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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1909
Page
2
A garbled 1909 era column blends notes on English tobacco farming, peanut consumption, Pneumatic pompadours, naval history, Washington politics, and university life. It mentions Paderewski’s finger incident, congressmen predicting fights, and shifting fashion with old automobile ties referenced amid scattered anecdotes and global curiosities.
Washington's snow and blizzard forced the outdoor inaugural at the Capitol to be abandoned while the ceremony proceeded in the Senate. Taft took the oath near Loso, amid a brilliant audience of dignitaries and ambassadors. A grand ball at the Pension Building featured a spectacular fireworks display and a Pillar of Light, with thousands in attendance despite the weather.
A reflection on the press from a Philadelphia North American piece urging corrective influence against evil and abuses. It emphasizes protecting individual rights and public good, warning that pride and greed threaten truth. The article calls for a vigilant, responsive newspaper policy.
The passage argues beards vary by race, noting Celtic and Slavic regions show growth while North American groups are nearly beardless. It reflects old ethnographic ideas about hair and race with generalizations and unclear terms, embedding dated stereotypes rather than concrete facts.
Fragmentary notes claim trade unions or guilds existed in ancient Pompeii with references dug up from Roman era sites. The text cautions that details are incomplete and unclear in the surviving records.
The Mississippi Supreme Court affirmed a $2,500 judgment for the widow of a man killed in a railroad collision blamed on an operator of the Yano and Mivaivelypt Valley Railway. The ruling cited a telegram directing a train to meet another, and the operator’s fault was attributed to the appellant company. The report also mentions local issues in South Mississippi about representation, a contrast between city water ownership, and various other regional notices and incidents.
In Rockwall County a mob seized Andersen Kilin from jail and burned him alive at an Avon stile after a manhunt linked to a lynching scare. Earlier, Will Cit, a Black man, was fatally shot when his father refused to permit a search of premises. About nine people witnessed the mob killing as a pile of kerosene-saturated cords was lit and Kilin died within minutes.
A Montgomery court sentenced Alan C. Burton for theft in a peculiar case involving a girl and a pair of socks valued at 12 percent. The defendant received sixty days on other roads in Ward labor.
A fragmentary item reports a wife swapping tale in a dry county with a 65 year old woman from Howling Greeny 0 taken into care by Wood county trustees after disappearing with her daughter and husband and six children. In Louisiana and other states gas expansion plans emerge including New Orleans and Arkansas, with a long burning well cited.
A nurse from Anadarko Oklahoma praises Down's Kidney Pills for backache kidney pain bloating and other common symptoms. She credits five boxes with rapid health improvement and urges others to try the remedy, noting its presence in many dealers.
A Washington girl describes improved energy and cheerful work after switching to Grape-Nuts for breakfast. She notes initial fatigue from a poor diet and credits the cereal with renewed vigor and the ability to perform a full day’s tasks, observing a clear change within weeks.
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