Local Merchants to Hear NC Merchants Assoc Leader
Mr. J Paul Leonard Secretary of the North Carolina Merchants Association will address the Roanoke Rapids Merchants Association on Wednesday evening January 12. A smoker or Dutch supper may follow the talk with final plans pending.
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Roanoke Rapids
J. Paul Leonard
Leonard
North Carolina Merchants] Association
North Carolina Merchants Association
Local Merchants Association
Vaughan Johnson Matrimony Ties Roanoke Rapids Couple
Mrs Maddie L Vaughan and Mr Johnson were joined in marriage by the Christian Minister at Rev R L Toppings home on Carolina Avenue. Both reside in Roanoke Rapids and friends wish them a long happy life together at their home here.
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R.L. Topping
Carolina Avenue
Maddie L. "Vaughan
Mr. Johnson
Roanoke Rapids
Five Government Savings Securities Offered by Post Offices and Banks
The United States Treasury announces five government savings securities available through post offices and banks. Offerings include the $1 Treasury Savings Stamp and $25 Treasury Savings Certificate, plus existing $2 six-cent Thrift Stamp $5 War Savings Stamp and $100 $1000 Treasury Savings Certificates. The $1 and 25-cent stamps are non interest bearing and aimed at small savers. The $5 stamp costs $4.12 in January and gains value monthly. The January price of the $25 Certificate is $20.50 with a 5-cent monthly increase. the $100 Certificate costs $82.40 with a 20-cent monthly rise. The Treasury hopes 1921 sales will exceed recent years, with the $1 issue targeted at schoolchildren and school savings societies popular in the district.
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United States
Treasury Department
Treasury
United States Treasury
Washington
Christmas Eve Prayer With Gods Guiding Hand
A devotional verse by Nannie E. Pigg speaks of God guiding and comforting through hardship and loss. The prayer imagery promises divine help, peace, and gifts of love, urging humility and submission to divine will amid earthly distance.
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Earth
God
Nannie E. Pigg
Powelltown Social Roundup Brims With Visits and Holiday Cheer
Mr. Raymond Whitehead of Ferrum Virginia spent holidays with Robert Merrit. Millard Merrit visits Lexington North Carolina. Frank Merrit with R E Merrit. Philadelphia guests visit Tom Powell. Annie Hockaday of Bolling visits Lottie Hudson. Mary Pearson travels Scotland Neck. T B Turner returns to Philadelphia after visiting his mother. Mary Medlin and Maggie Birdsong in Bolling. Drewy Moody returns from hospital. Mabel Rook of Bolling visits Catherine Etheridge. Iola Gray hosts Christmas party with many friends and gifts. Neltie Williams hosts friends for games and refreshments. All depart about eleven after an evening of fun.
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Mary Robinson
Victoria
Lewis Jones
Richmond
W. H. Grimmer and Son
Petersburg
Louis Grimmer
B. B. Harrison
Littleton
Louise Bain
M. J. Grant
Ella Grant
J. S. Massenburg
Chapel Hill
Sugar
Scotland Neck
Meyer Cohen
Enfield
Max Meyer
Misses Fisher
B. Marks
J. R. Wrenn
Northampton County
Ned Manning
C. A. Wyche
Margaret Ford
Norfolk
W. P. Vaughan
Edwin Denny
Atlanta
F.C. Williams
Franklin
Lula Jackson
Claudia Taylor
Mary Langston
Hartsville S. C
H. H. King
Concord
Lena Rivers Jones
Ethel Leatherwood
St. Augustine
Fla
Hancock
J. T. Chase
L. C. Witherspoon
Salisbury
Catherine Pinner
Suffolk
Mary Traynham Wyche
E. A. Telliga
Chadbourne
Raymond Whitehead
Ferrum
Robert Merrit
Millard Merrit
Lexington
N. C
Frank Merrit
R. E. Merrit
Charlie Powell
Philadelphia
Tom Powell
Annie Hockaday
Bolling
Lottie Hudson
Mary Pearson
Scotland
Mabel Rook
Catherine Etheridge
Iola Gray
Mise Neltie Williams
Ambiguous Proverb Echoes on Financial Discipline and Time
A fragmentary note links spending before earning to consuming today what is to be laid tomorrow. The Boston Trae quote references prudence in resource use and future consequences, but context is unclear.
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Boston
Osteomalacia in Vienna Strains City Hospitals
Francis P. O. Bridgeman reports hundreds of osteomalacia cases among Vienna children at Mariahilf and Meidling hospitals amid food shortages. Cod liver oil helps little. nourishing meals are scarce for poor families living in crowded one room setups. The European Relief Council chaired by Herbert Hoover seeks $33,000,000 to aid three million starving and sick children in Austria and Central Europe ahead of the 1921 harvest.
