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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1920
Page
3
Bryce Cardigan and Shirley Sumner plot to thwart Pennington using a legal restraining order and a forged crossing crisis. Oxtivy reports Mac the ex-foreman’s reform, while the duo celebrate a victory, anticipating a legal trap that could derail their rivals.
In a tense frontier tale Jules Rondeau rebels against Sexton as a marshal and crew clash over Laguna Grande crossing. Cardigan seizes control, Rondeau renounces the woods war, and a wrecking effort restores passage while Sumner faces a director’s showdown over Laguna Grande stock and management.
Crew works from dawn to noon using a wrecking car derrick to move a discarded boiler and heavy castings off the Laguna Grande crossing. Bryce Cardigan and Huck Oxtivy offer tips while Jules Rondeau quietly observes, exchanging a wary wink with Bryce amid a tense atmosphere.
Colonel Pennington endures a severe setback as Bryce Cardigan steals his thunder in San Francisco. On Toeaday he returns to Seanoia and learns from Soxton of recent events, while Miss Sumner orders a special Laguna Grande board meeting at two this afternoon despite bylaws requiring written notice to directors.
Fragmented essay excerpts discuss history teaching moral insight rather than mere spectacle. It cites Thucydides, Polybius, Victor Cousin and emphasizes prudence, courage, wisdom, and the enduring bond of friendship as a guiding force through separation and sacrifice, concluding with love as an indestructible element.
The first full report on the Rachel and Wake County study shows North Carolina has had nine capitals: Bath Eden Brunswick Filmington Newborn Allisboro Smithfield Fayetteville and Raleigh. The pattern arose from pre 1791 practice of moving government seats to the residence or temporary assembly meeting place.
The famed emperor Charles V, renowned for rulership, trusted in women's governance by appointing three successive regents in the Netherlands. It reflects a view of intellectual farming where his sentiments were borrowed.
New York report details a wild drunken ride ending when a car overturned on Old Mill Road Queens Boulevard. A girl named Helen died as bystanders fought flames and two other passengers fled. Wristwatch fused by heat, burning debris, and scattered papers marked the grisly scene near Ridgewood.
Investigators describe a nameless young woman found buried in a graveyard area near Manchester Ore after three smiles from the location. She wore a wig and was taken in for care, later placed aboard a deserted timeboat near Meath. three Red Cross workers report her inability to identify herself and her final refusals to reveal details of her fate. She died ten days later with no further statements.
In Lawrenceburg Indiana William Carder, a boy, faced a large catfish in a brickyard after an overflow. His father John Carder intervened to protect him. The catfish was discovered later, presumably left by the overflow. Bandits robbed a craps game in a store, escaping with cash estimated between six and fifteen thousand dollars.
A public letter from William G. McAdoo appeals to all labor organizations to unite and energetically oppose the re establishment of reaction in America. Dated June 17, it replies to John J. Munholland of the Metal Trades Council of New York, who noted 145,000 wage earners backing McAdoo as the Democratic Party’s best presidential candidate. The letter thanks Munholland for the endorsement and argues that human rights must prevail over property rights within proper limits.
The Tennessee Legislature will convene an extra session on August 9 to address the ratification of the federal suffrage amendment. The announcement was made at the capitol, noting the session’s purpose and timing.
Mexico City The council of spi cere has declared a strike to be called within 72 hours and to involve 18 000 workers employed in 30 mills in the federal district and the State of Mexico 10 says The Universal.
Minneapolis flour dropped 30 to 50 cents a barrel at the mills here due to a sharp break in the wheat market. Quotations at one unit for family patents were lowered to $18.00 from $14.00 a barrel.
A report from Stockholm via Helsing patch states that about 100 prisoners of war from Britain Austria Germany and Finland perished when a Bolshevik steamer was sunk in the Neva River during wartime. The dispatch notes this incident as recently occurred with confirmation still pending.
New York delegates to the International Suffrage Alliance Congress in Geneva last month returned aboard the steamship Lafayette led by Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt national head of the National Woman Suffrage Association and Mrs. Josephus Daniels wife of the secretary of the navy.
Torrington Wyoming officials clash with Nebraska authorities over jurisdiction after the body of Frank Case is found with a bullet wound at the Wyoming Nebraska state line. The head lies in Wyoming while the lower body is in Nebraska, making official determination of cause of death uncertain.
President Wilson seeks a leader to push the woman suffrage amendment in the North Carolina legislature. Letters are being sent to Democratic leaders to identify a suitable figure to champion the cause when the session opens next month.
Berlin reports Chancellor Konstantin Pehrenbach presented the new German government's program in the Reichstag. He stated Germany, having accepted the Versailles treaty, will seek modifications through external policies and fulfill its obligations while opponents resist changes.
Boston reports the charter provides capital stock totaling sixty million dollars, with Liggetta Internsional Hime Ited Inc named as a leading holding company. The company is authorized to engage in diverse sectors from drug lines to manufacturing and real estate, backed by the largest authorized amount in the state.
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