Local Soldier Honored With Dance After Return Home
Bennie Wright of the 255th Company, 89th Division, has received his discharge and returned home. He departed Friday for Kennett where a large dance was held the next night in his honor.
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Newspaper
Hayti Herald
Location
Hayti, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1919
Page
6
Bennie Wright of the 255th Company, 89th Division, has received his discharge and returned home. He departed Friday for Kennett where a large dance was held the next night in his honor.
A Cincinnati inventor presents Freezone as a tiny liquid that drops onto corns to numb the pain and loosen the corn for painless removal. The ad claims the product works on hard corns soft corns and between the toes with no soreness or irritation and costs only a few cents.
The article promotes kafir as a strong emergency crop noting yields of eight to twelve tons per acre in silage. It covers seeding rates four to eight pounds per acre, plant spacing three to nine inches, and the need for seed plates. It warns of stock poisoning from prussic acid in dry hot weather but says risk declines with favorable weather or when cut for hay or silage. Planting can occur two to four weeks after corn planting time.
The notice reports that Little Jaanita Provow has whooping cough and notes the illness is widespread in the city. It warns that the disease is especially dangerous to infants and stresses taking all possible measures to prevent its spread.
A salesman's melodramatic courtship attempts fall flat as a girl at the counter declines his advances and walks away. He imitates popular songs, declaring endless love and villa dreams, while the exchange ends with her firm refusal and a puzzled sales tone.
W K R Jackson of Mexico Missouri, director for Audrain County, told War Savings societies that a dollar saved today will be worth more than $1.50 in five years when War Savings Stamps mature. He said buying power will rise as conditions normalize after the war and prices historically spike after conflict then decline.
A playful quote from an Indiana Daily Star item mentions a Tiger fan claiming a calendar year identity and references eight thousand dollars in bonuses at a Detroit real estate exchange. The piece intertwines initials and casual banter about etiquette and everyday meals in a humorous, clipped style.
A Brooklyn manufacturer sold millions of fraudulent aspirin tablets mainly composed of talcum powder. Genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin are marked with the Bayer Cross and should be bought in the original Bayer package with proper directions and dosage.
A call to conserve natural resources urges immediate action to halt forest depletion. The piece notes Europe’s reliance on American lumber, cites that 860,600,000 acres of forest have vanished, and warns current cutting outpaces growth. It advocates planting a tree for every tree cut and stresses private and public owners must act.
A literary note quotes Jameson Gem on how inquirers about health may not care about the map of one’s wellbeing. The remark blends wit with social observation on concern and indifference.
Fine congregation attended both services last Sunday. T R Stroup preached in Bucoda and G A Crocker led at Hayti. Ladies surge with energy for a new building and plan a Fourth of July dinner with varied foods. Speakers from afar are set, promising music and good speaking. Encourage Sunday school participation for children, urging care if not at Baptist or Methodist. Honor returned soldiers and urge Christian uplift for Hayti to free people from sin. Reporter.
A swordfish attacked a vessel docking at Iadla port causing major damage. The fish ripped away metal sheeting and pierced the port side, driving fourteen inches into solid oak timber through copper mass.
Mrs Ophie Shepard and her children Ernestine and Paul Glynn departed for Memphis on Wednesday as she begins medical treatment there.
The Indianapolis News notes widows outnumber widowers in the United States by three to one citing census data. The item highlights demographic gender balance and social implications of widowhood.
In Osaka Japan a group of 4500 barbers proposes a formal training school for barbers to raise standards. Critics say many lack basic surgical knowledge required for the profession and urge compulsory final examinations for entrants.
Euprance Uncel of Bardwell Kentucky, now employed on a dredge boat at Terry, was in the city Tuesday to visit friends.
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