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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1918
Page
2
The Vidette announces publication details for Iuka Mississippi with rates and publicity rules. Display ads cost 15 cents per inch per insertion while business notices are five cents per line per insertion. Obituaries and resolutions limited to ten lines and cards of thanks cost three cents per line. Deaths and marriages simple notices incur no charge unless ordered for publication.
A U S Department of Agriculture statement warns the South to prioritize food and feed production in 1918 to support the nation and allied powers. Clarence Ousley urges farmers to shift from speculative crops to self sufficiency with vegetables, dairy, poultry, corn, oats, peanuts, and cotton only if feasible. He cites war pressures, transportation limits, and the need to sustain France, Britain, and Italy.
A Florence letter from Camp Jos B Johnston in northern Florida near the St John river 12 miles from Jacksonville praises the camp. The writer Sammie notes good climate, ample entertainment funded by YMCA and Knights of Columbus, weekly Sunday School, and hopes the war ends soon while expressing fond memories of Tuka and Vidette.
Measles outbreak subsides as residents shift to gardening. Dewey Blakney returns from the University of Mississippi and may crop. Mrs P Berlin and family move to Arkansas. Mrs Lillian Bullock visits relatives and returns to Amory. Ida Bushey and Matthew Barnes die from measles. Deneyer Lambert plans moving his restaurant to Sheffield for a season. Mad dogs in the area provoke sheep relocation thoughts. Connie Elledge of Red Bay visits relatives. Will Jones reports Professor Looney healthy enough to teach and students glad.
Readers report measles and pneumonia in Holcut with several cases possibly reoccurring. Miss Mattie and Mrs. Eallicott visit Mr. Jesse Eallicott at a South Carolina training camp this week. Bob Whitfield receives a notable appointment from the board of Supervisors, praised for his experience and suitability. Gardening begins with Irish potatoes and onions selling well. community urging everyone to contribute to support the boys.
Health updates from Bear Creek include Mrs. Carrie Daniel improving from illness and Mrs. Ruth Yarbrough recovering from mumps while Mrs. Lota Maxwell fights measles. The Wilsons’ baby and others show signs of recovery. Visitors include Clarence Haines, J. D. Maxwell, and Cary Thorne with relatives, ending with a note about reading letters.
The Thursday Club in Tishomingo County urges citizens to write to Senator Kendrick and Representative Mann to back compulsory education, state health funding, and school inspections. The call stresses illiteracy as a driver and notes Mann’s opposition to compulsory education in local option votes. The club will send pamphlets to interested readers.
Salem items report a Friday pie supper at New Salem School House yielding good funds for the school. Walter Wynn and sister Blanche host a Thursday evening gathering with friends before army service. Local guests include the Rutledge, Wynn, Milford, Starkey, and Edmondson families. Visitors from X Roads and Clarksdale are noted, with a Fur lough for Clifton B Reid.
Exparte Mrs Lelia Evans Solin et al. By decree of the Chancery Court Wishomingo County Mississippi the commissioner will sell March 5 1918 at Iuka courthouse door the southeast fourth of Block 29 Terry's Survey Inka town Tishomingo County to partition among owners. Title conveyed only as commissioner. KE A P Commissioner and CLARK Attorneys.
B A Payne as trustee under a deed of trust dated January 27 1949 will sell at public auction for cash at the courthouse door in Iuka Mississippi on March 12 1918 the southeast quarter of section one township two range ten east containing 80 acres more or less described as beginning at a pine tree on the west boundary line then easterly to a white oak thence to a easternly line to a Spanish oak on Goodman Ferry Road then west to the quarter line and north to the beginning point the sale is at the request of the beneficiary and title is as trustee. Posted February 12 1918 by E A Payne trustee.
Dr Thachers Liver and Blood Syrup replaces calomel without after effects. The 1852 origin is noted with Miss Susie Brewer from Chattanooga who recovered after three doses. For decades it has stood as a tonic and purifier, used against rheumatism and indigestion, with a call to request Thachers Family Doctor.
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