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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1909
Page
3
The Dissipated 500 by Charles B. Loomis
A man finds himself rich with 500 dollars only to face a crowd outside a circus. He proposes to share, splits into 26 cent shares via quarters, then leaves by taxi. The tale questions who truly profits from philanthropy and whether the circus could have boosted revenue by half-price admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Chapman
The Morning Illness Throws Pitkins Off Balance
All the World awaits the morning as Pitkins fears sickness. He confides in his wife and friend Jones, who doubt his claim and insist he looks well. Pitkins grows increasingly unsettled, unsure what ails him in this uneasy morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piliins
Jones
Pitkins
Masson Sickness Plot Unfolds As Husband Denies Illness
In a chaotic scene Mrs Pilkins worries over her husband Pitkins who insists he is ill despite doctors and friends declaring him well. A series of miscommunications and staged symptoms prompt calls to a doctor while Pitkins feigns sickness for amusement, then resists the truth as tension mounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hin
Pillins
Mrs. Pilkins
Pitkins
W. G. Chapman
Pilkins
Walt
A Primer of Sports at a Summer Resort
A humorous sketch by Norman Crowell on summer resort escapades. Describes resort routines from arrival to nightly pleasures, mishaps with a toboggan ride, clothing, mosquitoes, steamer smoke, and a playful, risqué tone ending with reflections on the author’s experiences and legality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Crowell
Rusar
Elisa
Pontotoc hosts Home Comers and cornerstone ceremony
Historic Mississippi towns celebrate renewal as Pontotoc and Pontotocans host Home Comers events and lay the cornerstone of a new public school. Lightning strikes kill Little Willie Henderson near Water Valley in a tragic storm, while General Hondcrain's family endures the shock and loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John GL Bradford
Lox Rover
Pontotoc
Mississippi
Willie Henderson
Water Valley
Hondcraim
Ney
Home Garden and Soaring Farm Talk in Mississippi
A Mississippi agriculture column extols home gardens and small plots, urging households to grow vegetables and fruits like strawberries, beans, cabbage, and okra while raising livestock. It cites Old Kit the mule as a family helper, notes regional drainage districts, and highlights rising crop interest and county fairs, with practical planting guidance and optimistic tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey
Mississippi
B. McKay
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Charles Battell Loomis
The
Masson
Bovey
Pilking
Hugh
Thas
W. O Chapmany
Wississippiews
C. Williams
Stonewall
Clarke County
Quitman
Olfie Williams
Williams
Jane Dullete
Mississippi Chautauqua Assembly
Yates
Mlinois
Vardanun
J. N. Powers
Educattion
J. B. Aswell
Louisiana
Walter Weaver
James I. Harrison
J. M. Dickinson
Taft
Columbus
Southwest
Judge Dickinson
Church of Latter Day Saints
Clarksdale
Starkville
Newa
Mobile, Jackson & Raunts City
Houston
Wyat. Curry
Union County Summer Normal
Shermam
Lawrence
Jefferson Davin
Covington
University of Mississippi
Qebiah
Sisson
IfRtve
Slork
Gulfport
Oktibbeha County
Peron
Scm
Resse Geepee Ee Tes Inicom
Department of Agriculture and Commerce
By H. E. Blakeslee
Jackson
Aminal
M. Wool
Amite County
Oll Kit
Clarkedale
Coahomme
Bondiano
Shades Strang
Doalionge
Mireidy
Hanwer
DH. Cassells
Homochitto
Pike County
Amtiewissippi
Missianippi
Yaroo Coty
Tip
Imanes
Cangfont
Eighteem Organ Nextions
Marshall
Tuaiee
Tate
Rom
Vassty
Ailake Us Esellent
Hrickell Irom
Mississippi Tas
Dole Telea
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