A Word To Mothers Mrs FJ Bedard endorses Foley’s Honey and Tar
A reader from Cowieh Wash praises Foley’s Honey and Tar as a best remedy for coughs colds and hoarseness. The ad touts its quick relief and healing properties and notes it is sold at J Jourdan’s Drug Store. A cut out slip offers a trial package from Foley Co in Chicago for those who mail in the slip with name and address.
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FJ Bedard
Cowieh
Foley
Jourdan
Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Sign Your Real Name With Each Vidette Submission
The Vidette urges correspondents to sign their real names with every submission including news notes marriages deaths and ads. unsigned articles will not be published though signatures are not revealed in print to protect contributors.
Japan's Attitude Toward the War in 1915
In Japan during early 1915 the Cabinet unites for Allied victory and co operation with the Allies. Pro German sentiment exists among a limited public and some individuals, but its influence on policy is negligible. Major newspapers endorse the Allied cause and urge total defeat of the Central Powers.
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Japan
America
China
Viscount Terauchi
Baron Goto
Germany
England
Jiji-Shimpo
Nichinichi
Kokamin
K. K. Kawakami
War, schools, and patriotism in 1918 Civizen note
War impacts all sectors as roads stay muddy and teachers leave for training camps. Local schools proceed, Prospect defeats Spring Hill 5 to 6 in a county game. Community letters urge true patriotism, condemning price gouging and excess war profits, signed Feb 20 1918.
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Leander Anglin
Lester Hodge
Camp Pike
Lester
Olen Miller
Booneville
Corinth
Prospect School
Prospect
Spring Hill
Hanks
Bache
Sam
U.S
Uncle Sam
Letter From Camp Beauregard to the People of Tishomingo
Clayton A. Crouse writes from Camp Beauregard detailing drill improvements, a dramatic aerial visit from Lake Charles, and hope to see ladies again. He praises new training methods, notes sore muscles from charges, and mentions Red Cross aid drives requesting a machine. He signs as a neighbor and friend.
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Lake Charles
Clayton
Clayton A. Crouse
Long Way to War Line Adapted Tune Versus War Effort
Song lyric style urges enlistment and patriotic sacrifice with humor about joining the trenches, sea voyage, and Kaiser defeat. Mentions glory, cargoes of laurels, and ice cream upon return. Route 2 Medon Tennessee.
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Grand Rhine
Old France
Mississippi mother writes cheerful song for drafted son
Medon Tennessee letter writer Mrs. Fannie T. Farris describes sending a song to a Mississippi schoolboy and a Camp Beauregard soldier, noting music eases strain for troops in training and on the way to the battlefield. She mentions a letter from George A. Bacon in quarantine and pleads for inspiring songs for young soldiers.
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Mississippi
George A. Bacon
Battlefild
Fannie T, Farris
Peanuts Buyer Advertises Cash for White Spanish Peanuts
Local notice from G. T. Carmichael & Son of Tuka Mississippi seeking to buy White Spanish peanuts at best prices. Offers cash and will call for and deliver cleaning and pressing shop services nearby, noting a new pressing shop one door east of the Tuka garage and requesting customers to greet their trade.
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Tuka Garage
Letter from Lt De Woody Lyle on War Duty and Training
The aunt Mrs Bayles Williams shares a wartime letter from Lieutenant De Woody Lyle reflecting on officer shortages, discovering Tuscania casualties among Wisconsin and Michigan troops, pride in engineers, and eagerness to join action. He notes regimental training, a parade deemed a success, scarce drilling space, a turpentine land contract, and gratitude for his Washington and Lee degree amid wartime economizing and improving health.
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Dewoody Lyle
Bayles Williams
Tuscania
Wisconsin
Michigan
Camp MacArthur
Engineer Corps
Point
Washington and Lee
Wedding Surprise Unites Sheffield and Sample in Houston
A wedding in Houston Mississippi on February 7 united Ralph Sheffield of Pittsboro Mississippi and Pearl Sample of Iuka Mississippi. Rev R L Gilliam officiated. The ceremony drew many friends and relatives who attended to celebrate the vows.
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Houston
Miss
Ralph Sheffield
Pittsboro
Pearl Sample
Iuka
Rev
R. L. Gilliam
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Byron Mitchell
N. I l. College of Ophthalmology and Otology of
Corinth Drug Co
Elite Barber Shop
F. Reynolds
Herrick St. Elmira
N.Y
J. C Jourdan
dStore
Luka
Vidette
Civizen
Camp Beauregard
Camp Beauregard, la
Tishomingo Co
Seind Eption
Red Cross
MclKnight’s
Ford
Tishomingo County
Ford Motor Co
Universal Car
Tishomingo
Holent
Memphis
Milton Motor CO
Booneville, Mississippi
Soldier Boys
Tipperary
Medon, Tenn
Medon,Tenn
Vioarre
Tuka
Camp Beaure
G. T. Carmichael
Lieutenant Lyle
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