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Newspaper
Hayti Herald
Location
Hayti, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1917
Page
5
An advertisement warns calomel as mercury causing sickness and liver damage. It markets Dodson's Liver Tone, a vegetable remedy claiming to cleanse the liver and bowels, prevent salivation, and keep families well, with a money back guarantee.
A note on advertising trustworthiness in the paper. Advertised articles derive credibility from merchant confidence and current goods. Patrons are advised that listed ads reflect up-to-date stock and reliability.
The excerpt discusses vers libre as freedom from traditional metrics, citing Whitman as a practitioner of free verse and Milton’s use of it in classical drama. It highlights the demand for metrical freedom as a defining feature of new poetry.
An advertorial claims catarrhal deafness results from inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian tube and cannot be cured by local applications. It asserts Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures via the blood, offering $100 for any case it cannot cure and noting free circulars from F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo, Ohio.
Custom tailoring from a personal craftsman offering spring summer Sulu suits in green blue brown and plain blue serges. Models include belt around or pinch back styles with quality fabrics and better value for the same price. Men fitted regardless of shape. trial proves it. cleaning, pressing and dyeing offered. ladies clothes remodeled to desired style.
A private in the Army of the Potomac faced a death sentence for sleeping at post. President Lincoln, learning of the reprieve, rode to ensure it would reach the condemned soldier. The tale recalls William Scott of Company K, mortally wounded at Yorktown, who blessed Lincoln as not a coward and prayed for him as he died. One country one constitution one destiny.
The article advises hand picking young Colorado potato beetles before eggs are laid, and compares Paris green and arsenate of lead as sprays. It details mixing ratios, application methods, and precautions, noting rain can wash Paris green and urging careful stirring for even coverage. It also reassures the safety margin, stating one would need to eat a barrel of sprayed cabbage to suffer harm.
The town notes a two week protected meeting at the Methodist church ended Friday night. Rev. A N Burris attended Monday. E A Long traveled to St Louis Friday night and returned Sunday. Local residents T D Curtner and family L Robinson and wife Mrs T C Lewis and daughters Mary and Martha and Mrs Kate Long joined a baccalaureate sermon in Caruthersville Sunday. George Charleston left Ward Coppage to join Wisconsin Lumber Co at Rieves Mo. Lewis mill progresses toward completion. Dr L D Denton visited Caruthersville Monday. Miss Oda Fullwood stayed with Lonnie and Willie Grinstead Monday night. Several men fished at Wolf Bayou Saturday. Hillard Perry is suffering from chills.
Misses Delena Burkhead and Audrey Blackshire of Piggott Arkansas spent Saturday and Sunday with Miss Neva Yaney for a weekend visit.
Miss Lillian Elliston remains bedbound with appendicitis and hopes for non hospital treatment. Judge Charles B Faris of Jefferson City stopped between trains in town Tuesday. George S Brown received butter from Grace Sullivan of Hayden Indiana, a 500 mile delivery. Mrs W S McCumber returned from Paragould Arkansas after a two week visit. Mrs J V Oates visited Cape Girardeau relatives for a week and came back. Dr R C Cresswell spent days at Potosi attending probate court. Mrs L A Jones is ill this week. Ten cents buys a bundle of old Herald newspapers.
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