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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1917
Page
7
A comic exchange contrasts a blind pianist’s performance with a remark about whether blindness affects his music. The dialogue mocks perceptions and ends noting better manners include avoiding unpleasant actions.
An advertisement offers Grey Rock Natural Mineral Water as a permanent health restoration. It claims to cleanse poisons, restore digestion, and cure chronic ailments with a ten week treatment and unconditional guarantee. The ad includes a money refund if no benefit, and an order form with sample price and bottle details.
The fragmentary excerpt juxtaposes provocatively odd dialogue with references to Moltke and a hypothetical lethal choice over whisky. It shifts to dream imagery of pursuit and a cryptic exchange about fate. The text then veers into garbled lines about superiority and population efficiency, ending with a stray note on worm or tapeworm and a statistic claiming 1,500,000 automobiles produced in the United States in 1910.
The National Highways Association, led by president Charles Henry Davis G, argues that rapid road expansion requires federal leadership to coordinate the many standalone projects. He notes US road spending last year reached 249,055,007 dollars, over two thirds of total road outlays.
Mr Davis argues for federal built roads linking West and East and North and South, as Europe’s highways do. He suggests 100000 miles of roads with 200 feet on each side bought by the government, then supported by land rent at 0.08 per acre, to cover construction costs and maintenance.
President Rowe of the American Automobile Association envisions in ten years a country covered by national road systems. He forecasts separate freight and passenger routes, wider highways, and improved road quality as the nation learns modern road building and views good roads as key to national preparedness.
An advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap followed by Cuticura Ointment to clear skin and scalp conditions including eczema rashes and itching for both children and adults. A free sample by mail encourages readers to address a postcard to Cuticura Dept. L Boston and notes the product is sold everywhere. The second excerpt presents Miranda, an incurable optimist, masking flaws with kindness, as she navigates a social circle with a handsome guest and a chivalrous but conflicted response from a teasing brother.
During a city court hearing a rasping voice from an adjoining room disturbed the judge. The defense attorney suggested the noise came from a prosecution counsel flinging an affidavit. The remark notes the defendant is rich yet spends minimally, implying prudence in his led lifestyle.
During the past fiscal year there were 227 miles of new road 1 075 miles of trails 2 124 miles of telephone lines 8 tubes of fire lines 81 lookout structures 40 bridges 222 miles of fence 545 dwellings barns and other structures 17 corrals and 202 water improvements
The article discusses road drag techniques noting dragging is more effective when moisture is present but not sticky. It reports Missouri and Kansas enacting new road laws with work underway, and Pennsylvania highway receipts from motorcar licenses totaling $147,742 as of April 1, marking a substantial year over year increase.
A fragmented livestock note argues a cow unable to feed may still produce offspring that profit both, as chicks and hens contrast with infestation risks. It suggests that tests and scales offer better value indicators than type alone, with emphasis on practical performance.
A collection of quirky exchanges and wry phrases appears as if from a living cabinet of curiosities. Characters include a penny pinching bookseller, a fortune teller, an arrogant tourist, a bargain matinee prompt, and a father chastened by his own self made status. The snippets convey social foibles and pointed humor across varied locales.
A collage of humorous exchanges and captions features quips about telephones, patience, money, and daily life. A hotel morgue joke, a landlady request, and a motorist miswording in a rapid-fire sequence reveal common experience and social banter.
The ad touts a cheap lemon based lotion made by mixing lemon juice with orchard white to yield a quarter pint that preserves for months. It claims to whiten and soften skin, remove blemishes, and improve rough red hands, with instructions to strain the juice and apply daily.
Calomel makes you sick and salivates. Dodson's Liver Tone is advertised as a harmless, pleasant tasting liver medicine. It claims to cleanse the liver, improve digestion, and restore energy by morning with a money back guarantee from the druggist or store. Ady endorses the product, with millions sold.
A brisk, compact mosaic of scenes shows Sandy fleeing a ruinous moment after a burst of exertion near his home. A teacher’s coin lesson distracts a pupil as a sparrow catches attention, while a boy talks of a dog fancier job and a flirtation with a messenger's envelope.
An old advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic claiming it drives out malaria and iron builds up the system with a tasteless formula labeled on each bottle. The copy mentions affordable price at 60 cents and promotes health benefits amid a collage of unrelated dialogue and quotes.
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