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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1915
Page
3
Advertisements announce ice cream deals furniture stores and bankable savings. Listings include farms for rent corn for sale stoves and wood engines typewriters cows and calves cottages for sale or rent seeds goods and services with contact notes across Iuka area. A lost coat notice rounds out the classifieds.
Moser offers $3.00 to $5.00 savings on all suits this month with a guarantee of satisfaction and a proper fit. Each suit includes 2000 votes as part of the deal.
Property ad offers an eight room house with convenient out houses three blocks from Spring Park. Terms available through C W McKnight. Describes 34 ft percent gown as a listed detail.
Local notices detail visits and travels of residents including Mr GN Grimes from Hulcut and Mr Q F Bends. People from Corinth Memphis Tishomingo and Blue Mountain are mentioned with social visits and business trips. The piece notes community events such as Copley prints exhibition and a new Baptist church project, plus a tribute to Amanda Capers Neville.
Miss Lucille Walker receives hundreds of congratulations after winning the Commercial Appeals Tri-State Beauty Contest. Daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J T Walker, she is praised as beautiful and talented, recently elected to the school faculty for next year and educated at noted southern institutions and schools of expression.
A call for a large community barbecue at Spring Park on Saturday July 31 invites farmers, business and professional people to pause work for a day. The goal is to foster get together spirit, discuss county needs, and plan joint action for mutual benefit. Suggestions and discussion are welcome.
The Booneville audience heard Julius E Berry give a memorable lecture on Victors and Victims. Despite a small crowd, listeners found his talk stirring and meaningful, urging better living for parents and children. Local readings and musical numbers preceded the lecture, adding to an enjoyable evening.
Commencement week featured a Sunday sermon by Dr Gavin of Corinth Baptist Church on the pounds parable. The auditorium hosted decor, a fine orchestra, and readings by Rev D MacCullouch and Rev R C Wilson. The university play The Touchdown thrilled the audience as students performed with notable stage settings and praise for Miss Jones. Graduation events proceed with grammar school on Wednesday and high school graduation Thursday, with further musical and expression recitals Friday.
The list of contestants for the Panama Exposition Trip includes Miss Mamie Doane Miss Marie Ellis Miss Corinne Walker Mrs MS Bozeman Miss Ida Archer Iuka Route 5 and Miss Ora Grisham Iuka Route 5.
Ale Margerum reports pleasant farming weather while a large crowd enjoyed Children’s Day at Allsboro. Rev S E Maples preached two sermons at the Methodist Church, with visitors including Rufus Castleberry and HF Roberts. Viola Hudson of Memphis plans a several week stay with Mr and Mrs W Faker, Ollie Abel visited Lizzie Smith, and several Roberts, Maples, and Clark relatives visited various homes last Sunday. A Hunter ends the column.
Lupus reports quiet conditions along the State Line with occasional visits from candidates from Alabama and Mississippi. He recalls meeting T R Smith of Iuka, a treasurer candidate in Tishomingo county, and notes a Democratic county with a close race. He attended a Primitive Baptist meeting at Providence May 16 near Dennis, meeting B F McRae, Dr T F Carmack, and Prof N L Phillips in high spirits. Crops along the State Line look good, though last year’s corn crop is nearly exhausted and shipping corn will be needed until new harvests.
An Indiana publisher denounces subscribers who move without notifying post offices. He calls such deadbeats dishonest and compares avoiding payment to stealing, saying travelers who fail to update their address ruin newspapers year after year and likening them to sheep thieves.
Notice states the Roach Shoe Shop is disposed and a new shop opens at the same location under the owner's name. Half sales 40c to $1.00 while heels run 25c to 50c. Claims use of the best leather and rubber heels. Nelson's Shoe Shop opposite Royal Grocery Co., east of Postoffice, Corinth, Miss. Arthur Cromwell, Model Drag Co., Agent.
Belmont hosts an Old Harp singing on a Sunday in May inviting everyone to attend with old and new books. The Old Harp singers plan a portion of the day to sing from a new book by GS Jackson.
Lifelong Lamar County figure Bob Lewis shared his dramatic conversion tale to a large crowd at the Mcintosh revival. He described 25 years of sin, public shame, and a life redeemed by Christ, urging forgiveness and faith as a path to salvation and peace. His testimony highlighted personal loss, divine forgiveness, and a renewed commitment to God.
An excerpt presents a personal farewell style plea for kindness and guidance. It expresses a wish for sunshine on a lonely path, a flower of compassion, and comfort through prayer as the speaker nears final reward in faith and friendship. The voice asks for tearful prayers rather than scornful words to steady their steps.
A reader cites comparisons from Longfellow to illustrate value and worth in different trades. The author argues that writing, craftsmanship, and labor translate into real value while fiction can fail to be valuable. The piece ends urging readers to take $1.00 for a year’s Vidette subscription as practical common sense.
Salem Church nine miles south of Tuka hosts an all day singing on the fourth Sunday in June. Leaders are invited to bring books and participate. Professors Livingston Clay and Hellums, among many other teachers and leaders, are expected to attend for a good time. C O Milford.
Announcing a special sale on Friday and Saturday with complete lines of new summer millinery goods at substantial reductions. If you have not yet bought, now is the time to take advantage of the deep price cuts offered during the two day event.
The law firm Bennett & Elledge dissolved its partnership effective April 15 1916 and the firm relocated permanently to Inka for the practice of law with an office in the Ross Building over Bank W L Biotic remains referenced in the notice.
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