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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1917
Page
7
A stray newspaper fragment describes Peruna as the best all around medicine and includes a reader letter praising its cure for rheumatic symptoms. It also recounts old time stage tricks with envelopes and confederates, and notes a Havana cathedral associated with Columbus ashes facing preservation battles.
Promotes Cuticura Ointment and Soap for skin care and a free mail sample offer. Mentions Bell Ringers in Longstock Ireland where local girls perform the duty, aided by a local man, praising morale value amid wartime.
Johnny sees waste and invites to a party where the cake is cut. A large piece remains as others prepare to take theirs. He offers to use the leftover piece to make something useful, while conversations drift to fashion and gifts.
Mrs Sarah A Shearin of Whitakers reports relief from backache scant urine rheumatic pains and fatigue after using Dr Pierce’s Anure. She used a sample then a full package and says headaches improved and kidney symptoms eased. Advertisement invites samples to Dr Pierce’s Invalids Hotel Buffalo New York with free examination and advice.
An Utah Farmer writer argues for narrower public roads to conserve land and boost farming. He notes current six foot widths waste acreage, suggests planting trees along roadways, and cites railroad corridors as examples of land repurposing. He urges economy in construction and maintenance by adopting scientifically planned road widths.
An urging column stresses that farmers depend on good roads for marketing farm produce. It proposes voluntary road maintenance by individual farmers, donating a day's work to drag and repair the road after heavy rains, to keep it passable until regular crews or officials can repair.
Good Roads in Connecticut notes extensive concrete highway work in 22 towns with about 70 miles planned, roads 18 feet wide at a cost of $1000 per mile, longest being a two mile stretch in Cheshire. It urges local drag efforts in late fall, condemns lazy farmers, and stresses drainage for better road and soil health, including a warning about moisture and tillage.
The lesson notes Nehemiah enforcing Sabbath law amid temple neglect and priest defilement. It contrasts Jewish Sabbath practice with Christian principles, arguing the seventh day belongs to the old order while Christ’s resurrection day is the modern day of privilege and worship.
An 1890s style miscellany lists Boschee's German Syrup as a cough remedy sold in bottles of 40 and 90 cents. The item then shifts to a social anecdote about a pupil’s geography question and ends with a Toledo notary oath about Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Five generations discuss Bennett family military service from Revolution to Spanish-American War.
An old advertisement touts Dr Kilmer swampp root for kidney and bladder ailments promising rapid relief. The Titanic memorial in Belfast features a marble group on a granite pedestal near City Hall and Royal Academical Institution, honoring Ulster heroes who perished on the fated ship.
The text appears as fragmented OCR with garbled phrases about eye inflammations and a social remark about a man named Tonks and his wife. It mentions a suspect aim to prove merit for eye conditions and includes stray lines about wit and a friend at sours, lacking coherent narrative or dates.
A historical note argues swords are obsolete in modern warfare. It cites the U S Army moving away from melee weapons, preferring watches and automatic pistols for officers, while modern infantry attacks coordinate with artillery and suppressors to protect soldiers from enemy fire.
An OCR fragment advertises Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a tasteless quinine and iron remedy for malaria and building up the system. It also references Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, a 40 year old liver and bowels aid, and mentions bias history and various unrelated lines from an old ad page.
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