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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1923
Page
2
The Roanoke Rapids Herald notes Dog days and Coolidge in a light editorial mix. It criticizes Morrison, Harding policies, Turkish favors, and the world court while praising the city’s good roads program and police efforts. It mentions per capita school tax in Halifax county and mocks long eight hour workdays.
The Greensboro Daily News argues punishment should match the crime regardless of race after a fatal crash and flight by a driver long deemed careless. It urges swift penitentiar y action to deter similar harms on roads nationwide.
The text argues that the U S Constitution and political system are strained by modern demands. It notes the electoral college fading, emancipation changes failing, and prohibition efforts not settled after years. It concludes the presidency is too heavy for one person to endure long.
A weekly newspaper faces the flaw of editorials becoming outdated after events occur. A humorous yet ill-timed quip printed before the President's death last Thursday proved inappropriate once the news broke, showing the risk of preemptive commentary.
The piece describes the Yankee persona with ironic depreciation of compliments. It notes his reluctance to speak freely, his habit of underplaying praise, and his dry humor. It cites his cautious remarks on others and himself as a governor and potential president.
Halifax County farm notes advise adjusting spider control for cotton to rainfall, promoting remedies only if dry weather returns. They urge culling unprofitable poultry, emphasize profitable laying, and note cooperative ordering for rye and crimson clover to save costs with a 125 to 500 bushel order threshold.
On August 7 8 and 9 Halifax County bankers and farmers tour the Pee Dee Experiment Station at Florence South Carolina to study the boll weevil and control methods. The notice urges early ordering of winter cover crop seed to avoid delays.
A quirky note reports a crab achieving a surprising feat with an average lift, described in odd units as 400 tunes its own i vst. The fragment hints at an unusual creature story with playful technical phrases.
Mr Vaughan a Roanoke Rapids area farmer recounts sending pedigreed seed corn for germination and storing it in a sack hung from a roof where rats consumed the entire lot. He notes finding five dead rodents the following morning and mentions a Roanoke Pharmacy Co sale and guarantee.
The record notes cucumbers were known to ancient writers like Virgil and that they were first cultivated in England in 1833 after being introduced from Holland.
RAT-SNAP kills rats and mice and scares away what it doesn’t kill. It dries up inside with no odor. Cakes require no mixing with other food. Cats or dogs won’t touch it. Available in three sizes 65¢ and 1.25. Sold and guaranteed by Roanoke Pharmacy Co Roanoke Rapids NC.
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