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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1918
Page
4
Notice to taxpayers of Tiebomitage county that the assessor has filed the current year personal assessment rolls with the Chancery Clerk on July 4 1818. The board of supervisors will keep the rolls on file for inspection and objection until the August term when objections will be heard and considered. F Bewve Assessor.
On the first Monday in August at the court house door in Iuka Mississippi within legal hours the board will let out the contract to build a bridge across Yellow Creek at the old Turn Pike. The board may reject any or all bids. Plans and specifications are on file in the Chancery Clerk's office. G. W. Bishop, 453t M. B.'8.
State of Mississippi Tishomingo County road officials will on August 5 1918 let contracts for grading of Bear Creek Road from Dennis east and for the W H Gurley old place west plus other district roads. Bids at courthouse door Iuka. Graveling of Eastport Fulton Road also let. $100 certified check with each proposal. Official notice dated July 4 1918.
Public auction to satisfy a trust deed secured note dated 1911 1912 on land in Section 12 Township 3 Range 9 East Tishomingo County Mississippi to Bayou Stave Company Higgenbottom and Norman named parties sale set for September 2 1918 at Iuka Mississippi during legal hours by M 8 Johnson trustee with T H Evan solicitor.
George L. Berry, spokesman for the American war mission, recounts German atrocities and Allied wartime resolve after touring Europe. He spoke in Memphis, detailing hospital scenes and brutal acts as King George, Poincare, Lloyd George, Clemenceau, Pershing, Joffre, and Haig met with mission leaders.
Mr Berry lauded American troops for impulsive action and daring attacks on the Huns. He recounted a battalion’s over the top assault that killed or captured 700 enemy soldiers with light American losses. Pershing noted a need to restrain them. Preparations for 3,000,000 American soldiers in France were underway, with 200 miles of rail and permanent barracks. The Wilson war mission, nine labor and nine capital representatives, left in March and returned May 31, Berry spoke 47 times in England and addressed the British House of Commons and the French Chamber of Deputies.
The Tennessean reports soldiers in trenches far behind the lines showing unbroken moral conduct with no intoxicated cases. Mr Berry recounts a near miss from a torpedo and a dramatic convoy defense, praising Allied resilience, condemning profiteering, and urging Americans to act decisively for victory.
The speaker argues the United States should join the war to defend democracy and national integrity, citing German intrigues and the Allied spirit. It lauds Britain's resilience, London’s raids, and rationing, noting England’s self-sufficiency despite heavy losses, and ends with a remark on butter prices in Turkey illustrating wartime trade pressures.
By decree of the Chancery Court of Tishomingo County Mississippi special Commissioner E A Payne will on August 5 1915 at Iuka expose for sale at the courthouse door the fractional southwest quarter of section 2 township 4 range 11 100 acres lots 16 17 18 block 2 and parts of block 5 per Terry's Survey for partition among owners. Title conveyed as vested. Sale in fee simple to the highest bidder.
An old advertisement urges readers to avoid calomel a mercuryic compound causing sickness and dehydration. It promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable liver remedy that starts the liver without side effects and does not salivate, suitable for adults and children.
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