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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1921
Page
7
A column stresses self control and harmony over discordant acts to advance in any field. It urges planning each day, avoiding irritability, and organizing tasks like a budget to gain efficiency and move toward better positions.
Poetic verse urges leaving regrets behind and seeking opportunity in the New Year. It extols turning toward the East, greeting morning light, and pursuing untried seas of opportunity. Time closes the old year while the East promises fortune and a new day.
A writer argues that progress requires not only hard work but planned, systematic effort. He advocates budgeting time for tasks, prioritizing order of actions, and setting a clear plan before starting to maximize daily results.
A mixed content item from a 1931 Western Newspaper Union source includes bread making instructions for an ideal loaf using a sponge method and yeast notes, plus sporadic palmistry observations about lines on the hand and brain power. The piece weaves culinary guidance with occult readings in a single fragment.
Fragmentary text discusses lines and shapes on the hand and forefinger, noting trustworthiness and kindness as essential clerical traits. It mentions a concave inside thumb shape and hints at heaven and logic guiding the minister, with garbled wording throughout.
Poem fragment urging resilience and optimism, noting mankind’s erect stance and daily chances for new beginnings despite rough times. The text mentions prizes in the world and the inevitability of troubles.
Lorne W Barclay national director of education, Knight of the Legion of Honor, reports closing French scout camps and cheering. Forty boys await American troop adoption at twenty five dollars each. Contributions to American Committee for Devastated France 16 East 39th Street New York City.
Thirteen Rome scouts formed an Archery club crafting bows and arrows. A Manhattan troop showcased old English yew bows in a sportsman show. Archery aids training in accuracy and coordination. In Breckardus Montana twenty eight boys organize as mounted scouts. Troop 12 Wilkes Barre Pa studies forestry with an expert forester. twenty five members are forest guides dedicated to wildlife conservation and fire prevention.
President Harding commends the Boy Scouts, praising the movement for fostering democracy through equal opportunity. He lauds Sam and the scouts for merit, cooperation, fair play, gentleness, and peaceful growth over disruption and selfishness.
The First Presbyterian Church of Orange New Jersey unveiled a memorial window for Rev Dr Charles Townsend longtime pastor and founder of the church scouts. It uniquely features the Boy Scout insignia and depicts Christ feeding the multitude with a scout designed loaves and fishes scene, reflecting Townsend’s sermon.
Rev James Burns president of the University of Notre Dame endorses Boy Scout movement. He notes Catholic leadership fosters kindness obedience and reverence and pledges practical support to establish two scout troops within the university.
Scout activities include saving Bessie Love's Laurel Canyon house from fire. A camp questionnaire reveals boys aim to be better scouts, stand straight, work without grumbling, build good habits, enjoy clean sport, and help in daily life. Yardley scouts plan Saturday brush clearing in an old cemetery. Dagper Troop Tt forms a sanitary squad for school grounds under patrol leaders with the principal directing work.
Recipes and culinary notes from The Kitchen Cabinet feature salt codfish casserole, fish cutlets, molded fish salad, and cookies with varied flavors. Also included are color psychology remarks for interior decor and several baking ideas such as Coffee Sponge Baskets and Nut cookies with spice.
A plea for relief from bore like behavior and theft of time and temper. The piece laments petty thefts such as pocket handkerchiefs and gloves while noting no penalties for those who waste a person’s time and patience, referencing an Irishman who lost his fortune en route to Lord Byron.
Outdoor and indoor fashion shifts from all black to dark blue dominate outfits this season. Sedate tones gain pops of color in evening gowns and wraps, with royal blue and emerald shades appearing in Poiret twill, satin, and chiffon velvet fabrics.
A new fancy dress ornament, the basket lavalliere, features a thin metal basket filled with color enameled flowers or fruits. It hangs on a slender chain as a delicate accessory.
To remove tar from clothes rub butter or lard over the tar, then wash with soap and water. Apply turpentine and wash again for best results.
In cool weather, wool wraps appear as a new accessory. A model wearing a black Canton crepe wrap features a Vege ice Invert trim near the bottom, suggesting a unique finish. The item seems crafted from all available materials and showcases period fashion details.
A recipe states mix equal parts boiled Moxeed and vinegar to clean leather. Shake well and apply a little with a flannel, then rub with a soft cloth to polish the surface.
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