Local stores unveil midwinter sale and new ownership
The City Pressing Shop in the old Farmers Bank building has changed hands, reopening under J W Bandy after previously run by Walter Reinhard. Local merchants promote big reductions on shoes and clothing, with Stein-Bloch & Company tailored wares and a Diz Ite dinetion Sale. Nearby, McMullen Reinhard Lumber plans a Wolf Sayou saw mill, while Philip Hamra's New Store in Caruthersville advertises further discounts. Several residents and visitors from Campbell, Steele, and St Louis are noted, along with fashion listings and community updates.
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Farmers’ Bank
Walter Reinhard
J. W. Bandy
Spedal
Stein-Bloch & Company
Philip Hamra
Caruthersville
How We Cleared Our Summer Home of Rats
When we opened our seaside home last May it was alive with rats. They gnawed all the upholstery. We cleaned them out in a week with RAT-SNAP. I prefer this rat killer because it comes in cake form, no mixing. Saves dirty tasks and plates. Three sizes 25c, 50c, 1.00. Sold and guaranteed by Lefler's Drug Store and Kohn Hardware Co.
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Lefler
Kohn Hardware Co
Big Reduction Sale at Philip Hamru's New Store
Caruthersville candidate Fred Franklin of Micola visited yesterday to campaign and reconnect with friends. He is running for sheriff and the event promotes shopping savings to draw locals.
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Philip Hamru
Caruthersville
Fred Franklin
Micola
Alcohol from coal shown feasible at Middlesbrough meet
Ernest Bury of Skinningrove Iron and Steel works demonstrated on a commercial scale that ethyl alcohol can be extracted from coke oven gas. At Skinningrove plant 5800 tons of coal carbonized weekly yielded about 1.6 gallons of alcohol per ton. If applied to UK coal tonnage, output could reach over 28 million gallons yearly with substantial value, plus potential additional recovery from gas works.
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Cleveland Institute of Engineers
Middlesbrough
England
Ernest Bury
Skinningrove Iron and Steel Works
Bury
Skinningrove Plant
United Kingdom
Car buyer proves judgment can mislead salesman
A Birmingham Age-Herald excerpt narrates a manager and salesman debating a rough looking buyer. The manager questions presenting a $6,000 car to a grimy figure, while the salesman sizes up the buyer by grime as a wage earner. The man ends up buying the car.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Hypodermic Vaccination Claims Speed for Public Health
Maj. J. R. Goodall of the Canadian army reports vaccinating 6,000 soldiers and children with a hypodermic syringe. He says the method prevents infection at the wound, requires no dressings, yields more takes, and produces a milder systemic reaction while speeding up the operation.
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J. R. Goodall
Cuba owes much to Gorgas
The article recalls Havana’s Prado and its recovery from yellow fever and malaria after General Gorgas modernized sanitation while serving as sanitary officer. It credits American medical discoveries on mosquito transmission for curbing epidemics and notes Havana’s past prosperity under Spanish rule, with Cuba paying Spain millions annually. It ends by doubling down on Havana’s allure amid sugar shortages and wealth.
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Prado
Havana
Cuba
Gorgas
America
The Weakest Finger in Engagement Rings
The index explains why the third finger bears more drill. The third finger is anatomically weaker due to the extensor tendon of its muscle attaching via a cross slip to the second finger, causing it to fatigue faster when rings are worn and training demands rise.
Small Things Really Count Motto Reflects Daily Kindness
Quotations on everyday acts shaping lives and happiness emphasize routine kindness and small obligations. The author notes that life’s value rests in habitual, minor gestures over grand sacrifices, guiding heart and comfort through simple human decency.
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Sir Humphrey Davy
Plywood’s role in De Havilland Four airplane wings
A Popular Mechanics note explains plywood as thin glued layers with grain offset for strength. It cites De Havilland four wing ribs: older rib 7.95 ounces with 89 pound load versus plywood rib 5.12 ounces carrying 274 pounds, illustrating plywood’s superior load capacity in aviation structures.
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de Haviland
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Luminous Dials Popular In Early Radium Watch Industry
The radium watch industry grew from a 1903 start by Dr. George F. Kunz to a large output by 1918. From 1913 to 1915 US sales rose from about 3,500 to over a fivefold increase with 2.2 million American watches and clocks produced and 560,000 imported timepieces. Butter-assisted escape attempt in La Crosse jail involved improvised light and tunnel.
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George F. Kunz
United States
la Crosse
Wis
Ex Kaiser to Caracao Promised Cordial Welcome
The dialogue notes plans to send the former Kaiser to Caracao where he is expected to receive a cordial reception. It hints at political or public interest in his relocation and treatment, reflecting wartime diplomacy and public sentiment.
Depth and shallowness in perceptions by Charles Warren Stoddard
The excerpt contrasts depth and shallowness, arguing that true depth is a positive quality while shallowness is a negative one. It uses imagery of waters, bottom clarity, and the need for intensity to reveal features like pebbles and sand, with philosophical phrasing on perception. The tone is reflective and analytic.
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Charles Warren Stoddard
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H. J. Reinhard
McMullen-Reinhard Lumber Co
Maf
Wolf Sayou
Philip Wumra
Nell Waltrip
Volla Matheny
Campbell
Bonnie Hart
John Streiff
St Louis
Peter Streiff
Caruthersville, Mo
E. Juden
J. Ham Smith
Cooter
Hayti
Bragg City
Hall Puckett
Lilbourn
Buckleys
Jas. Tull
Mrs. Perry
Virtal Purcell Miller
Hayti, Missouri
Bank OF
Caracoa
Buckleys’ Store
Hayti, MO
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