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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1919
Page
3
The Roanoke Rapids Herald features about two hundred photographers worldwide with over a hundred serving in armies and navies. Weekly plates showcase their best images for Herald readers, highlighting cooperation with multiple partner outlets as part of the world wide coverage.
The Marysville Times reports on a young American soldier from East Pittsburgh, fourteen year old Hier Goyer of the 318th Infantry who aided in delivering a vital message under fire and was wounded. Also recounted is Monkey, a California tramp known as Northern California's hobo monkey, seen in Roseville and Marysville before fleeing pursued.
A recent photograph shows British auxiliary patrolmen gathering mines washed ashore by gales. The dangerous task aims to clear all war laid mines from seas. Also notes promotion ceremony for General Pershing and remarks on luminous bacteria and their light production potential.
The Tucker Tool and Machine Company of New York City president Medud 1B Stone answers why he participates in scouting. He cites the scout movement’s impact on his sons and many boys wearing US uniforms, praising its promise kept over seven years and urging others to join and support leadership and duties to God and country.
A former Scouting leader in France notes French Boy Scouts and American messenger boys aided morale. He observes Paris entertainments by scouts, praise for scouting’s impact, and the emergence of Girl Guides in England under Lady Baden-Powell. The Girls Guides grow beyond Boy Scout models with crafts, service, health, and leadership from elite schools.
Scouting activities spread across many towns. Bronx youths collect foil pits for soldiers, Auburn scouts express pride in fire department ties and seek drills, Denver’s J E B Anehingson organizes daily outdoor tests, Conyers scouts display war savings stamps totaling thousands, and Cleveland’s Scout William Kress reports a man washing a window with an American flag leading to police involvement.
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