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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1921
Page
5
How glad you will be this summer if your house has been wired for electricity An electric range heats the food and not the cook and an electric fan gives cooling breezes to offset the heat of nature Our estimates will show you how really inexpensive the many advantages of electric service are Roanoke Rapids NC
A feature on a vast zoo eleven miles north of New York City covering about 240 acres with lakes and a waterfall housing around 4000 animals from 980 families. It lists giants like a 225 pound tortoise and a 22 foot python, notes varied residents from elephants to prairie dogs, apes to sloths, and hints at the lively bird and insect houses.
A Sunday tour reveals a slender spire and chime drawing worshipers to the National Methodist Church. Marble tiles hail from Bel omon’s temple in Jerusalem, olive-wood pulpit and altar rail from Gethsemane, and an ivy vine linked to Martin Luther’s tomb. Presidents Grant McKinley and others and General Logan worshiped there.
The Old Carlyle House near the Potomac in Alexandria Virginia is a 1702 stone two story home built on an early fort. It preserves interior furnishings and housed General Braddock and the Governors Council. Washington is said to have received his commission there.
A colossal clock tower in Jersey City hails as America's largest timepiece. Brass and copper hands, a 20 foot minute hand, and a 40 plus foot dial mark the massive display. The eight day clock was built in Thomaston Connecticut and installed in 1998 with a weekly variation under a minute.
The Monument to the Pilgrims on Town Hill Provincetown Massachusetts overlooks the sea. Built of Maine granite it rises about 252 feet high on a 60 foot square base and stands above tides. Dedicatory exercises were held August 5 2010 with the President in attendance.
The Sierra Nevada mountains nurture Yosemite Valley a seven mile gorge famed for eight cataracts. The tallest falls is the Yosemite drop totaling about 2469 feet including main plunge and cascades. Compared to Staubbach and other giants, Yosemite’s height ranks among earths grandest falls.
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