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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1917
Page
6
This report notes that egg products imported this year amount to about 1,000 pounds at roughly 15 cents per pound. It describes Shanghai plants processing whole eggs through candling, breaking, separating yolk and white, freezing, and drying under strict sanitary conditions with workers and nurses, detailing temperatures and workflow.
A St. Louis lawyer notes soaring black walnut value from Missouri houses to Western trees. He cites $200 per tree in the East and lumber up to $200 per thousand feet, plus a farmer’s pasture tree sold for $25 and resold for $600. A Burbank walnut tree yields vary widely, with 17 000 nuts in a year.
The letter from Herbert Hoover to Chief Scout Executive James West urges Boy Scouts to champion food administration during wartime. It promotes saving a pound per person weekly, eating less wheat bread, and supporting home canning and preserving. Scouts should reach homes, track compliance, and model the “clean plate” ethic to protect wheat supplies.
A public supper raised $50 for Troop 4 of Barre Vermont to fund their troop garden where Scouts planted potatoes beans and hubbard squash.
The Boy Scouts of Englewood New Jersey have planted nineteen miles of beans. Work includes lining the tract with fertilizer furrowing with a planet cultivator spreading fertilizer in fur rows covering fertilizer by dragging a hoe planting and covering and cultivating. They should earn a high rank on the roll of honor when the project is finished as part of the Livery Scout to Feed program.
A sermon discusses finding the Book of the Law during temple repairs, likely near the ark or treasury, with Josiah as the reader and reformer. It emphasizes the need for rulers and people to heed God's word, the king’s repentance, the covenant with the people, and further national reforms to remove abominations and restore worship.
A sickly child named Marjorie becomes anxious when she senses fever. At supper she struggles with a hot cup of tea and exclaims that her cup has an awful fever, prompting her mother to check her own view of the situation.
Fulton New York woman describes severe female weakness and inability to stand. Doctors offered operation, but Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored health enabling return to work. Letter-writer Mia N. Poetrs, Fulton, urges others to seek advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Massachusetts.
The scene unfolds in Louisville where a tardy gambler pleads for temporary accommodation while pinching out his last dollars. He bets, loses, and retrieves another dollar, repeating the ritual as the crowd implores him to continue. The tale ends with a harsh racial slur spoken in the grim glow of a gambling den.
An advertisement touts Cuticura Ointment for dandruff itching and irritation followed by a Cuticura Soap rinse and daily Cuticura usage. It promises free samples by mail and outlines a Boston address. A note on Oriental advertisement ingenuity describes a water-marked roadway script drawn by a cart in Osaka Japan.
A Philadelphia Inquirer snippet presents a feud where one man is praised for honesty about not stealing a pin, while Mixx Cayenne dismisses the pin test and suggests testing with an umbrella. The dialogue highlights distrust and a challenge to prove integrity with a stronger item.
A wry note on naming and ownership with a quip about a man who owns everything in his wife's name. The remark references Noah and the ark to underline the idea of preserved goods or assets.
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