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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1917
Page
4
The Roanoke Rapids Herald printing details and miscel laneous notices. The piece discusses subscription rates, postal classifications, and policies for classifieds. It includes editorial reflections on public examinations and a wartime patriotic poem urging sacrifice and duty.
The item surveys wartime topics including peace ideas, conscription, exemptions, and public bills. It references Judge Whitfield’s punishment, Beatty vs Jellicoe, school exemptions, and a call for a good hotel. It notes fear of food bills in Roanoke Rapids and a forecast by Governor Bickett on the war’s end and typhoid vaccination guidance for travelers and workers.
A fragmentary poem recalls reading a flaming list of a beloved’s name and the price paid for us. The speaker envisions hearts kindled by the flame as a white-hot blaze sears memory and conscience.
In a heated clash Mayor Thompson criticizes calls for deploying our forces domestically to face a home invasion. He argues the focus should be on fighting the enemy in France to avoid fighting them on American soil. Opponents label his stance pro German and impractical, warning of widespread acceptance of invasion.
Information on plant and animal disease control orcharding and seed crops from State and U S Department of Agriculture North Carolina Experiment Station and North Carolina A and T Colleges. Title and spellings are garbled but reference to an agricultural extension or bulletin.
A damaged OCR style notice outlines a potato blight problem caused by a fungus Bacillus Sulium, affecting leaves and plants with browning and curling. It describes spray mixtures and Bordeaux formulas, including arsenate lead addition, as a control method and notes beetle presence complicating crops.
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