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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1915
Page
4
In a tense sequence Hunt regains consciousness and seeks help as robbers threaten a steamer fire. A police pursuit follows with Hunt vowing to chase the culprits. a bystander incident near a police station ends with a mistaken husband and a clever ruse involving a water mud purse.
The article notes centuries of Japanese weavers producing exquisite tapestry work called truzarenlahiki. It highlights the tiny hand work and the uniqueness of Japanese brocade, with some specimens being very old. It suggests Japan’s early association with the art long before modern times.
A long, dated piece recalls Laura de Sande, Laura, Petrarchs muse, in Avignon, describing her beauty and Petrarchs devotion, her noble birth, and his lifelong mourning after her death in 1418, with digressions on poetry and social gossip.
A London Globe item traces early clock development from the 200 BC fret wheel and water clocks to pendulum and spring clocks in the 17th century, mentioning Archimedes, Wallingfont, Helé of Nuremberg, and Henry. It also recounts a farmer paying sixpence per pound with a judge’s permission amid insolvency.
A Yonkers report quotes a prima donna and a manager bickering about stage lighting. The exchange jokes that last night’s blackout left the audience unable to see the stage, highlighting concerns about proper illumination for the production.
Hartford Policy For YOUR AUTOMOBILE appears in a garbled transcription of Roanoke Rapids town records. The town clerk certifies ordinances passed on Friday April 4 1816 addressing fowls running at large and open wells on private property. Violations carry a five dollar misdemeanor fine and seasonal well covering required from April to November.
By virtue of a deed of trust dated November 76 1914 and recorded in Halifax County North Carolina the trustee will sell on Saturday May 1415 at noon in front of Rowemary North Carolina Lot No 1h with improvements in Powell Hodges Addition to South Rosemary There is a cottage built in 1914 on the described lot This notice dated March 1916 signed J Higgins Trustee
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