Backbiting and buckbiting in Hayti Herald stance
The Hayti Herald defends independence from reader personal attacks and urges support from progressive readers. It rebukes local knocker culture, defends advertising as a business truth, and vows to push Hayti forward with civic, tax, and infrastructure goals despite opposition. It recalls past local failures to reassure readers of growing patronage and resilience.
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Wei
Huyti
Hauyu
Hayti
Caruthersville
Pemiscot County
Howle urges cleaner town in Steele News
The Steele News praises Howle for pushing civic reform and calls for a board of health inspection. L H Howle criticizes Hayti Herald editor York over fears of cholera and urges prompt action to clean streets, alleys, and backyards. The piece questions local reception and implications for the town’s improvement.
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Steele News
Howle
L H Howle
York
The
Hayti Herald
Steele
Board of Health
Hayti
Herald
Local option in Pemiscot county crime question
A reader asks for direct statistics on how local option affected murder and overall crime in Pemiscot county. The inquiry requests figures from circuit court records and county judges, plus the impact on criminal prosecution costs.
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Pemiscot County
Circuit Court
Pemiscot
Train Car Whisky Urgency Aboard Kennett Run
A lank bewhiskered passenger on a train near Kennett asked for whiskey after a woman fainted in the chair car. He drank about a pint from the largest bottle offered by fellow passengers, then returned it and said the sight always made him nervous.
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Kennett
Offended readers react to foreign paper reprints
The note reflects that some readers in Haiti were offended by articles republished from other papers. It suggests a surprising exposure to a real country newspaper and compares readers' adaptation to a frightened horse that must settle down.
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Haiti
Meanest Man in Haytt Accuses Editor
A local quarrel over paid subscriptions leads to claims a man told a wilful lie about the editor and evades payment while loitering at a regal joint. The piece points to those with paid one year subs as licensed to confront the Herald, then rest by spreading tales.
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Herald
Haytt
Iregal
Champion Liar Cited as Struggling to Tell Truth
In a sharp note on honesty a speaker mocks the idea of lasting deception saying that one cannot maintain a lie when confronted with a sincere question about truth. The remark portrays the thin line between bluff and belief.
Opportunity Knocks but Once Says Life Is Failure Risk
A terse proverb in a column warns that missing timely chances leads to life failures, framing persistence as key. It reflects caution about hesitation and the consequences of passing opportunities.
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