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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1923
Page
3
Fragmented notices describe an auction at a residence, a shoe repair shop move, and a PTA meeting set for Friday February 2 at 2 15 PM in the Public School Auditorium. It notes prescriptions at WC Hubbard and a stray mad creature causing excitement before dying near Carmichael's Store and Moxer's Stylish Stationery.
Prisoners Tom McNutt Bro Gray Amor Davis and Cate Lindsey escaped from the local jail Wednesday night by pushing out an iron grate in a window and using a rope to reach the ground. Also notices about local store ads and residents moving or visiting from Union Mississippi and A and M short course details appear in this mixed item.
An old time notice seeks a fearsome, self furnished man to work a small three to two horses crop on Goo thawed land. Also mentions J C Brown candidate for Supervisor Third District praising his local ties and prior service. Fresh Saratoga Chips at McKnights and a book reading notice at The Vidette.
Miners Annie Maye Campichell Yvondine Gaines Lillian Foyle Ward Bynum Lilla McQuill and Lucy Jonetan hosted a Sugar Party at Miner al Springs Total. After a six course dinner and theater outing, songs and readings followed. The six girls earned the nickname Sugar Bunch and the song Sugar Blues became their tune.
Tishomingo County voters are urged to support J Storment for Chancery Clerk. The candidate, a former sheriff and interim chancery clerk, is praised for public‑minded, conservative service and reliable county leadership. Local notice also plugs Reid Brothers Spring Hat and Mov Knights flour.
In our announcement column this week the name C T Elliott appears as a candidate for Supervisor from the Second District. Elliott is a well to do farmer and citizen with prior service as bailiff and long familiarity with voters in the district. He pursues the office with readiness to be held in consideration when casting ballots.
Owing to a month of milk shortage we have limited service but with improved dairy herds we can assure proper delivery. Daily deliveries to any city area promised. For drug needs call Peoples Drug Store at phone 139. Odor of every flower at Moser's perfumes.
Petition to Governor Lee M Russell and the Mississippi Pardoning Board seeks clemency for Marshal Aldridge who pled guilty in August 1922 to unlawful manufacture of intoxicating liquors and has served 18 months in the state penitentiary. He notes prior clean conduct, ten children with a dead mother, and asks to be placed on the meritorious list for advisory action at the July meeting.
Local item notice advertises sale of farming supplies including fertilizer feed and vehicle parts with right price listings. Limited readable details indicate a general sale or marketplace posting with prices and items to be offered.
The writer asserts cheerfulness is partly inborn but trainable through deliberate habit. It urges choosing happiness by will, cultivating optimism, and noting the silver lining even when clouds appear.
Hon J Lee Tarpley of Leonard Texas national lecturer for the Farm Labor Union spoke to farmers last Saturday at the courthouse. Rain kept the crowd small as he outlined the unions aims to get better cotton prices and organize in Texas Oklahoma Arkansas and Mississippi. The group, calling farmers dirt farmers, claims 250000 members with plans to stabilize prices and elect members to market cotton locally after schooling in cotton grading. Members report savings on bale prices and seed sales. Local organizers plan visits to Tishomingo County schools to build units.
J C Jourdan Jr substituted trustee under a deed of trust from R C Vaughan and wife Burdie T Vaughan to Iuka Guaranty Bank. On February 26 1923 sale will be held at the south door of the court house Iuka to the highest bidder for cash of Lot Twenty Five in D R Hubbard’s survey town of Iuka Mississippi.
Bark and red rust proof seed wate is announced by T. M. McDonald. The notice presents a brief item likely from a local agricultural or seed distributor column.
The Annual Northeast Mississippi Field Meet will be held in Starkville on Friday, April 20. A daughter was born to Representative and Mrs. J. W. Rankin at Columbia Hospital Washington D C on January 14. A $25,000 award from the Colorado war chest fund will aid relief for sick and needy World War veterans following a District Court injunction. Corn is the United States’ leading crop by area and value. seed quality largely shapes yield per USDA. A plan to reduce harvesting costs for hog feed proposes letting hogs harvest in the field by “hogging down.”
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