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Newspaper
Hayti Herald
Location
Hayti, Missouri, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1918
Page
1
I Kohn chairs the Red Cross Second War Fund drive as donors are listed through press time. The Herald prints the remaining contributors with a note that corrections are welcome to ensure accuracy.
Soldiers in France prize tobacco sent from home as a rare comfort amid fighting. Letters from the front note smoking helps ease fear and boredom, while YMCA efforts fall short due to high demand. Elmer Stephens visited Caruthersville on business.
Mr and Mrs Stewart of Tennessee visit relatives here this week. Will Watson of Stewart was here Sunday. Red Cross Rally attendance noted from Caruthersville Tuesday. Mrs Annie Olree visited her son Jim Olree at Hayti Saturday. Wilee Curtner of Caruthersville was here Sunday. Candidates begin to shell the woods. Sugar price rising due to spreading it thick. Elder Jones missed his appointment because of sickness. Horace Bryant buys a new Dodge touring car.
A birthday party was given for Doroth Wathen granddaughter visiting from Indianapolis. Guests included Dorothy and Lucille Dorris, Kathrine LaGrand, Dato Propst, Mildred Popham, and others. Refreshments of lemonade cake and popcorn were served. several presents were received. Wm. York plans to move to Mena Arkansas for newspaper work, praising his writing for the Democratic party. Doe White bought Yarbro Cafe and now runs the business serving customers with food and drinks.
Rev Propst preached the Baccalaureate sermon at Marston last Sunday on A Hand of Life. He linked the five fingers to life aspects play education romance and religion. The address pleased locals and Propst was repeatedly invited to give the town’s graduation sermon.
Shortages of wheat and sugar in Pemiscot county prompt a call to conserve supplies. Citizens urged to limit wheat flour to 6 tablespoons per person per month and sugar to 5 tablespoons per town resident, 10 pounds for rural families per purchase. Encourages voluntary compliance and return of excess supplies to merchants. Also argues that all able men must work or fight for the nation, urging duty and sacrifice for the war effort. Local notes include W. E. Hopkins’s Memphis trip and sighting of 105 French Blue Devils in Hayti.
Missouri boasts unrivaled diversité in fruits vegetables and cereals claiming lead in poultry eggs mules horses cattle and farming landmarks. It cites 1917 poultry value exceeding sixty million dollars and 367 000 mules while stressing top ranks in hay markets waters orchards nurseries and park systems.
The piece contrasts patriotic imagery with a globe gilded by power as the Treasury extends another 75 million dollars in extra credits to Great Britain, bringing American loans to 2.795 billion and reflecting the era's financial ties.
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