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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1909
Page
2
A sprawling, clipped montage of 19th century curio notes touches on New York racial tensions, royal longevity, weather records, domestic violence, aviation dreams, fashion patrols, and Teheran politics. It catalogs oddities from Chinamen in New York to airship ambitions, with sharp asides on theater funding, women at work, and germ kins in Paris.
Officials urge voters to fund road improvements as a tax-raising plan that could reduce freight costs, boost farm output, and stimulate statewide prosperity. Arguments compare old mud roads unfavorably with envisioned improved routes, citing cotton haul savings and broader economic gains.
Cotton opened rapidly across the South and lower yields reduce the overall outturn. In many areas only matured or half mature bolls remain, with showers slowing shedding and delaying boll opening. Forecasts suggest gathering may push into July if weather remains favorable.
Thousands witness the tragedy as Cecelia Roach, 17, perishes while rescuing companions in a rowboat near the Monongahela River dam. Her bravery saves ten children before she and another passenger fall into the rapid below. The crowd watches in horror as the river claims lives.
A funeral in Arden for Edward Harriman draws grandeur from Wall Street and local heavyweights. Prominent participants include the Harriman dairy and farm managers, his general superintendent and master builders, led by the chaplain of St. John's Episcopal Church as invited guests gather by the hillside grave near the Arden railway station.
Commander Robert B. Peary, returning from recent exploration, invites Dr. Frederick A. Cook to an open debate if Cook does not retract his assertion of first reaching the Pole. Peary prepared to publish a detailed statement rebutting Cook and asserting prior knowledge of Peary’s success.
An immigration official reports progress by foreign-born settlers in Louisiana. Italians Bohemians Germans and Poles are described as making steady advances as farmers and truck growers. They are praised for hard work and savings while contributing to agricultural development.
Rev G M Gray of Whitesboro Texas recounts recovery from tumbago after using Doane Kidney Pile. He states four years of misery vanished and urges others with kidney trouble to seek the remedy. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box. Poster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
A playful fable style exchange recalls an ageing lobster who ends his days in pieces, ending up as lobster salad. The Porpoise comments on the lobster’s fate while the Tortoise confirms the outcome.
A visiting man recalls an economical housewife in a town who, under pressure, swallowed mercurial poison and, as the antidote required eggs whites. As the antidote was prepared, she faintly whispered Mary, Mary Save the yolks for the pud titita, revealing a comical mishearing amid danger.
An American writer in England notes that Brits from the king down openly value thrift while Americans paraded a view that economy is mean. The observation contrasts national attitudes toward expenditure and suggests Americans have been misled into wastefulness.
Judge Willard M. Metiwon told the Minols State's Attorneys' Association that he knows of four criminal cases where a baby played a prominent role in securing acquittals. He said the same baby had been used in each case despite different supposed mothers, a technique he labeled as a trick to win sympathy.
A North Carolina public schools superintendent recounts his mother’s long battle with heart trouble and stomach woes. After trying Postum at a merchant’s urging, the family swapped coffee for Postum. Within weeks the mother’s heart symptoms and headaches diminished, her stomach steadiness returned, and she regained vigor. The superintendent credits Postum with improving his mother and family health. There’s a Reason Read The Road to Wellville Im pligs.
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