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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1917
Page
3
Dodson's Liver Tone is advertised as a safe, vegetable liver remedy that replaces calomel. The pitch claims calomel is mercury, causes nausea, cramps, and weakness, while Liver Tone will cleanse the bowels, improve liver function, and keep the family feeling well with a pleasant taste.
An advertisement for King’s Business College, Raleigh and Charlotte, promotes shorthand, typewriting, and English courses aimed at business employment. It highlights catalog availability and says graduates are in demand. A newspaper clipping also mentions a Washington Star item about rich families hiring youths as farm workers to dodge the draft, with government agents investigating cases in Newtown, Flushing, and Great Neck.
A Watttsville Mississippi store report extols Kilmer and Co Swamp Root noting favorable customer experiences with kidney liver and bladder ailments. A physician believer is cited and readers are urged to obtain a sample by sending ten cents plus paper mention.
General tonic claims quinine content and malaria-fighting properties. Advertises Grove's Tasteless Tonic and Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills as liver and bowels aids. Includes promotional lines about malarial relief and blood enrichment.
A frugal beauty tip offers a lemon lotion crafted from three ounces of orchard white and two lemons to yield a quarter pint. Strain juice to remove pulp for month-long freshness, then massage daily on face and hands to bleach freckles and tan while softening skin.
Dr Robert Huey, a leading amateur rosarian, lists top roses by class for climate. The wichuriana climbers include Dor othy Perkins Reine Marie Henriette Christine Wright Excelsa Gardenia Hiawatha Dr Van Fleet and Elisa Robiehou. Hybrid ten choices favor vigorous hybrids like Antoinetty Clare Jee Goorlaere Chrisscollin Mrs MaccKellar Dorothy & Roberts Duchess of Wellington General Mac Arthur Grace Molyneux Gustav Gru nerwald George C Wand Joseph Hil Killarney Yonkheer J L Mack Honor able Ton Bingham Laurent Carle Lyon Tose Madame Jules Bonehe Madame Jules Grolex Madame Marie de Luze Ophelia My Maryland Robert Huey Pharisal Prince de Bulgarte Souvenir de President Carnot Willowmere Mrs Aaron Ward Madame Segend Weber Mary Countess of Ilchester and Mrs Harold Brocklebank. For hybrid perpetuals the standard June rose, Huey recommends Frau Karl Drusegka Suzanne Marie Rodocanachi Mrs George Dickson Capt Hayward Ulrich Brunner Oskar Cordet Mia John Laing and Baroness Rothschild.
The peony thrives in decent soil and resists pests with ease. Plant with the crown about three inches below surface in a well trained area, mark the spot, and plant in spring or best in September or October. Propagate by dividing fleshy roots, each with a bud, and use bone meal after bloom if growth is weak.
Practical autumn guidance for flower beds and all year planting. Choose bulbs early to secure best colors for unoccupied beds and expect spring blooms before snow. Plant sweet peas in November for next year. Fertilizer notes compare fresh and rotted manure. Roses need rich firm soil with well rotted manure. Viola cornuta purpurea resembles blue violet and suits cut flowers. Maintain manure, soil, and repair containers for rainy days.
To remove a perennial like horseradish, spread fresh manure over the bed and leave it until late spring. This method also helps destroy clumps of poison ivy. For overgrown cucumbers, slice crosswise into inch thick sections, soak in salt water for a few hours, then use in sweet pickles.
The best plant for daily table decoration is the asparagus plumosus with dense foliage and easy care. Poppies in a glass bowl create beautiful centerpieces while the plant thrives in garden loam and sand mix with moderate watering. Sunlight not essential, shower weekly, nip ends for spread, and avoid red spider damage.
The national council of the Boy Scouts of America coordinates with the Treasury and Government Printing Office to print and distribute Liberty Loan circulars. James West and Colin Livingstone pledge enthusiastic support as 300000 men and boys nationwide target 10 million homes and 11 million bonds.
A psychologist notes boys weed gardens and then play hard in games, showing endurance from base hits and fishing. The piece argues that a camp routine with reveille, spirited matches, and planned competition builds teamwork beyond sermons or scolding, even in dispersed troops.
Milwaukee Boy Scouts completed an active drive to promote fresh air usage. They handed pamphlets, spoke to neighbors, and pledged to encourage residents to air their homes. Fathers walked to work and many windows were opened, while a show review ends with a joke about a dance and drum.
A fragmentary dialogue captures a mother and child exchange over a habit. The child explains why a parent was caught smoking again, citing a trivial delay as the cause, reflecting domestic mood and vernacular.
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