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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1938
Page
2
At the city fire station a quartet of rough singers trials the Widow Jones and her piano with sour notes and loud quips. Bob Skinner scolds the group, then recounts how Jones bought a piano in Norfolk/Roanoke Rapids and the tuner and Webbie Jones react to the musical mishap.
Practical tips for amateur photographers at a circus. Promotes shooting outside during parade and midway scenes while recommending discretion with performers and animals. Encourages bringing a camera for vivid, varied snapshots and warns tent interiors are often poor for photos. John van Guilder.
The fragment hints at a singer called Mizzes and a piano performance ending. the speaker asks how she sounds now and notes a grin. No clear event or names beyond Mizzes and a piano player.
In a rustic scene Miss Jones and her daughter Webbie prepare to sing as a piano test falters. Mrs Jones erupts over the instrument while Mister Skinner charms the crowd and the firemen applaud the moment.
Halifax social notes recount visits and returns. Mrs F B Neville returns from a week with brother B G Willey in Enfield. Eugene Dickens and Sarah Frances Hux spend a week in Faithville and return home.
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