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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1917
Page
7
Roanoke Rapids edition notes World War I headlines and local health updates. It mentions Kerensky’s resignation signals, Venizelos politics, shortages, and farm boosts. Northampton hires a full time County Health Officer. Halifax lags. A war-tall slogan Hoe for Carolina inspires crop plans and food production. Gentle world news mixed with local notices and advertisements.
Business men across North Carolina and Massachusetts oppose a bill taxing all corporations and industries to fund the war effort. Mass meetings are planned, including in Raleigh on Thursday, July 26, to discuss action and raise opposition to the proposed plan that would burden the region indefinitely.
A garbled 1918 era excerpt questions why a bill should be enacted into law. It contrasts supposed corporate excess with calls for honesty and patriotism, criticizing portraying it as sedred crime of Patriotism and urging scrutiny of wartime measures.
A caustic, grandiloquent wartime manifesto extols democracy against autocracy. It links Allied nations and oppressed peoples, calling on freedom loving citizens to uphold justice, humanity, and civilization, invoking Lexington as a symbolic sacred vow.
Frank J Cheney signs an oath asserting a bond and payment of RED DOLLARS per group. The notarization occurs in December before A W Gleass and involves personal attendance. Blood of the mucous surfaces is mentioned in a questionable testimony statement.
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