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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1923
Page
4
The article covers farm setbacks from heavy rains hurting cotton planting and reports a shooting involving A G W Byram and Nelson. It notes community church decoration crowds, school pride for Iuka, local gossip about liquor in the county, and reflections on election year.
A pious visitor claims to comfort unhappy wives while asking about husbands. He jokes that if a husband escapes his current place he must raise a granite slab weighing at least ten, noting he could not lift coal in life. The Detroit Free Press quotes the quip.
Working people suffer languor and discouragement when the liver fails. The ad urges taking Herbine to purify the system restore vigor and ambition, selling for 60e by all druggists.
The scene shows a tender moment as a man begs to comfort a woman whose tears flow. He notes he is busy briefly, and she explains the cause is hay fever. She urges him to continue with the treatment despite the disruption.
A rustic exchange between a wealthy squire and a shrewd deacon as they weigh earthly riches against spiritual worth. The old equite muses on bank stocks and real estate while the deacon, with twinkling eye, offers a pragmatic counterbalance, suggesting charity and peace outweigh amassed wealth.
The Wednesday Club met with eight members including Eva Finch and Mies Cooper to plan a fall community fair with a broader drive than last year. JW Gray and others attended a county trustees meeting at Juka on May 11. The era of school efficiency and engaged trustees was noted as vital, while Dan B Melp works on a new bungalow amid ongoing urban growth. A heavy rain flooded Cedar Creek, delaying traffic to Alabama on the pike.
Defendant commanded to appear in June 1993 to plead or answer the bill filed by Geo W. Perkins in the Chancery Court of Tishomingo County. Clerk J P Bord notes the May 14 1923 filing date.
Notice requests unregistered voters in the county to register before July 1923 to participate in August primaries. It lists precinct by precinct dates in June and notes age eligibility and cooperation sought from the public. Also includes a separate nonresident notice and a Chancery Court summons for Mary Snow versus Chas. Snow with court date in June 1923.
Filing and hearing notice for the Commissioners First Report in Mackey's Creek Drainage District. May 14 1928 filing. June 11 1928 hearing before Chancellor A J McIntyre in Tishomingo County Mississippi. Some text refers to a separate Bank of Belmont foreclosure with sheriff sale set June 4 1928.
Complainants Mrs EB J Pyron et al sue Mrs Belma Foster et al in No 148 at Tishomingo County Mississippi. Defendants to answer at the courthouse in Iuka on the second Monday of June 1928. Notice dated May 7 1923.
Special commissioners announce public auctions of land in Tishomingo County Mississippi to partition under decrees. Multiple notices reference acreage including 56 acres and sections 28 30 township 3 range 9 10, with sale dates in 1923 1925 and 1928 and locations in Iuka and at the county courthouse.
Mollie Puckett and others sue Harvey Hamm and others in Chancery Court of Tishomingo County Mississippi. Defendants are required to plead answer or demur by the second Monday of June 1923 at Leedy Hamm Trimble Tennessee and Red Bay Alabama addresses. Witness J P Ford Chancery Clerk March 1 1923.
The document commands Robert C Chambers to appear in the Tishomingo County Mississippi Chancery Court on the second Monday in June 1923 to answer or demur to Mattie Chambers cross bill. It notes addresses and signatures for J P Ford Chancery Clerk and references Nora Stovall and T B Stovall with dates in May 1923.
The Vidette notes two business college scholarships for sale. One at Memphis Business College and another at Wheeler's Business College in Birmingham. Potential buyer saves money on either option.
Petitioners in Tishomingo County Mississippi request clemency for Reuben Marler convicted of liquor manufacturing with three year sentence. They cite age illness and dependent wife as grounds for pardon. Also Berkely Glasgow, unjustly convicted of grand larceny, appears on Meritorious List and seeks pardon for not guilty claim and prior punishment.
Willis Boyle No 1471 To Willis Boyle Post Office address 60% St Paul Street Memphis Tennessee of Tishomingo County Mississippi at the Court House in Iuka on the second Monday of June 1923 to plead answer or demur to the bill of complaints of Addie Boyle Complainant VS Willis Boyle Defendant Witness my hand this the 18th day of April 1923 J P Ford Chancery Clerk W B Ellis Sol for Complt 344
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