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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1918
Page
2
Community notes list business calls housing rents and sales with names like H L Moser and A. D. Langston. Entries announce events chores and changes including Seed Oats offers train times and visiting relatives amid a steady stream of personal notices and advertisements.
Letter page snippet shows a Mississippi town notice offering cash for white Spanish peanuts and advertising a new cleaning and pressing shop run by Luther Beard near Iuka garage. Camp Fire girls referenced helping an orphan in France during wartime.
80 acres of smooth straight white and red oak cross tie timber for sale at John Foote's mill near Coles Mill. Buyer to arrange terms, Gro L McMasters notes. Also mentions a 20 to 40 acre parcel sought by a buyer, Miss Myrtle Whitaker appointed postmistress at Pad, Baptist church debt paid in full praised, and C B Massey promising to boost automobile business.
Mrs M A Hearn returns from Texas visit. Blackberries for sale at McKnights. G A Clark of Belmont visits son Hon T A Clark. Corn for sale 150 bushels at 1 50 per bushel. One good two year old mule for sale. C A Tile Route 8 Tuka Miss. Dean family called to Nashville for funeral of Mrs Deans grandmother Mrs Lester. Full blood Jersey Mule services 2 00 J L Dean Iuka Miss Rowen Good horse for sale 125 cash or bankable note. N L Phairs Iuka Miss. 24 11 Rub My Thyme antiseptic rivives rheumatism sprains neuralgia etc J103m
Electors of Iuka Mississippi are notified of an election on February 26 1918 to elect a mayor to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Sam H Allen. The notice names J R Jernigan George L McMasters and G W Reid as officials or candidates.
New stock arriving daily with shoes oxfords hosiery ladies suits dresses skirts waists coats and more. Store invites customers to visit and view the up to date items at Brown Co with a courtesy signing T L Brown and Company.
Do Not Bring Me Any More Hens or Pullets Just Now. To comply with a late ruling of our government we cannot buy any more hens or pullets until after the first of May this year. We will purchase roosters geese guineas ducks eggs and other poultry goods. The Mother Goose Party for Red Cross last Friday raised a little over forty dollars with quaint costumes and a popular plum pie.
The obituary honors Emily Bell describing her as a gracious Ante-Bellum woman of the South, loved and mourned after her death on February 4 1918 when her friend Mrs Hodges lost a mother who brightened the world with kindness. The community expresses deep sympathy for Mrs Hodges and her bereavement.
On Saturday at 3 PM the Iuka High School grounds hosted a close basketball game where Iuka beat Corinth 8 to 5. Supt Jenkins praised the Iuka boys' conduct and urged continued support for the team. A Valentine party followed at Miss Virginia Pyle’s home. Next Saturday February 23 the Iuka girls face Corinth girls at Corinth school grounds in Woodock. Virginia Pri, Liuta McEstair. Reporters.
Miss Annie Roe makes a business trip to Corinth today. Miss Lizzie Young spent the weekend in Red Bay Alabama. Mr Orion Gardner Jr, ill with pneumonia, is improving rapidly. Several boys went to Tukia today for examination. Miss Katie Lou Collinsworth spent the weekend with her parents in Jacinto. Mr Hester's family, sick with measles and pneumonia, are some better. The Presbyterian Ladies Aid Society organized this afternoon to raise funds for a local church. Mrs W C Waldrop elected president. Coffee sandwiches fruit salad and cake served. Meeting adjourned to meet every other Thursday afternoon. Rev FH Craddock to preach at the Methodist Church Sunday morning and evening. XX
Misses Modelle Moore and Jewel Mason hosted a Valentine party at Mr and Mrs O C G Moore in Tishomingo Misa on Friday February 15 1918. Guests enjoyed games music and a Valentine contest with Miss Begsie Belue and Edward Finger the winners. Refreshments included heart shaped gelatine and cakes.
The Mississippi State Board of Health outlines rules for rabies control across counties, requiring dogs to be confined or muzzled, reporting of suspected cases, and sheriff-like authority to destroy roaming dogs. Chief Health Officer F. T. Carmack announces enforcement in Tishomingo County from February 14 1918 and notes hydrophobia cases.
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