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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1919
Page
2
Public notice details subscription rates for Iuka Mississippi edition including in county and out of county options, display advertisement charges, obituaries and resolutions limit, and policy on notices of death and marriages. Readers urged to notify office if paper not received promptly.
Burnsville notes report the Saturday afternoon marriage of Miss Rhoda Haney and Prof. Chas Stephens at the M E Church with many friends and relatives in attendance. The town also welcomes Mrs. Ida Allen back from Springfield and notes several local moves while school opens Monday with Prof. Dave Wright as principal and Miss Byrd Haney as assistant.
The Progressive Farmer argues that a good cotton crop should yield 33 to 35 cents per pound, while this year's disastrously small harvest would justify about 40 cents to provide a living wage. It cites reduced mill demand, Pan-American treaties, exchange rates, and farmer bargaining power as factors.
A marginal line in the newspaper indicates a subscription has expired, prompting renewal action. It shows a standard notice style used to remind readers to renew and continue service.
An analysis argues church and big business are intertwined through philanthropy and leadership roles. It cites Heinz, Procter, Gamble, Sherwin Williams, Rosenwald, Swift, Crowell, Cluett, Candler, Kodak, and others, noting large church ties and donations. It contrasts this with rising paper prices amid political and social commentary.
A poem laments lack of mercy for the poor and criticizes banks courts and churches for denying aid to the moneyless man. It contrasts wealth with poverty and ends asserting no help awaits the penniless. The text shifts to report that the War Department notes high voluntary recruitment aided by camp school offerings, keeping regular army strength steady.
Sufferers report relief by a blood cleanser that claims to purge disease from the blood and address the root cause, contrasting remedies like liniments and lotions as ineffective. The ad urges readers to seek the product at city drugstores for potential cure.
An old advertisement extols GOLD MEDAL Capsules claimed to strengthen kidneys and prevent disease. It urges immediate use, cites Dutch origin and a money back guarantee, and directs readers to Haarlem addresses for purchase.
Commissioner Algood of Alabama writes to Alabama newspapers and southern agriculture commissioners proposing cotton at cent per pound and seed at 100 per ton. He estimates a crop shortage of about 500000 bales and urges farming communities to heed the new price guidance.
State of Mississippi commands Sidney L. Gardner to appear before the Chancery Court in Tishomingo County on the second Monday of December 1919 to defend the suit in aid court brought by Mary F. Gardner. The notice is dated October 8, 1919 and signed by Clerk Ey A. Payne.
The Board of Supervisors of Tishomingo County Mississippi will meet in Iuka on Monday in November 1919 to issue bonds not exceeding 10 percent of the district's assessed value for 1919. Bonds fund construction and maintenance of an improved highway system per Chapter 176, Laws of 1914. E A Payne, Clerk.
To the qualified electors of Belmont Road District in Tishomingo County Mississippi an election will be held November 1 1919 at precincts to decide issuing additional bonds for constructing and maintaining highways under Chapter 176 laws of 1914. Election Commissioners W Carter Wm Coman F M Land announce.
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