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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1909
Page
4
North of Burnsville May 17 1909 En Viperre reports scarce news and steady health. Farmers struggling with poor cotton and corn stands. Many have to plow up and replant. Cotton seed runs low but hope rises with better weather ahead.
Community notes report health generally good with one illness, local church services and a preaching schedule, reports of a thief gang stealing household goods and meat, mill moves, and repairs. Advertisements praise Dr King’s New Life Pills and DeWitt’s remedies, urging purchases at Model Drug Store.
A quotation from Geo. D. Tripp notes that character is formed by habits rooted in the mind and expressed on the body. It emphasizes that inner patterns shape outward behavior through repeated actions and discipline.
Health improves for Mrs S A George while farming slows for cotton planting activity. Obituary notes Aunt Sallie Patrick died recently and Mr A J Hallmark passed away at a niece’s home. Local trials include Miller and Lambert cases, with strychnine in a water pail investigated but no harm done. Beekeeping, fish catches, and sheep shipments appear among community happenings. Belmont High School selects C W Davis as principal for 1909 1910. other staff to be announced.
Belmon t items report T C McRae repairing the Iuka Belmont telephone line and Tom as an experienced worker. A poisoning attempt on W A Mann family at Gol den Monday night shocks the community with Mrs Josie Armstrong charged and awaiting preliminary trial. J T Sartain buys H D Pate's house and moves in, Pate to vacate. Methodist church plans children's day next Sunday followed by Old Sacred Harp practice and all day singing on the fifth Sunday.
In pursuance of an order by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen, the marshal will on the first Monday in June expose for sale in front of the courthouse door in Iuka Mississippi, the unpaid 1908 taxes and costs on designated properties within Iuka city limits. The sale includes McCulpepper property and the Tuka Hotel and Sanitarium Company listing tax and cost figures.SCRUGGS, Marshal and T.
An advertisement claims Kodol digests food using gastric juices and starts work immediately as a liquid. It promotes full digestion for health, offers usage when digestion falters, and asserts safety and a money back guarantee. The copy cites Chicago and DeWitt, and mentions Iuka Mississippi.
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