Local News and Personal Updates from Town
Miss Lucile Lambert of Charleston Mississippi visited relatives here this week. Mrs. Joe R. Davis who has been ill for the past four weeks is improving. Mr Earl E. Davis who works for D O Matthews Supply Co Tuscombia spent Sunday with homefolk. Friends of Mr R W Carter Jr will be glad to know he has recovered enough to be at his place of business.
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Lucile Lambert
Charleston
Miss
Joe R. Davis
Earl E. Davis
D. O. Matthews Supply Co
Tuscumbia
Homrefolke
R. W. Carter, Jr
Roger Bell
South Carolina
Ed Bell
Is Bell
F.L. Burns
Fulton
Itawamba
Belmont
G. C. Stephens
Luka
Mr. Stephens
Prospect School
Clyde Hubbard
R. G. Bond
Hole
G.E. Blissett
Kate Castleberry
Sciwitar
Memphis
Tenn
Sugar Trust
Box Supper Benefit at Pleasant Hill School
A box supper will be held at Pleasant Hill school house on Saturday night December 13 to aid in the school building fund. M. A. Aldridge urges community support.
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Pleasant Hill School
M. A. Aldridge
Marriage of Oliver 8 Williame to Soveta Miller
Friends of Mr Oliver 8 Williame announce his marriage to Miss Soveta Miller of Florence Alabama formerly of Paris Texas. They wed on November 24 in Florence Alabama and left for Chicago Illinois to begin their life together.
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Oliver
Williame
Aliie Williams
Soveta Miller
Florence
Alabama
Paris
Texas
Ala
Chicago
Ill
Fruit Supper for New Salem Schoolhouse Benefit
A Saturday night fruit supper at New Salem schoolhouse ten miles south of Tonka on December 6 1919 will aid the local school. Music by the Salem string band invites all to attend and Leraga Glenn and Newt Husparp are listed as teachers. Symptoms of kidney disease require prompt attention and Prickly Ash Bitters is advertised as a dependable kidney remedy for elderly men at 1.25 per bottle through J C Jourdan's Drug Store Special Agents.
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New Salem
Tonka
Salem String Band
Leraga Glenn
Newt Husparp
J.C. Jourdan
J. C. Jonrdan
Thanksgiving Shower for Mrs. Foote at Mrs. Allen’s Home
A Thanksgiving afternoon surprise shower honored Mrs. Arthur Foote with guests Mesdames J. J. Whitten and 8 H. Allen at the Allen home. Friends decorated with ferns chrysanthemums autumn leaves as Lucy Watson Lillian Foote served tea. Ruth Shockley sang You'd Better Ask Me and Mrs. Lyman Paden with Mrs. Ben McRae sang Love's Old Sweet Song. Gifts of china cut glass and linen were presented at the station arrival of the couple. The bride wore brown traveling attire and thanked her friends for their thoughtful wishes for a long, happy marriage. Also promotes Prickly Ash Bitters at J. Jordan's Drug Store.
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Arthur Foote
Mesdames
J. J. Whitten
H. Allen
Missea Lucy Watson
Lillian Foote
Ruth Shockley
Mra
Lyman Paden
Ben McRae
Tishomingo School Field Day Winners and Scores 1919
December 1, 1919 report from Tishomingo highlights class day events with Claude Crow winning five firsts in races including 100 yd and 220 yd sprints, Clifton Loden and Reece Bickerstaff notable in many events, and eleventh grade defeating ninth in a basketball game 41 to 26. Sixteen events listed with placings and names, awards include a five dollar pennant for winners.
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Tishomingo
Doora Ies
Claude Crown Firat
Reece Bickerstaff
Pauline Allen Firat
Gladys N
Claude Crow Firet
Mancel Bryant
Claude Crow
Rana Clifton Loden
Lawrence Hollandeworth Firet
Dewit Oake
Lawrence Hollandeworth
Ellie Maxey
Clarence
Grace Dempsey Sret Jewel Mazon
Tom Duncan
Woodie Loden
Crow and Howell
Burch
Bostick
Colman King
Kirk Hopking
Irene Burdy
Macyer
D. Henry Frat
Bem Duncan
Christmas Seal Sale aims to aid Mississippi TB work
The Mississippi Tuberculosis Association plans a December 1 11 sale to raise funds to reach every tubercular sufferer in the state. Mississippians are urged to buy 208000 seals at one cent each. The seal features Santa unloading a sack with holly and mistletoe, and the motto Health and a Happy New Year.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Mississippi Tuberculosis Association
Santa Claus
Notice on debts and price signals from Paden
Cotton and corn prices are high and labor is costly. The speaker W. Steriens of Paden Mississippi demands all debtors bring one of these commodities or payment promptly to settle notes and accounts.
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Steriens
Paden
Miss
Weathered Mississippi town mourns crop losses and local movers
Heaviest rains and high winds inflicted heavy crop damage in the Luka Route 1 area last week, with farmers facing a tough season since the Civil War. Land and timber deals lure residents west and town dwellers note migration of families and new sawmills. A local school progress report praises Miss Clyde Hubbard, while readers react to coal strike coverage and labor sentiment urging shorter hours and fair wages.
Farm for Sale 166 Acre North Mississippi Near Iuka
166 acre farm four miles north of Iuka Mississippi with a good on site school and Pike Road crossing through the property. Priced at 25.00 per acre, offering 2000.00 for quick sale with easy terms. W. BROWN. Wanted workers to take orders for hosiery in homes. no experience needed. 50c per hour part time or 24.00 weekly full-time. International Stocking Mills Norristown PA.
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Mississippi
Iuka
Pike Road
Mee
Brown
International
Stocking Mills
Norristown
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Xmas Goods
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ONY
Owensboro
Thornhill
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Tita
Tishomingo News
Washington
Garfield
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Supreme Court
Tiop
Ing
Selj Data
J. C. Jourdan
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Reid
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Spot Cash Store
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