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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1910
Page
4
Editorials gloomily forecast Ohio returning to Taft last year and Tennessee’s future under Ham Patterson. Notes New Orleans Panama Expo 1915 push and New York Parker governorship doubts. Reports bootlegger crackdowns in Natchez, Bristow vs Aldrich feud, and a Simpson County sheriff jailed for embezzlement with governor’s veto on cost pardon.
Advertises a fragrant compound Hike Bucklen Arnica Eatwe as a universal remedy for torn cuts scalds wounds piles and skin eruptions. Claims skeptics will be convinced by its healing power and asserts it cures worst sores inflammations and sprains.
Residents along Cripple Deer Creek discuss drainage as Yellow Creek bottom project gains approval. Cripple Deer starts southwest of Iuka, runs about ten miles to Bear Creek, with a large portion in Tishomingo County. Much of the bottom is poorly drained, leaving hundreds of acres of land unproductive that could be reclaimed by drainage.
In a letter Ham Patterson suggests withdrawing from the Tennessee governor race and holding another primary where he would submit his name again. He asserts his backers would control the process and that the nominated candidate would follow a platform dictated by Ham. The public should allow him to run through November and then defeat him.
The piece discusses Texas politics with Colquitt alleged as a Democratic governor candidate who supports prohibition while being a whisky man. It argues the plurality primary favored prohibitionists who split their votes among three governors candidates, suggesting a second primary would have helped them. It denounces Senator Heyburn as agitator and recounts a Memphis plumbing firm’s gun trap leading to a shooting death of a black man.
Mrs Rose Glaster of Terre Haute Indiana reports long standing kidney trouble relieved by Foley Kidney Pills after other cures failed. She says the pills gave a permanent cure and she can work again, recommending them. Sold by Model Drug Store. Sin has many tools but nice is the handle which fits them all.
The piece notes the early start of the United States Senate race and a rising regional heat as voters focus on the means used to secure Percy’s election. It warns readers not to be diverted by side topics and hints at secret caucus activity.
The Editor visits a grocery store where a farmer paid $3 in cash for a small piece of middling. He is industrious and yields good crops but neglects hogs. Advocate diversifying feed with peas, peanuts, sorghum and other foods to supplement corn. Promote better stock and attention to hog-raising rather than leaving pigs to pine thickets.
A Texas letter requests printing a full obituary for a man unknown to the recipient. The writer suggests five names for sample copies to gain subscribers and hints payment would have sufficed. The editors politely decline, offering no publication.
The St Louis Gazette argues Colonel Bryan remains the strongest Democratic figure despite Nebraska Democrats eliminating an issue he stood for. It says Bryan retains wide influence and many friends across states, and could still sway the choice of the 1912 presidential nominee if he desires, though his immediate bid seems unlikely.
The piece traces Percy’s clash with McLaurin Longino and others over the levee board, his assault on Noel in the governor’s office, and his enduring Delta political boss reputation. It recalls Percy’s denounced denunciation at a Jackson Democratic convention and echoes warnings about Dr Crippen’s flight and moral duty for youth.
Mr MH Crippen of Los Angeles laments his inability to attend Hawley and his son, grieving for the disgrace of Dr Crippen's impending return to England to stand trial for murder. He speaks of loneliness, fear of death, and a failed effort to educate his son, drawing a parallel to David and Absalom.
An old newspaper clipping touts Dr Bell’s pine cough cures for bronchial and asthmatic troubles and Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for travelers. It urges carrying the remedy on trips, noting it cannot be bought on trains or steamers and praises temperance as a physician.
An old advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar as quick relief for hay fever asthma and summer bronchitis. It claims to soothe inflamed air passages in the head throat and bronchial tubes, contains no opiates or harmful drugs, and urges customers to refuse substitutes at Model Drug Store.
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