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Vienna
Mariahill
Francis P. O. Bridgeman
London Daily Herald
Mr. Bridgeman
Austria
Children’s Hospital
Meidling
Mariahilf
European Relief Council
Herbert Hoover
Broadway
Europe
Hollister Celebrates Christmas with Santa Visit and Community Tree
Hollister held a December 21 gathering at the school house where Santa Claus distributed candy fruits and gifts to over 200 children. A Christmas operetta by grades three to five delighted the crowd of about 400 as Mr. John M. Gibbs led singing and presented teachers with gifts from the Lumber Co. authorities.
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Hollister
Santa Claus
John M. Gibbs
Death of Six Months Old Mary Louise Taylor
The baby daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Taylor died Tuesday after a long illness with heart complications. Mr. Taylor was in Charlotte when it occurred but learned of the death Wednesday. Interment took place Thursday at Oxford.
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A. L. Taylor
Mary Louise
Lost Art of Meditation and church services schedule
Churches announce weekly programs with 11 a.m. and 7 30 p m services. The Lost Art of Meditation at 7 30 p m. Record of Life Sunday School at 9 45 a m. Start the new year by attending all services next Sunday. Friday at 7 30 p m Song and Praise replaces Wednesday night prayer service.
Fragmentary oblique tale of a cat and neighbor news
A damaged fragment describes a woman fond of a pet cat and a 10 year old cat long in getting a young kitten to a place, with a neighbor reporting gravely to his mother that the woman was smarting, cupihae ont.
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Can
Duties at Aid-de-Camp in Civil War Era
An aid de camp served on a general's staff assisting the commander and acting as adjutant general by necessity. The aide attended the late secretary Tony Boyd on special military duty and carried out varied tasks during the Civil War era.
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Tony Bo
Farmers Short Course to Open on January 20
The State College of Agriculture in West Raleigh will run a two week short course in agriculture starting January 20. Dean Williams notes the intensely practical program aims to help farmers prepare for next year, with topics including crops, fruit and vegetable growing, pruning and spraying, dairying, livestock, poultry, fertilizers, farm manure, gas engines and tractors. County agents urged to promote attendance as farming work slows.
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State College of Agriculture
West Raleigh
Dean Williams
Pretty Roanoke wedding of Pattie Bain and Dr J Cecil Crank
Miss Pattie Bain daughter of Mr and Mrs A L Bain married Dr J Cecil Crank of Drs West and Crank in a ceremony held early Saturday morning December 18 officiated by Rev Stanley White. The bride wore a blue going away gown and the couple planned a Virginia honeymoon before taking rooms with Mr and Mrs Louis Grimmer.
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Pattie Bain
A. L. Bain
J. Cecil Crank
West
Crank
Stanley White
First Presbyterian Church
Dr. Crank
Virginia
Spirit of the Water superstition in West Africa observed
The fragment describes locals in West Africa who crouch by streams and converse with the Spirit of the Water. It notes travelers risk charm exposure and potential punishment with bamboo hammers and ritual traps affecting the victim based on the injured animal part.
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Africa
Holiday Auto Accidents Reported Near Town
Two crashes occurred during the Holidays. John Conner in his Ford collided with a truck between town and the river injuring himself and a passenger who was hospitalized. On Christmas Eve Harri son driver of his father’s car lost steering near Mr C A Wyche’s Weldon road pole, car fell on its side striking a mule and buggy. rear passenger Waverly Ivey fractured a leg and was taken to Roanoke Rapids Hospital for treatment.
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John Conner
Conner
Harrison
C. A. Wyche
Weldon Road
Waverly Ivey
Ivey
Roanoke Rapids Hospital
Christian Church Con Test Draws Close In January
The Christian Church Gleams The White and Orange contest for Sunday School ends on the fourth Sunday in January with a social planned for the end of the contest. The white side leads 74 to unknown. New pledges are being secured for 1921. Christmas exercises on Christmas Eve at Rosemary Opera House were praised. The church plans more intensive work and reports progress, noting it is the third largest Christian Church in North Carolina and the largest in Halifax County. The pastor received Christmas presents but names are not listed.
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Misa Lucy Taylor
Rosemary Opera House
North Carolina
Halifax County
Roanoke Rapids Power and Miller Company Compliment
A town note praises two major enterprises Roanoke Rapids Power Company and Roanoke Miller Company for maintaining steady rates since 1914 and continuing wage increases as living costs rose. The author asserts pride in these firms for supporting patrons and workers during high priced times and inflation.
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Roanoke Rapids Power Company
Roanoke Miller Company
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