr and Mrs Sidney Halley were welcomed home with a miscellaneous shower hosted by Mrs W R Nettles. A school petition for a two mill levy for public school purposes drew nearly every voter to sign as the district expands its faculty and adds two new staff members and a new matron.
A Progressive Farmer note urges cotton counties to urgently improve warehousing facilities. It cites a farmer who lost 105 dollars on two bales plus packing costs after rotten cotton and notes the broader gains from storing cotton, borrowing on receipts, and avoiding weather damage as prices rise.
An old advertisement claims Dodson's Liver Tone replaces calomel, promising a gentle, vegetable liquid that stimulates the liver without salivation. It targets both children and adults, condemns calomel as dangerous mercury, and claims quick relief from biliousness, constipation, and headaches with a money-back offer from druggists.
Customer guidance states to send checks or Post Office orders only. cash placed in envelopes is not the sender's responsibility and is at the sender's risk. the notice repeats the payment method and warns against sending paper money.
Health good in community as relatives and neighbors visited one another Saturday night. Protracted meeting slated to begin at Mt Moriah on the 8th Sunday in August with all invited. Obituary note: Bettie Bonda died August 6 and was laid to rest in Mt Gilead cemetery.
Rouse City Texas Mrs Mary Killman recalls suffering three months in bed with worsening side pain after childbirth. She credits Cardus tonic with a dramatic recovery after using three bottles, saying she was well and strong now. She urges others to try Cardu for headaches backaches and monthly pains.
A vintage medicinal ad urges men to take Prickly Ash Bitters to clear the brain and brace the body. It claims dull wits come from a torpid liver and bilious bowels, priced at 1.25 dollars per bottle, from J C Jourdan's Drug Store as a special agent.
Attention. We are in the market for wheat and corn. Send quotations on request. We also exchange wheat and flour for grain. We operate a first class flour and grist mill handling all products. Independent Oil & Fertz Works, Columbus, Miss. Also promote Prickly Ash Bitters for indigestion via J.C. Jourdan's Drug Store Special Agent.
The Vidette raises outside county subscription to $1.50 per year starting July 1 due to postal rate hikes. Prickly Red Bitters advertised as a stomach liver and bowel purifier helps men endure heat and fatigue. 1.25 per bottle at Jourdan's Drug Store Special Agents.
A lemon juice and orchard white blend is advertised as a safe, inexpensive skin whitener. The recipe yields a quarter pint lotion to apply daily on face, neck, arms and hands to reduce freckles, tan, sallowness, redness and roughness, leaving skin smooth and clear.
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