River steamboat legends of Vicksburg captains and crises
In a vivid reminiscence, Captain Parisot recalls river life in the prewar era. He describes gambling aboard boats, key figures like Cannon Leathers and Leathers, and famous races from New Orleans to St. Louis. The piece weaves in anecdotes of Quinine, saloons, land schemes, and river friendships shaping commerce on the Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vicksburg
Mose” Smith
Tom Young
W. S
Billy”) Jones
8. H. Parisot
Parisot
John W. Cannon
Robert E. Lee
Thomas P. Leathers
Natchez
Lee
New Orleans
St. Louis
France
Cincinnati
Barksdale & McFarland’s
Yazoo City
Captain Leathers
Thrift
Captain Jones
Tom Leathers
Consignee
Leathers
Cannon
Billy
Truman Holmes
Natches
Natehez
Natchen
George Duval
Rene Teins
Jew Mose
Canada
Bill
Baton Rouge
Duval
Inside Bath Morning Ritual Promises Fresh Daily Health
An advertisement extols starting each day with a glass of hot water mixed with limestone phosphate to cleanse the stomach and digestive tract. It claims this routine removes toxins, improves appetite, and benefits constipation, bilious spells, stomach issues, and skin conditions by flushing internal organs and purifying the alimentary canal.
Wyeth Sage and Sulphur Compound For Graying Hair
The old time remedy for gray hair uses Sage and Sulphur to restore natural color. Modern Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound is sold in drug stores for about 50 cents and is applied with a sponge to darken hair by morning, then further applications deepen the shade. It is a cosmetic, not a medical treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyeth
Wanted Farms Trade Notice for Goods and Livestock
A local advertisement seeks all eggs at 25 cents per dozen and young chickens at 20 cents per pound. It promises a wide variety of items including soap, washing powders, sugar, coffee, tobacco, meal, flour, bacon, lard, hosiery, a corn mill for Saturdays and mid day grinding, a 25 dollar apple mill offered at 15 dollars, and a Guernsey bull for sale at 1 dollar cash or 1.25 on time.
Monroe township road overseers meet August 18 at court house
Notice from Monroe township overseers to attend Board of Supervisors meeting at the court house on Saturday August 18 at eleven oclock a m to report on roads and address other business. A Helms Chairman of Board. Various ads follow offering Calbage plants cotton information sale items and livestock listings.
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Monroe Township
Board of Supervisors
Court House
A. Helms
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Mississippi
Julian Street
Collier's
Yazoo River
Henry Frank
Frank Hicks
Memphis
Yazoo
Parker
Baldy
Yasco
Baby Parker
Strang
Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
New York
Boston
Cage
W. P. Plyler
MT. Prospect, N. C
A. M. Secrest
R. F. Vermil-ion
Hodges
3. C
Bank of Union
J.B. Gainey
Cherin
N. B. Ayerson
First National
T. C. Edwards
Marshville
N.C
Preston Woodall
Benson, N. C
Wes Yarbrough
Timberlake, N. C
J. M. Allen
Kingston, Tenn
A. L. Baker
Newton, N. C
Duke Sales Company
Muscatine
Iowa
Bass Pecan Company
Lumberton, Miss
Watt Ashcraft
Franklin Street
Monroe
J. C. Maynor
H. E. Copple
Henry Lily
Jenton’s
Denton's Cash Store
W. O. Lemmond
Old Library Room
N. C
R. L. Payne
Union Drug Co
B. C. Redfearn
Bruner
Matthews
Julia R. Price
East Windsor
R. H. Garren
Hamilton-Liles Co
J. Monroe
N, C
G. M. Smith
Monroe, N. C
Union Drug Store
W. B. Houston
Union County
Dart Automobiles
Fowler & Lee
Insurance
Monroe Insurance & Investment
Bank of Union Building
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