Burnsville Forms Telephone Co and Local Union Notes
Burnsville forms a new Telephone Company led by John Floyd and Dewey Blakney with lines to Iuka Stantonville long distance links. The Tishomingo County Union No 14 meets January 16 17 1920 near Cripple Deer to elect delegates and discuss reorganized state union. P R Adams reports as County Secretary pledging faithful service and attendance at meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Montgomery
Prof. Wright
Burnsville
Stantonville
John Floyd
Iuka
J. M. Woodruff
Belmont
Burnsville Telephone Co
Dewey Blakney
Stantonville Telephone Co
Tishomingo County Union No. 14
Post Office Quarters Bid Call at Iuka Mississippi
January 3 1920 notice invites proposals for furnishing suitable post office quarters in Iuka to lease for five or ten years from occupancy. Requirements include rent heat water closets urinals vault and furniture at a stated annual price. Minimum 1206 square feet daylight near business center and within eighty rods of rail depots. Blank forms available from the postmaster and proposals may be examined at the post office. The right to reject any or all proposals is reserved. A H LEWIS Post Office Inspector Corinth Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iuka
Mississippi
Business Center
A. H. Lewis
Corinth
A Mississippi Legislator Addresses Tishomingo County
A formal message to the people of Tishomingo County from a Mississippi representative notes the January session will face high prices and shrinking purchasing power, threatening schools and state institutions. It calls for increased state aid and legal updates, and invites constituents to contact the representative at Jackson, with home in Golden, Miss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Jackson
Golden
Ancient Stone Ruins Puzzle of Caroline Islands
W T Bazzel surveys the Caroline Islands asking who built the megalythic stone ruins and the origin of the five ton stone currency. The article notes Yap Ponape and other isles with megalithic blocks, submerged ruins, and ancient terraces. It cites limestone money used for banking, population figures, and island geography per the National Geographic Society Bulletin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Islands
Japan
Germany
Pacific Islands
Ponape
Yap
Venice
Carolinas
Kugale
Hogolu
Truk
Philippines
New Guinea
National Geographic Society Bulletin
Paris bookseller shares daily poetry for free readers
A Parisian bookseller uses a large blackboard outside his shop to post a fresh poem each morning by a younger poet he publishes. Students from the Quartier Latin pause daily to enjoy this literary feast, offered without money and without price as book prices rise.
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Jourdan's
A. FL Whitehurst
Jm BD
McRae
J. B. Williams
T. M. McDonald
Burnsville, News
Paul Ford
Tuka
Burnsville Enterprise
Farmer's Union Notice
Iave
Union
Fraternity
P. R. Adams
Johnn White
Louisville, KY
Tishomingo County
W. T. Bazzel
Peter
Diamond Brand
Reid Brothers
Spot Cash Store
Uary
National
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