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Library of Congress1915

Image 5 of Greene County herald (Leakesville, Miss.), December 10, 1915

Greene Count Herald n obltuurv to each deceased published free If It does not exceed 400 words Count the words and cut It down If excessive Card of Thanks not political will be Inser ted for 1 whereof average short form If long winded extra 5c per line for such overuge Let the thanking parties bear the expense of their lhankyou talks In print which Is but fair to the newspaperman Local Reading notices of a commercial or business nature will be run for lOo per line for the first Insertion onehalf prloe for subse quent insertions When such notices are of a religious or benevolent nature 5c per line No charge for church or charitable notices where there is no admission fee or benefitstring at tached I in DAY Dec 10 1916 localj Mrs Joe Tooley ot Minneapolis Minn is visiting her parents Mr and Mrs E W L Davis out in the forks of Big Creek She is accom panied by her little daughter E P Walley principal of Pleas ant Hill Consolidated school has pur j ised himself an auto of the Stu oaker type Its a twoseated one table of carrying live passengers D C Turner

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Library of Congress1918

Image 2 of Greene County herald (Leakesville, Miss.), October 4, 1918

Greene County Herald PUBLISHED EVERT FRIDAY AT LEAESVILLE MISSISSIPPI Entered In the phstoffice at Lcakcville Mississippi as secondclass mail mat ter Established Sept 1st 1898 JAKES FAULK Editor subscription RATI One year payabe in advance 8100 1 Five months50 Ten veeks 25 Advertising rates furnished on application Wbiskev and Tobacco ads Tabooed Mississippi Press Association MEMBER FRIDAY Vi 4 1918 WI mm III J EDITORIAL DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES Named in recent August Primary as Partys choice in General Election Nov 1918 For U S Senator B 1 HARRISON n_n ____ diu lv PAUL U JOHNSON For Circuit Judge Ifitb Dist R W HKIPKInERO For Chancery Judge2nd Uist VM DENNY Jit O The encouraging success wh eh is attending the arms of the alliesin which the American forces are play ing no inconspieious partis a source of great gratification to all true Amoricans and while there are some who are not true all over the country yet particularly in this sec tion of it are we persuaded that the vast majority are true There have been differences and sharp ones in our political scraps at home and charges and countercharges made for advantage to the particular side but most folks in these

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Library of Congress1959

Image 1 of Holmes County herald (Lexington, Miss.), December 31, 1959

JJoimeS Sountu HER M Volume 1No 49 LEXINGTON MISSISSIPPI Thursday December si Progress Late Start No Space Sorry Due to a late start on this weeks issue after the Christ mas holidays and the lack of space we were forced to leave out some of the news this week This news will appear in next weeks Herald GROUND BREAKING ceremonies for the newly formed Black Creek Charcoal Co was scheduled to take place on the site of the plant just west of Lexington Thursday to day at 10 am Lexington officials and civic leaders were on hand for the cere monies as were other dignitaries from Jack son and Herbert Hyman one of the owners Pictured above watching Mr Hyman look through the transent last week as the site was being laid off are William Cooksey who will be in charge of maintenance at the plant and C M Martin Plant supt in charge of production Good Paper Good Competitor FourCounty News Bows Out by Chester Marshall After more than five years of operation The Four County News of Pickens ceased pub lication this week with the Dec 30 issue In a front page editorial Publisher CurtfHs H Multen said

