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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1915
Page
2
The Roanoke Rapids Herald highlights Chautauqua funding by local citizens, praises community effort, and comments on wartime context. It notes post office earnings rising, plans for new county maps, and applies local color to national events. The piece mixes editorials with business and civic notes.
The States editors rode the Mount Mitchell railway ascent last Friday, praising North Carolina’s Land of the Sky. The climb from Mitchell’s Ridge to the summit spans about a mile with a three hour panorama of Grandfather Mountain Baldy Craggy Dome and the Smokies, culminating in a view described as sublime and incomparable to Alps.
The text notes California covers 158,297 square miles and is about equal in size to the combined areas of Roumania, Bulgaria, Servia, Albania, Montenegro, Belgium, and Turkey in Europe, illustrating state size relative to multiple countries.
A witty exchange in Puck magazine weighs golf and bowling, suggesting bowling’s edge when golf players face long distances to reach a bar. The joke frames bowling as the more convenient sport in certain moments, reflecting light sporting banter of the era.
The merchant promotes a wide range of hot weather merchandise including shirts, ties, hosiery, underwear, hats, and shoes in Palm Beach cloth and London Shrink. Emphasizes frequent orders to refresh assortments and offers items for men women and children suitable for sultry days.
We are exclusive agents in this Township for the John Z. Lewis products. These Leads and Oils are known the country over for their superior quality.
By deed of trust dated April 28 1914 to me as trustee N V Davis and at note holders request the property will be sold at public auction on Monday August 2 1915 at twelve noon in front of the Halifax County Courthouse for cash. The tract lies in Halifax County South Weldon fronting Cemetery Road fifty one feet and extending back between parallel lines to lot No 9 as per Ed Z Clark plot for Southern Investors Realty Co recorded in the Halifax Register of Deeds. A L Clark trustee.
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