County High Schools Need Public Support, Says Mrs. Farris
In a spring appeal to improve rural education, Mrs. Paxche T. Farris of Malesus, Tennessee urges county high schools and broader school legislation. She argues public schooling is essential beyond mere profit, stressing thrift, rural schools, and citizen formation as bedrock for good government. She cites views on suffrage, local taxation, and the role of women in educational advocacy.
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Church of God
Legislative Assembly
Schopl
Robespierre
Nashville Banner
Mississippi
Little County
Consolante
Bed Rock Foundation
Mas
Paxche-T. Farris
Malesus
Tenn
Aspirin history in early Bayer labeling muddled note
A fragment from a Bayer aspirin label mentions aspirin marketed for pain fever and rheumatism. It cites tablets, the Bayer trademark, and monoacetyl salicylic acid as the active ingredient.
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Bayer
Ee Lee
Route No 5 News Item highlights local activities
Health noted as very good while hunting remains popular. A large crowd attended services at Old Union on Sunday. A singing near Salem drew a modest turnout on Saturday. The Farmers Union met in Providence last Friday and Saturday. Misses Nannie and Eugenia Turner visited near Cherokee the prior weekend. An all day singing is planned for Providence on the first Sunday in November with all welcome, especially good wingers. Mr Jim Yow and family visited Mrs Yow's parents Saturday night. Mr George Selman is building a new house. Mr Monroe Turner visited Mr J W Turner last Sunday. news is scarce and will ring off. Bowser and Tow er.
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Old Union
Salem
Farmers’ Union
Providence
Nannie
Eugenia Turner
Cherokee
Jim Yow
Death of Mrs. Jennie Curtis at Gravel Siding
Mrs Jennie Curtis aged 73 died at her son Jim Curtis home in Gravel Siding on Ost 18th. Funeral services led by Rev W L Norman of Burnsville Miss were held Ost 19th at Snow down. She leaves two sons two daughters and many relatives. She belonged to the Free Will Baptist Church.
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Jennie Curtis
Jim Curtis
Gravel Siding
Snowdown
W.L. Norman
Burnsville
Mis
Curtisarae
Free Will Baptisl Church
Lift Off Corns With Freenlone Cure
A vintage ad type note promotes Freenlone to remove hard corns quickly with a few cents at any drug store. It claims the product loosens and pulls the corn out without pain, mentioning a tiny amount suffices to treat corns between toes and on the sides of the toe joints.
Muscle Shoals Highway Plans Bridge Across Tennessee River
A Sheffield Alabama dispatch reports growing interest in a Decatur Albany enterprise to build a grand Tennessee River bridge at Decatur. The project aims to complete a direct highway route between Memphis and Chattanooga, linking Muscle Shoals area to broader travel corridors. Key figures include W S Brown of Takla Miss and local supporters from Decatur and Albany. The bridge is seen as the final obstacle removal before advancing the Muscle Shoals highway concept.
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Sheffield
Alabama
North Alabama
Decatur
Albany
Tennessee River
Muscle Shoule
W. 8. Brown
Taka. Miss
Joy
Memphis
Chattanooga
Raid Clears Whisky Still Deep In Flats Territory
Officers captured a still about 214 miles beyond the river on Friday night. The operation seized 50 gallons of whisky and 1,000 gallons of beer, with stills and sugar tanks taken to the courthouse. Suspects Ben Bustig and Officers Woods and Johnson participated. the wild catters escaped. Estimated loss and risk cited as around 2,500 dollars.
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Court House
Ben Bustig
Woods
L Y. Bonds
Johnson
Truste es Sale Foreclosure In Tishomingo County
By virtue of a trust deed dated 1914 John W Arnold and wife M A Arnold, trustee will sell at public auction on Saturday November 15 1919 in Short Mississippi the described land in Tishomingo County consisting of ten acres plus one acre, with a house site, as trustee’s sale at the highest cash bidder.
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John W. Arnold
M. A Arnold
Mageh
Johnson
Tishomingo County
Lukas
Miss
Short
Mississippi
Tully’ Bree
Gue
T, H, Grisham
Bargain in Used Cars at Woodley Motor Co
Woodley Motor Co offers two Maxwells two Fords four touring cars one Rosdater and one Allen at bargain prices. Local buyers are invited to inspect the selection and negotiate deals.
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Bargaing
Rosdater
Allen
At & Bargain
Woodley Motor Co
Subscription Expiration Notice Spotted in Paper
The page shows that the subscription to the newspaper has expired, with a note urging renewal. Readers are advised to contact the office to renew and continue delivery.
Vidette Subscription Price Increase Outside County
The Vidette will raise annual outside county subscription to 1.50 beginning July 1. The change reflects postal rate adjustments and distribution costs.
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Bay
Leon
Asficin
Route No. 5 News
J. C. Jourdan Drug
Stora
Tuka
K.ene
Delco
Delco-Light
Delco-Light W. C
McKay ‘Baldwyn
H. R. Kelby
E. Monroe Ave
the Domestic Engineering Company
Dayton, Ohio
Muscle Shoals Highway
AMELS
R.J. A Tobacco Company
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