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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1919
Page
2
Display advertisements are 15 cents per inch per insertion. Business notices are 5 cents per line per insertion. Obituaries and Resolutions of Respect limited to 10 lines. Cards of Thanks 3 cents per line. Simple announcements of Deaths and Marriages are no charge. Ads ordered but no time specified will be published and charged until canceled.
The notice notes daylight saving ends at midnight Saturday October 25 urging clocks back one hour. It mocks the House for a toothless law and praises Senate caution. It recalls Senator Lodge supporting Irish freedom while Senator Johnson, a California governor, laments Chinese wrongs with tears.
The Vidette notes persistently wet weather slows cotton picking and threatens crop damage. Late cotton and corn look short while farmers like R G Bond prepare a potato house and J D Faires reports mixed crop prospects from Tennessee. Community vigour and local industry are praised amid discussion of legal cases and local business ventures.
Frank Hall and Elmer Coker plan a new feed store at the Holder stand this week. J M Woodruff and family visited Burnsville. A fire at J B Clements planing mill was quickly put out by night watchman Mr Trotter, possibly from a hot box. Mrs Margaret Walker died after a brief illness. interment at the cemetery northwest of Burnaville. Millard Marlar sick with malaria. J D Honeycutt bought the Epperson farm. D S King surveying in southern county. Public notice urges voting for the constitutional amendment to equalize county school terms, arguing for uniform months and improved rural schools.
Sportsmen's headquarters promotes a full stock of Arrow and Nitro Club products and urges customers to try them now to avoid guessing with unfamiliar brands.
A dated advert touts Dodson’s Liver Tone as a safe alternative to calomel for biliousness and sluggish digestion. It claims the product cleanses the liver without griping or salivation and urges a nightly spoonful for quick relief, promising readers they will wake up feeling splendid. It emphasizes harmless ingredients and even appeals to parents.
The text argues Senator Knox is more concerned with Germany than global issues and urges Senator Sherman to propose a bill directing the Vice President to act as President during Wilson's absence from the capitol.
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