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Newspaper
Hayti Herald
Location
Hayti, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1920
Page
7
A vintage health ad urges readers to choose Dodson's Liver Tone over calomel for biliousness headaches and constipation. It promises quick liver action, no sickness, and even suitability for children, claiming calomel causes nausea and salivation risk.
Lefler's Drug Store notes a major shift in newspaper history as W. W. Hawkins rises from reporter to United Press president. Under his leadership United Press becomes a leading global telegraph news distributor. The paper also notes its ties to Autocaster Service through a membership franchise.
In Kujarel's Life of Alexander a Persian king, saved from pursuit after a swift escape, grants gratitude by settling near Gaupsmela and supporting nearby villages and rents for his mighty retinue so long as he lives.
J W Parcy Queen and Miss Madge Davidson married in a Sunday afternoon Baptist church service conducted by Rev H W Setzer with Billy Nethery and the former employer present. Davidson, a telephone operator in town, and Queen, longtime East Arkansas Lumber Co. employee, will reside in Malden after a brief wedding trip.
The Caruthersville Board of Education announces a two year vocational agriculture program for the coming school year. If 32 students enroll, courses in plant and animal production with half day schedules will be offered. Students will study soils, crop practices, farm shop, and practical projects after graduation under P. A. Baechle, newly secured to lead the program.
A fragmentary, era-tinged text describes thunder as electric discharge piercing the atmosphere. The piece uses strained phrasing to link dieting, air, and violent expulsions, then references a four Ereut wave and crackling reports.
In Buenos Aires during intermission, men descend to the orchestra pit to assist with opera glisses and scan occupants of the boxes, observing the audience as performances continue from below.
H. BE. Anthony, associate curator of mammals at the Museum of Natural History, returns from four months in Jamaica with many bat specimens. The New York Times notes Jamaica hosts 20 native bat species and one rodent. Bats vary from six to 30 inch wingspans. Insect-eating bats destroy pests like mosquitoes and harmful winged insects, contributing to agriculture.
Mining engineers report immense iron ore deposits in Yumpl sound southwest Australia with an estimated 7,000,000 tons in sight above sea level. Koolon island hosts the major lode rising 600 feet above water and spanning nearly four miles, while Cockatto Island shows a 300 foot high lode running across the island. Ore quality is excellent with about 1 percent silica and very little sulfur, comparing favorably with world deposits including Bell Island Newfoundland and European and North African sources.
An English horse trainer who fled Russia reports Bolsheviks seized all stud farms and redistributed stock. The finest stallion, bought before the war at great cost, was handed to a peasant, who used it to pull a cart and was later killed for meat. They then began an improvised field farm with six stallions, though details remain unclear.
Two golf pals boast English caps and accents but clash over makers. One cap bears a New York label while the other's claims London, exposing a humorous mix up as a New York cap targets English tastes and a London cap appeals to Americans.
Dr. Eric Troolutth cites calculations from The operturbaitions of Uranus indicating a hyperhelical planet beyond Neptune about four billion miles from the sun requiring 284 years per orbit. It is larger than most distant planets with a mass six times Earth's, and a tiny magnitude twelfth or thirteenth body may reveal its presence as searches continue near Gemini.
The biggest freezer in the world, capacity 50,000,000 pounds, is now operating at a Chicago meat-packing plant. It serves double duty to freeze meat for export and store products during peak production, ensuring constant supply. The ten story building cost $2,000,000 to erect.
Two new modern touches marked the big professional event at Gleneagles in Perth shire. Airplanes ferried spectators from Glasgow 47 miles away at regular intervals and each competitor wore a distinctive number on his jacket for easy recognition.
Paul and Gerald, twins, visit their grandmother in a nearby city. Gerald receives an apple from a grocer during a grandmotherly moment. She asks Gerald what to say and he replies, “Give me one for Paul,” prompting a quiet act of sharing.
A brief note captures a taxpayer refusing to sign a letter to the editor as "Taxpayer" due to being on the delinquent list. The exchange underlines conscience and civic duty as a public issue in the paper.
A distorted, poetic fragment references emptiness and a skyline that seems alive. Phrases invoke Oden and Viernes, suggesting a vanished or unreal setting with shifting arms and unseen footsteps. The text blends surreal imagery with scattered names and dates, creating an atmosphere of loss and mystery.
Mrs Emily Shaw touts Rat Snap claiming it killed 12 rats in a week after husband bought a 2 trap and she bought a 66 cent box. The ad promotes RAT SNAP in cakes in 25c 50c and 1.00 sizes sold by Lefler's Drug Store and Kohn Hardware Co in Hayti Missouri.
Good authorities give the average duration of human life as about thirty three years. One quarter of the people on earth die before six, half before sixteen, and only about one in a hundred lives to sixty five. Deaths are calculated at seventy seven a minute, ninety seven thousand seven hundred ninety a day and thirty five million six hundred thirty thousand eight hundred eighty four a year. Births are calculated at about seventy a minute, one hundred thousand daily.
The swallow, said to hail from an aristocratic line, was celebrated in Alba via a special day for Albion’s children to honor its arrival.
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