Local ads and notices fill pages in Iuka paper
Local readers see a stream of ads and small notices from Model Drug Store W.O. Jackson Hardware Co and C F J G Bonds. Items include sales pitches for medicines No 666 cures fever seeds and garden goods, lost and found, person updates, clothing and hats, screen doors and wire, fresh groceries, and social notes about residents visiting relatives and taking trips to Little Rock Corinth and Memphis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.O. Jackson Hardware Co
Wiley’s
W. C. Jackson
Hardware Co
Blue Springs School
Jone
Nashville Boosters Visit Iuka Residents Call For Support
Nashville Boosters, about one hundred strong, arrived in Iuka on Tuesday. Citizens greeted them, with autos and a town tour, while local leaders urged support for Nashville. The piece also mentions church meetings, local contests, lost hounds, lumber shipments, and notable deaths, all noting Iuka highlights and community notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville Boosters
Iuka
Nashville
C.F
J. G. Bonds
Jewel Waymer Seeks Pony Contest Backing in Tishomingo County
A candidate announces intent to win the pony contest and asks friends in Tishomingo County for support. Jewel Waymer expresses gratitude in advance for allied help to secure the pony prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tishomingo County
Jewel Waymer
High School Commencement Week Auditorium Activities
Schedule lists events at the high school including a sermon by Rev. R Countess in Grenada on Sunday at 1 a.m. a senior play "Varsity Coach" on Tuesday at 8 p.m. grammar school graduation Wednesday afternoon, Senior Class Day Thursday at 10:30 a.m., High School Graduation Thursday 8 p.m. with Address Booth Law very, and a Music Class Recital Friday at 8 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R Countess
Grenada
Grammar School
Fortnightly Club Ends Season With Refined Evening
The Fortnightly club held its last regular meeting of the season with Miss Willie Hiett in attendance. Members enjoyed a roll call of historic islands and notes on Mount Everest Still Conquered. Ruth Carmack won a flower contest prize after vocal and piano performances by Ruth Carmack Christine Powell Elam and Vera Bennett served refreshments with guests from Memphis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Hiett
Talmage Reid
Mount Everest
Howard
Island of Beauty
Roumania
Ruth Carmack
Christine Powell
Elam
Vera Bennett
Mabelle Williams
Vera Hennett
Messrs
Harper Hodges
Dun Gary
Memphis
Death of Miss Blanch Storment in this city
After months of great suffering Miss Blanch Storment died at her home Tuesday at five o'clock. She had just reached an age of promise and was a Christian. Funeral services were held Wednesday at Beggs Chapel conducted by Rev J H Turner. Interment followed. She is survived by relatives including brother Mr John Storment half brother Mr J R Jerrigan and second cousin Mr T J Storment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanch Storment
Miss Storment
Christian Church
J H Turner
Beggs Chapel
John Storment
J R Jerrigan
T J Storment
Mrs Amanda Ramsey dies in Tuka after illness
Mrs Amanda Ramsey widow of V E Ramsey died Saturday night at her home at 9 o clock after a long illness confined to bed since March 1. She was grandmother of Cecil and Cleo Moser and sister of Mrs Hammond. Funeral services were held at the home by Rev J H Turner and burial at Oak Grove Cemetery. The family thanks friends for kindnesses during the sickness and death. W C Jackson Hardware Co. promotes home health screening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amanda Ramsey
V E Ramsey
Ramsey
Cecil and
Cleo Moser
Hammond
Tuka
Baptist Church
J H Turner
Oak Grove Cemetery
Men on the Square Urge Cleanup Before Board Meeting
A reader voiced demand to tidy up streets alleys and stores and to act quickly before the board convenes. The speaker cites directives from authorities and praise for past efforts while warning consequences if ignored, noting state leaders and a governor’s stance and a call to follow modern guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bilbo
