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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1916
Page
4
A vintage ad promises renewed energy and happiness by restoring liver function with Dr. T Liver and Blood back up. It claims brighter days, friendlier people, and renewed appetite, making you feel twenty years younger and ready to tackle work and life with gusto.
An old advertisement promotes Dr Thachers Liver and Blood Syrup as a liver tonic and strengthener. It claims the liver governs the body, improving digestion and overall health, with promises of happiness and vigor once the liver is active. Sold by syacama Medicine Company in Chattanooga with bottles at 50c and 1.00.
A jailhouse poem urges boys to avoid crime and jail. The narrator reflects on imprisonment, the harsh routine, and the advice to stay with good company, promising sorrow and weighed cages if one goes astray. He warns that laws bring punishment, the jailer remains a kind figure, and to remember the lesson after death.
Jack Moore argues broom corn as a superior substitute for cotton citing 35 years in the broom trade. He notes steady demand, a 15 0 per ton price for top grades, and compares it favorably to cotton yields. He recalls seven million dollars of broom corn imports two years ago and warns of wartime export embargo effects.
A solid car of fresh eggs produced in Mississippi left Jackson for Chicago a few days ago. The shipment contained 10,500 dozen and was valued at 2000 dollars, sent by the Mississippi Creamery Company.
Health is very good in this part and pleasant weather invites a good crop. Mr and Mrs Nunley and family spent the day with Mr P R Berry and family last Sunday and enjoyed a nice time. An all day singing is planned at old Union Church the second Sunday in April. Everyone is invited and asked to bring full baskets.
Health is good in the district as farming moves toward cotton planting with a 5 cent per pound price. The Hubbard Salem school had a big concert on the 10th, and Sunday schools resume at Poplar Springs. Local visits include Mrs Minnie Arnold, Miss Rena Bleakney, Elbert Phillips, Griff John son, and Pearlie and Minnie Phillips at their grandfather’s home. The writer signs as The Bashful Girl looking forward to print.
The document lists officers and soldiers from Company C of the 26th Mississippi Regiment. Names include Davenport, Captain Robert S Cox, 1st Lieutenant B F Williams, 2nd W P Curlee, 3rd J C Crockett, 1st Sergeant T Miller, and many others. Sent in by J T McDougal, Buchanan, Florida.
Scarce news in the community reports health as very good and roads as bad due to a stalled telephone message. Farming gears up for another crop while residents note social events, visits, and moving plans. Several locals attended singing at Edd Rast’s and preaching at Oldham, with marriages and illnesses mentioned among routine updates.
A Memphis seed supplier advertises ten five cent packages of select garden seed to every new paid in advance subscriber or to any subscriber who pays for a year in advance. The offer promotes RB Buchanan seed from Memphis as high quality.
A promotional claim extols Dodson's Liver Tone as a harmless vegetable liver remedy that replaces calomel. It promises to detoxify bile, ease constipation, and improve energy without salivation, with a money back guarantee if you are not quickly improved. It targets whole families and even children.
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