Local notes of visits, sales, and events in Tupelo area
Local notices report Mr John Moore returning from Texas and Miss Virgie Carter visiting Cherokee relatives. Mr L Sawyer and Mrs J Gracey travel to Tupelo, while Mrs A J Modlin visits Iuka relatives. Miss Bettie Estes and Kate Blissett visit friends. coffee and flour promoted at local stores. Lost fountain pen and found watch details noted. Minstrels by Barlow & Wilson slated at the Opera House. other ads include fertilizers, hardware sales, and a steel range giveaway. Mrs J D Cameron plans a Washington City stay. Evaporated Apples on sale. farmers warned of lower fertilizer use’s impact.
Hay, Feedstuffs From A. B. McKinney Yeanne Block
Trade card advertising hay and various feedstuffs sold by A. B. McKinney at Yeanne Block, two doors Blanche, offering multiple feed items for farmers and stockmen.
Local Notices and Advertisements From Tishomingo Iuka Area
Taka Miss Mr and Mrs Fisher Douthat and child visit T W Edwards family. FOR SALE one yoke seven year old oxen weight 2300 apply to Felix J Castleberry Route 1 Luka Miss. Bring eggs and chickens for cash. H B Massey Son. B L Payne visits ill brother at West Point. Canna bulbs 5c each 6 for 25c apply Mrs W W Harris. FOR SALE medium horse mule cheap or trade for good horse. Address D C Harwell Route Iuka Miss five miles north. Easter suit sale cheap wholesale clothing. B F P McRae Jr. Al Springs Hotel idle under deed of trust stockholder exit. New car of middle busters cultivators and plows priced to astonish. Charley Skinner Birmingham visits area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fisher Douthat
Memphis
T. W. Edwards
Felix J. Castleberry
Luka
Miss
D. C. Harwell
Iuka
Miss. J
New Goods and Millinery Trend at Tuka Dry Goods
Local ad notes new stock arriving at T. L. Brown & Co in Tuka Mississippi. Highlights include solid leather shoes, Oxford ties, low cuts, slippers, and a newly opened millinery line with Easter styles. Also mentions ongoing stock refreshment, a 26 year shoe trade background, and notes spring weather with vegetation beginning to show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. L. Brown & Co
Tuka
Miss
Easster
Ion
W. S. Buchanan
Local notices and candidacy ads in Iuka paper
A partial last page apology explains a printing oversight containing candidacy write ups for T. A. Clark and A. B. Patterson plus local notices. The issue also advertises clothing and farm tools for sale, a minstrel show March 22, political announcements for A. B. Adams and J. G. Bray, and public speaking events by Earl Brewer with locations and dates.
Reunion Planned At Iluka For 25-Year Iuka Normal Institute
Steering Committee meeting at the Peabody Hotel Memphis on March 17 approved a reunion for Iuka Normal Institute alumni twenty five years back, to be held July 1 through 16 at Iuka. A program and arrangement committee was formed. notices urged former students to send current addresses. Also notes on illness, local visits, and church mission activities. Also ads and real estate inquiries plus an Ohio catarrh cure affidavit. Three miles south of Iuka, land rental available with a cottage and garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peabody Hotel
Memphis
Iuka Normal Institute
Iuka
J. W. Aan
C. G. Neh
Mamie Hyatt
P.O
I. N. 1. Stamts
Local Clothing Dealer Promises Underselling Bargains
A speaking pitch urges customers to visit a town clothing seller boasting vast stock and deep discounts. The speaker claims to beat other stores by pricing a $10 suit at $4.70, promising value and urging neighbors to verify bargains with locals while warning against old stock and high prices elsewhere.
Non Resident Notice for Chancery Court in 1907
Multiple notices command defendants in Tishomingo County Mississippi to appear in chancery court on the first Monday in June 1907 to defend suits filed by Lizzie Patrick India Dodd and S W Hartley. Clerk P W Patterson dated March 20 1907. Also includes ad copy for PAZO Ointment and millinery notice by W S Buchanan and Mrs S W Shockley and a testimonial for Dr King s New Discovery with a local Ava Missouri mention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Tishomingo County
Anderson Patrick
Chancery Court
Aci A.m
Lizzie Patrick
P. W. Patterson
John Dodd
Tishomingo
India Dodd
Alice Hartley
S. W. Hartley
Letter highlights adulterated paint pricing and deception
A missive to R L McKnight discusses paint prices, exposing adulteration in the market. It explains pure paint value versus diluted mixtures and notes the average consumer pays about $2.62 a gallon for paint, masked by adulterants and painter costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devoe
Also Mentioned on This Page
John Moore
Texas
Patterson
Mr. L. &. Sawyer
Tupelo
H. 8
Massey & Son's
Oliver Williams
Sheffield
A. J. Modlin
Corinth
Fountain
O Viperre
Viperre
Barlow & Wilson
Greater
New York
Opera House
C. W. McKnight’s
R. W. Glenn
Stamford
Tex
T. M. McDonald
J. C. Gracey
Pontotoc
Potter' S
Taylor's
BE. A. Mitchell
Phil Gromare
Gup— Town
Bettie Estes
Kate Blissett
Triumph
H. S. Massey & Son's
B. le Payne
West Point
Harvey Hardware Co
F. G. Erwin
Square
Tuka Hardware Co
J. D. Cameron
Washington
C. W. McKnight
Hay
A. B. McKinney
Yeanne
Taka
Massey & Son
B. L. Payne
W. W. Harris
B. FP. McRae, Jr
al Springs
J. W. Jourdan
Charley Skinner
Birmingham
H. C. Long, Co
T. A. Clark
A. B. Patterson
B. F. McRae, Jr
M. D. Adams
Adams
Avery's
John Deere
Dixi
Barlow & Wilson’s Minstrels
Tuka Opera House
Model Drug Store
A.B. Adams
A. B. Adams
Colton
T. L. Lomenick
Jas
Quiggins and Childs
Holly Springs
Earl Brewer
Casey
Patterson & Taylor
J.G. Bray
R Burnsville
Bray
Reunion
Iluka
Jo. B. Dean
Mr. S. Z. Smith
Ines
R. F. Thorne
Annie
Thelma
Mary
McKenzie Tenn
Edwin D. Weed
Our Savior Church
Just
Percy
M. M. Culpepper
T. M. Holder
la Lande
New Mexico
State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Hall
Frank J Cheney
Frank
W Gleason
F . Cheney & Co
Inka
W. H. Fairless
Crazy O Onner
Are
Yours
Ava
Ruppee
King
Taean
JC Jourdan
R. L. McKnight
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