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Newspaper
Hayti Herald
Location
Hayti, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1921
Page
3
An old newspaper ad warns calomel as dangerous mercury causing sickness and tooth loss. It promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable substitute to purify the liver, ease biliousness and restore energy without salivation. The ad targets a general audience including children.
A 1921 reflection challenges Bernard Shaw's epigram about selling souls. It argues that people do not hourly or daily sell their souls for trifles, though they may seek comfort and entertainment and fall into common vices. The piece contends the soul, made by God, is not easily lost.
A reader notes Buckleys offers Figaro liquid smoke for meat. The message invites others to check the store for this flavoring product.
A. G. Pickens, Holcomb schools principal, is visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Pickens for the holidays. Elmer Stephens was in Caruthersville for a few hours Tuesday. He and his wife plan to depart soon for Tiloxi Mississippi to spend the winter months recuperating.
L. L. Lefler advertises Edison phonographs as the world’s standard in Hayti Missouri, highlighting likely models and pricing to attract buyers to the local shop.
A humorous monologue imagines a world where people never die. It jokes that immortality would remove worry about the afterlife, fill heaven with endless kin at Thanksgiving, and make hell unnecessary for misers and sinners. The speaker doubts a divine plan differing from eternal life.
Telegram reports Henry Chism, a former resident now in Hire Dune Oklahoma with cousin Hoke Chism and Jennings Morgan, fell from a derrick at 2:90 in the afternoon Tuesday and died an hour later. Body sent to Battletown Kansas for burial. Sad news to relatives and friends in this city.
The state supreme court halted the last legislature's redistricting that combined Pemiscot and Dunklin counties in one circuit. The ruling keeps the circuit as formed by the Mayes bill, preserving Pemiscot and New Madrid counties. The Dem-Argus notes the decision maintains Dunklin’s separation.
County statistician D E Green reports 17 452 bales of cotton ginned in Permiscot County up to December 15 1921 compared with 11th year figure for the same date.
The Ladies Aid of the Christian Church will serve a pie dinner in the Armory building on Saturday, January 5th, beginning at 1 p.m. All proceeds go to church programs.
Report states Miss Daisy Greenwell and Oscar Browning of Wilson Arkansas were married in Wilson on the 23rd of this month. The item mentions Huckleys dry goods and groceries and references Julius Hautmanohn and their arrival over Sunday with parents and friends during the Christmas holiday.
Mr and Mrs R L Culbertson of Conway Ark spend the Xanus holidays with Rev and Mrs A T Culbertson, the latter's parents, during a extended family visit in Arkansas.
Misses Elsie Davis Katherine Reynolds and Joan Lundess of Campbell came over Monday with Messrs Munroe Clem Jr Victor Burch and Rauyimond Toole to visit Billy Nethery at his home and attended the Xmas dance at Caruthersville and the Community Club dance Tuesday. Geo. Brown and wife of Hornersville spent Holidays with Mrs Brown's sister Mrs Bill Helm and family. Buckleys stock Del Monte and White Ribbon canned goods. Houston H Buckley, previously in his father's store, left Monday night for Columbia to enter the University School of Law.
The Detroit News reviews J Dryden Kneer's visit to Haiti noting bargains like a solid mahogany dinner table for 6 and alligator pears at five for 2 cents. It describes teachers earning $6 monthly after 12 years in the profession, an eight hour day, a broad American style curriculum, and strong penmanship. The piece also covers voodoo origins, the deity Van doux, and costly, perilous rites with dancing, self harm, glass eating, hot coal, and priestly influence provoking mass reactions.
A geological marvel unfolds as the Aussee Landing near Vienna collapses at a rate unseen in millennia. Rock pinnacles tumble while forests slide downslope over more than three and a quarter miles, drawing hundreds of sightseers to opposite slopes. Scientists cite waterlogged chalky limestone core as a possible cause for cavern collapse and strata slipping.
Seaside Cavallare residents witness a new trend where the wealthy ride in airplanes for morning swims. A couple arrives by their own plane wearing bathing costumes and peignoirs, alights on the surf, and swims while a professional pilot handles the aircraft. Proposals include airlifts and mountain top flights after a Swiss aviator's Mont Blanc landing.
Mayor Hylan spoke in defense of New York claiming the city is a big target and often hit. A Chicago man remarks a new butler is a crook wanted in New York, prompting his wife to ask why New York needs more crooks.
A director runs 150000 to 200000 feet through cameras to craft a alx reel. Three to five cameras cover the same scene with varied angles from close to elevated positions. After developing the negatives, pieces from each are combined into the final reel as reported by the Indianapolis News.
A parliamentary candidate responds to an interrupter with a reflective joke about forgetting a car but noting the donkey remains alive. The London Tit-Bits quip frames a light moment amid political discourse.
Miss Mary Blanche Greenwell spent Sunday in Caruthersville. John Faust of St. Louis came home Saturday to spend the Christmas holidays with relatives and friends. Billiken shoes for men women and children available. Two good horses for sale, cash or good note.
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