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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1915
Page
3
Local notes show farm seeds for sale including Tennessee German Millet and corn, plus several Real Estate offers and services. Advertisers include C W McKnight, Mrs Maggie Harris, Sam Wiley, F D Formby, Geo L McMasters, Mrs F T Page, J B Williams, Bennett Elledge law firm, and J C Miter & Bro with items from milk cows to ice and a bridge project.
A wartime land sale pitches rock bottom prices and quick trade, offering a 50 acre farm near Tuka with graded road access, RFD mail, 45 acres cultivated, a three room house, new barn, spring and fencing. The ad emphasizes rapid action for buyers from Missouri and notes willingness to trade. Local notes cover community visits, students, church events, and road gravel improvements.
The piece chronicles social visits in Tishomingo and nearby towns with many residents named. It notes the Methodist protracted meeting ending, religious services, and a funeral for Johnnie Graham at Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends from Memphis attend, and tributes describe him as lively, loyal, and a beloved neighbor.
A lively opening ball at the Red Sulphur Springs Hotel on June 18 attracted a fashionable crowd from Savannah Adamsville Pittsburg Hamburg Iuka and nearby towns. The ballroom glittered with flowers ferns and pink lighting while Elite Society Orchestra from Iuka played fine music. Guests arrived by car and many stayed overnight enjoying punch late into the night.
J C Jourdan Mercantile Co sells mercantile stock at Tishomingo to D W Paden. J H Ramsey invites patrons to settle debts and continue trade, offering cash or notes and stating he remains at his former business location. Ramsey asks friends for liberal patronage and prompt settlement.
GP Hammerly recalls a vision during the cornerstone laying of the Baptist church. He speaks of Confederate preachers Joseph Shackelford and William Burress, a rain shower, a small cloud over Iva, and a lightning strike that burned the temple but spared other property. The speech urges ecumenical progress and divine inspiration.
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