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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1917
Page
3
Old Vidette column lists multiple local notices and ads from Corinth, Iuka, and surrounding area. Items include grocery sales at Farmers Supply, 666 remedies, sale of mules and wagons, magazine club push, furniture store promotions, carpet sweeper display, church announcements, births, and a major note about selling out stock to Luther Gan. Includes mention of the Muscle Shoals Highway enthusiasm and community events.
The Thursday Club outlines an essay contest on illiteracy for county pupils with deadline the last week of February Essays judged by the pupil’s own school teacher and the best entry to be sent to Mrs Laura Copeland President of the Thursday Club The club hosted a New Year reception at the home of Mrs Geo W Neal featuring a musical and literary program with members and guests invited to celebrate and exchange greetings.
Indications favoring a national highway through Muscle Shoals show strong town backing and large delegations to a January 17 Memphis meeting. The route would link Memphis with Chattanooga and St Louis, with the George Washington route potential official designation as part of a Savannah to Seattle corridor of 3942.9 miles.
Framing lumber boxing and ceiling supplies offered at bargain prices. Second hand iron roofing available at about half real value. Also seeking brick pricing. Contact f c G, T, Reid for quotes and details.
G T Reid offers blue print maps of Tishomingo County with land numbers supervisor districts railroads streams and the proposed Jackson Highway route at a price of one dollar.
A dated classified notice pitches scholarships at Memphis Business College and Wheeler Business College in Birmingham, offering training for stenography and bookkeeping to boost earning capacity and secure a good position. The wording emphasizes ongoing demand for skilled clerical workers.
Notice promises drastic price cuts on entire stock starting January 1 1917 with a call to come early and avoid the rush. Also includes an unrelated medic ad claiming Hall’s Catarrh Medicine cures catarrhal deafness by restoring the Eustachian tube function and offering a $100 reward for proof of failure.
Twin daughters Annie Richardson wed Henry Lee Moser of Iuka and Annie Richardson wed J Wesley Rankin of the city in an elaborate ceremony at the Richardson home. Rev J E Cunningham officiated as guests praised the decor of ferns flowers and white ivy. The brides wore earth brown garbardine outfits with bouquets of bride roses as local and out of town relatives attended before the couple departed on the Mobile and Ohio train.
A new furnace has been installed at the Baptist Church ensuring warm services. Morning sermon on Sin at 11 o clock with an evening service at 7. A BP U gathering is planned for 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon inviting all town residents to participate, especially youths.
A Friday meeting at Miner al Springs Hotel organized the Tishomingo County Good Roads Association with WS Brown as President and Geo T Kay as Secretary. A large, countywide volunteer group was formed to select delegates for a Memphis meeting and to boost the Muscle Shoals Highway project.
The United States Department of Agriculture reports five years of county level studies in Virginia New York Alabama Florida and Mississippi showing good roads raise land values by 25 to 194 percent and cut hauling costs to less than half. building good roads is cheaper and improves homes and neighborly relations.
Public notice announces a solo program by Miss Beulah E. McNemar on Tuesday evening January 16 in the School Building under the Baptist Church W M S. She is praised as a top American entertainer who has performed across many states and for prominent groups. The Blue Jacket Gazette calls her an entertainer of rare ability with elevating and instructive programs. Admission is 25 cents for adults and 15 cents for children under 14.
The bulletin covers weekly arrivals and returns of boys, meeting attendance at Burnsville, water bucket issues at the Oaks and Cunningham dorms, a prank with Epsom salts, and various student activities. It lists lectures, football scheduling with Hamilton, quarry rope findings, Lyceum date, and new officers of Stephen D Lee and John M Stone societies.
The Tishomingo County Union No 14 and Rocky Springs Local No 401 plan a Friday and Saturday gathering on January 19 and 20. They urge locals to elect and send a full delegation for the new year 1917, with a National Organizer promised and county reorganizing plans to be set. Local secretaries are reminded to report officer elections and duties to ensure proper county secretary duties.
A local roundup records visits and greetings among residents including Mr and Mrs Melmoth Harris and Mr and Mrs Mack Harris. It notes dances at Lloyd McDougal's and Mrs Grays Mills, preaching at Pleasant and Pleasant Grove schools, births to Heary Short Jim Harp and Jim Wright, and a marriage of Andy Ward to Sallie Flurry on December 25, 1916.
Massey Bros and Foote announce the sale of their stock to IT J Foote and Sam H Allen and state all accounts must be collected to wind up the late firm. All debts go to Massey Bros and Foote for payment. The new firm continues at the same location with unchanged prompt delivery and low prices, seeking continued patronage and new customers.
Financial statement for Iuka Guaranty Bank in Tishomingo County Mississippi shows assets and liabilities as of year end 1916. Key figures include loans 46820 06, deposits 160065 89, paid-in capital 16000 00, and accrued taxes reserved, with officers Gaines and Gaines attesting to accuracy under oath in January 1917.
A compact sale list shows reduced prices on sugar, soap, starch, matches, cheese, peaches, flour, coffee, tea, cranberries, apples, raisins, figs, and other staples. Items include 12 pounds of sugar, Cranfies, crystalized pineapple, and molasses with house-made bargains.
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