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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1917
Page
7
In reminiscences from Townsend Martin's Things I Remember an amusing anecdote recounts King Edward staying at Glen and a quip from Lady Burton. The king notes guests’ comfort and suggests a simple missing item the one thing needful on the bathroom door for guests.
A collage of vintage health claims and social quips including Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic touting quinine and iron benefits, a maid joke about alarm clocks, a line about safeguarding health with Wright’s pills, a cartoonish household complaint, and Spain’s coffee import figures for past years.
A playful domestic scene unfolds as Mr De Smythe unwittingly hoses the De Jones lawn while his wife curses their neighbors. The neighbor’s dog Fido ends up lathered and rolling in the suds, prompting amused exchanges about trust and good intentions.
An old advertisement touts a cleansing soap and ointment with free samples as a mail order offer from Boston. A fragmented dialogue follows with jokes about opinions and a witty remark on patience and tenacity, ending with an odd line about weighing a pound.
Sugar production data for 1918 shows global output at 7.103 billion pounds with the United States producing 2.026 billion pounds excluding possessions. Hawaii and Philippines imports added 1.137 and 0.217 billion pounds respectively, Porto Rico shipments totaled 50 million pounds, and foreign sources supplied 616 million pounds. US consumption reached 7.96 billion pounds, about 74.13 pounds per person, while exports stood at 1.68 billion pounds.
An eclectic 1916 clipping endorses Swamp Root by Dr Kilmer and Co as helpful for kidneys liver and bladder with a Texas doctor letter praising its value. The page also includes ads and quips about war time farmers, worm remedies and a humorous exchange about vanity and money.
English Boy Scouts send greeting to Colin Angstone president of the Boy Scouts of America praising the US entry into the war. They describe war work by scouts including watchers on bridges lines reservoirs orderlies signalers and ambulance services behind the scenes.
Boy Scouts of America mobilized after the Eddystone Munition works disaster. Over 120 died and hundreds injured. Scouts rushed to Eddystone and Chester for first aid, guarding, and patrol duties, many held for three days. They also aided the Western Union Telegraph company overwhelmed with telegrams from workers’ relatives.
A presidential order bans nonofficial wireless operation and requires dismantling of antennas and packing of instruments. Scouts must dismantle their own gear and report any nongovernment stations to local police.
Scouts in Knoxville Tennessee under Robert J. Charles train to aid the fire department. Commissioned scouts will be alerted by the district officers when a fire is reported as part of a plan to mobilize youth in disasters.
A scout guides strangers through towns using trails and shortcuts. He knows police stations and fire-alarm boxes, nearby doctors and hospitals, and the fastest routes. The scout also knows city officials and their duties and offers services to help.
Civic good turns by Boy Scouts in Alameda California add to community welfare as seven troops clean benches along a city stretch and stage a scout rally ending with a bonfire of gathered rubbish. South Africa’s gold output shows 1910 value at 19742300,[] with 1913 to 1918 gains, and the 1916 share about 40 percent of world output, totaling South Africa’s gold contribution at 2675000000.
The lesson explains Manasseh’s prolonged wickedness as a test of God’s forbearance and justice. It details his altars to Baal, star worship, Molech, and sorcery, his chastisement by the Assyrians, his repentance in Babylon, and his restored kingship, highlighting the mercy that follows genuine penitence.
A wartime ad column lists Hill Sonic as a remedy sold for malaria and chills and fever, advertising a 60 can package for $1.00 along with a general strengthening tonic. The text shifts to a collage of jokes, anecdotes, and notices including a death hazard line and wartime reflections, with brief anecdotes about alarms, courts, and daily life.
An advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable alternative to calomel. It claims quick relief from headache biliousness and constipation, pledges a money back guarantee, and urges readers to try a bottle for a healthy liver and bowels.
A twenty year shift from fear of new methods to welcome of American ideas is shown by Cyan, a Korean student who formed a literary society at a Seoul school, was imprisoned, later studied in America, and became principal of his old boys’ school in Soon, where discussions flourish. Cyan spoke at a general conference notable for thoughtful English.
An advertisement touts a lemon juice based beauty lotion to whiten blemishes smooth hands and soften skin. It instructs using three ounces orchard white and two lemons to make a fragrant quarter pint mixture for daily facial massage and mentions long shelf life.
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