Roanoke Rapids To Seek Free Bridge Monday
Roanoke Rapids residents urged to join Mayor J Ting and Red Cross in Halifax on Monday September 2 at two o clock to press county commissioners for a free Roanoke River bridge. The Halifax meeting follows prior pledges and bond authorizations for Weldon and Norfleet bridges as local leaders push material support for their free crossing plan.
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J.ting
Red Cross
Red
Halifax
Roanoke River
Board of Commissioners
Asco
Weldon
Roanoke
Norfleet
Roanoke Rapids
J.T. Chase
Rosemary Methodist Church Service Announcement
Sunday school at 10 00 A M with J B Boyd as superintendent. Service at 11 00 A M conducted by Mr H C Spiers of Weldon North Carolina. Mr Spiers will discuss Do the Nations Need a New Idea of God A cordial welcome to all.
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J. B. Boyd
H. C. Spiers
Weldon
N.C
Lucky Yo! Young Lead’s Nonsense Umbrella Fortune
The text mocks a young lead who relies on wealth rather than wisdom, noting he can afford a new umbrella daily and a man to carry it. It suggests extravagance over discernment, highlighting his inconsequential influence and apparent vanity.
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Stroi
Tle
Heat-Proof Silk for Lamp Thades Practical Treatment
Silk intended for lamp thades is made heatproof by a four chemical process. The base is mica and the treatment aims to improve heat tolerance for gas and electric lamp use.
Inconvenient Use for College-Bred Men with the Coat Dealer
A brief dialogue shows a coat dealer offering training to a young man and a customer remarking that the dealer prefers men with no fixed ideas about weights and measures. The exchange underscores differing views on practical business training and rigid standards.
All Saints Church Roanoke Sunday Services
All Saints Church Episcopal led by Rev. Lewis N. Taylor on Roanoke Avenue holds services next Sunday the seventh after Trinity with morning worship at 11 and Holy Communion at 8 30. Evening service and church school under T W Mullen superintendent invite the public to attend.
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All Saints Church
Lewis N. Taylor
Roanoke Avenue
T. W. Mullen
Rosemary Baptist Church Services under Rev Carter
Rosemary Baptist Church invites all to join Sunday school at 10:00 led by Supt G S Gregg, morning service at 11:00, evening service at 8:30, and B Y P U Monday evening. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 8:30. A series of meetings to begin the third Sunday in September.
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Aiah Louise Baird
Noke Rapids Hospital
Lock Jaw
Baird
Richard 8. Baird
Roanoke Rapids
May J. Stanley
Geo, N
Ben Stanley
JJ. B. Stanley
South Carolina
Martha Stanley
A. G. Carter
Rosemary Baptist Church
Rosnoke Rapids
Rcover
Mm. G. S. Gregg
Methodist Church Services Announced with Pastor Preaching
The Methodist Church announces Sunday School at 10 30 A M with W W Woodruff as superintendent. Services at 11 15 A M and again at 8 30 P M led by Pastor Rev Eugene C Few. All are welcome to attend both morning and evening worship.
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W. Woodruff
Baptist Church Sunday School and Bible Class Schedule
The notice invites the public to all services at the Baptist Church with Sunday School at 10:15 led by Mrs. Hancock, superintendent, and a men's Bible class Tuesday at 7:30.
County Superintendent Meeting Program Northeastern District
Northeastern District gathers at Roanoke Rapids in early September for a two day program of sessions in the public school building. The agenda includes talks by A Akers, EK Sentelle, J W Darden, B Underwood, Hy McLean, A M Proctor, and others on war time schooling, health, administrator duties, uniform courses, and post conference discussions with a focus on teachers, subjects, and attendance implications.
