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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1923
Page
4
Roanoke Rapids Herald Publishing Co announces subscription at two dollars yearly in advance with payment by cash or stamps enclosed. Include name and article type. 10 cents per line for extra items. no insertions under 25 cents. contact via Post Office Roanoke Inside North Carolina and telephone 70 for communications.
Friday’s note urges early Christmas shopping while spotlighting a weekly trial for the Bok peace plan prize. It calls for nations wishing war to pay for it and critiques Harry Daughtry’s attack on Controller Craig. A UNC statistic cites Halifax county divorce rates and praises local women’s appeal.
Roanoke Rapids North Carolina W L Long leads the state committee for the Southern Tariff Congress announced at the Patten Hotel Raleigh delegates include C E Hutchinson J Elwood Cox P H Gwynn M K Lee and others in Charlotte Durham Gastonia Monroe Leaksville Holly and Raleigh. The association says the group is non partisan and aims for a square deal for the South regardless of which party writes the tariff law.
The solid front that the South is making in approaching the tariff question as it affects the industries of the South. Sixty-three Southern industries will be represented at the meeting, showing fellowship of interest and cooperation to see that the South gets a square deal in tariff matters.
The Diamonds, once seen as model citizens in Brooklyn, plotted a murder and $43,000 bank robbery. Their gunmen killed two bank messengers while the Diamonds faced law and public scrutiny. The piece condemns the collateral harm to innocent family members and argues execution would worsen the tragedy of the lawless.
The New York Post argues against an indiscriminate World War I veteran bonus. It highlights more than two billion dollars spent on relief and rehabilitation and warns the bonus would worsen bureau effectiveness, hinder tax cuts, and misallocate funds for veterans and their families.
A cryptic report notes a contract involving gape elg taking earthworms and infecting gapeworm larvae, described in unusual terms as a parasitic cremation. The fragment suggests a scientific inquiry into parasitic interactions and their effects on host organisms.
Davis County Agent Welon reports a thriving boys and girls club this year with plans to expand next year to two hundred participants. The 1924 program will include poultry corn and pigs, aiming to educate the community through youth who drive local progress. A hen in the hen house is worth ten in the trees, so keep hens warm and well fed to yield sixty cent eggs.
A good pasture foundation for dairy work is emphasized and readers are urged to choose a pasture site. The notice offers carpet grass seed and Japan clover for seeding in February to improve forage quality and yield.
The North Carolina Cotton Grower notes many fight boll weevil methods exist, but prudent farmers will adopt plans proven by years of study and experience.
The notice urges homeowners to prune and renew orchards as boll weevil control season begins. It emphasizes living at home as a key method and asks if readers have attended to their own orchards.
A fragmented report recounts a contentious council meeting with Councillor Smith and others. The text hints at power struggles, debates over authority, and references a fortnightly nerveTe teleview. Details are unclear but suggest tense local governance discussions.
Fragmented text discusses rodent bait types with references to wood materials and redlon, mentioning risk of killing rats and dogs avoidance. It lists three sizes and a Roanoke Rapids North Carolina sale. The passage is garbled with partial phrases and misread terms.
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