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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1916
Page
2
Advertising column notes subscription lapses and delivery issues for readers in Advance. Rate card lists display ads at 15 cents per line per insertion and business notices at five cents per line. Obituaries limited to 10 lines and card of thanks at 3 cents per line.
The Postmaster General announces a readjustment of rates to enable a one cent airmail or postage rate within a year while duties and bills in the mail are listed. In elections Judge Sykes leads by 204 votes for Supreme Court Judge though a contest is possible as results from the race surface. The Sixty fourth Congress adjourned after a long session with anticipated legislation.
Taka Route and Mrs Clarence Smith are very sick at this writing. Families spent Sunday visiting neighbors, including Tolbert Smith, Tom Curtis, Bea Morris, Ruby Johnson, Nora Davis from Counee Town Tennessee visiting her father Thomas Bleakney, and others at Swendler, Scott, Price homes. The bull weevil has ruined the cotton crop around here to a great extent. Pink Rose, minor note urging writing before it’s too late.
Mr Lawrence Walker has typhoid fever but hopes for quick recovery. Mr Jeff Brown has chills. Mr Frank Wood visited his mother last Saturday night and Sunday at Snowdown. Mr Eston Wood moved to Pickens Branch to be nearer work. Mrs Wooden fell Wednesday morning nearly breaking her arm and bruised badly. Miss Doll Tigner of Short is very low with fever. Miss Ella Ramsey spent Sunday afternoon with Miss Alma Brown. Mr and Mrs D C Catshall visited brother Lawrence Walks Sunday. Long and family visited and family and
Readers note scarce letters as community figures send greetings and calls for mail. Mrs Lizzie McCulloch visits Mrs Walker while Mr Jim Long returns from a visit with his brother Charlie Long in Dennis. Various neighbors and families share social calls and updates this weekend.
A one hundred dollar reward offer for cure of catarrh using Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Claims bloodstream action to expel poison and heal mucous surfaces. Encourages immediate use and testimonials from Toledo company F. J. Cheney & Co. and druggists.
Tri State women will have a larger building at the fair this year with new sections and an enlarged premium list. Ada Harris directs plans with an advisory board of city and country women. new features include a Red Cross booth daily first aid demos a model kitchen cooking demonstrations and a juvenile class to encourage work by children under sixteen. Art exhibits with a fund for artists and prizes for drawings and paintings of wild flowers and nature works are planned with premiums offered for five drawings or paintings and clay specimens.
Special Commissioner E A Payne advertises sale under 1916 Chancery decree in the case B B Wiggins et al v S B Walker et al No 585. On October 14, 1916, during legal hours at Ink Inks court house, cash bid for the southwest quarter of Fractional Section Thirty-Five Township Two Range Eleysa east will be offered at public auction.
Last week's print edition prices kept through Saturday September 16. Oxford Bacon Bransack Shorts Flour Chief 24 lbs barrels Blue Star 24 ft barrel Just Rite self rising fet Compound Lard No 5 No 10 Tomatoes 3 lbs Bey prices listed. T. M. McDonald, Manager.
Advertises cleaning and pressing of fall suits overcoats and trousers at moderate rates. Promises neat, fresh appearance so garments look new again and urges customers to bring items for service before cold weather.
The Board of Supervisors schedules an election for September 30 1916 in Tishomingo County Fourth District to decide if the district should be brought under Chapter 176 Laws of Mississippi 1914. Voters will decide whether the board shall issue road bonds under the act, with election commissioners RW Carter Sam H Allen and AGW Byram overseeing.
On the first Monday in October the bridge on Little Yellow Creek will be let to the lowest responsible bidder at the Court House door in the town. The Monticello company reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to accept the best offer.
The National Bulletin accuses the whiskey industry of moral and economic harm. It cites a Manufacturer's Record editorial as misused by reformers and asserts absolute opposition to alcohol. It warns billions spent on liquor drain physical, moral, and financial stamina and links saloon politics to national rot and increased crime and poverty.
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