Weather Pinches Local Sawmills And Roads In The New Year
The Vidette reports persistent bad weather slows sawmill work and farm activity. Few sickness cases. many citizens relocate as a new year begins. Local figures, including F L Burns and J M Russell, have health and business notes, with roads and county officials under scrutiny and citizens threatening to fund road repair if authorities do not act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Burns
Belmont
Iuka
J.M. Russell
R. G. Bond
Tuscumbia
Ala
Montgomery
T. F. Hall
Gurley
Zebb Akers
Appointing Health Officer Prompts Stricter County Health Rules
Notice from the Board of Supervisors appoints F T Carmack as Health Officer with explicit duties to oversee county health. Parents may be asked to attend school health visits and participate in rigid physical examinations. If a child has a relievable ailment it must be treated, benefiting both the child and state resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
The Line Is Busy in a Humorous Exchange
A column snips a playful dig at busy telephone lines by imagining a caller in China pressed to wait for an operator. The exchange replies with graceful apologies for the inadequate service and the line being busy in a tongue in cheek tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
There Are Worms and Worms Box Supper at School
A small town note describes a young woman admiring a silk frock made from a worm. The mother chides the reference to her husband. A box supper is planned at Walker School House Saturday night January 24 1920 with Kate Dean as teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker School House
Kate Dean
Prohibition Leaders Confident of Victory in Mississippi
Prohibition leaders in Mississippi anticipate success in a January fund drive to raise 100000. At a Jackson meeting of over 100 supporters, war plans were finalized. State Director N B Forrest urged full county organization to ensure smooth operation of the anti saloon effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Jackson
N. B. Forrest
Anti-Saloon League Fund
Tree of Hope and tides of memory in a wartime plea
A narrator recalls planting a driftwood seedling and nurturing a hopeful tree on a sunny slope. A letter arrives praising the girl teachers and the worthiness of youth carried by tides. The piece laments soldiers lost at sea, forgotten shipwrecks, and the desire to rescue the dead and mend grief through remembrance and action.
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Department of Agriculture
South
Board of Cotton Examiners
F. W. Knight
Holly Springs Experiment Station
Ames
Miller
Cleveland
Cleveland Big Boll
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Jourdan’s
A. F. Whitehurst
Jim OD
McRae
B. Williams
Farmers Warehouse
T. M. McDonald
GT Carmichael
Fcarmichael G.T. Carmichael
C. C. Smith
Rosedale
Miss
Saint Sweeny
Sweeny
Patrick T
Armagh
Cronmall
Ronan
Donegal
Lecan
Sulbhne
Suibhne
Maelumba
Clonmachnoig
Swinneh
Alfred the Great
Prohibition
Peter
Diamond Brand
Reid Brothers
Spot Cash Store
Mrs. Pannie 'T. Farris
Guaranty Fund
Repaations Guaranty Fund
Juka Guaranty Bank
the Guaranteed Bank
Memphis
T. A. Leddin
Memphis Business College
Tenn
J. T. Thomas
Illustrated Cotton Journal
E. Waits
Optometrist
Corinth
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