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Library of Congress1961

Image 2 of Holmes County herald (Lexington, Miss.), October 12, 1961

EDITORIAL PAGE JloLei County HERALD JACK SHEARER JREDITOR Entered at the Postoffice at Lexington Mississippi as Second Class Mail under the Act of Congress of March 3 1879 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Payable in advance in Holmes and adjoining counties par year 300 six months 175 elsewhere per year 330 six months 200 Publiahed every Thursday by the Holmes County Publishing Co Inc 201 Tchula Street Lexington Mississippi EDITORIAL COMMENT NATIONAL PRESS WEEK IS OBSERVED OCT 915 This week October 915 is National Newspaper Week Millions of words will be written by hundreds of editors throughout the nation on the topic of the role their publications play as Heri tage of Truth Frontier of Freedom which has been declared the theme of the week Unfortunately there will be considerably fewer words written con cerning the other side of the coin the shortcomings and inadequacies which are evident in the newspaper profession There will be little said about the serious responsibilities which newspapers often fail to realize Perhaps the most important task of any newspaper is to objectively report the events which transpire in the area which it serves Objectivity however is sometimes quite difficult to obtain Even when the editor of a

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Library of Congress1961

Image 2 of Holmes County herald (Lexington, Miss.), December 14, 1961

EDITORIAL PAGE MJme HERALD Published by the Holmes County Publishing Company at 200 Tchula Street Lexington Mississippi Entered at the Postoffice at Lexington Mississippi as Second Class mail un der the Act of Congress of March 3 1879 Subscription rates for Holmes and adjoining counties per year 300 six months 175 elsevvhe e pel year 350 Jack A Shearer Jr Editor W J Pritchard Linda ILeonard Mechanical Superintendent Womens Editor EDITORIAL COMMENT NEWSPAPER STILL TOPS AS ADVERTISING MEDIA Reprinted From StarFIerald Kosciusko The introduction of a new product or a new place of business is the most diffi cult of all advertising jobs It is a job which is nearly always entrusted to the newspaper by both local retailers and na tional advertisers The manufacturer of a new electric shaver has listed six reasons for choos ing newspapers as a medium for intro ducing the new product 1 Newspapers permit concentration in specific markets 2 Newspapers allow a company to capitalize on the news atmosphere of the medium in announcing a new product 3 The newspaper provides the advan tage of large page sizewith greater impact 4 The newspaper offers greater flexi bility than other media 5 The newspaper gives

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Library of Congress1962

Image 2 of Holmes County herald (Lexington, Miss.), July 12, 1962

Weekly Publisher Outlines Problems lie printed from The Publishers Auxiliary By Mel Hodell One of the most enjoyable aspects of my life is making money This is part and parcel of being in the newspaper busi ness as far as Im concerned Its fine and dandy of course to contribute every thing to your community and the public up to your eye brows free of charge in a continuing burst of mighty causes But after the day is over and you go home there is a matter of finding your off spring wellshod with a hair cut and a full satisfied sto mach And seeing as how the news paper business is a private enterurise there really is en joyment in making abuck on ce in a while I believe my greatest frus tration comes from the situa tion involving the split per sonalities who deal with a smaller newspaper when it comes to money On the one hand we often are wrooed with the most en thusiastic passion possible when it comes to printing news promotion advertising assorted whatnots about e ery thing and everybody in the newrs columns free of charge On the other hand we too often

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Library of Congress1963

Image 2 of Holmes County herald (Lexington, Miss.), July 18, 1963

j4omed County HERALD Published by the Holmes Cotinty Publishing Company at 200 Tchula Street Lexington Mississippi Entered at the Postoffice at Lexington Mississippi as Second Class mail under the Act of Congress of March 3 1879 Subscription lates for Holmes and adjoining counties 300 per year six months 200 elsewhere 400 per year PAUL TARDYEditor ALL1E S TARDY Associate Editor_ Retailers govern economy The whole welfare of a community is closely related to the prosperity of local retail outlets The conditions of churches schools government libraries and other cultu ral institutions are largely a reflection of the health of business community Thus it is one of the first functions of a local newspaper to assist m the development of a sound local econo my Newspaper advertising is a proven stimulant and long range supporter of local retail trade Few publishers however are so shortsighted that they would not re cognize the neqd for other forms of advertising in the local community The newspaper publisher wishes his advertising to be effective and he knows that newspaper advertising can be effectively supplemented by good window display posters at point of sale and personal salesmanship within the store Any supplemental advertising which helps

