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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1918
Page
3
A sprawling local column reports residents in Iuka and nearby areas, including Mr Earl Seago and Mr W M Gist visiting, officials in session, new subscribers, and a flood of ads for seeds, roofing, hardware, and farm supplies. It notes a bridge bid, a teacher’s trip, and cooking and garden tips with dates and names scattered amid business calls.
Local ads announce cheap ladies and mens slips, brown domestics, percale, and cotton goods at reduced yard prices. Promoters T. J. Brown & Co invite customers to visit, tout cash sales and low rates. Also notes W S Brown, W C Pruitt mill updates, and land sale offers nearby with possession now.
Small farm property 25 acres with half in cultivation and a three room house for rent with immediate possession. Rich valley land also available. Additional small houses around Tuka for rent from Gro L MeMasters.
Full blood S C white leghorn eggs noted English strain one dollar per fifteen at Mrs J T Walker Q7tt phone 82 Inka Miss. Mr W B Ellis in hospital Memphis improving. 50 bushels northern grown Red Onion Sets re screened. While they last 50 cents per gallon Haynes Grocery Co.
Miss Annie Jourdan of Iuka Mississippi wed Mr L M Matthews of Houston Texas in a simple ceremony at Mrs J A Randolphs Forest Avenue home attended by about 25 guests. Rev R P Neblett of Como Mississippi officiated with music by Ruth Carmack Gary and Mae Stapleton. After a week at Hot Springs the couple will reside in Julia Mississippi and are praised by friends for culture and civic involvement.
A jumble of local notices mentions hardware store sales and cash deals on plows and farming implements, visits by residents to Iuka, and weekend family gatherings. It also notes Red Cross activities, sock and sweater collection, a living pictures event to aid orphans, medical reminders, and ads for dry cleaning, shoes, and newspaper items from Jourdan’s hardware and drug stores.
During the stretch of trying weeks lack of fresh vegetables and altered routines challenge digestion. Foley cathartic tablets are advertised as a remedy for indigestion biliousness gas furred tongue headaches and clogged bowels with no bad after effects. Available at J Jourdan's Drug Store. Fresh fruit and vegetables offered at the lowest possible price by Hayes Gro. Co. Phone 111.
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