Mr. Mann
All Day Singing at Old Salem M P Church May 1916
All Day singing and dinner on the ground at Old Salem M P Church on the third Sunday in May 1916 with Profs. Neal Page and Bickerstaff. Sabbath School at 9 a.m. preaching on the 2nd and 4th Sundays. D L Glover Short Miss May 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Salem M P
Profs. Neal
Page
Bickerstaff
Cardijuly
Above Church
D L Glover
Short
Miss
Name of Contestants in Pony Contest
List of many contestants includes Pearle Jordan Jewel Waymer Dimple King Lyle McDonald Flora Lomenick Luther Rice and many others. Local note from Iuka Route 1 editor Vidette reports dull health weather and farming delays with reflections on new tick erade and game laws and a flood of small town chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearle Jordan
Jewel Waymer
Dimple King Lyle McDonald
Flora Lomenick
Luther Rice
Raymond Hamilton
Gus Brown
Roy Williams
William S Brown
Walter Riley
Alfred Robinson
John W Robinson
Will Neynley
Jamie Bayless
Elizabeth Rice Luther Brown
Jim Aldrich
Mary Meadows
Jake Barnett
Edwin Bayless
Julian Bayless
Frank Rhodes
Arthur Nolan
Geo Copeland Vernon Worshim
John Aldridge
Jim Robinson
Henry McCanley
Gladys Riley
Henry Baker Vernon Tune
Florence Edmondson Odell Davis
Earl Davis
Garrard Paden
Donna Dean
Gladys
Iuka
Vidette
Salem
Frank McAnally
Tuka
Raye Bonga
Ee Ae
Tanlac credited with 30 pound gain for Mississippi man
Mr. C. B. Gwin of Amo ity Mississippi says Tanlac restored his health after a long decline with rheumatism fatigue and sleep loss. He claims to have gained thirty pounds in six weeks and to feel stronger and more energetic. Distributor G F Willis notes rheumatism stems from digestive and kidney issues and promotes Tanlac as a constitutional treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanlac
C. B. Gwin
Amoity
Miss
Tantac
Mr. Gwin
Taniac
G. F. Willis
Iuka
J C Jourdan
Belmont
Belmont Drug Co
Revival Meeting at Methodist Church Begins June First
The Methodist Church announces a 10 day revival starting the first Sunday in June led by Rev W M Pbell. Everyone is invited to attend as the community is urged to seek salvation together.
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Methodist Church
W M Pbell
W D McCullough
Kenneth McRea wins 100 yard dash at West Tennessee meet
Kenneth McRea, Central High School Memphis pupil and son of B F McRea, won the 100 yard dash at the West Tennessee athletic, oratorical and musical meet in Jackson, Tennessee last Saturday. Central High dominated with 73 points, winning both indoor and outdoor events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth McRaehon
West Tennessee
Jackson
Tenn
Kenneth
Central High School
Memphis
B F McRea
Central High
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Arthur Chandler
Gravelly Springs
Ala
Luka
Spring Park
Sam Wiley
Mitchell McCullough
Little Rock
Ark
Ed Bonds
Dyer, Tenn
Bonds
McKnight
Panama
S'T. L. Brown & Co’s
Bennett
Paden
Inka Sunday
JR Elledge
J. E. Rankin
Rankin Printing Company
Corinth
Gillen
Rankin
Inka
Cross Roads
E.C. King
C. F
Clifton Francis
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
T L Brown & Co
Bermuda
W H Fairless
W C Hundley
Tishomingo
WE Ware
Bluff City
WS Brown
Helen Davis
T M McDonald
Mildred McDonald
W. O. Jackson Hardware Co
W T Ross
Delta
The
Frances Miller
M F Miller
Doc Foote
J H Allen
Presbyterian Church
Boyce of
Baldwyn
M. F. Miller
Iuka J
Judie Payne
Riverton
Paynes
W. O. Jackson
W B Leatherwood
Pauline Lambert
Charleston
J A Sykes
Jackson, Miss
E O Sykes
Supreme Court
Inka Station
D McCullough
Lyceum
Emma Dee Randle
Miss Randle
Miss Blanch Storment
Amanda 5
W. C. Jackson Hardware Co
Fen
Mississippi
TL Brown & Co
Fuka Boy
Dalely Filsi
Mossisc
B& F G
Massey Automobile
Iuka Taxi Life
EU Baden
Iuka Theatre
Mary Pickford
Universal Film Co
Ethel Grandin
G T Carmichael & Son
A B Moser
Moser
J. P. Broughton
Chee Bay
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