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Library of Congress1843

Image 1 of Lexington union (Lexington, Miss.), December 16, 1843

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Library of Congress1903

Image 1 of Okolona messenger (Okolona, Miss.), March 11, 1903

J f I 1 I i IV II IJ I I JL I I FAS 11 I I X NT 1 fOrvTllEDEVELOFilEifiowtfc KB5i4lllMil ABE STELXBEEGER 4 SOM 100 A Tear n kixiM Ouk Aim To Tell the Truth Obey the Lav and Make Money Oub Motto Talk for Home Work for Home and Fight for Home fUMlKOl VOL 31 OKOLONA MISS WEDNESDAY MAKCH 11 1903 NO 10 SCIENCE AND SPIRITS longer IB William Crooka no stands for spirits and the open door to the unseen He frankly confesses that the chase in their direction has led him only to a brick wall There is no bridge between the spiritual and material world and I dont see how there can be is his latest utterance Coming from a man who has been deep in the merits of all psychic phenomena that the ag could roll up this dictum has forlornly the nature of a last word to the eager watchers at the tower which proud science haa reared for some defi nite peep into the spirit world That it still appends a hope that psychical science may perhaps stumble upon a soul a stray glimpse of tne spir itual kingdom is

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Library of Congress1903

Image 6 of Okolona messenger (Okolona, Miss.), March 18, 1903

THE DUTY OP A NEWSPAPER Unfavorable criticisms of news papers are frequently made on the ground that they misrepresent things That is true They Ire qnently do But the newspaper which is trying faithfully to give the reading public the news makes remarkably few mistakes when it is considered how many state ments it is called upon to make in eachissue Those who are in the habit of charging inaccuracy in newspapers should remember two things First the average news paper makes certainly not less than ten thousand statements a year If none of these were er roneous or slightly misleading it would be astounding And sec ondly it is customary for one mis take in a newspaper to provoke more criticism than the nine thousand ninehundred and nine tynine correct statements And this very fact is much in the newspapers favor If the mis takes were so common they would not excite so much comment The record for accuracy and truth as held by a standard newspaper of good repute and enjoying a wide circulation among aa intelligent clientalle would put to blush any stump speaker platform lecturer or magazine lecturer in the land We once knew of a

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Library of Congress1909

Image 6 of Okolona messenger (Okolona, Miss.), January 6, 1909

fJACiKTTES raoG NOT GOOD BAIT Why Bailey Failed to Catch the Baea Good Fmraitiire Our Sale 1VOS 1ET0HG 7n t He went to be f but not to sleep The fact that h little girl was at tending her first 6 Ml grownup priy ff made him wake OvrW 1 ful and tnou8nt ful for It was nam ior uiui lu reconcile himself to the Idea of bis baby Elsie turning Into a young wom an Twelve oclock He wished that she were asleep in the small crib beside his bed where he had rocked her night after night during the first six years of her happy little life But of course he could not make her a baby again Half past 12 If she could only have stayed a j schoolgirl a few years longer that would have been a comfort and she might have done It Just as well as not j It was really only a matter of the j length of her skirts They had been j suddenly lowered In the spring from her shoe tops to within an Inch or so of the floor and Elsie had gayly an nounced that she was grown up

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Library of Congress1918

Image 4 of Oxford eagle (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.), July 11, 1918

OXFORD EAGLE Official Organ of Lafayette County and City of Oxford Published Every Thursday GEORGE W PRICE Editor and Proprietor SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year In advance 130 Six Months in advance 75 Three Months in advance 40 No Free Copies no pairs sent on credit to anyone Declaration of Independence for American Publishers Self preservation is the first law of nature is a saying as old as the hills but one that has been disregarded by many and by publishers of the small country weekly it has been entirely ignored The Oxford Eagle under the present management has never been guilty of asking for support on the grounds of help ing the paper It has insisted that it wanted no subscribers or advertisers who did not get value received VY e have tried and have lived up to what we promised the people of Layfayeete countyto give them a paper in keeping and in proportion to tair appreciaion and patronage It matters not how much brain and eneigy a publication has behind it if the community be ignorant unconcerned and careless the paper will show it The newspaper reflects the true condition of the community in which it is published

