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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1910
Page
8
A bustling miscellany of town visits and movements across Corinth, Burnsville, Memphis, and nearby areas. Names like WJ Brinkley, Ed Robinson, and J S Cook appear alongside travels to Mem, Tuscumbia, Birmingham, and Eastport. Also mentions of local businesses, medical visits, preacher migrations, and community events.
Mrs Drusilla Fusselle born February 3 1840 in Chickasaw County Mississippi. She married William Fusselle January 20 1857. Lived in Alabama and Mississippi before moving to Texas in 1893. Died June 23 1910 in Brownsville after embracing a living faith.
A vendor urges customers with overdue balances to settle promptly, stating there are many accounts past due and asking responders to address the matter without further trouble. The tone is admonitory and reinforces urgency for settlement.
Mrs V A Wilson and Rev Wi Elledge will preach at Sardis church next Monday night. On the 2nd Sunday in July an all day Sacred Harp singing with dinner on the ground will be held, and attendees are urged to bring well filled baskets. The Interstate Trust Banking Co of New Orleans has tendered a gold medal to the top graduating student of Iuka Public School based on the best general average.
An odd, fragmented letter from The Flying Hawk LT mentioning Tuka Springs Mississippi. The writer jokes about Tukian identity and describes meals and travel. He longs for Southern food such as hot biscuits and chicken and Cold soup and bread are noted. He sends best wishes to Luka Springs and nearby towns Burnsville Cherokee and Memphis. References to Gideons and a Sunshine Lawks appear in a misty closing.
Mrs J B Randolph hosts Marietta Merrill visiting Nashville guest of Mrs W N Morgan. Riverton party reports 14 to 2 score in a game. Mr Jack Moore leaves for Bay Springs. Mr C B Hall travels to Tishomingo. Hon vyardaman dined at Mineral Springs Hotel after a lecture tour. Faircloth and Bennet visit Corinth. Alma McKnight and sister Lilla Cutten go to Cherokee. Miss Mabel Martin returns to Corinth. Joe Walker returns to Paden with Hallie Jackson. Mrs J L Akers leaves for Port Huron via Nashville.
J H Faircloth agent notes top insurers and calls a Poultry Association meeting in the rear of Model Drug Store on Thursday June 30 at 8 pm. W A Hodges presides. attendance requested due to important business. Additional items include local letters, shop notices, and obituaries of neighborhood interest.
Community notes report visits among families including Campbell, Gurley, Winsett, and Horton. Sermons and singing occurred at Liberty Church. Miss Mandie Byram visited Rienzi, Ronchleau nearby, and NS Davis and adopted daughter plan 4th of July at Corinth. Massey and Son shipped 20,000 dozen eggs since January 1 for 5,445 dollars.
Mrs Roberts sick with flux cared for by Dr Whitehurst of Iuka. Mrs H Geiser feeble. Mrs Jim Willis improving under Dr Whitehurst. Dr RJ Brown tending Mr McVey. Local praise for a good doctor and a boast about a punch up with a drinking bully near a buggy ride with Capt Harris, who knocked him down.
A reader cites a claimed remedy for cholera infantum from a noted specialist. Instructions describe splitting the white of three eggs into water and feeding a teaspoonful every fifteen minutes, alleging the cure costs less than the specialist’s fee. The note urges mothers to keep the receipt.
Paden Mississippi reports on illnesses including Angle Loving Robinson and the Mayo child. Crop prospects are fair after a heavy rain and windstorm damaged local crops near W H Went’s store. Christian preacher Rey J T Harris from Florence Alabama conducts a meeting. Dr CS Meeks left town seeking Arkansas work. Local residents visited from Belmont and Route 2 Paden. Womack moved west of town. Uncle Bob Buchanan improves after a nail injury. Other items mention Dr BR Smith from Burton, bee tree finds, and a Florence trip by W S Stephens and EW Cunningham.
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