28 Dec 1922
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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1922
Page
1
An old advertisement extols California fig syrup as a cure for infant ailments. It claims to cleanse sour food and bile, ease feverish upset, and restore a playful child within hours, urging mothers to buy the product from druggists.
For sale offers two scholarships in Memphis Business College and Wheeler's Basin College at Birmingham. Potential buyers can save money on either scholarship and inquire for details and terms.
Funeral services were held Sunday at Leatherwood Chapel for Rev Z T Hubbard who served his master for over fifty years. Born July 7 1847 in Iuka Mississippi he fought in the Confederate army and was ordained in 1878. Surviving relatives include W V Hubbard Mrs Mary Lou Harvey Minnie Dunlap and others. Interment was beside his wife in the family plot at the old cemetery. Local veterans attended as honorary pallbearers and the Mirror extends sympathy to the bereaved in Hillsboro Texas.
A Burnsville program outlines a January 6 meeting at 10 00 A M for the Northern Division teachers. Topics include pupil arithmetic and English progress, using recitation as guidance, making school life a sample of real life, and defining a day's work in school.
A jumble of catalog style offers lists prices on stock such as 3 lb can string beans 10 lb can Raven Syrup 10 lb can Sorghum premiums and other items. The text moves through humorous quips and reflections about manners, politics, and daily life, mentioning a sign Danger School Ahead and various witticisms.
Local residents take over control of the Mississippi Oil and Refining Company and plan immediate development under lease. Officers named Dr. B. F. Carmack, O. R. Hanson, and Capt. H. R. Backhouse with offices in Iuka. Cypress Pond Anticlinal on the Alabama Mississippi line in Tishomingo County cited as promising for oil. Drilling anticipated to begin by January 11, 1923, with multiple geologists predicting a major Mississippi Alabama oil field in coming months.
An ordinance of Tuk, Miss., fixes the town clerk’s compensation at ten dollars per month, payable monthly, with the pay rate to take effect after the current clerk’s term ends. The measure was read, voted on by section and then as a whole in regular session on November 7, 1922, signed by Mayor R. O. Vaughan and Clerk R. R. Hill.
The Town of Iuka Mississippi enacts pay for mayor and aldermen. The mayor will receive fifteen dollars monthly and each alderman three dollars monthly, beginning with the current term. Ordinance also selects the tax assessor and tax collector and fixes marshal compensation. The marshal’s salary is set for property assessment and tax collection duties with percentages and flat fees as specified.
The text outlines a novembr 7 1922 mayoral approval setting a patrolman wage of Fifteen Dollars per month plus costs, effective after the current term ends. It mentions ordinance reading, voting on the measure, and officials R C Vaughan and R R Heel. It also includes miscellaneous ads and remarks on Moton and La Follette with partisan comments from Knoxville Journal and Tribune and Advertiser.
Fragmented text describes a trench incident with a doughboy under fire and a sniper, plus a controversial piece by Alonzo B. Lee advocating women’s colleges. The source mixes war reportage with political and social comments, citing Philadelphia Inquirer style and Atlantic Ocean escape mentions, reflecting wartime sentiment and press confusion.
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