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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1910
Page
5
A tobacco-stained advert shows advice against faultfinding and fretting, urging readers to take action now. It admonishes gloom, self-pity, gossip, and endless self-focus, then pivots to promote McGee's Baby Elixir as a safe, narcotic-free remedy for disordered stomachs and fretfulness in teething infants at Jourdan's.
Health remains good overall with a few in poor spirits. Mrs Addie Belue improves after illness. Mrs Sallie Aldridge returns from Hubbard City. Mrs Alice Dumas recovers from fever. Messrs W M and N S Belue attend association near Covington and meet old Tishomingo friends. NS Belue visits Hillsboro. Baptist meeting at Woodbury closed successfully. Little Audie Dr Bell's Anti Pain cures colic and bowel complaints with external use for sore breasts corns bunions toothache neuralgia and pains sold everywhere.
Geo L McMasters offers real estate, loans, fire and life insurance with notary public services from his office in the Ross Building, reachable by phone 62 in Tuka Mississippi.
Community items report Mr J T Skinner moving to Daw son Texas for now. County Lecturer Mann to lecture at Mount Pleasant Local 469 next Monday at 10 am. Rev J R Duncan to preach at New Salem next Sunday with a baptism candidate and Mr Dean Akers to be baptized. Prof Millsaps to conduct a singing at New Salem before preaching. M Foote planning another raft with John MecMasters P T Scruggs and H L Flynt assisting. Mr J A Robinson building shingles to repair W D Brooks Jr dwelling. W H Skinner and T P Sprouse served as jurors last week. Born to Mr and Mrs Wi Reece Aug 6 a boy. Rain badly needed. none fallen by Aug 20. Rev W A Lemons to begin meeting at Hubbard Salem next Saturday. rumor Rev J W Jones of Corinth may assist. Crawfish. Dr Bell's Antiseptic Salve ad claims effectiveness for skin ailments at 25c a box.
Advertises 160 acres in Pine Plat Woodruff place with 80 acres cultivated and timber balance, orchard, house and buildings on public and RF D road for 450 dollars. Also 50 acres in Yellow Creek bottom north of Burnsville with rich soil and some timber, drainage district, price 375 dollars. 60 acres north of Burnsville half hill half bottom, timbered, on public road, building site, price 225 dollars. Cash or easy terms. Contact G L McMasters, Real Estate Agent, Ivka, Mississippi.
The undersigned open a regular feed store at Belmont Miss offering oats corn corn chops bran shorts cotton seed meal and hulls and invite the public to patronize Jackson Patterson Belmont Miss Broom Factory Reopened at North Ink a will plant about 60 acres of broom corn and pay parties when ready Moore Bostick Co The digestion and bowels line urged Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets sold by all dealers.
Henry T Harris died August 13 1910 at his Mingo Mississippi home after six weeks illness. Born June 29 1858 in Cedartown Georgia he married Sarah Brakefield at Willow Springs Missouri June 4 1813. Survived by wife five children and many friends. Buried Union Cemetery August 14 in Union Baptist Church community funeral. JD Mann writes tribute praising a good husband father and citizen who trusted Christ and will meet loved ones in heaven.
The next session of Southern Christian College in West Point Mississippi starts September 7 1910. The school has issued eight scholarships for young ladies from Gulf States and offers special advantages in all departments. New furniture and pianos were added.
In Knoxville on August 17 the WCTU held prayers as intoxicants seized by the sheriff were sold at the county jail sale. The ladies bought all the liquor and beer offered, poured out what could burn, and some beer fetched up to 15 dollars per barrel to keep it from drinkers. The item ends with an unrelated promotional note for Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey.
A compact aphorism notes that many criminals land in prison because they fail to steal enough to hire a top lawyer, implying insufficient means lead to harsher penalties. The remark reflects attitudes toward crime, wealth, and legal costs in society.
Mr A Robinson of Drumquainn Ont endorses Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as the best medicine for indigestion and constipation. The ad claims easy dosage and pleasant effects, priced at 55 cents with free samples from dealers.
A reminiscence of the 1833 November meteor shower seen from childhood, describing bright trails lighting the sky and perceived as signs of judgment, with a wide geographic extent from Central America to Canada and across oceans, noting such showers recur about every 38 years. The piece cites W. B. Eskridge of the Tallahatchie Herald and ends with an ad for Foley Kidney Pills.
Law requires all Mississippi physicians to report diagnosed tuberculosis and related pulmonary diseases within 10 days to the State Board of Health. The Board will mail patients printed care and prevention information. Doctors must also report patient outcomes and face misdemeanor fines for noncompliance. Act takes effect upon passage.
State of Mississippi Tishomingo County commands Sime Long to appear before the Chancery Court at Inka on the second Monday in December 1910 at 10 o clock to plead answer or demur to the bill of RL Long as defendant. Clerk P W Patterson August 17 1910. He who is most slow in making a promise is the most faithful in the performance of it.
Reader letters describe extreme dry weather in Mississippi and Choctaw nation areas. A neighbor’s water supply runs low as wells and stock tanks dry up, forcing long treks for limited muddy water. The writer links hardship to prolonged thirst and livestock stress, while advertising Dr King’s New Life Pills.
Qualified claim for Eagle Eye Salve as a speedy harmless cure for granulated lids sore eyes styes and dimness of vision offered for 25 cents. Sold everywhere.
In 1854 Lewis Williams of Los Angeles bought a 5000 policy from Mutual Life Insurance Company in New York, paying 79.70 yearly for 55 years totaling 4385.50. He died in 1909 at 72. his beneficiary received 10495, a gain of 6111.50 over payments. An agent promotes policies as a savings device in a nostalgic, ad-like tone. Dysentery remedy and life insurance ads follow, touting cheap, agentless plans for whites ages 15 to 70 and for insuring parents.
A quirky court scene fills two weeks as jurors hear pleas and fights. Some plead guilty, others battle, while some receive lenient sentences amid a lively grand jury. A lighthearted note on home tensions precedes an ad for Ballard's Liver Bitters at 30 cents.
Martin Boyd of Henriette Kentucky says granulated sore eyes plagued him twenty years until trying Chang lain's Salve in February 1903. He bought a box and used two thirds, and his eyes have troubled him no more. The salve is for sale by all dealers. Also advertised Dr Bell's An ic Salve a creamy snow white remedy for eczema rheum chaps and related ailments priced 25 cents.
In Ross Building Tuba Moore the Barber offers first class haircuts and barbering services with guaranteed good work. The ad promises stomach and liver relief and urges readers to try a Berlain’s Stomach and Liver remedy sold by all dealers.
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