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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1919
Page
4
A 1919 Roanoke Rapids Herald page carries editorial asides on the League of Nations, the coal strike, and Mexico, plus a note urging use of Red Cross Christmas Seals. It references General Leonard, D An Nunzio, and political lines while warning about press satire and fiscal cautions for submissions.
Sanatorium December proclamation by Rupert Blue urges sale of Red Cross Christmas Seals in schools on December fifth to seventh to fund tuberculosis control. North Carolina Red Cross Seal Commission aims to raise $90,000 by selling nine million seals, noting TB costs and casualties but highlighting its curable, preventable status.
Pledges signed at Raleigh headquarters for the Baptist 75 Million Campaign total about four million dollars. The gathering showcased broad support across congregations and planters, signaling momentum for the fundraising effort.
A description of numerous cushions for chairs, window seats, lounges, couches, and floors. Highlights a handsome example using brocaded and plain satin ribbon, satin-covered cord, and a cluster of satin ribbon roses and leaves as ornament.
A fad for artificial flowers decorates homes with crafted small garden roses nasturtiums and chrysanthemums shown in baskets and vases making charming Christmas gifts Plant’s Name Significant. The word Mangel-Wurzel traces to Runkelruben altered by Germans during famine to a famine root noted for sustaining people and earning its sobriquet in England per the Christian Science Monitor.
North Carolina Baptists launched the 75 Million Campaign final clash with strong response but admit the goal isn’t yet reached. The call to go over the top means leaving the trenches to canvass every Baptist in the state and persuade contributions to the world program led by Baptist Churches of the South.
The report urges every Baptist church in the state to raise six million by noon December 7. Arrangements with Western Union telegraph directors to keep offices open next Sunday and to operate until the last message is received. Associational directors of every church to report directly to the Raleigh head office by telephone or telegraph by six o'clock Sunday.
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