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Newspaper

Roanoke Rapids Herald

Location

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Dec 07, 1923

Page

3

Dinosaur Eggs Found in Gotham Museum Expedition Details

Dr Henry Fatriel Osborn head of the American Museum of Natural History returns from Mongolia after leading a six year expedition to the Gob desert. The team unearthed 12 complete dinosaur skeletons and numerous fossils. May Chaps Hunt Andrews led expedition members who hope to resume next year to search for primitive human remains. Osborn questions competing English reports of a rival nest in Ashdown Sands England.

New York Henry Fatriel Osborn Shyseum of Natural History Mongollia Gob Desert Osborn May Chapshunt Andrews Doctor Osborn Ashdown Eughind Ome Abbott Neture Doctor Oshorn Ome Tremdubutsa Mongolia Pekin Foxsil

Expert Card Player Victim of Aphasia in West Virginia

A man described as an expert card player suffered aphasia and was cared for near Burlington after being found in a weakened state. The incident occurred in Keyser, with authorities noting his condition and potential social welfare involvement.

Aphasia Keyser Tallew Ani Charity Alojarthwmt Yong Min Jull Weston Burlington Netary

Mountain slice cuts into New York mountain side for rail line

A slice is being removed from a mountain side to create a four track route for the New York Central railroad. Workers use hand tools to move debris away from the Luson river shore where landslides threaten the ledge and water holes. the project aims to protect the southbound track after a recent rock fall.

New York Theew York Central Railroad Luson River Urge W, Kitred

Unclear fragment hints at sports or event with players

Fragmentary OCR text mentions a well bred individual aged twenty seven, height seven inches, weight 190 pounds, and a scene with attendants and players. Details are garbled and cannot determine clear event, people, or outcome.

School for Alien Women Opens at Helles University

Alien women will be offered regional employment opportunities with training through the American Service clubs of Helles University. The program will operate at the school, teaching skills for wages and providing access to the work market for attendees.

Tiffin Aenurlig Annorten Helles University Allen Tue

Old Sol Ends His Heat Strike Amid Weather Talk

Weather story reports sunspot activity and a supposed sun strike ending. Dr. Abbott of the Smithsonian cited a 4 percent drop in solar heat during the summer. Uncle Charlie Seivert predicts a long, hard winter for the South and East based on local signs like squirrels storing nuts and earlier insect activity.

Jing de. GG. Abbott Sukbsonian Institution Abbott Fay Washington Joent Uncle Charlie Seivert Wouter Sage Hunstet Charlie United States Ule

Lightning Linked to West Washington Forest Fires This Season

Olympia report shows 20 fires started by lightning in Pend Oreille and Stevens counties, dominating the state thunder center. Northwest winds and logging drive tinder conditions with 97 acres burned in Pend Oreille and 2,965 in Stevens, while hornet nests and fire brands fueled spreads.

Olympia Wash Washington Pend Orelllend Stevens Ted Goodyear Pend Oreille Amller Goodyentz

Tragic Drowning Captured On Camera Near Ormond Lake

A Boy named Clayton Mahon, five, drowned while splashing in Ormond lake near Lemmon South Dakota. Abs Anna Mahon shouted as the mother snapped a photo, unaware it captured the tragedy. Eight campers were detained, suspected incendiary origins noted in the incident report.

Lemmon S.D Abs Anna Mahon Clayton Ormond Lake

Clown’s Wife Elopes Again After Two Years

Sim Blaley a city circus clown married a nineteen year old earlier but was jailed for eloping. After serving time he was freed and found his wife had run away again upon turning of age, prompting renewed pursuit and arrest.

Cedar Stupids Sim Blaley Tel Jal Wite

Fragmented North Carolina news clippings mix of crimes and civic notes

A garbled Salisbury local item lists a mail clerk with a broken organ and a gun incident. It mentions Bud and Mary Lewis, a Thanksgiving shooting, and death notices for various individuals. Other notes cover Shriners events in New Bern, a Raleigh doctor, a possible cotton mill, and public school discussions plus regional church and political updates.

Salisbury West Mra Morsunton Mortlvo's Ettive County Jan Lowe Plesate Wannon-Salm Minard Witlskes Honterson Con Anthony Caritas Bethethals Asheville Donne Poe Grantdushter Vchel Ci Fron Waynesville Wington Satem J. K. Gooleby Donnatla Wile Keahoro Sowitern Alway Goolsby North Carolina Sudan New Mern Rocky Mount Ewart H. Jones Raleigh United States Henry G. Cane Honey Greensboro North Carolina Negro Buyers Congress Lumberton Robexon County Teigher A.T. Allen Spesion Durham Durhan K Hobgool Chamber of Commerce Charlotte W. F. Stumey Wesleyan Methodist Church Nuarence Church Carlotte Colfax Oscar J. Richardson Monroe William G. Hall Ravenford Sigma Nu Ph Legal Fraternity Trinity College Initing Richmond Pearson Rinit Winston-Salem Orange Presbytery Forsyth Surry Stokes Alahaney Ashe Wilkes Davie Davidson Yadkin Kinaton Daly Haa Ethel Allen Elm Street Thorous Fare Hero Clyde Pence Pence Southern Railway Company

Germans Trade Goods In Barter At Berlin Mill

Photo shows buyers and a farmer exchanging personal goods for flour at Big Hour mill near Berlin as the complete collapse of the German mark forces barter.

Berlin Fnns

Fragmentary World Notes On Food And Society

Disjointed excerpts describe global water content in vegetables, ancient Chinese dried fruits, monthly oil production in Romania, English servants' promotion societies, valuable prizes, Missouri Rotante’s rare white variety of redid, a holiday feast with Romans, dense Siberian clergy, and silk fiber with cocoons yielding large shares.

Romania England Missouri Amie Arden

Lucky Find Brings Reward for Chicago Man

George W. Gibson of Chicago aged about thirty years found what looked like a $20,000 necklace but turned over a discovered item to a friend. The necklace belonged to Mrs. Juin Oppenhelmer who had lost it earlier. An insurance company paid a reward of $1,508.

George W. Gibson Chicago Juin Oppenhelmer George

Machete and Implements in Historic East Africa Farming

A fragmented note describes tools used by native farmers in Portuguese East Africa for cultivating corn and peanuts. It references machetes and short-handled hoes as ground clearing implements and vaguely cites Hammurabi law on risk of habitation collapse and potential death of the house owner.

Flammrabi Babylonia

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