Crops Hard Hit By Boll Weevil And Rain
The excerpt notes farm conditions with boll weevil damage and rain affecting crop yields. It mentions births, visits, and school plans, plus local social notes. It discusses mail order advertising pressure on local papers, prohibition in Oklahoma, and efforts to market Mississippi sweet potatoes through the Mississippi Centennial Exposition, urging local producers to create demand for their products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oka
Lora Messenger
Mississippi
California
New England
Bhis
Building materials and magazine club offer chaos
Fragmented ad notices mix lumber promo with a magazine subscription offer and a detailed description of a Halloween dinner party hosted by Mrs Reavis O Ne al in Huntsville Alabama. The text blends supplier lines from Tura Lumber Co with a social event report featuring Mr and Mrs Sam Allen and other guests at Twin Oaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Club of Four
Tura Lumber CO
Reavis O'Neal
Huntsville
Ala
Mesdames W T Bennett
Berry Lee Martin
Twin Oaks
Martis
Minature Forest
Sam Allen
Granville Dudley
W.T. Bennett
Isaac Jackson
Henry Little
Hallie Jackson
O'Neal
Nancy Lee Watkins
Iuka
Teacher's Association Meeting in Iuka November Twenty Fifth
The Tishomingo County Teachers Association will meet in Iuka on Saturday November 25. All teachers are urged to attend with a morning session at 10 o'clock including devotional exercises opening exercises and talks on Mississippi Day public days and literacy. Afternoon sessions begin at 1 with club work and a meeting of the County Illiteracy Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jourden Mercantile
R W Crowder
W R King
Birmingham
Ala
Robert Roles
Alabama
Mary Boyen Wright
Coldwater
J. W Woodall
Tishomingo
R W Walker
Bennett’s Chapel
Tishomingo County
Teacher's Association
Iuka
J.T Robinson
S F Howard
A K Babb
Mississippi
Blanche Patterson
Mrs Howard
H C Long
Lencaster
Luelle Hester
W R Nettles
Mississippi illiteracy drive seeks public support
The Mississippi Illiteracy Commission advances a movement to cut adult illiteracy. It urges voluntary time money and thought from citizens and civic groups, with county superintendents forming County Commissions to engage teachers and trustees in the effort.
Scholarships for Sale at Memphis and Birmingham Colleges
An advert offers scholarships at Memphis Business College and Wheeler Business College in Birmingham to boost learning capacity. It notes ongoing demand for stenographers and bookkeepers and promotes business college study as a path to good positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business College
Memphis Business Colege
Wheeler Business College
Birmingham
Letter to subscribers on rising paper costs and rate increases
The notice informs readers that statements are being mailed and urges prompt remittance due to doubled paper costs in six months. It notes many printers raised subscription prices to 1.50 per year and asks subscribers to bear the higher costs.
Trade list notes price for extra copies of Bidette and Sister
The listing indicates extra copies of Bidette priced at 5 ents per copy and Sister at 29 conte.
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W. J. Brinkley
S$. W. Shockley & CO
Corinth Marble Works
E. H. Whitehurst
J. G. Jourdan Drug Company
Dougie
Virginia
Washington
Jacksonville
New Orleans
Reed Our Magasine
Ire
Reavis
Mitersey
Mississppi
E. F. Waits
Corinth, Mississippi
Luka
Corinth Furniture Cortestes
Miss
Franges Marichal
Sheffield
Als
Jourdan’s
L. E. King
Dee
Arthur
Cromwell Dept
V" Toke
C. R. Hicks
Inka
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