Villa's Bodyguard Now Sells Soft Drinks in Alabama
Jim Scott once Pancho Villa's bodyguard operates a soda stand near Sheffield express office in Tuscumbia Alabama. The quiet former adventurer, famed for horsemanship and gun use, now serves customers at the Dallas plant road site while stories recount his past as Villa's marked protector and rumored assassin target.
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Tuscumbia
Ala
Express
Sheffield
Gen
Pancho Villa
Jim Scott
Amies
G. F. Wilson
Plant No. P
Jim
Old Mexico
Sieres Blanca
Slim
Vilas
Villa
Slim’ Sett
Scott
Sam
Pancho
Agare
Tlant No. 2
Je Anido
Texas
California
Mississippi Banks Exceed State Bond Quota in Victory Loan
Oaiman W. Kretchmar of the Victory Liberty Loan Campaign reports a telegram from the Federal Reserve Bank in St. Louis stating Mississippi banks have subscriptions totaling well above the state's quota of 10,683,800. The northern half of Mississippi, covering 38 counties, lies in the Eighth Federal Reserve District.
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Oaiman W. [. Kretchmar
Victory Liberty Loan Campaign
Mississippi
Eighth
Federal Reserve District
Federal Reserve Bank
St. Louis
Reserve Bank
Eighth Reserve District
Memorial Building to Our Soldiers
Mississippi plans a memorial building costing half a million dollars or more to honor soldiers and sailors of the Great War. Funds will be raised statewide by subscription with a drive in late June and a Fourth of July finish. Counties receive quotas, bronze tablets bear names, and donors are listed on a separate tablet. R. E. Kennington and H. M. K. Smith lead the campaign with local and national backing.
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Jackson
Migs
Mississippi
Sone
R. E. Kennington
H. M. K. Smith
Local Hardware Stock Rumors Buyer Urged to Buy Now
A terse ad lists goods in stock including flooring shingles rubber roofing nails and wire log wagons buggies plows and lumber. The seller touts a large shipment of windows and doors and urges immediate purchase.
Governor’s Wife Speaks on State Militia to Bridget
It was apparent the governor’s wife tried to explain to Bridget details about the state's military affairs. Bridget jokes that the governor leads the militia, remarking on his appearance with a playful, mock serious tone.
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Bridget
Latest Antiques Show Brings New Gangs to Light
The visiting agent says the exhibition offers the biggest supply of new gangs new faces and new jokes ever shown in captivity. He notes ten years of material collection to prove the show’s effort and scope.
Freckle Removal Lotion Claims From Lemon Juice
A sensational home remedy promises freckles fade with lemon juice and orchard white. It advises squeezing two lemons, mixing with three ounces of whitening cream to make a quarter pint lotion, sold cheaply by grocers and druggists, and applied daily to face neck arms and hands. It guarantees clearer, softer, whiter skin and calls the remedy harmless.
Advertising War Amid Local Merchants Urges Home Boost
A 1919 Mississippi and Illinois era set of pleas urges merchants to back local papers and advertising against Chicago mail order houses. The piece includes editor Luther Montgomery’s call to spend dollars at home, the role of newspapers in keeping money local, and a sequence of notices from Mississippi county records and court actions.
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Montgomery
W.va
Luther
Chicago
Notice of Sale Under Trustee Deed for Burnsville Property
Trustee John Thooper will sell on May 1 in Burnsville Mississippi a half acre portion of Lot 14, Block 1, according to the Burnsville official survey, as security for M Roach and Fannie Roach debt. The sale follows default on a deed of trust held by W Childs Beneficiary, recorded in Chancery Clerk records. title is believed to be suspected but conveyed by the Trustee only.
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M¢ Roach
Fannie Roach
W. Childs
Burnsville
Miss
Chancery
Tishomingo County
Missippi
John Thooper
Notice of Election Proposed Paden Road District
Notice to qualified electors in Tishomingo County Mississippi of a proposed Paden Road District. A May 31 1919 election will determine if the district falls under chapter 176 laws of 1914 and authorizes bonds for road construction maintenance and improvement. Election commissioners R W Carter J W Coman and F M Blunt sign the notice.
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Paden Road
of Mississippi
Tishomingo County
Township Five
Range Ten
Fourth
Fifth Supervisors
Said County
Range Nine
Prentiss
Tishomingo
Prentiss and
Board of Supervisors
Paden
Mississippi
R. W. Carter
J. W. Coman
F. M. Blunt
Notice of Bond Sale in Tishomingo County Mississippi
The Board of Supervisors of Tishomingo County Mississippi will sell for cash at public auction in open court on June 2, 1919 bonds of the First Supervisors Road District in the amount of 90000 dollars. The bonds are in twenty five series, one hundred dollars each, with interest not over six percent, payable semi annually. Bids below par with accrued interest will not be considered. a 1000 dollar certified check must be deposited as evidence of good faith by the purchaser.
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Dennis Road
Court House
Iuka
Mississippi
Dennis
Bear Creek
Dennis Bear Creek
Dishomingo County
Board of Supervisors
Tishomingo County
First Supervisors Road
First Supervisors
Tishomingo
A. Dayne
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Eczema, Tetter
Baca E Ld
Laos
Joyus
Prince Albert
P. A
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem
N.C
Jourdan
America
Corinth
Cox
Geo. Cox
Mgr
Union Depot
Mark Twain
Juka Pressing Club
D. A. Dugger
Rey Conant
Hall
Maite Cathoe
Toledo
Paine
Beye
Haarlem OK
Swat
State of Mississippi
Tishowinge County
L. R. Davis
Bennett & Clark
Attorneys
Bate
Wheeler Dean
Chancery Court of County of
Said St
Idella Dean
I. A. Payne
Croiters
Credi
F. M. Burns
Chance Court
T. A. Clark
Jourdan's Drug Store
Just
J. CG. Jourdan
E. F. Waits
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