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Newspaper
Hayti Herald
Location
Hayti, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1920
Page
21
United States Department of Agriculture outlines sugar shortage measures using molasses or commercial syrup in pork curing. Includes brine and dry cure methods with precise salt and syrup ratios, curing times per weight, and storage guidance for various meat cuts.
Doctors urge plentiful vegetables year round to prevent tiredness at winter’s end and keep children well. Tips include mashing vegetables, using minimal water, saving cooking liquid for soups, seasoning canned produce, and cooking methods like baking or steaming for better taste.
Cornmeal and oatmeal provide cheap breakfast porridges when well cooked. Salt water is boiled then corn meal or rolled oats are stirred in slowly. Cook times range from one hour to overnight, with double boiler or fireless cooker recommended for best flavor.
Instructions emphasize washing dried figs and dates before eating due to potential contamination from flies and dirty hands. It questions how often oranges and lemons are washed before use and notes citrus skins can be dirty. Shelled market nuts should be washed scalded and dried with a clean cloth before use.
A denser spoonful of olive oil thrice daily stops indigestion and is described as the best natural fattener for the thin.
Sergeant Michael Ellis of St Louis plans to return to France after discharge on March 30 to marry Mile Masson of Charleval France a university instructor he met while billeted at her mother's home Ellis will visit foster parents briefly first then wed in France Webb City Missouri residents praise resolutions denouncing Senator Reed and opposing him for delegate at large while endorsing David R Francis for VP and William Jennings Bryan for president and backing Edward I Goltra for re election as national Democratic committeeman
Montgomery City, Missouri Gus Meyers a Montgomery county farmer is jailed on homicide charges after a coroner s jury found he caused the death of 9 year old Raymond Van Dyke who died in St Louis after alleging mistreatment Meyers bond set at 1500 but not yet furnished though arrangements are being made He was brought from St Louis where he testified at the inquest
Jacob Brondel of eight miles west of Jefferson City, Missouri, reports that a double influenza attack lengthened his crippled leg by two inches. Injured in a coal mine fifteen years ago, he regained full use of the leg and now its length matches the other.
A fire at the Laclede County courthouse in Lebanon Missouri destroyed the office furniture and fixtures of all offices and the Circuit Court records. The Sheriff and Surveyor records were also lost while the County Court Probate Court and County Collector records remained safe in vaults. The Recorder of Deeds and County Treasurer moved their records out. Cause of the fire is unknown.
Cape Girardeau Missouri Louis Sherrell 88 is under arrest charged with attacking his 13 year old daughter Lois The arrest followed a disclosure by the girl to Mrs Elizabeth Cowan the Sherrell household The announcement of the arrest caused intense feeling and fear of mob violence prompting extra guards around the jail by Chief of Police Segraves
A Missouri Pacific train struck an automobile carrying Amanda Pace of California Mo and her sister in law Cora Pace near McGirk twenty miles west of Jefferson City. Mires. Cora Pace is reported fatally injured and 8 J Switch of High Point Moniteau County seriously hurt. Lulu Hardin head cook at Fulton State Hospital died near Bloomfeld.
Mrs. Mary Brandt wife of Pater Brandt born in Morgan County Mo September 21 1842 died after a paralytic stroke Pery W Tucker Fulton business man died here after an illness of several years The Urbana special road district seeks state and federal aid for 8 3 tenths miles of road Governor Gardner appoints Clarence G Hammond Jefferson City aide on his staff with rank of colonel Southeast Missouri Retail Lumber Dealers convention in Cape Girardeau March 25 26 about 150 delegates expected Mrs Ruth Ehlen awarded 5500 damages from Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad for the death of her husband Nicholas Ellen About 2500 men laid off by five packing plants in Kansas City officials say
In Kansas City, immigration court heard Mile Madeleine Babin, a Paris merchant's daughter, face deportation amid a love triangle with Lee Shippey, famed poet and editor, and his wife Mary Woodson Shippey. Shippey, a wartime YMCA secretary in France, fell for Babin who arrived last November claiming impending motherhood. He sought a divorce to give the child a name. Mrs. Shippey refused but offered to care for the child. Shippey then went to California.
Poplar Bluff Missouri James Johnson a Negro was found guilty by a circuit court jury of attacking Mrs Emma Mann wife of a farmer north of the city. Judge Almon Ing presided and Johnson was sentenced to hang March 28 after a 3 p m start and a verdict reached in three hours setting a record for such a criminal trial in Missouri courts.
Mountain Grove Missouri plans increase in capital stock to 300000 to fund a dam power plant and transmission lines supplying hydro electric power to Mountain Grove Willow Springs Cabool Mansfield and Gainesville. The dam and plant will be built west of West Plains in Ozark County.
Many Missourians attend the funeral for Judge H W Johnson who died suddenly. Attendees include Ambassador David R Francis Paul Brown Judge Clarence A Barnes Col John TL Martin and delegations from across Missouri.
Steedman Missouri Mrs William Van deloecht age 22 died when she poured gasolene on a kitchen fire believing it to coal oil. Her husband convalescing from flu suffered serious burns extinguishing the blaze that engulfed her.
At a Scott county Republican convention in Benton Missouri resolutions urged Governor Gardner to convene a special legislature session to align registration and grant women immediate voting parity with men.
Fulton Missouri figures Key and W L Scarborough join Rev A C Johnson and Rev C Grimes to form a centenary mission team. They will visit district conferences of the Methodist Church as part of a new itinerary.
Judge Fred L. Williams of the Missouri Supreme Court is seriously ill at his home in Jefferson City after a battle with influenza. He was afflicted for several days, the fever subsided, and he began improving as of February 3.
Discovery found the 100,000 road bond authorization from a recent Lebanon district special election to be illegal. The Bank of Commerce of Springfield, the planned buyer, has returned the bonds to the district commissioners.
Boonville residents approved an increased school tax levy by 438 to 15 and authorized 40,000 of bonds for improvements to the Central school building.
The article lauds American child dress designers for their quality and versatility, arguing no country outclasses the United States in making attractive durable outfits. It notes that mothers can emulate professional designs at home using patterns, fabric, and magazine pictures, citing a plain chambray dress for ages eight to thirteen as a prime example.
Women weigh prices and practicality for summer wardrobes choosing simpler, versatile outfits over extravagant wear. The featured silk dress showcases a black taffeta with white trim, button accents, and a white sash, styled with a short underskirt and an overgarment.
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