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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1917
Page
8
Louise meets John Strangewey and his family at their Cumberland estate, where coded tension rises as members recount family pride and warn against outsiders. John explains farming life and territorial training while Louise probes lineage and past wanderers, amid wary hospitality and veiled expectations.
Continued year in this community marks the fourth year of Rev Raleigh L Topping’s ministry. He built a church to 320 members, faced praise and criticism, and moved on to Raleigh to organize a flourishing church and consider full time preaching. He also helped establish churches in Littleton and North Carolina’s eighth largest Christian Church, aiming for bigger future goals.
Resolutions note the death of P B Shaw. They honor him as a husband and father and loyal tribe member. The group expresses heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved and directs copies to the family and the Roanoke Rapids Herald for publication. Chairman T W M Long, Halifax County Chapter American Red Cross, Atlanta Georgia.
Rev Levis Taylor rector of All Saints Church on Roanoke Avenue lists next Sunday as the tenth after Trinity with Holy Communion at 9:45 morning prayer and sermon at 11 sharp. Morning services 11 and 8 reveal a devotional program titled On the Mountain and The price of a soul with weekly prayer meetings and choir rehearsal detailed for the community. The public is invited to attend all services and meetings.
William H. Campell, brother of E. Campbell of Roanoke Rapids, serves with the first expedition of U S Marines to place the flag on the firing line in France. He enlisted April 10 1917 at Port Royal S C and is with the 67th Company.
A quoted reflection on how public schools treat music as an annual display at graduation. The writer criticizes low emphasis on music as a genuine cultivation, noting public taste judges by ability to perform small pieces and labeling musical activity as a diversion rather than a salvation.
A vintage classified snippet advertises Rex typewriters with best price terms and a free trial. Also listed is a two story brick rental near a hotel in Roanoke Rapids North Carolina with Tucker Fayed as contact. A lost stock certificate for eight shares in Roanoke Tee and Fuel Co. is addressed to S M Thompson with return details.
The Roanoke Rapids post office lists unclaimed mail for residents including Robert Gaston Janey Washington Henry Whitaker E R Bryant Peter Debuska Jacob High and more. Unclaimed items will be held fifteen days before forwarding to the dead letters division in Washington DC per postmaster William C Vaughn.
New Life Mrs. Jax Persons Remedy offers invigorating blood and renewed energy for nervous rundown people. Sold by druggists or by Person Remedy Company of Charlotte North Carolina. Price one dollar for single bottles eight for three dollars and seventy five cents or six bottles for five dollars prepaid.
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