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Newspaper
Hayti Herald
Location
Hayti, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1915
Page
2
An old time ad touts Scott and Morgan's saloon offering whiskey wine or beer for family use or medicine. Claims the brew er's art product is the choicest and healthful, promoting it as better for health and less likely to intoxicate. Ends with price 2¢.
The Hayti Herald decries city and regional schemers in a fierce, denunciation filled column. It links Kolin and Caruthersville conspirators to graft while urging the Hayti Commercial Club to purge traitors. The piece also notes a local student’s high achievement and discusses wartime food production impacts across Europe and Allied supply chains.
A critic denounces a local editor for hypocritical booster phrasing on the masthead while urging a census reduction from 2500 to 1400 for Hayti. The writer accuses the editor of double dealing, noting club membership as evidence of duplicity and false friendship.
A government Weather Bureau weekly forecast for the crop season is distributed to daily and weekly newspapers on Wednesdays. It offers a reliable week ahead view of weather conditions to help farmers plan farm work. The report is praised as the bureau’s most useful effort. The rest of the piece notes Old Nutty’s bluff of saloon men and their objections to being robbed.
An affidavit notes a wild scene as Old Nutty visits dry New Madrid County with a quart of whiskey and two heavy wrips, amid the uproar surrounding the local option election.
The article notes that US agriculturists may enjoy years of great prosperity if normal climate conditions persist. It contrasts global food issues, citing a 4 pound loaf in London at seven pence, food riots in parts of Europe, reliance on charity for Belgian relief, grain scarcities in Austria and beyond, and the Russian grain controls affecting regions, with about 15,000,000 Mexicans facing shortages.
The piece argues that Europe will face fifteen months of scarcity and cannot match past harvests for years, placing global demand on U.S. farm products and cash flow to American planters. It links agricultural prosperity to broader financial and industrial success and ends with a subscription pitch for the Herald.
Mrs R I Popham accompanied by her little daughter and her brother Sebastian went to Caruthersville Saturday for shopping, detailing a family outing with a brief travel note.
Dry cook wood offered in town and ready for immediate delivery. Convenient location with orders can be sent to John Fields or Fred Williams or by phone at 110.
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