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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1915
Page
2
Notice of advertising rates and rules for notices, obituaries, and announcements. Includes charges for display ads at 15 cents per inch, business notices at five cents per line, and obituaries limited to ten lines. Cards of thanks priced at three cents per word line. Unspecified insertions published after payment.
Community urges immediate fire protection as insurance rates soar. Residents argue artesian well funding or a stock company could reduce losses, noting recent fires and high taxes. They urge moneyed leaders to act, saying investment now saves future costs.
The Commercial Appeal outlines a decade long campaign to wipe out tuberculosis in the Memphis area, urging all readers to join the effort. It questions TB mortality versus wars, notes U S losses from TB, and calls for nationwide readiness to assist the campaign.
Card from Mrs H J Cowan expresses heartfelt thanks to kind neighbors and friends for assistance and sympathy after her home was destroyed by fire.
Bargains in everything in our line offered by Ada C. Moser. We need the money and you need the goods. Call before you buy to secure the goods and bargain.
The New York World Thrice-A-Week edition argues for readership during a global war and upcoming presidential contest. It promotes prompt, affordable news billing 156 papers yearly at 1.00 and a combined offer with The Vi dette for 1.65 per year.
Jay E. House offers a Pittsburgh Dispatch critique weaving satire on politics, economy, vaudeville, housing, and alcohol. The piece ponders unequal fortunes, misplaced generosity, and social quirks through a mosaic of wry lines about foreboding finances and public life.
A column of wry epigrams compares courtship and marriage across eras with playful digs at wealth, grooming, and social mores. It contrasts old fashioned suitors using clubs with modern spouses who wield influence, and gently mocks bachelor vanity and post marriage shifts in behavior. The piece closes with a quip from a humorous exchange about children and golf.
An ad from W O Jackson Hardware Co mentions coal grates and fire brick and notes they have a few pieces of cut glass suitable as a Christmas present. Included is a fragment referencing Iuka Millinery Co. and a holiday shopping cue in a local paper listing.
Mr. Merchant is urged to contact H. L. Moser for quick cash opportunities before and after the holidays. The notice promotes fast money and directs readers to the adv-13 listing for details.
The undersigned, as Commissioner, announces a public auction on January 3, 1916, of 120 acres in the southeast quarter of Section 11 and about 9 acres in the southwest quarter of Section 12, Township 6, Range 9 East, with a 16 foot road and appurtenances. Terms to be agreed at sale. Located in Tishomingo County Mississippi.
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