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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1918
Page
2
An old advertisement promotes California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for babies and children. It claims quick relief from biliousness and constipation with a tasty dose, urging mothers to use it and to insist on the genuine product from the California Fig Syrup Company.
A garbled OCR passage mixes words about a professor, a young lady, and a confusing chase or encounter. The text includes stray phrases and misread names, creating a fragmented snapshot of an accidental or tense moment without clear participants or outcome.
Stilted ad text touts a miracle Kidney cure with Haskier Oil and mineral supplements. The pitch promises rapid relief from Bright's disease and kidney issues, urging daily use and implying a guaranteed cure despite vague, non verifiable claims and sales language.
Fragmentary OCR recounts a speaker referencing ethics and justice with garbled phrases about a horse and a forest scene. The passage names Senator Thetis of Colorado and mentions a crowd hearing a disjointed, possibly political discourse.
A garbled ad fragment touts a cure for facial spots and blemishes claiming strength from natural compounds. It urges readers to try a product named OCAE and promises rapid fading of skin flaws while preserving youth. It ends with an unsigned note about a two week incident and a troubling personal confession.
An advertising notice reports Granulated Eyetide as a remedy for granulated eyelids and inflamed eyes, claiming overnight replay by Roman Eye Balsam and a single trial proving merit. It ends with a cynical line on health and wealth, referencing physicians and undertakers.
Arthur Gay Empey, living in Jersey City, travels to England to enlist in the British army. After training he fights in frontline trenches and serves as trench digger and on an observation post. He later writes and stages a successful play about his war experiences.
The narrator and unit travel by lorry and train to billets then Blighty but orders cancel leave. In the return journey misery, seven of forty-one may lose chances. later the brigade takes trenches where heavy shelling and brutal fighting test endurance. A grim scene of dugouts, bodies, and the muddy chaos of war unfolds.
A WW I veteran recounts six brutal days in a French trench, describing German counterattacks, heavy losses, and the unburied dead. He recalls a comrade cutting off a severed foot with a chain saw while the rat-infested corpseyard loomed, and notes the contrasting civilian view of corpses. The narrative ends with orders to rest in reserve billets after the engagement.
Tyler Dennett recalls Carl Crow’s Tokyo encounter and his country guidebook says missionaries know China best. Crow notes his book is largely a compilation from missionaries, who truly understand the country beyond temples and bazaars.
The narrator recalls harsh discipline in the Beiish army with many rules to break and severe punishments. Deser tion cowardice mutiny information to the enemy rape coercion and striking a superior are cited as crimes. The worst punishment is death by firing squad or wall.
The article describes how Empey and fellow soldiers employ their machine guns in various tricks to harry German troops. The next installment promises details on how the German gunners are equipped and used.
Asimone Vontamer recounts a strange incident where his wife enjoyed a lively night while two intruders crawled from boxes. He recalls searching for matches as both slept atop the bed canopy, fearing alligators and boy-constrictors might wake them.
A guide describes simple paper activities for young children using torn newspaper to make shapes such as tents chairs and tables. It notes that children grow into more complex crafts while the present and future generations remain less visible, and comments on the missionary role for tourists seeking local language and explanations.
A long transcription of a speech invoking liberty for all, urging a final settlement and no compromise. It contrasts free peoples against autocratic powers, cites Washington, and frames the struggle for enduring peace as a universal duty. The speaker names Russia and Prussia as targets of the era’s upheavals and emphasizes united action for a just settlement.
Engraving plant ready for October campaign. Fourth Liberty loan bonds identical to third issue with space for final terms. Three shifts of workers including many women and girls produce the bonds.
Washington reports June ship production in the United States reached 1,804,070 deadweight tons, a rate of 3,364,900 tons per year and near the world record. Six ships totaling 24,480 tons were delivered in the first week, ten more at 64,792 tons in the second, and five ships totaling 61,200 tons in the third week, marking a continued surge in wartime tonnage. The message from General at the front cheers shipyards home, praising Allied effort and warning the enemy.
London reports severe fruit shortages with cherries selling up to 88 cents a pound and bananas 8 to 10 cents each. Hothouse grapes cost 88 cents to $1.50 per four pounds, while dates apples oranges raspberries strawberries are scarce or unobtainable.
Mrs Shaw of Portsmouth Ohio describes irregularities pains and fatigue from kidney issues and household duties. She credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with restoring her health and urges other women to seek the remedy. The letter promotes the company in Lynn Massachusetts offering forty years of experience.
A clipped, era-tinged reflection on selfesteem and judgment cites misheard remarks by Mise Cayenne and Miggins. The piece notes a warinduced shift toward studying foods and values, while warning excessive selfconfidence may cloud good judgment.
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