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Library of Congress1918

Image 3 of Oxford eagle (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.), September 26, 1918

r Children Cry for Fletcher I Jbe Kind You Have Always Bought and which Las been I n over thirtv years has borne the signatu e o I and has been made under his p I sonal supervision since its i I Allow no one to receive you i I All Counterfeits Imitations and jutasg u I Experiments that trifle with endanger th I jSants and Childreny 15 I vASTGRIA m _ harmless substitute for Gtstor Oil ric Vops and Soothing Syrups It is pleasart It c ms W either Opium Morphine nor other narcotic substance ge is its guarantee For more than thirtv years it has I constant useor tfce relief of Constipation Flatulency 1 Wnd Colic and Diarrhoea allaying Feverishness arising therefrom and by regulating the Stomach and Law the assimilation of Food giving healthy and rati I The Childrens PanaceaThe Mothers Friend Ienuine CASTOR IA ALWAYS In Ose For Over 30 Years I The Kind You Have Always Bou 0 LOCAL AND PERSONAL Mrs A L Bondurant has returned r spending several weeks in Wash ton D C New York and other ts in the East Messrs Robert Robinson and Wil m livar motored through from ar

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Library of Congress1921

Image 4 of The North Mississippi herald (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.), April 22, 1921

THE NORTH MISS HERALD Issueed Every Friday LOUIS C BARBEREd and Pub SUBSCRIPTION180 PER YEAR _Strictly in Advance_ Entered at the Postoffice at Water Valley as secondclass mail matter 1 Foreign Advertising Representative THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION J rei April reT Sir 1 Vto n fe Sal 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 Id 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 2 24 25 26 27 28 29 K Political Announcements The Herald is authorized to an nounce the follownig names as Can didates for Circuit Court Judge of the 17th Judicial District JOHN W KYLE Sardis Miss GREEK L RICE Charleston Miss Catarrh Cannot Be Cured with Local Applications as they cannot reach the seat of the disease Catarrh is a local disease greatly in fluenced hy constitutional conditions and in order to cure it von must take an internal remedy Halls Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and acts thru the blood on the mucous sur faces of the system Halls Catarrh Meddne wag prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years It is composed of some of the best tonics known combined with some of the best blood purifiers

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Library of Congress1921

Image 5 of The North Mississippi herald (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.), May 13, 1921

CHARLESTON GETS BANKERS NEXT TIME D D Davis of Brookhaven President Geo B Power Jackson Secretary VICKSBURG Miss May 11 Charleston will get the 34th annual convention ofMhe Mississippi Bsyik ers Association in 1922 provided the members of the executive com mitte are satisfied the hotel accom modations there will be sufficient for the needs of the members who will at tend TTie officers elected today and in stalled who will serve throughout the yea are as follows W D Davis Brookhaven presi dent E P Peacock Clarksdale vice president George B Power Jackson secretary A L Jagoe Okolona treasurer H C Herring Moss Point chairman executive committee Members executive committee whose terms expire in 1924 R A Ball Greenwood R B Clark Tupe lo A B Furloy Brookhaven Other members are T W McCoy Vicksburg exofficio A D Simpson Meridian George R Rea Bay St Louis John P Bennet Yazoo City W A Boone Pontotoc A L Rogers New Albany the president vice president treasurer texofficio mem bers Group vicepresidents Group 1 C B Farrish Charleston group 2 Lee Cox Ripley group 3 W A Montgomery Edwards group 4 E G Bond Collins The convention adopted a resolu tion

