Red Cross drives and War Savings push in wartime Mississippi
Reports from New Orleans and Mississippi salute Black and white volunteers in Red Cross drives and urge rapid War Savings Stamps purchases. Old Jasper Thompson, a New Orleans porter, donates $12. Mississippi nears a $40 million year goal with statewide campaigns led by Felix E. Gunter. The plan mirrors Nebraska and stresses economy, sacrifice, and national defense through savings to fund the war.
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New Orleans
Red Cross
Gulf Division
American Red Cross
Jasper
Thompson
Porter
Robert Thompson
France
Robert
Aberdeen
Miss
Non Resident Notice in Wingo Suit in Tishomingo County
State of Mississippi Tishomingo County directs Clarence Wingo and Oscar Win to appear before the Chancery Court on the second Monday in June 1918 to defend the suit where Maggie Wingo is Complainant and Richard Wingo et al are Defendants in case No. 1012. Dated May 15 1918 Chancery Clerk E A Payne. Swear solicitor for Plaintiffs.
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Chancery Court
Tishomingo County
Miss
Maggie Wingo
Richard Wingo
E. A. Payne
Chancery
C. Swear
Mississippi
Tishominga
Clarence Wingo
Oscar Wingo
Quinton
Ala
Jim Wingo
W. C. Swearr
Dodson's Liver Tone vs Calomel Health Claim
An old advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe, vegetable alternative to calomel. It claims calomel is dangerous mercury that salivates, weakens bones, and makes you sick, while Liver Tone cleanses the liver without side effects and restores energy.
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Dodson
Red Cross Seeks 267 Mississippi Nurses by 1919
Mississippi joins a national drive to recruit Red Cross nurses. The Gulf Division must furnish 1,000 nurses, with Mississippians forming one third, by January 1, 1919. Eligible graduates 23 to 40 with two years hospital experience should enroll now.
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Mississippi
Red Cross
Gulf Division
United States
Jennie Cameron
Bay Street
Hattiesburg
Mary Trigg
Greenville Sanitarium
Greenville
L. A. Daspit
Bureau of Nursing
Post Office Building
New Orleans
American navy praised as temperance force in war effort
The piece extols the American navy for its efficiency in World War I praising Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels and the entire officer corps for maintaining a temperance policy. It declares the navy’s conduct exemplary from leadership to sailors, portraying abstinence from alcohol as a strength.
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Josephus Daniele
Secretary of the Navy
Hindenburg carries slabs for paving roads of Flanders
A World War I era caption notes Hindenburg’s use of concrete slabs for road paving in Flanders. The line comments on the slabs serving also as tombstones for his savages, reflecting wartime irony and propagandist tone.
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Hindenburg
Flanders
Administrator's Notice to Creditors of G M Sanders Deceased
Letters of administration granted March 12 1918 by the Chancery Court of Tishomingo county Mississippi to the undersigned on the estate of G M Sanders deceased. Notice is given to all persons with claims against the estate to present them to the Clerk for probate and registration within one year or they will be forever barred. This the 7th day of May 1918. A O Sanpers Administrator
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G. M. Sanders
Chancery Court
Tishomingo County
Miss
A. O. Sanpers
Change of Southern R R Schedule At Iuka Miss
Schedule change posted for Iuka Mississippi effect starting April 21 1918 at 8 58 a m. Adjustments to train times announced by railway officials. Passengers advised to note revised departures and arrivals and plan accordingly.
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R. R
Iuka
Miss
Money To Loan To Farmers In Tishomingo County At 64 Percent
The Federal Land Bank is loaning large sums to farmers in Tishomingo county at 64 percent. Daily checks arrive. apply through Benyett and Crake local attorneys for a farm loan at 53 percent interest. J R Jernigan also acts as a contact to obtain the funds.
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Federal Land Bank
Tishomingo County
J. R. Jernigan
Benyett & Crake
Attys
Corn bread praise and curious comparison
A brief note extols corn bread as an ambrosial delight when well made yet oddly likens its taste to German propaganda, contrasting praise with an unusual parallel that mixes culinary comment with political wording.
A Daughter of Eve
A poem questions a girl's loyalty during war, asking why she deceives a true lover to marry a slacker. It argues the harm to soldiers, faith, and future generations, ending with a plea to let them stay together and raise more slackers for war effort.
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France
Burnsville Road District Sealed Bids for Seven Miles of Road
The Burnsville Road District will accept sealed bids until 1:00 p.m. on June 6, 1918, at the court house in Inka Mississippi, for construction of seven miles of roads. Bids awarded to the lowest bidder per plans on file with the clerk of the board. A $100 certified check accompanies each bid. Right to reject any or all bids reserved. For bid sheets contact A H Montgomery Clerk.
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Burnsville Road
Said County
Court House
Inka
Miss
Board of Supervisors
A. H. Montgomery
Black-Draught touted as aid for digestion and digestion woes
Mrs. Cynthia Higginbotham of Meadoraville declares at age 65 that the liver and digestion fail with age and constipation. The advertisement promotes Thedford’s Black-Draught as a standard remedy, claiming quick, gentle cleansing of the stomach liver and bowels and promising renewed energy, with a two cent price per package and one cent dose.
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Higginbotham
Kiss
Thedford
J. Ca
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Post Office Department
Jackson
Commonwealth
Felix E. Gunter
Gunter
Nebraska
State of Mississippi
Quinton, Ala
E. F. Waits
Optometrist
Corinth
W.s
Eve
Heaven
Hell
Belgium
Burnsville Road District
Brate
Iuka Guaranty Bank
Weaver Manufacturing Co
Corinth, Miss
T. A. Ledain
Memphis Business College
Memphis
Tenn
J. T. Thomas
Prin
Meadoraville
Cynthia
W. Shockley
I. P. Browerton
Comb
She US
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