Iuka Items and local notices in a fragile column
Route 1 Iuka items report sickness gardening and weather hampering work. Letters from many places encourage reading the county paper and writing to the paper. Adverts urge DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills and Dr Jordans Drug Store. News includes Mrs Mary Bullard death near Yellow Creek after pulmonary illness. Revelation of medical remedies and local reminiscences.
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DeWitt
Model Drug Store
Mary Bullard
Yellow Creek
Wes
G. W. Bullard
W. J. Thomas
Darhart
Tex
M. E. Fisher
Detroit
Mich
Dennis Dots Heavy storm blows fences and washes roads
A late Sunday evening storm with strong winds swept the Dennis area causing fences to fall and roads to wash. No material damage is reported. residents and visitors in the region include Mrs. Amanda Paden of Mynot visiting her sister Mrs. Amanda Flurry, Miss Mattie Blanchard returning from Prentiss county, and many others noted in a dense local update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Amanda Paden
Mynot, Ala
Amanda Flurry
Dany
Lucinda Byram
A. G. W. Byram Esq
Belmont
Lillie Davis
Rinks
Paden
Messrs
J. H. Clark
B. L. Hicks
Dennis
Jumber
J. C. Cornelius
Mrs. Cornelius
Haleyville
Mr. Glenn
Prentiss County
Fencing Supplier Promises Low Cash Prices
A local fencing firm invites buyers to call for prices on woven wire fencing. It emphasizes cash sales, stating it will supply goods at astonishingly low cash rates and declines offering credit.
Iuka Hardware Company Tax Sale Notice
Iuka Mississippi sheriff sale of land for taxes on the first Monday in April 1909. Lands described to satisfy state and county taxes for fiscal year 1908 and all costs, to be offered in front of the courthouse door in Iuka, Tishomingo County. B. A. Payne, Sheriff and Tax Collector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iuka
Tishomingo County
Miss
B. A. Payne
Conviction of Charlie Smith Shocks Paranoid Defense
Charlie Smith was found guilty in Columbus for murdering Laurent, delivering a blow to the paranoid defense theory. His attorneys had rested confident in an insanity defense, but the jury returned a guilty verdict. The case proceeds to the supreme court for review.
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Charlie Smith
Columbus
Laurent
Smith
Supreme Court
Early Risers The famous little pills press sales scare
Ministers complain that people are losing interest in salvation and ask if heaven needs a lively press agent to revive attention. The note hints at promotional pills and a push to rekindle faith through sensational publicity.
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Heaven
Six Nights Go As You Please Race Ad Targeting Worms
A nascent ad asks how many tired parents enter nightly races carrying a baby to explain their child’s hunger. It claims children have worms and whites Cream Ver mifuge will rid worms and strengthen the child, priced at 25 cents per bottle by J. Jourdan.
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Jourdan
The Learned Block Head and the Loose Lumber
A proverb-like saying critiques a head filled with foolishness even when unloading lumber, implying that preparedness does not erase folly. It suggests that true wisdom is absent regardless of material burdens or tasks completed.
Ballard's Snow Liniment Sold by JC Jourdan
An old ad promises quick relief for burns cuts and scalds from accidents with Ballard's Snow Liniment. It claims rapid healing and relief of sprains rheumatism and all pains with bottles priced at 25c 50c and 1.00 sold by JC Jourdan.
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Ballard-Snow Gistenas Co
Louis, Mo
Jo Jourdan
Ballard
JC Jourdan
De Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve Ad Warns Against Counterfeits
A historical notice warns the public about the dangers of counterfeit De Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve and touts the original product as a versatile remedy, especially effective for piles. It emphasizes buying only De Witt’s from drug stores to avoid injurious substitutes.
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DeWitt
STANDARD CLOTHES AD OFFERS MEASUREMENT FOR PERFECT FIT
An advertisement for Wanamaker & Brown Philadelphia tailors promotes standard clothes via their Iuka agent E. L. McKie at the post office. It touts Bright's Disease warnings and liver remedies, urging prompt action for headaches urinary issues and digestive troubles, and promotes Hamlet's liver regulator as a cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanamaker& Brown
Philadelphia
Iuka
E. L. McKie
Bright
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Mattie Blanchard
Chas Castleberry
New Albany
Henry Deaton
Hilard
Lee Orick
Red Bay
Atwood
L. M. Oaks
Foster
Mr. D. B. Davis
Mrs. Gray
Tishomingo
L. R. Davis
J. R. Davis
R.R
Froner Gores
Southern Railway
Memphis
Tenn
Tuscumbia
Ala
Luka, Miss
H. S. Massey & Son
General Contractors
IWKA
Mississippi
Avery
James & Graham Farm
Iuka Hardware Company
Iuka, Miss
Washington
Tor
Bucklen
Amica
John Washington
Ville
Jourdan's Drug Store
LW Murphy
P Holman
CC Turner
Story
J M Baldwin
Phil Gibbons
Tigret
LR_ Robinson
Mayo
Dennis Corporation
Davis
Tom Paton
Tom Petterson
Belmont Corporation
JM Pharr
Tishomingo Corporation
Amentine
Bruto
Wimbish
Condry
Swift
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