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Newspaper
Hayti Herald
Location
Hayti, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1919
Page
2
The brief reflection explores how obituary notices often fail to capture the person’s life, presenting death as a tragic curtain that overshadows the memories and achievements of the deceased. It contemplates the limitations and quiet dignity of obituary writing.
A compact product note praising the reliability and efficiency of the world's admitted best sewing machine. It highlights smooth operation, sturdy construction, and suitability for heavy daily sewing tasks. The copy suggests superior results and long service life for devoted hobbyists and professional users alike.
The writer Robert Browning frequently refused money for his poetry. In the last 25 years of his life publishers offered large sums for a single poem. Browning insisted that if people wanted to read his work they should buy his books, determined to not thrust his poems upon the public.
Only three ivory mats endure, the largest measuring eight by four feet. Created in northern India with a Greek border design, it graces state ceremonies such as signing important documents. The mat cost almost incalculable, using over 6400 pounds of pure ivory. Only the finest flexible strips were chosen for its weaving.
An ad states Freezone can lift corns or calluses with a few drops applied to the affected skin. It promises painless action and quick removal on the bottom of the feet, leaving the shin area pink but not irritated.
City Attorney reports a Missouri Public Service Commission letter about Bell Telephone rates. Postmaster General sought higher interstate charges and a fed court dissolved a restraining order. Supreme Court decisions awaited on May 1916 outlines, with potential retroactive payments if the Postmaster General loses.
A concise thought on wealth defining it as the number of things a man loves and blesses and is blessed by, emphasizing relationships over material riches.
Trig Sanders and family came from their Testry area farm on Monday. Mrs. Skipper of Caruthersville Music Store handled business in town Tuesday. Lawyer J. Jeffress and son Jim from Caruthersville were in town Tuesday. Ed Berry of Caruthersville visited for business Tuesday. Constable Henry Hudgens of Pascola handled justice of the peace business in Hayti Tuesday. Tom Hunter from Caruthersville was in town Monday. Mesdames John Marrs and Albert Hoge drove to Caruthersville Tuesday. Houston Buckley and Mrs. Trautmann motored to Caruthersville Tuesday. John Scott and a group from the county seat were here yesterday. Lassie Parmeter left Saturday for Bloomfield to visit parents and returned Sunday. Wiley Dunklin returned Monday night after a few days in Kennett. Mrs. L. C. Averill visiting sister Mrs. C. J. Mayes at Marked Tree Ark. J. T. White visiting relatives in Decaturville Tenn., including his 94-year-old father. Fr. M. Johnson, progressive Terry farmer, in town Monday. Mrs. Ethel Dorris and John L. T. visited Mrs. John McFarland in Caruthersville last week. Beatrice Garrett of Caruthersville visited Emma Shepard this week.
Readers face a knotty word puzzle about sailors and marines with a playful claim that Noah Webster overruled the spelling. The marine nicknames hinge on odd spellings and editor sports roles are asked to settle the question.
A fragmentary line presents a thinker claiming paradoxical relief lifts the mind and lightens the heart when a burden is removed. The garbled quotation shows stylistic word distortions but hints at a moment of mental release through responsibility or worry lifted.
A brief epigraph noting that men are rarely wise when granted new power, attributed to William Ellery Channing.
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