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Roanoke Rapids Herald

Location

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Dec 05, 1919

Page

7

Bituminous Farm Road Entrance Guidance From Bureau Experts

Engineers from the Bureau of Public Roads advise on applying cold bituminous material to prepared farm roads. On stone or gravel surfaces, one half gallon per square yard plus rolled gravel or chips yields a durable coating. Avoid areas where barn drainage or hitching areas cause mud holes. consider a concrete slab at stable entrances if stronger pavement is needed.

United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Public Roads Bureau

Quick Change Artist and Aspirin Ad Mashup

Independent man imagined for rapid baby change and car repair slyly merges with an aspirin advertisement. Bayer tablets marketed as genuine aspirin since nineteen years with clear directions for headache and other pains offered in a handy twelve tablet tin at a low price.

Dallas News Bayer

Can I Be Cured Sufferer’s Question On Kidney Health

An ad style piece urges readers to seek cause and nature’s aid for kidney and bladder troubles. It promotes GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as offering quick relief, claiming immediate benefits and money back if ineffective. The text includes dubious claims and a stray line about a vendetta and new porches.

Nature Haarlem Adv

Tgnorsuce Bliss Ends With Epatism Nodose

A garbled phrase hints at a shift from bliss to a dangerous association with epatism, signaling a troubling change in mood or stance as the subject encounters a problematic influence.

Road Out of Solid Granite In Colorado Rockies

In the Rocky mountains Colorado aided by the federal government eighteen building eight miles of road out of gold granite. The road will lead from Estes Park to Glen Lake connecting with the Lincoln highway and forming part of the transcontinental highway. It will bring Switzerland to America. The road will cost more than 25000 dollars per mile when completed.

Rocky Mountains Colorado Estes Park Rockies Glen Lake Switzerland America

Alabama Highway Improvement Association plans bonds for roads

The Alabama Highway Improvement Association moves to issue 25 million dollars in bonds to match federal funds for road building in Alabama. A three mill county maintenance levy and a constitutional amendment to authorize the project will be proposed in the next legislature. The note urges readiness for next year and highlights the urgency of good, permanent roads usable year round. Garden assets and storage tips for crops accompany practical gardening guidance including root crop storage in dry sand and warnings about corn ear worms.

Alabama Alabama Highway Improvement Association

A Scout Chief Links Trust to Home Life in Oklahoma City

A Pershing relative, Scout Executive J. J. Pershing, argues trustworthiness defines a scout. He recounts managers seeking scouts for work, only to be reassured by a parent's claim of a boy's truthfulness. The measure of a scout is shown at home, not in public praise, forming the core law of scouting worldwide.

Pershing Oklahoma City J. J. Pershing King Dad Scout Movement

Soldier Joins Scout Ranks In Waycross Georgia

Prof W L Sprouse a returned World War veteran and long time teacher from south Georgia begins work as scout commissioner of Waycross and Ware county reorganizing the movement. He was educated at Peabody College and the University of Tennessee taught eight years and served overseas with A B F forces. He has lectured on boy scouts at Mammoth Cave and led as scoutmaster locally for five years. He hopes scouting will greatly shape Southern boys into citizens.

South Georgia W. L. Sprouse France Waycross Ware County Sprouse Cumberland Peabody College University of Tennessee Koy Mammoth Cave Professor Sprouse

Scouts Recalled Into Service Aid Fund For Demobilized Men

The Treasury cannot reach many returning servicemen by mail as they change homes or become transient. If their war risk insurance lapses and they die, dependents lose coverage. Secretary Carter Glass warns of widespread hardship and calls on boy scouts to post government notices to promote reinstatement and prevent destitution.

Sam Treasury Department Carter Glass Boy Scouts

Scouts A Faith Restorative

The piece extols the scout uniform and scout service as deeply shaping American imagination. It argues that restoring the scout movement grants youths a confident path to manhood, forging a bond of brotherhood and true Americanism across the nation.

Scout Service Scout Movement America Brotherhood of Man

What Keeps Scouts Busy

Scouts across New Jersey and New York engage in charity acts and service. Activities include wheel chair donation for an invalid boy in Poughquag. Cherry trees planted in Dormont. A bell funded for a church in Wynn Penn. A campaign to publicize returned servicemen employer citations gains praise from Washington. North Hudson council scouts form a press club to share troop news.

Montclair N. J Boy Scout Poughquag N. Y Wynn Penn Dormont Penn Navy Department Washington Boy Scouts of America North Hudson

Onion Delicacies Featured In Hearty Early 20th Century Menu

A scattered collection of onion based dishes and tips appears, from Cream of Onion Soup to Onion Sandwiches and Onion Salad. Recipes include Curried Salmon, Salt Fish Hash, Breaded Tongue, Oysters and Celery stew, and Baked Sardines, with notes on aroma, storage, and a few culinary quirks. The text blends playful poetry about onions with practical kitchen steps and flavor pairings.

Unusual Fern Leaves Preserve Food Freshness

A brief note highlights fern leaves as excellent preservatives for packing food, fruit, and meat. Potatoes packed in fern leaves remain remarkably fresh into spring, outlasting winter storage. The article also mentions a continental painting titled Cloudland and a claim about Copenhagen hosting the world’s largest inclined deer park spanning about 4,200 acres.

Largs Copenhagen

Erected in 1443 State House in Roston Holds Historic Legacy

The old State house in Roston, built in 1443, served as Merchant's exchange and governor’s meeting place. It witnessed the Boston massacre in 178, Washington’s review, and Lloyd Garrison’s escape from a slave meeting. Now restored by the city for the Triumphant Society, it houses relics and revolutionary paintings.

Roston le Enstern Toston Washington Eno William Lloyd Geatson Tristunian Society Cornell Chambae Hall of Representative

Not Much Credit Coming to Them Jud Tunkira

A garbled gossip item notes Jud Tunkira saving two men who begged not to bear profiteers. It hints at limited chances and a gossipy voice from a person who talks too much and thinks too little.

Jud Tunkira

Inviting as Art in Home Hospitality

A reflective piece on hosting, with contrasts between quiet, staid visitors and the energetic guest. It rails against rudeness and noise, notes misread signals, and ends with a cynical quip about a girl who cannot sing yet will sing, suggesting a broader social critique.

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