Japanese Tea at Mineral Springs Hotel serves spring charm
The Home Vision Society of the Methodist church hosted a Japanese Tea at the Mineral Springs Hotel on Tuesday. Guests wore spring costumes with Oriental decor, and eight young girls performed a graceful Japanese drill as local talent provided musical numbers and readings. A free will offering raised a neat sum.
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Mineral Springs
Home Vision Society
Methodist Church
Iuka
Orient
Weather troubles farmers and local notes from Burnsville
Unfavorable weather delays cotton, corn. Burnsville plans a deep well. A B Moser relocates to Brooks Motel for health. Mrs M A Smith and Mrs SW Woodley show illness and social visits. Joe Marlar sells 15 16 bales of cotton at 8 to 11 cents. Fertilizer sales rise for upcoming crop. Local health report good. birth announced. Chamberlains Tablets praised by Darius Downey of Newberg Junction NB. Available through all dealers.
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Burnsville
A B Moser
Brooks Motel
M A Smith
SW Woodley
Joe Marlar
Darius Downey
Newberg Junction
N. B
Local notes and community updates from Fuka to New Salem
Weather disturbance last Friday night April 26 caused damage as a windstorm blew down Mr R Feltman’s barn and scattered timber. Bethel church neighbors organized a Sunday School with officers elected including Mrs M A Lambert as superintendent and PC Waldrop as secretary. Rev J C Henderson from Corinth will preach at New Salem on the second Sunday in May. Mrs Whitfield and her son visited from Bushsville. Mrs B Palmer of Little Rock, Ark endorses Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound for coughs and measles relief, claiming it helped her child sleep after illness.
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Rfeltman
Bethel Church
M A Lambert
PC Waldrop
Elmer Lock
W B Skinner
Florence Booth
J C Henderson
Corinth
New Salem
B Palmer
Little Rock
Ark
Foley
Harold Shook
J H Shook
T B Lindsey
Dennis
Stephens
Tishomingo
Cora Sutton
Iuka
Belmont High School closes with grand 1912 concert
April Seth reports Belmont community events including Belmont High School closing exercises, speeches by Prof J E Brown, and attendance by Mr Austin Brimley and bride. A storm caused damage in South Belmont, a stray bird was found in Dr Montgomery's yard, and local obituaries express gratitude for Lizzie Hamilton Dean’s death and Christian kindness.
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Belmont High School
College Hall
J E Brown
Austin Brimley and
Bride
New Site
Meridian Mixtures and Fertilizer Delivered to Iuka
A shipment includes one car of Meridian Home Mixture Meridian Blood and Bone Meridian Acid Phosphate and Meridian Trick Mixture along with 10 tons of Jefferson High Grade Fertilizer the highest ever brought to Iuka in analysis Otey H Harris office over Model Drug Store in Ross Building Iuka Miss.
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Jefferson
Iuka
Otey H. Harris
Ross Building
Miss
Recollections of a Confederate march to Yorktown and Williamsburg
The narrator recalls wintering in Leesburg 1861 2, crossing the Rappahannock and Rapidan, fording at the Y ork River, joining a beef cattle convoy and wheat train, reaching Yorktown under siege by McClellan. He describes camp life, lice, tents torn for retreat, skirmishes, and the advance to Williamsburg with Bucktails Penn sylvania cavalry, Longetreet’s division, and improvised artillery captures. Also notes later medical and societal reflections on insanity rates and prohibition in Kansas.
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Leesburg
Raspahannock River
Rapidan
Wagota
Bear Creek
Shiloh
Henry Flynt
John Cantrell
James Bumpass
Jasper Langford
Squire Hellu Zns
Orange Court House
Richmond
York River
West Point
Yorktown
McClellan
Dan Joslyn
Joslyn
Egypt
Williamsburg
Pennsylvania Cavalry
Bucktails
Longetreet
Canadian Justice Seen As Speedy and Substantive
Mr Justice Riddle of the Court of King's Bench of Ontario told the New York State Bar Association that Canadian procedure aims at substantive equity rather than technicality. He contrasted Canadian practice with American limits, noting Canadians seek concrete justice even if records shock, and cited a Canadian expert alienist allowed to answer direct questions about a witness. He warned that even if an expert says a prisoner is insane, that does not excuse guilt, citing a case where the verdict hinge on the idea that knowledge of illegality mandates hanging.
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State of
Kansas
State Board of Control
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Justice Riddle
Court of King's Bench
Ontario
New York State Bar Association
Journal of the American Medical Assocition
Canada
United States
Mr Riddle
Notice to Privilege Tax Payers 1912
Notice from Sheriff and Tax Collector T J Foote warns privilege taxes must be paid by May 1 1912 and licenses applied for in April. Law is mandatory with penalties including fines up to five times the tax or up to six months in jail or both. Read to understand consequences and where to contact for information.
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T J Foote Sheriff & Tax Col
Maps for Sale of Tishomingo County Real Estate
Prepared map based on official plats reproduced by photo print process shows streams railroads land divisions and details useful for local topics such as stock laws and roads. Nominal price asked. apply to Talmage Reid Real Estate office.
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Tishomingo County
Talmage, Reid
First National Bank of Tuka Authorized to Begin Banking
The Treasury Department certifies the First National Bank of Tuka in Iuka Mississippi is authorized to commence banking under U.S. law. Comptroller Lawrence O Murray signs the official certificate dated March 4 1912. A separate ad promotes Chamberlains Liniment for rheumatism relief.
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First National Bank of
Taka
Iuka
Tishomingo
Mississippi
United States
Lawrence GO ‘Murray
Tuka
Lawrence O Murray
Sean
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Burnsville News
Fuka
Route 4
Belmont Items
I J Wright
Margarette Brumley
Henderson
Hollis Gilley
B F Wright
South Belmont
Rev Baker
The
Baptist Church
Rev M L Lennon
R L Shook
Vina
Yours Truly
Lizzie Hamilton Dean
Lizzie
D O Dean
EC Hamilton
Chamberlain
C. B. Bray
Rom
Westpoint
Seven Pines
T Scruggs
TP Haney
Molder
Burnsville, Miss
Citizens National Bank
Citizens National Bank Corinth
Adississippi
John F
Jas. D. Biggers
H. G. Peerey
Asa't
Sunmount
Sunmount Sanatorium
Sunmount ‘Sanatorium
Santa PE
Treasury Department
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