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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1917
Page
4
A 1917 Roanoke Rapids column presents satirical and promotional items on war, food cost, gardens, proclamations, and civic needs. It jokes about the Kaiser, mentions the Rainbow Division, food conservation, and hotel planning while noting widespread wartime sentiments and daily life topics.
Governor Thomas W Bickett urges North Carolinians to honor 25000 men drafted for the front with statewide patriotic exercises on September 1 at township and school district meetings, religious services September 2 in churches, and Labor Day ceremonies September 3 in county seats, to pray for victory and lasting peace.
The article notes widespread calls to train troops quickly amid racial tensions in the South and a national push to prepare forces for imminent war. It cites reactions to colored troops in Southern states and urges decisive War Department action to avoid tensions while gearing up for conflict.
A fragmentary remarks declare independence is replaced by interdependence in a postwar vision. Democracy, diversity, and shared welfare unite nations including England Ireland America France Russia and Germany under a common world order. The message cautions against German aims for uniformity and urges freedom of path while highlighting steps toward ending privilege.
Churchill declares in Colliers Weekly that a new England, a new America, and a new Ireland are born to contribute to mankind, emphasizing interdependence and brotherhood. He asserts Ireland cannot be free from England nor England from Ireland, and America joins the democracy of the world.
Mrs Jor Person aged 35 promotes a tonic claimed to aid women and the elderly. Advertises Person Kemedy Company products in Charlotte with pricing 1 dollar per bottle, three for two, six for five dollars prepaid.
Under order of the Halifax Superior Court in a guardianship proceeding the commissioner will sell at the Roanoke Rapids Post Office on Oct 1 at 12 pm four Madison Street lots in Roanoke Rapids known as Lots 1 RY 1L and 2S fronting 30 feet and 140 feet deep to an alley. The land was conveyed to LS Hodginstiy Roanoke Rapids Power Co as shown in Halifax Deed Book 217 page 429. This 24th day of August 17.
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