Local Iuka notices mix personal items and sales
Community notes list visits, subscriptions, sales offerings, and farm ads in Iuka Mississippi. Mentions include Miss Mable McRae from Memphis, Mrs Maca Haris selling corn, Dan Patch sweet feed promotion, Rooneys Place repairs, W S Browns July Clearing Sale with major discounts, and local residents traveling or visiting kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mable McRae
Memphis
Iuka
Maca Haris
W.T. Bennett
B. L. Martin, Jr
Meridian
Misa
Rooneys Place
Brown
Maynard Nichola
Byhalia, Mise
4. D. McRae
T. J. Webb
Joe Davis
Campaign to Enroll Women and Girls in War Service
The campaign led by Mrs. Bayles Williams in Tishomingo county coordinates with the Red Cross to train women and girls aged 35 to 19 for nursing in Army and Navy hospitals. Army medical training centers and branch schools will operate nationwide. Public enlistment and recruitment stations will open. community councils are urged to unite war work groups. A call goes out for canvassers registrars and publicity helpers to join the effort and support patriotic activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tishomingo County Council National Defense
Bayles Williams
Red Cross
Army
Navy
Army School of Nursing
Army Medical Department
United States
Wilson
Wanted Ear Corn Irish Potatoes And Eggs
Wanted ear corn Irish potatoes sweet potatoes eggs and chickens. Cash prices offered by T. M. McDowatn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. M. McDowatn
Residence for Sale by A F Warreuvner
A. F. Warreuvner offers a home for sale with reasonable price and terms. Interested parties may visit the property at home. map included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F. Warreuvner
Opportunity seeds sale near town and pike
Prospectus notes offer of 166 scree and four and one half mile distance from town with immediate possession. Advertisement lists Brown and Triumph potatoes at 2.00 plus references to T. M. McDowaup and old crop planting details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town
Pike
W. 5. Brown
Triumph
T. M. McDowaup
Smith son of Mr and Mrs Smith killed in France 1918
Looney Smith, son of Mr and Mrs John W Smith of Jake Misa, reported killed in action in France in 1918 during World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Smith
Jake
Misa
France
Letter From Looney Smith Before His Death in Action
A World War I era letter from Looney Smith to his father dated May 25 1918 describes health hopes and longing to return home. He notes a fifty dollar money order sent May 22 and asks for news from Iuka and Julia while praising his unit Co H 28th Infantry. The letter reflects personal sacrifice and family connection as he awaits fate in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Looney Smith
John W. Smith
France
Smith
Co. H
28Th Infantry
Tishominge County
O. K
Papa
Julia
Iuka
They Have Not Died in Vain and Army Nurse Stories
A wartime letter from June Mn nex R N recounts her journey to Camp Dix New Jersey for duty in the Army Nurse Corps. She describes hospital, convalescent wards, staff, Y M C A facilities, and the care provided to servicemen, urging support through letters and gifts like victrolas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hell
Camp Shelby Letter From James L. Brogvurox
From Camp Shelby a soldier writes of home life and longing, noting quarantine and rain at home town, missing his mother father and wife May God bless them, and recounting chores like washing dishes. He reflects on army routines and a forthcoming sermon by Rev L T Farrar at the Christian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rooneys Place
James L. Brovgurox
Tanlac Restores Strength After Twenty Years of Ill Health
M B Daniel, a farmer from Abbeville Ga Route No 2, reports Tanlac cured long lasting stomach trouble and nervousness. He gained eleven pounds and can work hard again, feeling like a new man. Tanlac sold in Iuka by J C Jourdan and an agency in each town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanlac
M. B. Daniel
Route No. 2
Abbeville
Iuka
J. C. Jourdan
For Sale Farm In Rich County With Homes And Orchards
