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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1919
Page
3
A patient recounts doctors recommending PE-RUNA and con Pane, weighing 150 pounds, weighing 100 pounds previously, calling PE-RU-NA a Godsend. The home remedy is praised for coughs colds stomach and bowel trouble constipation rheumatic pains and back pain, available in tablet or liquid form.
Prepared by the USDA this notice stresses dirt road location and design impact on future improvements. It warns against sharp curves and advocates ample width for passing. It notes that as a road grows in importance, grades should be minimized to fit topography, and that each added mile increases maintenance costs.
The text argues for shortening a road route only if distance decreases without raising grade steepness or ultimate cost. It says land lines matter only if they do not reduce road usefulness and urges preserving pleasing features and avoiding future relocations that harm homeowners along the original highway.
The era of road improvement expands as counties and states allocate more funds for highways. Virginia reports road projects valued at 8.1 million dollars under contract or survey, while Maryland is grouped with Ohio and Pennsylvania in recent good roads progress, with about one million dollars approved for improvements.
One of six million one hundred thousand motorists in the country pays about twice as much for tires and gasoline on unimproved roads than on hard surfaced roads. The report highlights the higher maintenance costs faced by drivers using poor road surfaces.
An article argues water quality is essential for road making and warns excess water ruins work. It suggests a road material that resists wear longer than current materials could bring great fortune to the inventor. It notes the road question is urgent for the public and mentions farm machinery costs and salt economics.
Post 61 Philadelphia of the American Legion pushed to endorse Boy Scouts of America at the Pennsylvania state cantonment gathering in Harrisburg. The adoption praised the Scouts for their role in loan drives War Chest campaigns and patriotic activities and pledged full cooperation from the Legion.
A recent service in Rome remembered Italian army boy scouts who served as messengers and were killed in action. The altar carried by Italian armies stood in the coliseum as a crowd gathered for a mass led by Monsignor Bertolomasti, with a sermon on transforming the arena from pagan spectacle to Christian temple.
Fifty five scouts from Council Bluffs Iowa responding to a alarm found a wounded boy Loren Davidson after a shooting incident. They applied first aid including a tourniquet dressed the wound and built a stretcher. The stretcher run to the camp hospital took 85 minutes as a doctor arrived in time to save him. The scouts raised flowers for the patient and sought to hire a trained nurse for eight weeks.
In the Quirinal Rome the Prince of Piedmont celebrates his fifteenth birthday. He leads Giovani Esploratori the Young Explorers of Italy, a youth group akin to scouts. The prince is described as all boy with notable adventures including airplanes ships and horseback riding.
The text notes the American Legion backing the boy scout movement in Westchester New York, mentions Wakefield Vermont scouts hiking from Lake Dunmore to Ethan Allen Cave, Warrenton Virginia scouts cleaning streets, and Colony Kansas scouts forming a group to aid customers. It also references Victor Atherton of Livia Kentucky, a pioneer scout who failed pig farming but plans to reinvest from pig sales to buy thoroughbred stock.
In a casual parlor visit, a big sister and a guest discuss who called as Bobby’s chum arrives. A foil about the guinea pig signals playful misdirection while a blur of quirky dialogues unfolds.
A collage of overheard quips and abrupt captions unfolds a humor page. The chatter touches on wedding notices, poems, hunting jokes, and a landlord’s blunt line about tenants, with banter about literature and fashion.
An ad touts Pape's Diapepsin as the fastest remedy for acidity gas and indigestion with immediate relief. Mentions low cost and global popularity. Also references radio compulsory equipment on cargo ships and Halls Catarrh Medicine offering systemic benefits. Notes Mississippi level changes with a fixed level ship canal and harbor for New Orleans.
A garbled OCR fragment recalls a long ago mill drama from boyhood days and a bedroom farce that drove someone to the wall. The text is incomplete and difficult to parse but hints at theater or local dramatic events with scattered phrases.
An old advertisement promotes GOLD MEDAL as a cure for kidney and urinary tract issues. It claims the remedy clears poisons, soothes inflamed tissues, and restores health, warning against imitations and urging buyers to look for the GOLD MEDAL name on the box.
Nell-I jokes about liking a man who will take her along as Belle agrees and questions the idea while the two exchange light banter about companionship and travel.
An old advertisement extols Boschee's Syrup for coughs colds and lung troubles claiming it aids rest and morning expectoration. The copy notes influenza mortality and mentions Diamond Shoes and a ball in Pi, reflecting era branding and social scenes.
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