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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1917
Page
3
Local notices and classifieds from Iuka recount promotions for Vidette subscriptions, bargains at Moser’s and Farmers Supply, wear and hardware sales, and household items. Mentions include Craddock’s trip east, tornadoes not, and community announcements about meetings and local events in January.
Arthur S Cromwell, agent for the Ladies Home Journal Saturday Evening Post and Country Gentleman, requests a subscription for one or all titles and asks to save it for him, providing phone number 510 99.
A local solicitation from J R Bearp of Corinth Mississippi offers a cure for eczema catarrh rheumatism and cancer for one dollar. The notice urges readers to seek the remedy immediately at his location.
Blue print style map showing land numbers supervisor districts railroads streams and proposed Jackson Highway route offered for one dollar by G. T. Reid Located in Tishomingo County.
The Vidette advertises scholarships for Memphis Business College and Wheeler Business College in Birmingham. It claims demand for stenographers and bookkeepers and invites readers to fit themselves for a “good position” by attending business college.
Reduced prices begin January 1 1917 as Farmer's Supply Co promotes its entire stock at lower rates. The notice urges customers to remember the date and shop early to avoid the rush.
Mrs Salle Leatherwood Tyson, wife of Tyson, died in Corinth Monday night about 6 o'clock after a two year illness. She was born in Tishomingo county near Inka February 27, 1865. Reared at Inka she married in April 1885 and moved to Corinth where she resided. A member of the First Methodist Church she was a revered Christian woman and funeral arrangements are set. she was a sister of W G Leatherwood of Corinth.
Muscle Shoals Highway Convention in Memphis drew nearly 200 delegates. Officers elected include President W S Hirown of Florence and H M Young of Corinth. Two more vice presidents to be chosen from each county along the route. A conference in Iuka January 26 will align officers and county vice presidents for the Muscle Shoals Highway project.
A morning fire in Tishomingo destroyed West Row businesses near the post office. DW Paden’s store Olen Bicker’s restaurant post office J H Bickerstaff’s feed store AC Gardners W C Waldrup’s drug store barber shop W C Hundley & Co’s hardware and furniture store Hafford Fairless & Co’s hardware and furniture. Insurance only on the Hundley store. Estimated loss at least $25,000 with no other coverage.
The Mineral Springs Hotel hosted a stockholders banquet for about 50 guests in honor of L T Gaines, cashier of the Iuka Guaranty Bank. The program featured invocations, toasts, and speeches from community leaders, educators, and doctors detailing business, church, and educational perspectives.
A major blaze in Tishomingo wiped out eight Main Street business houses late Wednesday night. Losses are estimated near 15100 with some insured stacks saved. the Dormitory boys were awakened late, and local officials note the town faced its toughest day since 1889. Local boys played Golden to a 28 to 11 basketball win after the fire.
The Tishomingo County Union No 14 and Rocky Springs Lotal No 401 will convene Saturday and Sunday January 19 and 20. Locals are urged to elect a full delegation for the new year with plans for reorganizing county and a National Organizer expected. Officers to be reported for 1977. Signed P R Adams.
Mr Hicks Elam of Iuka visits grandfather D W Hicks and aunt Miss Charlotte Hobgood. Prominent lawyer Mr Elam named among Tishomingo County’s leaders. Mr and Mrs C Ganong of Iuka, long time residents of Iglu, visited Beck and Williams homes. Mr B F Patterson of Iuka, Roth Produce salesman, reports solid trade. Henry O Little of Iuka scouts Maxwell car agency. Maxwell cars recently price-inflated. Alabama Dispatch advert: Sav money on cough medicines and liniments at Moser's. read ads.
H W Miller, 70, with long recovery after typhoid, says Tanlac rebuilt strength in his right arm and overall health. After three bottles he gained 13 pounds, sleeps and eats well, and routines improved. His wife also reports relief from long standing ailments. Sold by JC Jourdan in Iuka and several Mississippi outlets.
The notice urges readers to subscribe now to a club of magazines advertised with the newspaper. It calls this the biggest bargain yet and warns that rising white paper costs will raise regular subscription prices soon. Readers are advised to send orders promptly to secure a double bargain.
Advertisement listing price cuts on various grocery items and household goods. Mentions cheese peaches flour coffee tea cranberries apples raisins prunes figs nuts cocoanuts crystalized pine apples cherries candy molasses sugar and related items. Also notes toys and fireworks.
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