Iuka City Directory Highlights Local Officials and Visits
Iuka notes show mayor AT Scruggs clerk 7 BL Martin Jr tax collector JD Erwin and other officers. Mentions Health Officer Dr R J Brown and several residents visiting Cherokee Providence Spring Hill and Allsboro. A box supper at Allsboro was a grand success and a friendly sign-off from a local writer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scruggs
Martin
JD Erwin
D Ferguson
W T Bennett
Aldenees
TJ Howard
T Carmichael
C B Massey
GW Reid
R J Brown
Church Directory Weekly Services and Schedules
Methodist W D McCullough, Pastor, sermons Sundays 11 am and 7 pm, Sunday School 9:30 am, Prayer Meeting Wednesday 7 pm. Baptist Sunday School Sundays 10 am, Prayer Meeting Wednesday 7 pm. Christian Sunday School Sundays 10 am. Presbyterian R C Wilson, Pastor, preaching third Sundays 11 am and 7 pm, Sunday School Sundays 9:45 am. Episcopalian Dr D E B Waddell preaches first Sunday 11 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W D McCullough
Baptist
Christian
R C Wilson
D E B Waddell
Tishomingo County Directory Highlights Local Officials
Tishomingo County directory lists key officials including Clerk Chancery Court E A Payne Deputy, Clerk Circuit Court T J Stormont, Sheriff BF McRae with RU Woodley Deputy, Supt of Education T A Long, Tax Assessor N L Phillips, Treasurer F F Belue, Coroner LC Paden, Surveyor Jesse Kennedy, and Lth Dist leaders D L Anderson, G W Bishop, AB Long, R B Owen, L F Sartain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E A Payne
T J Stormont
BF McRae
RU Woodley
Long
N L Phillips
F Belue
LC Paden
Jesse Kennedy
L Anderson
G W Bishop
R B Owen
L F Sartain
Mann in House Reports Busy Session and Committees
Editor Vidette a reader letter from JR Mann details 187 bills introduced in the House and debated in committees with some killed and others surviving. Mann says he serves on Agricultural Penitentiary and Liquor Traffic committees, has met many members, seeks support from readers, and promises more updates when he returns home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vidette
House
Senate
Tuka
JR Mann
Iuka Route 5 News Snippet Yours Truly
Iuka Route 5 notes limited local items health poor at present Mrs WM Turner on sick list last week. Hunting active in area. Writer attended Providence box supper last Friday night with a pleasant time. Few attendees due to weather. Oscar Nix and wife from near Spring Hill visited Buddie Turner family last Sunday. Large crowd at Charlie Monroe's play last Saturday night. Tom Woodis of Allsboro Ala visited Buddie Turner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WM Turner
Providence
Oscar Nix
Near Spring Hill
Buddie Turner
Charlie Monroe
Tom Woodis
Allsboro
Ala
Margerum Breezes and Local Doings in January
Local notes report good health after a grim period, frequent visits of Henry Morgan to Denies Lime Kiln, and many community activities. Frequent visits by Miss Ruth Gaisser and Ruby Gaisser mark social rounds, while church, school, and lodge events fill weekends. Hog killing dominates farm work. Mt Nebo and Oak Ridge teams plan games. a pound supper at Jim Smith's and a public school program highlight community life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Morgan
Gus Akers
Isabella Hart
J R Elledge
C H Shackelford
Paden
Oak Ridge School
RL Long
Montie Mitchell
Hyde
Burtons
Messrs
Blanchard Taylor
Tinnie Bellamy
Memphis
Jesse Shackelford
Pontotoc
Colman Bellamy
Lawrenceburg
Tenn
Smith
A Shackelford
Mt. Nebo
Oak Ridge
W Shackleford
Literary Society
R L Long
Homer Bellamy
Booneville
Frankie Shackleford
Brown’s Creek
Jim Smith
Two more noted Confederates pass away in 1916
From Dawson Texas on January 19 1916 news recalls the deaths of J E W Deaton of Bodean Arkansas and Major Ike George at the Confederate home in Austin Texas. Both men were famed for Civil War bravery and were well known to old settlers of Tishomingo County. A long list of veteran comrades notes their passing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawson
Texas
J E W (Emsley) Deaton
Bodean
Ark
Ike George
Austin Texas
Tishomingo County
Tika
George Moore
Jim
Billy Moore
Louis
Mae Adams
Joe Clifton
Billy
Jack Gurjley
Louis Deaton
Trustee's Sale of Land in Tishomingo County Mississippi
By virtue of a trust deed dated May 21 1914 J H Weathers defaulted and the trustee M S Johnson will sell at public outcry the 10 acres off the northwest quarter of Section 4 Township 2 Range 9 in Tishomingo County Mississippi at the south door of the Court House in Iuka within legal hours for cash. No incumbrance on the land. Sale date January 11 1916. The sale is to convey the land only as Trustee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J H Weathers
Tishomingo County
Mississippi
Iuka
Township Two
Tsell
M S Johnson
Cut Your Store Bill Down One Half
Tens of thousands of farmers and townspeople cut store bills by half during hardship. The Hastings 1916 Seed Catalogue explains how home gardens save money, lists garden and farm seeds, and offers free catalogues on request from H. G. Hastings in Atlanta, Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings
H. G. Hastings ,O
Atanta
De Thacher’s Liver E B P Promises Cheerful Health
An advertisement claims liver trouble causes discouragement and unhappiness. It asserts De Thacher’s Liver E B P will restore energy, improve mood, and make life seem brighter. The claim links restored liver function to renewed youthfulness and enjoyment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Te Jook
de Thacher
Dr Thachers Liver and Blood Syrup Advertisement
An old advertisement touts Dr Thachers Liver and Blood Syrup as a tonic and strengthener for the liver and related organs. It claims improved digestion, vitality, happiness, and success if used, promising benefits through a pot of medicine from Thacher Medicine Somerty Chattanooga Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DR. Thacher
Thacher Medicine Somerty
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Also Mentioned on This Page
Oscar Rast
Hat‘tie
Rosia
Maud ‘Duncan
Cherokee
Anna Turner
Willie Bell Parsons
George Turner
George
Peter Farris
Church Directory
J R Mann
Margerum
Gripper
Ruby Gaisser
Iuka Route 4
Ruth Gaisser
Ruby
Newt Hayes
T B Gaisser
Della Blanton
Charmine
C J Blanton
Alma
Aline Hardcastle
Bro. Norton
This Place
Alice
Mae Davis
Union Grove
Freeda
Josie Reeves
Wm M Goodwin
Margetum
John Turberville
Milam ‘Turberville
Tuscumbia
Rosa Guthrie
Olin Yarbrough
Alabama
Margaret Beard
Mr L T Hardcastle
Charlie Parris
Jesse Turberville
Marge Mason
Margerum School
Wil Goodwin
W J Arnett
Lugrippe
John W Todd
Kate Turberville
Alice Davis
J T Hurd
Laborn Turberville
Barton's
Dawson, Texas
Emain Mpatta
Wills
Grandma
THE
Hays Medicine Company
Paducah, Kentucky
Jourdan
Iuka, Miss
DR. Miles
Miles
Lewis J. Cutter
Mariotta, Olio
Ross
Nye Patton Fae and
Delly
D. A. Dugger
Corinth, Mississippi
Bank
Juka
E.C. and
LE. Sing
South
W. C. Knight & Co
Memphis, Tenn
T. A. Ledaln Cotton School
Gregg
Memphis Business College
J. T. Thomas
Odd Fellows Hall
Poultry Club
Boz
Tupelo
Miss
Cardus
Amelia Wilson
Alma, Ark
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