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Roanoke Rapids Herald

Location

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Aug 05, 1948

Page

3

Sunrise Kennel Adverts Corker Spaniel Puppies For Christmas

Listings detail a Sea Girl Nor. stockdale lineage from Town Talk Jr and Stockdale champions. Sunrise Kennel offers matron care, clean kennels with running water and winter heat, bookings for Corker Spaniel puppies for Christmas. In Roanoke Rapids area contact before 9 or after 6 by phone or mail. WANTED TO RENT House in town near four rooms Box 591 3.8 pd.

Stockdale ‘Town Talk Jr Stockdale Town Talk Roanoke Rapids N.C

U S Officials Eye Futuristic Rat Traps for $275

Washington reports the Interior Department weighs wild ideas in a nationwide rat control push. Inventors propose bizarre devices from electronic beam traps to razor blade tunnels, but officials stress none are endorsed while a $275 model uses electric shocks to kill rats and eject them.

Washington U.P Interior Department Department

Cave of Slavic Saint Found Under Saint Prokop Cathedral

Prague reports a cave beneath Saint Prokop Cathedral, a Byzantine cross shaped grotto linked to Saint Prokop who hid to preserve Slav heritage during persecutions. The state archeological institute notes excavations break through to the cave now eight feet high, potentially taller after deposits clear. In Newark, high school papers cannot carry tobacco ads per Erwin B. Hock ruling.

Prague Newark Erwin B. Hock

Employer Plays Santa in duty In Nebraska

In Humboldt Nebraska a company owner gave Christmas gifts to his workers and families. After the festivities the boss announced an employee’s wife would receive $8 and each child $5, with the firm promising benefits including retirement, hospitalization, and sickness insurance for all staff.

Santa Nebraska Ijje Isusanse Onal

Use Tool For Athlete's Foot At Matthew's Drug Co

An ad promotes a foot treatment claiming deep penetration with a 90 percent alcohol base and immediate results. It promises money back if not effective within one hour and directs readers to Matthew's Drug Co for purchase.

Matthew's Drug CO

Couple Re marries after 35 years apart in Chicago

Mary Harbison, 77, and Charles Harrison, 78, remarried in a quiet ceremony after 34 lonely years apart. They first wed in 1894, divorced in 1915, and reconciled when Charles stopped drinking last year. A minister united them at Mary's home, and Mary urged others to seek happiness despite past mistakes.

Chicago UPI Mary Harbison Charles Harrison Mary Charles Hirs Harbinson Cleveland

How Hungry Horse Dam Got Named

Washington dispatch recounts how the Hungry Horse dam on the Flathead River near Kalispell Montana earned its name from a winter 1900 oil rush tale. Two oilmen Princhville brothers lost horses Tex and Jerry to starvation and snow, inspiring locals to name the nearby creek Hungry Horse in their honor.

Washington U.P Fisthead Kalispell Mont Flathead David William Princhville Sea Fork Tex Jerry

Beavers Put To Work In San Diego County

Beavers tapped from Moleod Count transferred to San Diego County as a new work program. They are placed along a stream to improve water table and meadow propagation. Protected by law, their use aims to benefit the county ecology and water management efforts.

San Dieo

For Sale At Cost And Below Office Binders And Folders

Various Wilson Jones and Acme office binders, folders, and filing supplies priced for sale. Includes Post Binders, De Luxe, Peerless, Toplock, with leather corners, khaki canvas, and several box quantities. Also includes Accobind folders, Oxford vertical file guides, legal files, and binder accessories.

Wilson Jones Co Wilson Jones Oxford

Fort Potten Center Sells Forest Wood Amid Scandals

A garbled item reports a medical center in Fort Potten offering wood for sale at Saton with a buyer responsible for hauling it away. The text is unclear but implies a sale tied to a furor and involves the Fort Potten Amy medical center.

W York Bos Fort Potten Amy Medical Center Saton

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