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Newspaper
Dermott News
Location
Dermott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1915
Page
4
A community opines on avoiding the ostrich tactic of ignoring looming threats to local trade. It urges residents to support local merchants, keep money in circulation, and prevent merchants from relocating or limiting facilities by shopping locally and countering mail order reliance.
The bridge contract over Bayou Bartholomew at the old Crenshaw place west of Dermott was awarded to R. W. Lane by the county commissioners. Lane's crew, fresh from Arkansas City, plans to start as soon as materials arrive and aims to complete the bridge within thirty days after work begins.
Farmers west of Bayou Bartholo will bring cotton to Dermott this fall as a new bridge over the bayou and road improvements reduce hauling. Local buyers plan to offer favorable terms, with Dermott merchants coordinating to boost farmer profits and attract effort to Dermott.
The Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain system announces dining service in chair cars on its trains. A dining car style meal is delivered to diners aboard the train while traveling, with cooks preparing meals and waiters taking orders.
Arkansas warning order requires defendant Wall to appear within thirty days and respond to Woolfolk complaint. If not, default may be entered. August 11, Flowers Crenshiew, Fiat Atty for the plaintiff Woolfolk.
Fragmented versified critique of urban sanitation and flies swarming stagnant pools. The poem paints a grim scene of filth along streets near alleys behind shops, with recurring images of putrid decay and pervasive pests.
At the Baptist Church a Sunday schedule lists a sermon and third service, a Wednesday meeting, followed by the Teacher Training Class. Pastor Starshurr is noted among speakers.
At the Methodist Church Sunday School time 45 a.m. preaching at 1 p.m. Epworth League and prayer meeting in the evening, pastor J. J. Cannon.
An article on stair climbing as beneficial exercise for women and men with healthy hearts, contrasting proper posture with the old bent-back method. It outlines mounting stairs slowly, keeping the body erect, and reveals how deep breathing expands lung capacity. Cautions are given for diseased hearts to avoid stair climbing.
A National Geographic style feature describes a widespread skin parasite known by names like Houton d'Alep and date boil. It explains a faint spot growing into a long, eighteen month course, and notes appearances among diverse populations including travelers returning from Arabia and Baghdad natives, with limited understanding of its cause and cure.
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