Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1903-04-22
FOrty-Five Years Ago!
Extracts from the Prairie News, a Paper
Published in Okolona before a majority
of its present Citizenship were born.
From the Prairie News of April %, 1853.

pEuneej CluefJ peach dud apple
brandies, champagne wine, fine
candies, etc. for sale.
! R. A. Murdoch & Co., spring
and summer goods, all kinds Of
dry goods for gents and ladies'
wear, hats and bOnnets, boots and
shoes, ready made clothing, etc.
MCGEE & FOOshee, OkolOna Ev-
cry and sale stable.
Williams g. Darden, fine line Of
spring and summer goods, ladies'
dress goods, gents fashionable
checked and striped suits, ladies'
crinOline and hoop skirts; also
fine line groceries.
j. Stewart announces that he
will do ambrOtyping over T. j.
Denton's store.
A. Bean, sheriff, advertises
town property for sale.
Meacham & Sanders, photo
graphers. Best work in India Ink
c%OlOrs; photographs on oil can
Yass. Aberdeen, Miss.
Ward & Jones, druggists, have
for sale a fine line Of drugs, toilet
articles, garden seed, old Bourbon
rye, MOnOngahela whisky, wines,
etc.
g. Bernd, manufacturer Of sad
dies and harness, and dealer in
saddlery hardware.
VIM. L. Baskin and L. Fitzhugh
are announced rs candidates for
circuit clerk.
DR.. John Fee, homeopathic
physician and surgeon. Office
and residence at ]. NJ. Haugh-
toms, three miles east Of OkOlOna.
Barton & Co. sell drugs, paints,
oils, window glass, cigars, tobac-
ce and snuff.
III. L. Hill & Co. give those
owing them fair notice that they
must come forward and settle or
their accounts will be placed in
the hands Of an officer.
M. Herman, dealer in fine to-
bacco and cigars.
A. @. Allen, g.. W. Ezell and
T. w. shearer advertise Okolona
property for sale.
School for boys, Tuscaloosa,
Ala, Milford f. Woodruff, A. M,
principal.
Summey, Strong & King, plan
tatiOn goods, russell shoes, mud
boots, kerseys and blankets.
James s. Carothers and Joseph
A. Hale announce for probate
clerk.
G.. W. Kent, VIM. D. Carr, d.
K. FOOshee and Rufus A. Bean
announce for sheriff.
Commercial House, J. d. Nc
Allister, proprietor, Aberdeen,
Miss.
Empire Store, Barker, Parrish
& Co., proprietOrs, Aberdeen,
Miss.
Roper House, Mobile, Ala.
Campbell & Bennett, commits
sion merchants for the sale of live
stock and all kinds Of country pro-
duce, Mobile, Ala.
Webb & Moore, Wholesale gro
GERS, Mobile, Ala.
j. F. Woodruff & Co., whole
sale grOcers, Mobile, Ala.
M. Herman, new spring goods,
selected in the city Of New York,
and consisting of everything styl-
ish for gentlemen and ladies.
Thornton & Meyer, manufactur-
ers Of saddles and harness.
PomerOy & Marshall, dealers in
hay, corn, oats, bran and garden
seed. Will buy country dried
hides, tallOw, etc. viii purchase
white oak pipe slaves. Mobile,
Ala.
White House, John White pro-
prietor.
Eagle Hotel, Mrs. Sarah L.
Richardson, prOprietress.
T. ]. Denton urges those in
debted to him to call and settle.
J. II. ClOptOn, Of Aberdeen, adj
vertises Arkansaw lands for sale.
Rogers & Henderson, attorneys
at-laW.
Drs. Green 8 Tindall, practic-
ing physicians.
Thomas ]. Grow makes collins,
and furnishes hearse. All kinds
Of cabinet work done.
Evans 8 Tucker, attOrneys-at-
law.
Thomas. B. Shearer, attorney
at-law.
L. +. Hill, attOrney-at-law.
Drs. Thompson & Wheeler,
practicing physicians.
W. @. M'QuistOn, attOrney-at-
law.
The Rienzi Clipper, published
&C Rienzi, Miss, has an extensive