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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1918
Page
2
The Vidette reports local updates from Iuka Mississippi including political notice for Fon C P Long as Circuit Judge, community notes on war era sentiments, dam news, Y M C A contributions, fires, moves, harvest talks, school closure, ginning, and concerns on food crop shortages and seed price speculation. The piece emphasizes self sufficiency and avoiding wartime profiteering.
Health good in this area as farmers plow and gardens grow. Lena Harwell improves while Sgt. John Clayton Stricklin returns home on furlough from Camp Beauregard. Notices of visits, volunteers, and ill children fill the week as residents remember each other.
Farmers prepare to plant crops as Cross Roads resident Candler Oaks greets friends on weekend. Gulf States Red Cross field secretary Miss Fite visits as Lyceum No 5 closes scholastic year with March 18 program at A H 8 Auditorium. Amy out with measles, Bernice Bostick visits, Lizzie Young remains.
Health remains very good in the Tishomingo area as mild weather reduces workless days. Local residents J. M. Page and D. N. Dawson drove to Sheffield last Saturday. Mrs. Matilda Pace visits Red Bay, Alabama, and Prof. K. R. Ligon near Short returns home. A newborn boy greets Mattie Lou Bucklinnan, Marchard. Edgar Massey recovers from measles. JH Finch and Cora Bachahan visit. Susie Thorne from Pleasant Site visits her father HJ Bolton. Charles Storment leaves for Little Rock training camp.
The candidate Hon C P Long of Tupelo Mississippi seeks the post of Circuit Judge for the First Judicial District, covering Tishomingo Alcorn Prentiss Lee Itawamba Monroe and Pontotoc counties. The notice praises his legal ability Christian character generosity and tempered judgment.
Mrs. Mary Ann Branson born October 22, 1833 in North Carolina daughter of Jacob and Shelly Ann Lane married to David L. Branson October 16, 1858. She died February 26, 1918 at her sons Joe H. Curtis and R. A. Curtis home after blindness of six years. She was a long time member of Iuka Baptist church. She died praising God and thanks neighbors for kindness during sickness. Also includes a town editorial and a community improvement remark.
The speaker urges every citizen in a position to do so to buy thrift and war savings stamps. Even a twenty five cent stamp is a definite contribution to the end, fostering thrift in small expenditures and enabling purchase of government bonds. Farmers are praised for supporting the nation with labor and money to back the front lines.
A historical advertisement touts lemon juice mixed with orchard white as a skin whitening lotion. It promises to remove freckles, sallowness, and tan, claiming long shelf life if strained and stored properly. It urges daily facial massage with the quarter pint mixture using two lemons and three ounces of orchard white.
Health of Hubbard Parson is very low. Mr and Mrs Herbert William and Everett visit Jas Tornee. Willian and Murphy families host gatherings. Some attend Old Union with no preacher. Providence to have services on the fourth Sunday and efforts to build it up. Lonnie Perryman visits weekly. Maude Lee Murphy aims to be a musician. Soldier boys urged to write more. Two Brown-eyed Kids.
The undersigned will offer for sale for cash in front of the Court House in Iuka to the highest bidder on the first Monday of April 1918 the described real estate in Tishomingo county for unpaid taxes of 1917 and ars est.
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