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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1916
Page
4
A Thacher Medicine Co. ad from Chattanooga Tennessee promotes Stella Vitae as a cure for ailments believed to affect women and promises improved digestion complexion disposition and appearance. The tonic is sold in $1 bottles with a full purchase price refund if no improvement.
Tens of thousands of farmers and townsfolk cut store bills by half last year despite short crops and lower wages. The Hastings 1916 Seed Catalogue shows how to save money with home gardens and seeds not sold by merchants. Free on request from Hastings O. Atlanta Ga.
Health shows slight improvement while rain persists. J R Mann remains at home then returns to Jackson. Rev Bogard preached at Prospect Church and school progress under Prof J C Long. Olen C Miller resigns Golden High principalship to attend Valparaiso Univ. Roger Bell returns from South Carolina after his father’s funeral. Saw mills run steadily but road conditions hinder lumber transport. Legislature slows business. call for capable leaders to cut taxes. Several new grounds cleared. town grows with seven country stores within two miles. Roads need drainage but avoid disturbing packed beds. M C J comments, 2-14-16.
A Lexington Advertiser note urges Tippah County merchants to follow Ripley’s Brown Store lead in supporting farmers. It recalls a yearlong contest rewarding hog farming, where Tippah hogs weighed 400 to 600 pounds, with the top hog at 585 pounds in under a year, at about four cents per pound. Ripley’s example drew wide newspaper attention.
For a short time new paid in advance subscribers and those who renew for a year receive ten five cent packages of Sierarden seed from RB on Memphis. Seed is described as very best and offered as an incentive to subscribe.
M D Adams appeals Live Stock Raisers in Tishomingo county to send names addresses and full answers to 14 questions about breeding and stock holdings. The aim is to involve E R Loyd director of Extension and Live Stock at AM College Mississippi in a comprehensive state survey with free services under 1914 legislative acts.
The verse extols a young woman who defies norms and flaunts fashion with cobwebby shoes a loose gown and bold makeup. She parades at night with an array of cosmetics while denying color but convincing others with flirtatious poise. Her mother’s nagging to buy calico ends the spree as she surrenders to duty.
B A Payne as trustee under a 1915 deed of trust for Walter and Armina Newman sells at public auction for cash at the Iuka courthouse door during legal hours the Lots 5 and 11 in Block 1 with 5.5 acres of Lot 11 totaling 243 1/4 acres per Burnsville survey in Tishomingo County Mississippi following bankrupt court order dated February 11 1916.
By law a trust deed dated January 1 1914 from T J H W and J W Martain and recorded in Trust Deed Book 8 page 30 secures debt. Trustee T J Foote will publicly sell March 3 1916 in Tishomingo at legal hours the north half of the southwest quarter and northwest quarter of the northwest quarter in section 27 and the southwest quarter of section 22 township 5 range 10 containing 160 acres.
An advertisement warns against calomel as dangerous and promotes Grigsby’s Liv-Ver-Lax as a natural vegetable remedy. It claims to cleanse liver and bowels without bad effects, suitable for children, with bottles at 50 cents and one dollar, sold at Jourdan’s Drug Store.
Scholarship opportunities are offered for sale at Macon and Andrews, Memphis Business College, and Wheeler Business College in Birmingham, Alabama. The ad markets stenography and bookkeeping training as a path to higher earnings and better positions.
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