Good Roads in Bight and Muscle Shoals Plans
The Vidette reports State Highway Commission actions in Jackson Mississippi securing funds for Muscle Shoals road work. First District bonds worth 90000 sold at a premium. engineers hired. construction anticipated by August. Citizens praise roads for economy, education, and citizenship. Names, districts, and local officials listed among supporters and signees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Bebnett
Sait H. Allen
State Highway Commission
Jackson
Miss
Muscle Shoals
J G Sharp
A H Harland
M Sharp
County of the Shoals
D Springer
J. F. Osborne
Corinth
Praden & Co
Toledo
Meade
Florence
Iala
Tishomingo County
W B Wilson seeks third term as Mississippi Railroad Commissioner
W B Wilson of Corinth announces candidacy for re election to the Northern District Railroad Commissioner post. He cites prior offices and sheriff service in Alcorn county and pledges honest, fair investigations of complaints, asking endorsement for a third term. The letter notes his eight year service as qualification and promises to double efforts if endorsed. The document includes a mississippi 1919 election notice from Tishomingo County supervisors about a July 5 1919 vote on bonds for highways under chapter 176 laws of 1914.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Wilson
Corinth
Mississippi
Wilson
Alcorn County
Local Officials and Supervisors List in 1st District
A scanned roster shows CHAI R STEPHENS H LONG PROF J O EP S GEORGE W STRICKLIN A W SCOTT J E GARRETT A B ADAMS DS KING CL PACE JF OAKS SUPERVISOR JOHN W SMITH 1st District G H PRUITT 1st Dist D L ANDERSON 1st Dist W H DEXTER 1st District Vv BE WARE 14t dist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Stricklin
A. W. Scott
E Garrett
Adams
King CL
Pace
Oaks
John W. Smith
G H_ PRUITT
L Anderson
W H Dexter
BE. Ware
Fake aspirin blamed on talcum sold as Bayer tablets
Fraudulent aspirin sold by a Brooklyn maker was mostly talcum powder. Genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin are American made and bear the Bayer Cross. Consumers urged to insist on Bayer Tablets in original packaging with proper directions and dosage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Bayer
S S S Advertised Cure for Catarrh
An old time article promotes S S S as a blood antidote to catarrh, claiming it cleanses disease germs from the blood and offers medical advice through a chief medical adviser in Atlanta Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift Specific
Atlanta
Campaign dates set for Mississippi Memorial Association
Dates for the Mississippi Memorial Association campaign have been fixed as June 26 and July 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi Memorial Association
Public election notice for Mississippi 1919 highway bonds
Qualified electors in a described territory in Tishomingo County are called to vote at the July 8 1919 election to decide if the county board shall issue bonds for constructing two or more highways under chapter 176 laws of 1914. Officers R W Carter and F M Slunt sign the notice urging readers to subscribe to the Vidette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tishomingo County
Mississippi
Said
Said County
Board of Supervisors
Tishom
W. Carter
J. W. Coman
F. M. Blunt
Third Supervisors District
R. W. Carter
F.M. Slunt
Take Their Friends By Surprise Popular Lawrence County Couple
Friends in Moulton learned of the marriage of Miss Mabel Montgomery to Dr. A H Montgomery. The couple married in Florence last Wednesday and returned quietly to Leighton, where they reside with Montgomery practicing medicine. Mrs Montgomery is daughter of Mr Jack Montgomery and sister of Mrs Grace Knight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiawatha
Moulton
Mabel Montgomery
Florence
A. H. Montgomery
Burnsville
Miss
Leighton
Mabel
Jack Montgomery
Grace Knight
Our Town
Is this the right couple in Moulton Alabama
A fragmented local note reports lingering wedding chatter about Mrs. Montgomery and her partner. Friends hail the marriage as fitting and send congratulations. The item expresses hopes for peace, plenty, and long life for the couple amid social praise from the community.
Watch This Margin Note Signals Expired Subscription
A short line appears on the paper margin to indicate that the reader’s subscription has lapsed, prompting renewal to continue receiving the newspaper. The notice uses a warning cue printed along the edge to catch the subscriber’s eye.
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Reiter of
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Tuka
M Bishop
J M Blakeney
A J Brooks
James
Brooks
Wgs Bugg
Coon
Busby
John Busby
Mississippi Canfield
F Cusheon
J Cuighters
Deavenport
W K Davis
J B Dearne
Hamp Dickerson
C P Dillard
WL Donaldson
B F Daly
W M Ellis
W C Flanagan
Green Gray
Daniel Gray
David Gray
Ce Rice
W B Shoat
Robi Smith
WT Smith
MK Smith
R 8
Strickland
Weaver
MT Weston
James White
James Wood
James Winerrve
J. T. McDovnan
State of Mississippi
J E Berry George H Hill
Pextrentiany
TATE
Internal Revenue Agent
Stokes VY Robertson
Stark
Kendrick BR
Dewey Blakney
JR Mann W
T. Bazzel
Suerte
G W Cresap
C McCulloch
L Phillips
J D McDonald
Coait
Bellamy L
C. Paden P
Adams A
Byram
VB Smith
Chancery
John ‘Henry Allen
J. Paul Ford
T J Storment R T Rutledge
Chai. R. Stephens H
Longprof
Corron Weltoner M
Blackard
R D Robinson
JA Moser
DR Poyster
MO. Floyd
Gilliland
AB Long
D Fairless
J.P. Blissit
P C Green
A J Smith
B. Owens
For Justice of the Peast Dist Oo
P. Munley
Pugh
D. Swift & CO
The
Viperrs
Wit
Lawrence County
Koneel
Eo I Friendly Tobacco
Kentucky
Velvet
Thaler
J. C. Jourdan Mercantile Company
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