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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1918
Page
4
Editor urges Halifax county citizens to buy Liberty Loan bonds, noting Halifax lags state and top counties in subscription rate and per capita totals. Calls for higher patriotic effort, urging $50 bonds and timely participation to meet county allotment.
A 1918 wartime summary notes prohibition chatter and voting penalties, Daylight Saving push, and Liberty Bond appeal. It references George Creel, poll tax deadlines, and reactions to war leaders like Speaker Clark and Claude Kitchin, urging citizens to fulfill their duties and subscribe to the Liberty Loan.
In Baltimore President Wilson declares readiness for a fair peace at any time and denounces Germany’s stance in Russia. He vows sacrifice to redeem the world and asserts that the nation must respond with triumphant force to enforce right as America sees it.
A wartime appeal warns that German victory would invite invasion and crush American liberty. It urges strong resolve to buy Liberty Bonds and Thrift Stamps, linking the fight for freedom to Yorktown and Appomattox and the nation’s future.
An editorial laments national apathy toward the war and warns that citizens lack real responsibility to government. It argues for reeducation starting in the lowest grades and highlights the need to revitalize civic instruction as essential to supporting the war and democratic life. The piece cites the National Security League as context.
The National Security League launches a nationwide campaign to awaken citizenship and resistance to defeat. It partners with state and local school officials and frees college professors to form a National Patriotic Education Faculty touring the country to promote government responsibility and national unity.
The National Security League announces that 176 House members and 42 Senators back universal military training. The canvass by the League showed 170 in the House and 45 in the Senate, adjusted after retirement and deaths of several members including Grifin Hulbert Hylan Brue and Senators Brady Newlands Hughes.
Notice under deed of trust to C. A. McCullom as Trustee. On April 20, 1918 at noon, in front of the Roanoke Rapids Post Office, land in Roanoke Rapids Township Halifax County North Carolina described as 2 acres will be sold at public auction for cash to satisfy the indebtedness secured by the deed recorded September 1, 1916 in Book 273.
Notice of sale under a Deed of Trust by T P Price and Margaret Price for a 40 acre parcel in Littleton Township Halifax County to satisfy indebtedness. Sale by public auction at 12:00 PM on Monday May 6 1918 in front of the Halifax Court House. Parcel bounded by Eugene Johnston Br o field Miles estate Seaboard Air Line right of way W C Edwards etc.
A damaged ad offers a $100 reward for proof of Catarh cures and promotes Fall’s Catarrh Medicine claiming to cure constitutional conditions by internal use and blood purification. It lists PJ Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio and claims to sell through all druggists with a test offer for ten dollars.
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