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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1921
Page
8
Spokane's account portrays salvagers as marine surgeons who salvage damaged ships and cargo, facing extraordinary wartime dangers. They doubled as machine shops and tugs, rescuing vessels from Dardanelles to the English Channel, with crews praised for heroism beyond praise.
A garbled reminiscence recounts a Pottsville hotel drummer who extorted a charge for a carboy of sulphuric acid and inners he never bought asking Mrs. Tompkins to settle immediately. The tale sits among scattered reflections on youth, aging, and moral lapses with quotes from periodicals and authors.
A feature on the Shoshone Dam near Cody Wyoming details a massive irrigation project under the U S Department of the Interior. It describes a wedge shaped concrete dam creating a 10 mile long reservoir with up to four miles width and a 295 foot depth, a spillway resembling Niagara Falls, and vast agricultural transformation of the region.
The Thousand Islands along the St Lawrence were described as grand as the Rhine by early explorers in 1585 and later mapped as a chain of rocky islets. The archipelago spans the river below Lake Ontario for about forty miles, with many privately held lands forming castles amid waters totaling around 10,000 acres. These islands witnessed Indian and colonial clashes, Revolutionary War battles, and are famed for their picturesque beauty and charm.
A fragmented 1918 classified section item mixes lost jewelry a Georgia style pool mishap with stray advertising lines. It mentions a ring inside initials F C and contact prompts in Weldon and Norlina North Carolina, plus unrelated contractor and weathered story fragments.
Reading of the notice shows a sale of four parcels described by lot numbers 1128 1080 1182 and others fronting Roanoke Avenue Halifax County North Carolina near the postal office location. The public sale is to be held August 16 at 10 o clock in front of the post office in the village. The event is conducted under a deed of trust secured by a mortgage against the property of Roanoke Trust Lat 1921 A Matthews Trustee.
Notice states the part subsisting between Ned as opening and an entity in the Town of Roanoke under the firm name Mohorn has been dissolved by consent. All debts due to the firm will be paid by J. RL Mohorn from the said business henceforth. Dated August.
Public notice announces sale on August 1 by virtue of a deed of trust securing an indebtedness to a named mortgagee. The sale will occur at 120% PM at the Post Office in Rosemary, after due request by the holder of the note and mortgage recorded in Book N.
A damaged notice from the Halifax County Register of Deeds refers to land plat details in plat Book No 2 at page 108. The document mentions a parcel described as being fronting a street and bounded by unnamed lines, with a reference to a trust filed by Allen C. atty. The exact owners, dates, and bounds are unclear from the legible text.
Ordinance restricts Sunday opening for most businesses including shops and hotels to prohibit buying or selling except essential cases. Drugs may be sold by pharmacies any time, hotels cafes and restaurants may serve cooked foods only, and ice and milk dealers may operate. Garages may stay open. Violators face misdemeanor charges and a twenty five dollar fine.
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