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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1918
Page
3
Local notes report visitors from Burnsville Humboldt and Birmingham plus trips from Corinth and Florence. Church and school notices include Rev. Farrar speaking and Children’s Day at Snowdown. A Red Cross benefit auction drew a crowd as local residents contribute to the war effort.
Speaking at Poplar Springs and Salem, events planned Saturday with a 2 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. start. The Red Cross fundraiser will feature a ladies prepared box supper at Salem. Attendees urged to bring chickens and eggs for cash to T. M. McDonald.
A parade of town ladies dressed as Red Cross nurses opened Red Cross War Fund Campaign Week led by Mrs. W O Jackson chairing the Women’s Divisions. The colored auxiliary also participated as part of the week’s attractions.
Bargain sale offers 380 acres five miles from town and one mile from the pike with immediate possession. Also three business lots in Iuka offered at a bargain. W E Brown promotes land and property deals while J R Jer nigan handles farm loan applications. Enthusiastic Lieut Parke speech supports Red Cross War Fund.
A 1950 community notice invites participation in a Red Cross fundraising drive tied to a school building event. Admission is 10e and 15e, with a request to give more if able to support the cause. Local organizers urge attendance and contributions.
Commencement week features a May 10 social at Prof and Mrs Howard with National colors, a May 11 juniors party at Mineral Springs Hotel, and a May 12 Sunday program with a pageant America. Grammar and high school diplomas are awarded with student performances, and Capt. G T Fitzhugh delivers the graduation address. The event closes praising the school and urging continued community support.
Train No. 36 eastbound on the Southern Railway was stopped at Iuka Monday around 1 PM. The conductor and engineer were marched to surrender and the crew and passengers complied without shots. Red Cross aid benefited from the incident, while scattered text mentions various items and names.
Special. Thirty six inch brown domestic fabric priced at eighteen cents per yard. T L Brown and Co. advertised the fabric in a concise notice.
A property offering 156 acres located four and a half miles from town and half a mile from the pike with possession available at once.
Last Friday afternoon a shower for Mrs. Carlton Woodley was hosted by Mesdames J. & Martin and W. D. Ferguson. Guests enjoyed punch in the dining room then gathered in the reception hall to await the bride. Red White and Blue decor and Little Miss Ramelli Gravette as a Red Cross Nurse led the bride to a white throne. Gifts were hidden in a plum pie and drawn one by one to display on a table. Mrs. Woodley thanked guests and musical selections followed, with Miss Katharine Cromwell contributing piano numbers.
L E Ropindon of Iuka Mississippi says after joining the U S Navy he sold his brick store building through George J McMasters to an Alabama buyer. The sale was completed in cash and he urges others with property to let McMasters handle it to save time and money. May 15, 1918.
A.M. Farris reports two months of service in a metropolitan veterinary hospital and lectures with Dr. W. S. Milton and C. G. Warner, State Veterinarian of Illinois, asserting readiness to provide strict treatments to all stock under veterinary license.
Mr W L White of Iuka Route 1 reports his Jersey heifer two years and one month old calved on Tuesday producing twin male calves. Both calves are strong and healthy.
Farmers transacted business in Laka Saturday. MR and MRS WR Rutledge and Miss Exa Rutledge visited the tri cities last Thursday. TA Milford worked on roads during wet weather. John Glenn and family spent the weekend in Salem. Marshall Nelson returns home from Camp Beauregard on farm furlough. An all lay singing at Bethlehem drew a large crowd followed by a Red Cross talk and donations. Ruby Harvey of Nashville arrives for the summer with Arthur Harvey. West Harvey, recently in Florida, visits here. Local youths attend children’s day at Alleboro. Rutledge graveyard cleaned and decorated Saturday. Seventeenth evening event noted.
The death angel visited the home of Mr and Mrs John Parsons and took their little son Herbert. He leaves a father, mother, sister, and many friends to mourn their loss, yet hope remains for a reunion in the land of the enemy as scripture promises.
An ad denounces calomel as dangerous mercury causing salivation and sickness. It promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe, pleasant vegetable alternative that cleanses the liver, reduces biliousness and constipation, and promises quick relief without side effects. It urges readers to buy the product, claiming superior effectiveness and harmlessness for all ages.
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