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Newspaper
Hayti Herald
Location
Hayti, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1920
Page
8
An old advertisement promotes RAT SNAP poison with sensational claims about rat life cycles and tractor overload dangers. It blends pest control pitch with farmer safety notes urging proper load practices and measuring tractor power, tying product use to agricultural efficiency.
Braggadocio readers wish a prosperous New Year and note health concerns in the community. Braggadocio girls lost to Hayti 5 to 8 then beat Hayti 4 to 0 in a rematch. Joe Morgan and family with Miss Viola Patterson visited Mrs. Frank Odell. Preaching at the Baptist church occurred Saturday and Sunday. Miss Sarah Oates visited her father W. J. Oates before returning to Cape Girardeau. Mrs. J. Ho Rutherford stayed with her sister in Mienla and visited relatives. Elders attended to business in Micola yesterday. Watch the Herald grow.
A powerful earthquake struck Mexico on Saturday night with heavy loss of life. Villages Couztlan and Teccelo in Vera Cruz state were nearly destroyed, and communication was cut. Córdoba and Janapa reported dozens of deaths, with fear and panic spreading to Mexico City. The San Juan Cocomatepac church tower collapsed, injuring worshippers. Washington dispatch notes Georgetown Observatory recorded the quake, centered about 1,900 miles away.
The poem remembers Virgil Woodrow Gardner who died January 8 1920. It mourns a sad loss for his parents and home, recalling his bright life, his illness, and death. It frames his passing as slotted into heaven with God and angels where there is peace and eternal reunion. The piece ends with a farewell from T R Stroup.
Ra Pass up all food to vet RAT- SNAL Three sizes. fhe alze (1 cake) enough for Pantry, Kitchen or Cellar. Mie alee (2 cakes) for Chicken House, coops, or small buildings. SIAM atve (3enkent enough for all farm and out-buildings, storage build ings, or factory buildings. Sold and poaringteed by Lefler's Drug Store and &. M. Perkins, Haytl.
In How the World Is Clothed Frank G Carpenter notes people often load jewelry, including a girl in the Pine Alya mountains with brass or precious metal adornments. In the Ganges valley some women wear nose rings and others have silver bells fastened about their ears.
Mrs Bowen recounts a near calamity when a rat chewed matches in the cellar triggering a fire risk. She acted quickly, found the dead rodent, and credits RAT-SNAP for the pest control. Leflers Drug Store and F M Perkins in Hayti Missouri advertise three sizes at 2c 60c and $1.00 with guarantee.
H. Dawson Wells, a pharmacist at Letler's Drug Store, visited his sister Mrs. B. S. Stearns in St Louis early in the week. Dr. G. W. Elders reported from the Cowee Mill settlement Monday that rounds are in an almost impossible condition.
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