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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1921
Page
4
Roanoke Rapids Herald notes open season for resolutions and reflections on 1921 and 1922. Includes editorials on gas prohibition, Debs clemency, submarine warfare, and wartime policies. snippets on social pretenses and personal fortunes amid changing times.
Lord Lee’s plea to abolition of the submarine drew praise from Secretary Hughes and foreign delegates. Hughes hailed the argument as powerful as he opened the conference, while Britain offered to sink submarines to prove good faith amid wartime memories.
In a Winnipeg Post piece, two men mock impersonating a police officer. They joke about sneaking where unwelcome and mention a man charged with pretending to be a cop, reflecting local attitudes toward law enforcement.
A public auction will be held at the Halifax court house door at ten o clock A M on December 6 1922 for cash to the highest bidder the real estate of Howard Browning estate described in the old Bacon Road area near Littleton including lot No 1 in division No 2 and part of Sam Hi Place in Halifax County N C The sale is conducted by the Clerk of the Superior Court of Warren County acting as executor and attorney in fact for the estate Sam Hardy Frank Harris Mra John Williams executor and S G Daniel attorney for the executor announce the boundary description and survey notes from E Foster and record the property as part of Littleton Township in Halifax County with the stated acreage of forty six and one half acres more or less
Trustee sale of land under a deed of trust by S M Paige due to default. At the request of holders of the indebtedness the property will be sold at public auction at 12 M on Monday January 9 1922 at the Court House Door in Halifax North Carolina for cash.
The document records a property line description in the Liingand and Sangoalae area near Hall, detailing a loop from a corner to Dobbe Street, Owens Estate, and a stake in the Hotel tract. The December 1921 note names P Fippen as registrar or witness amid tax or survey reference.
Marvin St and John S report a man named Colling, unemployed and penniless, answers a newspaper ad for a “clean cut” worker and scouts a hopeful future. He rides the subway downtown, notices a girl with light brown hair and eyes. she briefly meets his gaze as he sits strapped in the car.
One person in the world, Walter Lane, believed breaking a mirror brought bad luck. He toppled an eighty six by sixteen foot plate glass mirror from Richland & Co, a premier city firm, when preparing it for delivery after a frame stumbled.
A clipped paragraph notes practical attire for women to shield complexions from sun and to avoid recognition while outdoors. It mentions Herbert Howells scheduled to sing next Sunday at the Presbyterian church during the morning service and a brief musical reference to Oh Lord Have Mercy.
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