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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1918
Page
10
The article explains Swift & Company pays farmers over 5000 dollars per minute for live stock during trading hours, totaling about 300,000 dollars an hour and nearly 2 million dollars a day. It notes the company keeps about 250 million dollars tied up in goods and receivables while turning livestock into meat at a tiny fraction of 4 cents per pound profit.
Jenkins slips in a store chase after a dollar found on the floor near his foot. While a clerk extols a famous liquid glue, he drops a glove to grasp the coin but flees as the salesman approaches. The odd episode unfolds amid varied ads and short notices.
The United States Department of Agriculture reports highways built for normal loads now struggle under freight demands. Rail congestion shifts burden to roads as trucks increase from light units to heavy, 8 to 12 ton loads at up to 20 mph. Officials urge revisions to regulations balancing costs for builders and users.
The article emphasizes surface repairs over drainage, warns heavy lumber loads undo weeks of work, and suggests farmers drag roads in front of their farms. It mentions winter work for horses and neighbor cooperation for road repairs, plus notes on brood sow value and hen laying during molt.
A collage of humorous exchanges and wry asides unfolds with William and Ma debating madder than March hares and kelad soup, a patter of faces like Senator Sorghum and a jog of fables from Injustice of Things and Burton's Confession.
The piece argues that paving roads and maintaining surfaces costs money but pays for itself through higher land values and better marketing. Poor roads are costly in the long run, likened to shoddy goods bought on installments that wear out before full payment, continuing a cycle of losses.
The column recounts Edltor Edward Bok's criticism of London temptations affecting American soldiers, with George Cohan quipping not to take Bok too seriously. It touches on theatre satire, a playful Savoy anecdote about Capt. Bobby Gunn, and a note on Castoria and Philippine sugar production figures from 1914 to 1919.
An old advertisement offers $100 for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. It claims internal intake by blood action on mucous surfaces and credits F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo for over forty years of sale. The closing line notes gratitude for mercies.
An old remedy ad extols Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules to relieve backache urinary symptoms and fatigue. It claims the oil penetrates kidneys, fights infection, and restores vigor within 24 hours with a money back guarantee, urging continued use to prevent future attacks.
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