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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1918
Page
3
A fragmented narrative features Albert answering his wife Marie about a peculiar pocket shirt. The piece blends dialogue and quoted lines about citizenship, bravery, and a zoo elephant life, ending with a Zoo Life anecdote about a zoo elephant eating peanuts.
A voice urging mothers to trust real local doctors over imitators. The text claims physicians with personal experience endorse Fletcher's Castoria, presenting it as proven and non experimental. It stresses physicians’ care and community ties, appealing to parental concern for infants and safety.
A garbled OCR page notes a patent remedy claim WasteR Suimas ILL TONIC for malaria chills and fever. The rest includes clipped local names and a humorous exchange involving Mrs A L Nichols and a four year old grandson as they meet banker William D Kizer, with references to a district judge candidate.
Wartime overland freight boosts motor truck use stressing main trunk routes like the Lincoln highway. Calls for federal aid grow as state and local authorities struggle to keep roads in wartime traffic condition. Congress eyed for potential multi‑million dollar appropriations to share highway maintenance burdens.
A garbled composite from a press page mixes anecdotes and dialogue. It includes a tote of a Michigans Representative Frnk D. Scott, a mother comforting a child over a broken dish, a boy who jokes about washing his face, a hospital scene about a recoveries value, a sample of pithy quips on trains, cigars and a seven day return policy. The piece reads like a collage of brief humorous vignettes and misheard lines.
A collage of quotes and jokes questions Russia as a nation, noting that its vast image was a myth of the old regime. It claims Russia extends only a few hundred kilometers from Moscow, with outsiders misreading its agricultural and political strength. The piece weaves social quips about modernity, prices, and everyday life, ending with light humor about marriage.
A vintage advertisement urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs to treat constipation in children. It promotes a gentle inside cleansing, notes coated tongues and feverish signs, and warns to avoid counterfeit syrups while instructing to buy the bottle from the California Fig Syrup Company with clear dosing directions.
A compressed miscellany of 19th century style advertisements and letters. Dodson's Liver Tone is promoted as a safe liver remedy replacing calomel with a cheap, pleasant tasting alternative. The page also includes fragmented wartime notes from Wis and references to quarantines and a German club weapon description. The overall tone blends ads with brief local notes and a satire column.
An old advertisement touts GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules claiming relief for back pain fatigue nervousness and urinary issues. It promises quick renewal of health within 24 hours and urges continued use to prevent future attacks with a money back guarantee and a request for the final imported GOLD MEDAL Kron.
Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is offered in tablets as well as the familiar syrup. Tablets provide the same medicinal properties and effects as the bottled tonic, with identical results. Both formats sell for 60 cents.
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