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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1909
Page
2
A jumbled wire of witty remarks and brief anecdotes spans sea commerce crime and culture. Topics include naval prowess in Britain and America economic notes on fish and wool trade and humorous asides on politicians bishops ministers and scholars. Notable mentions include New South Wales industry value Brazil China and Ireland with scattered observations on education fashion and manners.
Washington ambassador White resigns amid a curious Vienna episode involving Mr Taft and an invitation to a royal function. Taft and wife, honeymooning in Europe, seek access to a private royal event. White declines, offering museum tickets instead. The incident lingers as a diplomatic curiosity titled the case of Ambassador White.
Baltimore reports Bishop J E Hoss of the Methodist Episcopal Church South is stricken with a relapse at Johns Hopkins Hospital. An operation for an internal issue was performed a month ago with expected discharge ten days earlier. New complications since Saturday bring high fever and wound pain, delaying recovery and causing personal distress to the bishop.
Washington reports four hundred Windred marines from Panama and Guantanamo naval base ready to rush to Tonilurns and Niewragua borders if Nicaragua attacks Costa Rica or uses neutral Honduran territory for troops. State Department says Mexico United States and Central American republics must keep peace and may prevent Nicaragua from waging war.
In Charlotte North Carolina over two thousand pupils joined a contest by the Woman's Club to collect stray litter and debris, including tent remains and bricks, with prizes for the child who gathered the most. The sanitation chief warns it may take a joint effort with the city to remove the accumulated rubbish before city wagons haul it away.
Washington reports disturbed conditions in Nicaragua and Zelaya’s failure to accept settlement terms. U S officials warn that drastic measures may follow if treaties with Central American republics are not honored. New York steel trust cuts prices to crush independents, underbidding rivals and threatening market stability.
Mrs Sarah Ky Meredith, recording secretary of the Ohio W C T S, leads a campaign advocating race suicide with the motto quality not quantity. She argues marriage and childbearing should be weighed for suitability, warning against unfit matches and urging careful planning to ensure future offspring.
A former Tot Springs hotel keeper, L. Bennett, was abducted from his boarding house by three men posing as U S deputies. They forced him to a nearby shack, bound him with wire, robbed him of $500 cash and other valuables, and left him unable to move until reaching the residence. Bennett crawled away, partly bound, to seek aid. The incident highlights crime in a small town.
Baltimore Md official report details a recent operation on Bishop Bishop 2 K Moas and Whit at Jotun Flop. Complications cause severe pain with extended recovery over a month, leaving him unable to rest and in need of careful medical attention.
Colorado Springs mourns Gen Win Palmer founder of the city after a fatal horseback fall in October 1906. Palmer, a leading citizen, dies at his country home near Glen Kyrin leaving an estate valued at about $15,000,000.
In Martinsville Indiana the home of Chas G Renner, attorney for the local Anti Saloon League, was wrecked by dynamite Sunday at midnight. The blast shattered steps and porch, awakening Renner who suspects the attack was meant to intimidate him over his anti saloon work.
Washington plans indicate a major land sale in Oklahoma next October. The Interior Department aims to pause surplus sales until then, then launch a large opening sale with four annual payments. The move is tied to selling restricted Indian lands and could attract homeseekers to new lands. The article also mentions UK naval expenditure figures and a four dreadnoughts plan, but these appear as a separate clashing note.
Washington secretary Dickinson, if traveling as expected, will be sent to Panama to learn the canal’s conditions. An administration official says the move follows a steady stream of talks with the President and Col Goethals. A conference on expansion changes is anticipated after his arrival.
New York acting consul general Yamasaki says February traffic shows more Japanese returning home than leaving. He notes travel slowed overall with the largest share of returnees being workers. The report, dispatched via Fogur, highlights ongoing postwar movements and the state of transit for Japanese nationals.
The Board of Levee Commissioners of the Upper Yazoo Mississippi Delta plans to issue forty year bonds totaling 325 000 dollars bearing 44 percent interest payable semi annually to finance refunding of existing six percent bonds. The sale terms include callable provisions and the bond sale aims to fund the refunding. The report also notes civic and legal items including accountability in local schools and public notices in multiple Mississippi towns.
A reader recounts inherited kidney trouble and how Doan's Kidney Pills freed her from symptoms like feverish legs and irregular heart action. The piece notes Doan's pills, sold nationwide, as a cure with a Buffalo company behind them. It also includes miscellaneous cultural clippings about eye care and a dialogue about a doctor’s remedy, reflecting early 20th century attitudes toward medical treatments.
Disjointed lines reference Castoria marketed as safe for plants and children with a signature claim. Also mentions a ferry scene with a wireless system and a headache remedy Hicks Gapudine. Contains unrelated garbled phrases about drug stores and public figures.
Fragmentary reader notes describe a group of men striving to do their best amid unclear circumstances with lingering aches and uncertain outcomes. The text reads like a cryptic poem or diary fragment with misread phrases and incomplete lines.
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