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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1894
Page
4
The Iuka Vidette chronicles social events, visits, weddings, illness, and local notices from Iuka and surrounding areas. It lists names of residents, travel to Memphis and Tupelo, school and faculty movements, garden party plans, a molasses accident, a birthday celebration, and upcoming eclipse folklore.
In Fostoria Ohio a recent miscegenation case caused community upheaval. A white Methodist pastor Thompson allegedly paid Libbie Hawi for years and married her, prompting church expulsion. Many White residents express conflicted views when the concrete facts unfold. Also noted: Mississippi artists and other regional names in social notes. A Columbus theft relic tale follows with Major Thomas Harrison receiving his watch and $20 restoration after the thief’s deathbed plea.
A mysterious Sunday event in Bellows Falls Vermont caused fear and speculation as dim sunlight failed to illuminate churches and homes. Some attributed the gloom to smoke from Michigan Wisconsin fires with a similar anomaly noted eleven years ago. Local notices advertise old papers for sale and a shop near the bank office invites customers to browse a mixed goods lineup, while a local clerk touts Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy as a trusted staple.
A fragmented dialogue from March in Moore Iuka Mississippi presents a wild eyed patient describing a convoluted family chain. He explains marrying a widow with a stepdaughter and how intertwined relations make him grandfather and brother to various relatives in a circular kinship tale.
Examinations for scholarships at L L&C and A M Colleges will be held at the court house in Iuka on September 20 1904 Supt Ed announces. Also included are local reminiscences and a sales blurb for Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with Mrs Bailey of Eugene Oregon noted. J H Moore advertises 25 and 60 cent bottles. Vivre office advertises old papers for 25 cents per hundred.
City Market Irving Larimore physicial director of M. 2 A. Dew Moines touts Chamberlain's Pain Balm for bruises sprains dislocations and muscle stiffness promising quicker cures when applied before swelling. Charles Kubler of Des Moines reports rapid cold relief at a Chicago hotel prompting others to buy the remedy from local drugstores. Sold by J. He Moore.
The town sees many youths entering the Normal for the session while Prof. Ross battles malaria. Teachers urge attendance as enrollment grows with new pupils like Josie Odell and Ward Paden joining the preparatory department. Notables including Miss Ligeia Haskins and Mr. Robert Brinkley are mentioned amid ongoing school work and faculty mentions.
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