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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1920
Page
3
Through an association with American newspapers the Roanoke Rapids Herald features photographs by about two hundred photographers. More than one hundred serve with armies and navies of warring nations. The best and most interesting images will be reproduced weekly for Herald readers.
Miss Pauline Goldmark leads the United States railroad administration women service, securing equal pay and preferable placement for women in wartime and postwar rail work. Admirals in history notes the creation of rear admiral in 1862, Dewey’s 1898 honor, and the French and English adoption of the title from medieval times.
Nerve specialists state that paralysis can be detected early by examining the thumbs. The thumb shows signs long before any other part of the body exhibits the disease, allowing prompt assessment of potential paralysis.
Mile Bertrand, daughter of General Bertrand, recalls Napoleon’s aversion to tobacco. She notes he detested snuff and tobacco, except once when he flung away an amber tube and shouted. He used a brown sugar and powder mixture for indigestion, kept in his waistcoat, and sometimes snuck a pinch to his nostrils.
A memorial at Chirons Montreux honors Allied soldiers who died during internment in Switzerland. The monument, unveiled recently, was attended by diplomatic representatives. A French cock rests atop a square pillar bearing Pro Patria 1914 119 inscriptions, with a plaque showing the Tri-color pressed to its lips.
The piece notes Traveler's Joy or Clematis vitalba as a prominent hedgerow plant in England with an old European presence before East Asian varieties. It highlights the French term vierne and a rich catalog of popular names, including composite forms like hirhe ad hon Dieu, chevoux de la Vierge, and consolation des voyageurs, as cited by Remy de Gourmont in Esthetique de la Frontaise.
The article discusses curious remedies for rheumatism with focus on the bee sting cure. It notes the origin in the Tale of Malta where accidental stings supposedly rendered people immune to rheumatism and mentions writers’ attempts to verify such cures.
State officers conducted a wide campaign of arrests catching two hundred suspects described as Reds. The raids targeted suspected Communist sympathizers and occurred across multiple counties, signaling a broad crackdown during the period.
Chicago raids led to arrests of 200 or more industrial workers. State's Attorney Maclay Hoyne attacked Attorney General Palmer for DOJ noncooperation after receiving Palmer’s letter. Hoyne accused Palmer of petty politics and pussyfoot policy. Edward Brennan of the DOJ declined to comment.
Washington lawmakers push toward a peace treaty compromise but Article Ten remains the central obstacle for both Republican and Democratic senators. The stalemate centers on how the article constrains sovereignty and U.S. obligations in world affairs, delaying agreement.
In Baltimore financial circles Franklin K. Lane, secretary of the interior, is expected to replace Edwin Warfield as president of the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland after Warfield’s resignation. The move would place Lane as a leading figure in Maryland banking and public finance.
Rev Charles M Sheldon renowned preacher and author of In His Steps becomes editor of the Christian Herald after serving since 1889 as pastor of the Central Congregational Church in Topeka Kansas. The novel In His Steps has sold about 10 000 000 copies.
Tuskegee University records department reports 82 lynchings in 1919, with 77 in the South and five in the North and West. The figure exceeds 1918’s 64 by 18 in a year marked by racial violence across regions.
Secretary Alexander of the commerce department predicts a record year for 1919 with a trade balance near four billion dollars. He cites a postwar boom including a large merchant fleet, new industries and expanded knowledge of U S resources as assets gained from wartime experience.
Raleigh reports North Carolina's record wealth at year end with $6,000,000,000 in taxable property, $600,000,000 in crops, $400,000,000 in banking resources, and $200,000,000,000 in government securities. Tax experts estimate revaluing all property could yield about a 60 percent gain.
Washington. President Wilson signed the McNary bill renewing the United States sugar equalization board through 1920. The signature was attached before midnight. Secretary Tumulty said the bill confers discretion on the president in purchasing sugar from Cuba.
The article notes potential substantial price cuts on women's clothing in New York. Predictions from a Fifth Avenue milliner and dressmaker suggest altered fashion trends, including no stockings, extremely short dresses, no sleeves, and sandals as new styles.
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