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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1920
Page
2
Town newspaper notice outlines subscription prices for Tishomingo County and Iuka Miss entries. It lists one year, six months, and three months options with out of county rates, plus rates for display ads, business notices, obituaries, resolutions, and cards of thanks.
Hon J E Rankin announces his candidacy for Congress subject to the 1920 Democratic primaries. He recalls carrying Lee Itawamba and Tishomingo counties two years ago and missing Prentiss by under a hundred votes and Alcorn by 154. He advocates a quick return to peacetime basing on constitutional democracy and Jefferson Jacksonian principles. He will tour the district to discuss campaign issues in every community.
A reader letters page extols Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a tonic for exhausted women. The ad notes tablet and liquid forms and claims it restores strength, calms nerves, and aids health, with personal testimonials from men and women. It also mentions local ads for hardware and “Rub-My-Tism” antiseptic in the same issue.
The Mineral Springs Hotel and Lake Como, a major real estate deal, was bought by Mrs. Minnie G Thompson from Mr. C B Massey. The property includes a large hotel, a lake valued around 25,000, a seven room bungalow, a new residence, barns, and about 150 adjoining acres. The lake offers fishing, boating, hunting and scenic drives, with Massey noted for ongoing business activity in Iuka.
News from Holt's Spur lists J K Whitfield and family visiting his parents M D Whitfield due to mother’s illness. Mentions Lyda Wren, Marie Whitfield, Beulah and Freda Hatcher, L Q Riley, Mrs. Chase, and many relatives visiting and attending court at Tuka. Also notes Oliver Ross, Odell Whitfield, Edd Epperson Jr. in Kansas City, and visitors from Hackleburg Alabama.
For sick headache backache heartburn nervous weakness and constipation the tonic claims to purify the bowels tone the stomach clear the brain sweeten the breath and restore energy and cheerfulness priced at $1.26 per bottle with J C Jourdan's Drug Store as the special agent.
An early 20th century advertisement argues pale young women suffer anemia from thin blood and touts Gude’s Pepto Mangan as a safe tonic. The copy claims the liquid and tablet forms share ingredients and urges purchases at druggists, warning to buy only under the full brand name.
Board of Supervisors meeting record orders that no claim filed after the first day of each regular session will be docketed until the next meeting. Warrants are to be issued by the Clerk while the Board is in session. Dated January 12, 1920, J Paul Ford, Clerk.
Real estate notice announces two residences in Iuka Mississippi for sale. Contact H. L. Moser for details and arrangements.
Trustee Ru Wooley announces sale under a trust deed dated December 14 1980s to O L Barnes by M V McMuny. The property sits on the east side of the southwest quarter of Section 34 Township A Range 9 in Tishomingo County Mississippi and will be sold January 31, 1920 at the courthouse in Inka to satisfy unpaid indebtedness.
Legal notice of sale by substitute trustee W C Sweat in Tishomingo Mississippi to satisfy a past due indebtedness on a trust deed dated December 26 1916. Property includes described Section 23 Lot 1 Block 7 village of Tishomingo with sale at the Post Office in Tishomingo on February 1 1920. Also an ad for Prickly Ash Bitters from J C Jourdan's Drug Store.
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