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Roanoke Rapids
N. C
Akers
Halifax County
Emma Cobb
Edgecombe County
EK. Sentelle
J. B. Attmore
Pamlico County
Long
Northampton County
Jno. W. Darden
Washington County
State Department of Education
B. Underwood
Pitt County
Oscar Creech
Nash County
A. M. Proctor
A. J. Manning
Martin County
N. W. Britton
Hertford
N.C
Annie Cherry
Halifax
Rosemary Personal And Local Items
Mrs Sarah Carpenter of Charlie Hope Virginia visiting Mrs C R Barkley. Fenton Garris of Norfolk weekend here with relatives. Wade Dickens weekend in Enfield with relatives. Ss Holloway of Weldon visited friends. Miss Dan Roberts left for Baltimore to buy goods for L G Shell Store. Miss Thurma Barkley returned home from Virginia. Mr and Mrs E W Lehman and Miss Ruth Transon left for Winston-Salem for visit. Mr and Mrs G A Savage of Norfolk guests of Mr and Mrs N J Bury. Miss Elizabeth Wesson of Lawrenceville arrived for visit with Mrs C R Barkley. W L Rogers left for Franklin and Suffolk for two weeks visiting friends. J W Smith in Emporia on business. Miss Edith Matthews visited Warrenton relatives, returned home. W B Cushing to Petersburg for new position. S M Martin weekend in Conway with relatives. Wade Davis went to old home near Winston then to Raleigh Tank force. Thomas E White of Washington DC in town on business. Mrs Curtis Shell left for Camp Sevier with husband in training. T W Mallen returned from Virginia mountains. Miss Hodges of Anderson SC visiting sister Miss Margarett Hodges. Y Q Vaughan of Weldon in town briefly. Mrs T M Jenkins and children returned from Sanford. Mr and Mrs Powell of Boykins visited daughter Coleman. C A Lyerly exhibited Sweet Potato at Rosemary Supply Co. weighing pounds, challenge. Mrs B R Cooper visited sister in Norlina. Miss Lucile Ramsey of Washington DC visiting J M Grizzard and Geo L Hayes. Mr and Mrs W E Matthews visited Thelma in Thelma, and Annie Medlin in Baltimore and New York for fall millinery.
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Elizabeth Wesson
Lawrenceville
C. R. Barkley
W.L. Rogers
Franklin and Suffolk
J. W. Smith
Emporia
Edith Matthews
Warrenton
W. Bi. Cushing
Petersburg
S.M. Martin
Conway
Thomas E. White
Washington, D. C
Curtis Shell
Camp Sevier
T. W. Mallen
Virginia
Jewish Relief Campaign Exceeds Weekly Quota
Mr. B. Marks announces that Rosemary and Roanoke Rapids surpassed their weekly target in the Jewish Relief Campaign. Total contributions reached 250 dollars and 15 cents, meeting the community quota of 250 dollars.
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B. Marks
Rosemary
Roanoke Rapids
New Registration List Of Young Men 21 Since June 5 1918
A Saturday August 24 1918 list records white and colored men now 21 years old who registered. Names include H R Allsbrook in Scotland Neck Ollie Biddy Rosemary James Brickell Weldon R A Crawley Littleton J D Crawley Brinkleyville Garnett Hawkins Thelma Oscar W Harper Rosemary W R Howell Thomas House Weldon Wesley Holland Aurelian Songs Grover Love Rosemary R W Madry Enfield L C Matthews Enfield G W Medlin Jr Halifax P D Mizell Hobgood Ooie E Pope Hampton Va H P Robinson Jr Littleton A F Lauder Enfield Levy Taylor Enfield Peter Anderton Roanoke Rapids R A Whitaker Enfield plus colored list with T Alston Arrington Ashe Jr Brinkleyville J J Boone Ringwood McKinley Conigland Halifax Eddie Crowell Halifax Montera Davis Enfield M Devereaux Scotland Neck H B Evans Scotland Neck David Goode Heathsville Ennis Harvey Halifax George Hardy Enfield Claude Hester Weldon Robert Hill Log Jesse Ivey Halifax Jefferson James Palmyra Oscar Johnson Scotland Neck Bob Josey Scotland Neck Arthur Lambson Scotland Neck George Lee Weldon Charlie McDaniel Weldon Esse McWilliams Heathsville John Robinson Roanoke Rapids Bennie Rudd Hollister David Scott Log Johnnie Staton Enfield Major Watson Scotland Neck Robert White Scotland Neck H P Williams Littleton The closing note instructs mica cleaning with vinegar and water.
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Hobgood Ooie
T. Alston
Littleton
Arrington
Scotland
Ashe, Jr
Brinkleyville
J. J. Boone
Ringwood
McKinley Conigland
Halifax
Eddie Crowell
Montera Davis
Enfield
M. Devereaux
B. Evans
David Goode
Heathsville
Ennis Harvey
George Hardy
Claude Hester
Weldon
Robert Hill
Log
Jesse Ivey
Jefferson James
Palmyra
Oscar Johnson
Bob Josey
Arthur Lambson
George Lee
Charlie McDaniel
Esse McWilliams
John Robinson
Roanoke Rapids
Bennie Rudd
Hollister
David Scott
Johnnie Staton
Major Watson
Robert White
H. P. Williams
First Christian Church Raleigh Rev. L. Topping to Preach
The First Christian Church in Raleigh announces Sunday services by Minister L. Topping with morning and evening sermons and Sunday School at nine. Evangelist Williams held a brief revival bringing six converts and plans a return in October for five or six weeks of preaching and visits, possibly making Tarboro revival starting September 2. Christian Endeavor Prayer Meeting continues each Wednesday night.