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Library of Congress1922

Image 2 of The North Mississippi herald (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.), March 24, 1922

JOHN HORAN Lawyer CRIMINAL AND GENERAL PRACTICE Office Oppicite Pot Office WATER VALLEY MISS C W JOHNSON Civil Engineer Land Survey Farm Drainage WATER VALLEY MISS iMiiiiiiimiitiiiiiiiniiiiitiiitiiiiiiiiiiiii W A SPEARMAN Dentist Office hour 8g m to S p m Over Harkins Store MAIN ST WATER VALLEY Llilillitlllllllllllltlllllllililliiiiiiiiiiiit J L HARRIS AttornevatLaw Will practice in all the Court Office on Wood Street WATER VALLEY MISS Dr P L BERRY Dental Surgeon Phone 199 Over Poctoffice WATER VALLEY MISS lllimillllllllllllllHIIUHHIlIinilllHHI W I STONE J P STONE STONE STONE Lawyers Will Practice in all Court Water Valley and Coffeeville imiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifiiiiiiijiiiiiHi DR J B LONG Dentist OAKLAND MISS IIMlIIIMItliltllllliUmilllllllllfllllillll 6R6 cures Chills and Fever To Stop h Cough Quick take HAYES HEALING HONEY a cough medicine which stops the cough b healing the inflamed and irritated tissues A box of GROVES OPENTRATE SALVE for Chest Colds Head Colds and Croup is enclosed with every bottle of HAYES HEALING HONEY The salve should be rubbed on the chest and throat of children suffering from a Cold or Croup The healing effect of Hayes Healing Honey in side the throat combined with the healing effect of Groves OPenTrate Salve through the pores of the skin soon

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Library of Congress1923

Image 2 of The North Mississippi herald (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.), October 5, 1923

THE NORTH MISS HERALD OFFICIAL PAPER City of Water Valley Issued Every Friday LOUIS C BARBEREd aad Pb SUBSCRIPTION150 PER YEAR Strictly ia Adveace Entered at the Poet Office st Water Valley aa secondclass mail matter Ftneim Advrtiin Rcpccntmive THE AMERICAN PRIuSs THIN OKLAHOMAS LITTLE KAISER The action of Governor Walton of Oklamoma in putting a military cen sor into the editorial rooms of the Tulsa Tribune is a final brazen as sault os liberty of the press that should arouse every newspaper pub lisher from coast to coast action to the end that we may bring quickly to close the growing grip of officials over public expression The in sidious inroads made in different states all with the same end in view getting a grip on the throat of the publisher have grown so bold that the newspaper profession must sit up and take notice if it is to preserve itself In some quarters the assault is care fully camouflaged under the cloak of reform but it is none the less danger ous Th Tulsa Tribune leading news paper of the state saw fit to criticize the conduct of the Oklahoma Gover nor The recital of the Governors activities

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Library of Congress1920

Image 4 of The Progress-itemizer (Water Valley, Miss.), June 4, 1920

The ProgressItemizer W S Thornton Fdilor Entered in the Post Office at TV ater valley Mis as second lass mail matter Announcement FOR CONGRESS We are authorized to announce JEFF BUSBY A a candidate for ogress from the Sixth Congrr sional District We are authorized to announce T V SISSON a a candidate fo reelection to Con ge f from the Sixth Congressional 1 istict I lii Il BL R AND A NEWSPAPER Ir his annual address to the Missis s i Press Association last week uf G llport President O F Lawrence 0 f the leading newspaper men of 1 Ssippi and one whose interes ml whole soul Tort is to put the country weekly cn the piane of high s Sards where it should be Mr Lawrence gave good aru suf ficient reason y the newspaper in e cry commur y ws cn cf it big gest assets and that the woexly tie ryeper was fast becoming reoegj nied as cne of the most important institutions in the community Within the past two years the weekly news aer has been facing a serious situation and condition With the scaring price of newsprint paper and everything tiist goes to

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