Farm offers rich second bottom and beach land nearly all cultivated with three houses and fine orchards. Hog wire fencing and a nearby school on a neat rural road, requests timely inquiries to avoid missing out. Also notes Mrs. Zellal Pauline Patterson's recovery at Magee State Sanatorium and a horse and cow with calf available from Mrs. C. W. Bacon in Eastport, Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. F. D. Mail
Gro. L. McMasters
Zellal
Pauline Patterson
Magee
Mississippi
C. W. Bacon
Eastport
Miss
Special Land Sale on North Line of Iuka Corporation
Parcel comprises 65 acres with one horse crop and immediate possession offered. Sale invites bids on this property located along the north line of the Iuka corporate area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corporation of
Iuka
Confederate Veterans Camp Meets at Hay Springs Ireland
The Jas. F. Grisham Camp No 808 of Confederate Veterans will hold meetings on August first and second 1918 at Hay Springs with speeches planned including Hon Jas A Cunningham at 10 a m on the opening day. A large attendance is expected and all are invited. The event is organized by P G Dickinson Com H L Tynes Agt. Miss Milfred Johnson of Minneapolis Minnesota has been in Tokyo visiting and handling business. A separate notice notes changes to the Southern Railway schedule at Iuka Mississippi effective June 16 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth McRae
Memphis
Uear
B. F. Mc
Camp Shelby
Rae
Iuka
Benjamin F. Love
Navy
Louis W. Hale
John Scruggs
Paul Harwell
William Joseph Grisham
Bay Springs
Migs
Jas. F. Grisham
Hay Springs
Jas. A. Cunningham
Jas. F. Gresham
Marrying Seems to Be The Order of The Day In Snowdown
Snowdown News notes limited health, with social visits and friendships shaping community life. Residents like Mr Larence Curtis of Sheffield Als and Miss Lillian Woodruff share time with neighbors, while Miss Clara Curtie visits relatives in Tuscumbia Ala. Friends and kin travel, calls occur Friday and Thursday, and service members Marshal Daniel and Owen Smith are missed at camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larence Curtis
Sheffield
Als
Lillian Woodruff
Eula Yarber
Clara Curtie
Tuscumbia
Ala
Math Cornelison
Walker
Dan Yarker
Willie Barnett
Terry Curtis
Marshal Daniel
Owen Smith
Tommie Barnett
WM Barnett
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Crogan
Rooneys
Cheap Horse
W. J. Brinkley
T. A. Clark
Mary E. Scruggs
Tupelo
Olive Hudson
Florence
Preston Manly
B. L. Martin
L. 3. Coones
Greenville
Texas
W. O. Jackson
Matt A. Smith
Brookheaven
Mies Bama Akers
T. G. Riley
Otey Harris
Birmingham
Mollie Watson
Dee Blackard
Camp Gordon
Atlanta
Adele Moseley
Thomas Whitehurst
Kangas City
Kanena
R. N. Dean
Dean
H. L. Moser
Mrs. Richardson
Corinth
A. L. Jemison
Baltimore
A. T. Scruggs
Sarah Campbell
J. D. MeRe
J. R. Martin
Kate Brown
Martin
Lawrence Goyer
Julienne
Bennett Robinson
Aviation Corps
Millington
Lizzie Beall
A. T. Scruggy
West Taka
Elteam
G. T
J.D. Powell
Ida Lee Pyle
J. A. E. Pyle
Juka
Jim McRae
Dan Patch
Bs Green Leaf
Lytle
Walter Lamont Garrard
Va Tae
Jinnie Lee Lambert Lee Wister Rushing
Ernnest Ligon
Charles C. Humber
Claude C. Boothe
John A. Loveless
Rob Roy Tucker Melmoth Waddell
Tom Smith Patrick William W. Mann Ross Tucker
Ewell Bostick
Carmack Gilchrist
Camp Pike
W. 8. Brown
L. Q. Jourdan
Joan B. StorMeEnt
Tishomingo County
Loving Robinson
Paden
8. W. Shockley
Miss Nelle
Arkansas
J. L. Haines
Route 8
W. T. Ross
Clarksdale
W. S. Brown
Christine Powell
Mrs.Guy
J. H. Webb
Mattie, Price
Tuscumbia, Ala
R C Riggan
Dixon
Henderson
RC Riggan
County Farm Demonstration Agents
Gulfport
John Watson
Luka
Joan B. Storwenr
Buai Nese College
Tae Vinerre Tuka
A. L. Bullard
Short,Miss
Fort Oglethorpe Ga
Men’s and Boys Union
Joan B. Storment
Hiram C. Goodman
W. L. Goodman
June Meek
Artis
F. L. Williams
Thomas Curtin Clark
Geof McMasters
Camp Dix
New York
War Department
Army Nurse Corps
U.S
New Jersey
Travelers Information Desk
Miliary
Hosteas
R. N. Army Nurse Corps
Jons B. Stormen
E. T. Hammerly
Mary
L. T. Farrar
The
Christian Church
P. G. Dickinson
Com
H. L. Tynes
Agt
Milfred Johnson
Minneapolis
Minn
Tuka
R. R
Snowdown News
E. F
Optometrist
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