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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1924
Page
4
Fragmentary report mentions Mellon tax plan and a subscription scheme for a hotel by Codboro. It references a campaign against a moral issue and a political note about action being "Yought out" if fit is not taken. The fragmentary source yields uncertain specifics and names.
The item surveys bustling speculation on McAdoo Coolidge La Follette and others as possible 1920 contenders. It notes press agents, horoscopes, and magazine sensationalism shaping public talk while hinting at unlikely names like Dempsey and Chaplin entering the fray.
Bank growth signals local prosperity as financial institutions expand services and deposit bases. Community leaders credit stronger lending, job creation, and urban development with rising bank activity and confidence in future growth.
A local editorial urges Roanoke Rapids to clean up winter litter and promote bank savings. It praises community banking, cites Andrew Carnegie’s model, and calls for volunteers to organize refuse removal and a clean-up week while urging citizens to save and support local farms and mills.
Halifax County notes announce a January 18 boll weevil meeting at 11 o'clock in the Halifax Court House. Speakers will cover soil building, fertilizing, and boll weevil control. The talk urges farmers to repay debts, save cash for fertilizer, and push cash-based farming to protect next year’s crops.
A prominent singer survived a motor car crash and was able to perform the next evening after the incident. The paper noted the recovery and the artist’s prompt return to the stage, underscoring resilience and public interest in the brief injury.
The coast region of the United States has been largely settled, making coastal trade the most extensive in the world. The statement notes that Nike coasts the nuks of good harbors and emphasizes the broad reach of maritime commerce along the coast.
Fragmentary note cites motto E Pluribus Unum from the title page of the Gentlemen's Magazine during the Revolution, mentioning its wide colonial circulation and a fanciful line about a web footed mole needing a single night to dig sufficient space for his hods.
The real name of Pocahontas is Matonka. Pocahontas was a playful nicknamed verb used by Powhatan in talks with the Virginia colonists.
A claim that laundries are unknown in China puzzles observers as many Chinese migrate to America for laundry work. The remark notes a mismatch between assumed prevalence and reported absence in China.
A sharp quote from Horace Walpole criticizes sly uses of knowledge as a form of low cunning. It condemns extracting insight from ordinary scholars and presenting it as rightful discovery while maintaining silence about the source.
Mrs. W. T. Glover of Mill Section testifies in 1918 that kidney and bladder troubles caused headaches, stiffness, and nervousness, but Dean's Kidney Pills gave wonderful relief. She later used the pills again in 1921 and found them still effective. Price 60 cents, Foster Milburn Co. Mfrs Buffalo NY.
An editor reflects on a neglected community area, noting debris from old auto parts, paper cartons, weeds and cans marring the streets. The piece calls for cleaner, more presentable landscaping and orderly greensward despite a brisk day and no signs of spring.
A reflective note on how ignorance persists when a person remains content with limited knowledge, stressing its damaging impact on health and human life throughout history.
A compact aphorism on politeness as a gilded stand in for sincere kindness. It notes that gold’s rarity inspires invention, and that politeness imitates virtue without its substance, a critique attributed to De Levis.
In 1913 the Long Island railroad became the first in the United States to introduce black and white striped gates as a warning device for autoists and others approaching railroad crossings, a standard now widely used.
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