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Newspaper
Hayti Herald
Location
Hayti, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1920
Page
6
Hemphill Lumber Co of Kennett Missouri offers a 15 dollar reward for information leading to the recovery of two missing horses a blue roan mare five years old about fifteen hands high and a gray mare four years old roughly 1% hands high. A reward of 25 dollars is offered if delivered at their log camp in Rives Missouri.
The Wilbanks Barber Shop is offered for sale with complete setup. See Mrs Elmer Wilbanks Hayti Mo for details. A brief town contest to pick the most beautiful lady is noted, while political commentary comments on presidential hype and a humorous aside about Hi Cost.
The illustration contrasts old and new methods. Historically nails were cut into strips and forged with hammers. Now steel nails are shin der and stronger, with strips cut by steam shears fed into automatic wall machines.
A humorous exchange questions whether the defendant called character witnesses in a case. The reply notes “a dozen at least” witnesses testified, with one-liner praise that she was kind to her poodle, highlighting the oddity of character testimony. The remark underscores the trial’s lighter moment amid serious proceedings.
A Singapore traveler quitting a liner boards a Bangkok steamer and enters the muddy river city. He tours a bustling street with Chinese, Siamese, Malays and Hindus, notes jostling crowds and rickshaws, then visits the Royal Palace and Golden Mount. The skyline fills with pagodas and temple roofs bathed in gold and color. The scene ends with dawn over paddy fields and pink sunset over Bangkok’s thousand pinnacles.
New York World notes Rev Albert Vogel of Jeannette PA is 102, never smoked or drank, and remains the oldest active minister in the United States. It also cites Rev Dr Agron E Ballard, president of the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association in New York, at 98, who says retirement leads to idleness. Hard work, walking, and fishing are his longevity formula.
A Carnegie quotation urges Americans to value time for play and warns against hoarding wealth. It likens labor capital and business skill as equal supports of society and cautions against personal power grew from drink. Carnegie notes abstinence and wages bonuses for sober workers at Skibo Castle.
Frank Ligon of Jackson Tenn returned to this city a few days ago and hopes to find employment. He served in World War I and plans to stay if a job is found. His father, now advanced in years, is in good health and thriving.
An old advertisement asserts Bayer Bayer Tables of Aspirin are genuine pills for headaches colds pain neuralgia lumbago and rheumatism. It notes Bayer as the genuine aspirin prescribed by physicians for nineteen years, sold in handy tin boxes of 12 tablets for a few cents.
Mrs Creely of St Louis sister of Miss Joe Minick, is reported ill while Miss Joe, visiting here, has also been ill and returned home improved. Miss Dorothy Mize, visiting here, leaves for Louisville to wed an asphalt mine operator. Joe Groves and a traveling man are the only influenza patients in the city.
Fire seriously threatened the Han Nah Deweese home Tuesday but was brought under control by rapid arrival of neighbors and timely aid. The quick response prevented damage to the residence and surrounding area.
Notices to creditors and others interested in the estates of Walter Teel and Lula Baird announce that administrators PF M Ciwin and Agnes Baird will make final settlements at the next Probate Court term in Caruthersville Missouri. The proceedings are set for February dates to be held in Pemiscot County.
Silk stockings are costly, says Pearson's Weekly. The rare fabric comes from byssus silk spun by a puma shellfish in the warm Sicilian Mediterranean. Fishermen collect the byssus threads left when the creature moves, weaving them into the finest fabric and thus making stockings exceedingly expensive.
An advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe alternative to calomel. It claims bilious symptoms fade after a spoonful tonight with no griping or sickness and even suggests giving it to children. The copy asserts calomel causes weakness and nausea and promises a clear bill of health the next day.
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