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Evangelist Williams
Tarboro
Lord Willing
Christian Endeavor
No Compromise at Court as Foot Weighs Down Man
A fragment describes a man weighing down by a large foot in a game of chance. Sun approaches while he sits and Sam steps on the foot, prompting an angry order to move away. The passage uses dated dialect and evokes a tense personal dispute.
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Lake
Sun
Sam
Luke
Sake
Editors and Cows in Distant Anecdotes Collier’s Worldy
A fragmentary item from Thomasville papers cites a Collier’s Worldly quip about editors who please all audiences. The remark links editors to a broader, unrelated miscellany about cows and postman visits in a humorous, detached note.
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Thomasville
Dmes
Collier's
Moose Lodge Plans to Erect Home on Roanoke Avenue
Roanoke Rapids Lodge No. 1584 intends to build a handsome home on Roanoke Avenue within about a year. A committee will study design and location, with a residence style including club rooms auditorium baths game rooms and sleeping quarters for visiting Moose. The lodge subscribed to fifty shares of the Roanoke Rapids Building & Loan Association and will cover building costs from monthly dues, also voting to subsidize dues for members serving in the U S armed forces.
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Roanoke Avenue
Roanoke Rapids Building & Loan Association
Roanoke Rapids
T. W. M. Long
Jd L. Cobb
Collins
J. T. Chase
W. K. Joyner
Rosemary
United States
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Sarah Louise Baird
J. B. Moody
Pattie Byrd
Dana
Burton
Mrs. Moody
Ruth Norwood
Anne, Va
Charlie Allsbrook
Fannie
Annie Taylor
Garysburg
Mildred Snodgrass
Baltimore
K. Jenkins
Lila Hancock
Richmond
Mrs. W. S. Hancock
Ivey Mahorn
Herbert Brantley
Lottie Green
Henderson
Francis Patterson
Inez Legion
G. D. Shell
Harry Leggette
Norfolk
Hubert White
Atlantic City
J. W. House
Scotland Neck
J. M. Rice
Big Island
Lessie Buchanan
Jonesboro
J. F. Vincent
Josephine Cherry
Geneva
Walter Tyson
Rockymount
Mary Cherry
Lucile Powell
Hopewell
Dr. Mann
Field
Seabrook Jones
Camp Jackson
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Louis N.taylor
McKernney
S. F. Patterson
U.S. A
W. H. Grimmer
Louis Grimmer
Mary Powell
Winifred Beckwith
Beckwith
State Normal College
Lenoir
Carrie Stout
High Point
Corinne Doles
Elm City
Miss Doles
Peace Institute
North Carolina
Ratia M. Parker
Fredericktown
Parker
Elmyra Jenkins
Nettie Albright
Albright
State Normal
Myrtal Bain
Pauline Benton
Monroe
Benton
Tone Dunn
Sue Watkins
Rosemary School
Rosa Yonder
Hickory
Lenoir College
Margarett Matthews
Clinton
Matthews
Alice Medlin
Cora Wilkins
Lorraine Isley
Willie Thomas
Fairview
Thomas
Collowhee Normal
Mm. W. Hancock
Sarah Carpenter
Charlie Hope
Fenton Garris
Wade Dickens
Holloway
Dan Roberts
L. G. Shell Store Company
Thurma Barkley
E. W. Lehman
Ruth Transon
Winston-Salem
G. A. Savage
N. J. Bury
Wade Davis
Winston
Tank Force
Raleigh
Miss Hodges
Anderson, S. C
Margarett Hodges
Y. Q. Vaughan
Mrs. Powell
Boykins, Va
Coleman
C. A. Lyerly
Rosemary Supply Company
Lucile Ramsey
Washington, D.C
J. M. Grizzard
Geo. L. Hayes
W. E. Matthews
Thelma
Annie Medlin
New York
First Christian Church
Raleigh L. Topping
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