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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1938
Page
19
This piece celebrates bananas as versatile fruit, outlining ripeness stages from green to freckled ripe. It advises no refrigeration and offers simple uses such as fresh slices, desserts, and a kid friendly banana soup fountain drink recipe using a ripe banana, milk, and optional ice cream.
Halifax County records list numerous land transfers recorded by Register of Deeds M. H. Mitchell. Transactions include Warren to Dickens in Faucett township and multiple deeds involving Butterwood Enfield and Brinkleyville townships with listed monetary considerations. Several tracts and lots change hands among individuals and companies including Halifax Paper Co and Bank interests.
The Pitts Theatre in Emporia presents The Great Garrick a satirical comedy starring Brian Aherne Olivia de Havilland and Edward Everett Horton with a comedy and cartoon. Next up Frivolities of 1938 on Monday January 31 with singers dancers swing band and chorus of beautiful girls. On screen Change of Heart stars Gloria Stuart Michael Whalen and Jane Darwell. Tuesday and Wednesday February 12 Loretta Young Warner Baxter and Virginia Bruce in Wife Doctor and Nurse. Thursday February 3 Ann Sheridan and Barton McLane star in Wine Women and Horses a race track romance. Friday February 4 Tim McCoy appears in The Lions Den with short subjects.
A series of real estate deeds recorded includes Jos Pippen trustee conveying to O L Currin a Littleton lot for 550 dollars and various other transfers in Roanoke Rapids Enfield Weldon Palmyra Brinkleyville and Brinkleyville townships with prices ranging from 66 to 1250 dollars. Several families named Whitaker Harrison and Higgs appear among buyers and sellers.
Land transactions show multiple transfers with named grantees and sellers in Brinkleyville Palmyra Enfield Scotland Neck Butterwood Weldon Faucett and Faucett townships. Considerations range from 25 to 1000 dollars with parties including nis A Rose Maurice R Whitaker and the Davidson Corporation among others.
An advertisement urges women to take Cardui for menstrual cramps and functional pain. It claims thousands testify to its effectiveness and notes Cardui is a vegetable medicine available at drug stores for home use.
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