Fish Yesterday Singing Convention and Rural News from Tishomingo
Tishomingo Mississippi August 7 1922 reports a successful singing convention at Fish yesterday with high praise. Notes illness in the Enlow family Mattie and Mrs Enlow. Louise Luttrell and Mrs Jane Harlan have health issues. Jane Harlan moves to George Clifton's. A camping party from Corinth found at Fish Trap Dam on Bear Creek. Dee Dawson relocating a sawmill near Boggs Chapel. John Page makes 2x4s and remains reticent. Squirrel hunting long neglected with tales of a large stump treed rodents and fat catches. The letter closes with a hymn request and a playful reference to drought weevil and the so-called Bughouse Bill.
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Wineger Hill
Tim Enlow
Mattie
Jane Harlan
George Clifton
Bear Creek
Corinth
Dee Dawson
Arkansas
Bughouse
Getting Something for Nothing
A Sunday School picnic features George and Harry selling lemonade at five and two cents respectively. The pastor suspects a trick, but learns the boys are partners after a joke about a cat in the pail. The tale turns to a lesson on fair pricing and value for goods.
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George
Harry
Astor
That's Strange And Englishman at Banquet Story
An American teller recalls a tale about an honest lawyer named Strange whose will asks a stone inscribed only with Here lies an honest lawyer. An Englishman recounts a variant about an honest bailiff whose stone would read Here lies all honest bailif, prompting amused laughter at the odd inscription.
Advertisement note with unclear ordering terms
A fragmented line describes an advertisement order in a Lyfe and no time Hienit, offering Fea Ma Ma services or items. Details are incomplete, but the entry signals an unsigned or ambiguous placement request without clear dates, names, or pricing.
Cooperative marketing plan urged by W R Smith in county rally
W R Smith county agent argues against the current marketing system and promotes cooperative marketing for cotton and produce. He cites California raisin growers and Mississippi, Oklahoma, Texas campaigns as proof of better prices under cooperative plans. He offers to meet locals to discuss the Farm Bureau proposal and how farmers can gain more from their crops.
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New York
New Orleans
Tishomingé County
California
Fresno County
Oklahoma
Texas
Elta
Mississippi
Missis Delta
Arkansas
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Farm Bureau
W. R. Smith
County Ageil
Good Turn Elected Him James Davis Story
James Davis, longtime Missouri congressman, recalls a boy helping a mule and corn on a road. Twenty years later he learns the helper aided his campaign, influencing votes by forty seven. The tale ends as a crowd cheers the unrecognized ally.
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James Davis
Missouri
Congress
Pri
Elbos
Econ
Mississippi Highway Amendment Prompts Debate in State
The state faces a proposed amendment to Section 170 of the Mississippi Constitution that would place seven percent of the state highway system under the Mississippi Highway Department. Proponents argue a unified system improves maintenance and federal aid oversight, while opponents warn it weakens local control and risks loss of federal funding.
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State Highway Department
Jackson
Mins
These
Highway Department
Coms
Ne Boards of Supervisors
Arid Com Iune
United States
Mississippi
Feeral
Thetale Highway Commission
Cai
Calendar slip blamed on one fewer Saturday in month
A major chain store reported a sharp month to month decline in gross receipts, blamed on having only four Saturdays this month versus five the prior year. On a five Saturday basis, business would have risen, illustrating how calendar timing affected profits and unnerved investors.
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Sontcerns
United States
Thanking Ladies for Clothing For John Wesley In Iuka
A Mississippi note from the Misses Childrens Home Society of Jackson thanks every lady for donating a box of clothing to baby Dyer in Iuka. The child is in poor physical condition and is receiving hospital treatment while awaiting a loving, permanent home.
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John Wesley
Dyer
Iuka
Childrens’ Home Society
Hin
Miss. Childrens’ Home
Jackson, Miss
Sale of land in Amite county Mississippi at public auction
Special commissioner of the court will sell at the courthouse door in Taka Mississippi on a stated date to the highest bidder for cash the northeast quarter of Section 27 Township 2 Range 9 in Bighoe mingo county Miss for partition among owners under order of sale. Title believed good but conveyed as commissioner’s deed. Date July 26 1924. Pew Commissioner Boone Worsham J A By Pyle Solicitors.
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Amtiaelesinph
Tachi Cometee
RD Smith
Couiplainn
A. Tawls
Jane
Said
Onnne
Court House
Witt Tiel Omingo County
Mies
Bighoe Mingo County
Miss
Pew
Boone & Worsham & J. A
Pyle Solicitors
Want to Swap One 25 A. P. Bollék T Condition
A reader offers a swap involving a 25 A. P. Bollék T condition item and seeks an exchange with Emton. The message requests matching a trade partner willing to swap for Emton.
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A. P.bollék
Emton
Bridge Notice in Juba Town Seeks Public Bid Opening
The Board of Aldermen of Juba Town will meet on Sunday in 1922 at 9 p.m. at the Mayor's office to read bids for building a bridge along Hubbard branch on Mala ju, with construction per 16 published specifications. The town reserves the right to accept or reject bids.
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Juba
Amy
Acros Hubbard
Mala Ju
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Wuia
Fisk
Tishomingo
Agricultural High School
A. County
Gaduator
W.r.nettles
Tishomingo, Miss
Smith & Scott Tobacco Co
Tae. Paducah, Ky
Mississippi Childrens
DA Dugger
Leatherwood Hotel
Iuka, Mississippi
Tome
R. R. Hill
Othes
Aer
Lambsdalt
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