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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1918
Page
3
Local items report a frost, spring plans, and community updates. Residents Edward Kimberly and Mary Scruggs travel, L. T. Farrar preaches in Florence, Ala, while subscriptions renew for The Vidette. Community activity includes plowing, building, and shop offers at Jourdan's and J. M. McRae’s new Iuka grocery, with notices of roof paint, hardware bargains, and Red Cross support.
School notes report L T Guinea and J A E Pyle visiting this morning while Mr Gains awarded thrift essay prizes Miss Elizabeth McDonald won first prize of 5 Miss Mamie Nagle second prize 3 The High School girls sold thrift stamps Saturday Upcoming Lyceum March 27 1918 Jones Ball entertainers More plans include a negro minstrel with Camp Fire Girls Proceeds from a colonial play were 28 00 with half to Junior Red Cross and the rest for stage repairs Also mentions shoe shop ad and supplies from Riverside Refining Co and journads inventory
The advertisement touts a store offering economical general merchandise. It claims years of experience, customer satisfaction, and buying knowledge to deliver value. It highlights new stock including low cut shoes slippers spring coats and dresses goods priced from 25 cents to 2 dollars per yard.
G D Hall reports Hudson recovering enough to sit up and shop at Special Land Sale offering 309 pairs of ladies and misses slippers and to wear shoes for men at old prices. Browns advertise farm land 65 acres and a horse crop with immediate possession. Various real estate and farm equipment sales announced by McMasters, Brown, Bozeman, and DaN’s Handwike Stone.
Two school essay prizes were announced this week. Miss Elizabeth McDonald won first prize of $5 and Miss Mamie Nagle took second prize of $3 for essays on Thrift. The event followed L T Gaines offering prizes weeks ago and the school praised the bright young authors.
Gro L McMasters promotes special deals on Avery Middle Busters and Avery Plows with 25 percent savings. An 156 acre parcel lies four and a half miles from town near a pike with immediate possession offered. Also advertising a residential lot in Tuscumbia for 325 dollars with 75 dollars down and monthly payments.
The writer notes pleasant weather in Tishomingo county, reports farmers plowing and cleaning ground for a new crop, and describes busy gardens. Social visits include J H Cagle with Grover Robertson families, Etta Romeey with Ora Dean, and Hudson sisters with Myrtle Osborn. Blue Eyes signs off promising future letters.
Men and ladies hose offered in bulk at low prices. Men's black hose ten cents per pair. Ladies hose at the same rate. One lot men s fancy silk hose fifty cents per pair. Sold by T L Brown and Co.
A Cincinnati expert touts freezone as a quick remedy for corns and calluses saying it dries and lifts away with no irritation. A small bottle is inexpensive at drug stores and can remove hard or soft corns. Miss Emma Finley dislocated her knee after jumping from a horse and remains bedridden, with friends hoping for a swift recovery.
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