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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1917
Page
6
A historical photo-essay examines soldier footwear and how correctly fitted shoes protect feet. The image shows a nurse or inspector examining a serviceman’s shoe fit, with emphasis on proper sizing and comfort.
The article describes Fry estate history from the eleventh century to the Hapsburg era, a public mill museum on Hempstead Harbor with a 20000 silver mark purchase, and artifacts including Polk’s spinning wheel and a Washington headquarters mantle piece. It notes donors Isaac Hicks and Harold Goodwin and a collection of war trophies, letters, and Revolutionary era items.
The passage surveys early electricity work from Franklin’s kite experiments to 18th century discoveries by Cavendish and others. It notes Volta’s 1804 explanation leading to the voltaic pile and traces the transition to modern electrical developments.
The Gulf Stream is described as a great modern representative of imaginative antiquity. Had it been found 3,000 years ago popular fancy would have made it a sea god like Alpheus, flowing from the Tonian sea to Sibley, rising as Arethusa’s blue fountain. Even today its science preserves the aura of a legend.
Postwar reports describe Russian prisoners of war in Germany aiding reconstruction in East Prussia. About 80 000 homes were damaged last year with over half already rebuilt, using every available acre for agriculture as well. Local notes mention odd anecdotes and early 20th century civic details.
Dispatches from Raleigh report the adjutant general's draft quotas for each North Carolina county based on registrations and credits for men already in service. The list shows county by county numbers such as Alamance 18, Cumberland 158, Wake 178, and others, totaling 15 974 men statewide to be called.
The commission announced a hearing date for freight rate changes is moved to August 20, allowing shippers and railroads more prep time. Georgia trunk lines face similar proposed changes. Also, Gov Bickett pardoned Tax Battle of Cherokee County, a six year prisoner for second degree murder, citing repentance.
A. and E. college summer school will host a five lecture series by Dr. C Alphonso Smith on literary topics including American Literature In Foreign Lands Pop a World Influence Finglish and Scottish Ballads O Henry and others. A war department telegram confirms Judge Albert Cox eligible for colonel of Leid artillery and his appointment will be approved. Secretary grants new charters Meade-Harvey Co Durham Tobacco Manufacturing Co and American Banking Co with listed capitals. Printing contracts awarded to Edwards Broughton and Commercial Printing Company after a state wide revision of printing adjustments.
Insurance Commissioner James R. Young appeals city and county officials across North Carolina to join a nationwide push against preventable fire waste. The effort, backed by President Wilson and the National Board of Fire Underwriters, highlights losses of breadstuffs and machinery worth over $100,000 last year. The fire department offers expert training, electrical inspection, and readiness to assist communities in prevention and fighting fires.
Multiple crashes across Smithfield Raleigh and Charlotte leave two men and a woman dead and several others injured. A Seaboard train struck a car near Raleigh killing three occupants, while a Florida Special hit another car near Smithfield killing two and injuring several. A Southern passenger train derailed at Caldwell's Station, killing a firefighter and a train engineer and injuring others. A spike-removal sabotage incident caused the Caldwell's Station wreck. A proposed giant paper mill near Wilmington could bring a weekly payroll of 13 000 and wood purchases totaling 3 000 weekly.
Enrollment in the Pig Club work rises beyond prior years under J E Moses state agent with about 500 members growing purebreds and 200 rearing litters. Sales profits appear as buyers seek animals, with David Worth adding $18 from two pigs and Bynum Hodgin selling Berkshire stock for $40 while retaining top studs. Banks and organizations have extended nearly $7,600 in club support to assist youths, and member notes remain the primary security.
United States Forest Service official Durham-George N. Lamb and State Forester J. Holmes pace through 46 counties including Weedmont as Union County finishes and Moory awaits timber inventory. A bulletin will estimate county timber. General Leonard Wood to visit Fayetteville after a local committee invitation.
A fatal accident in Hickory claims 13 year old Paul Boyd who lived with J. B. Wilfong. While riding a rye straw wagon at P. A. Setzer’s barn on Tenth avenue, the team started suddenly and he fell under the wheels, two of which passed over his body.
A Louisville woman recounts suffering years of female troubles and nervous exhaustion. A friend’s advice led her to Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, which she says saved her from an operation and restored health. The ad urges readers to seek free advice from the Pinkham Company.
A quirky dialogue recounts a young electrician proposing to Katherine after a perilous undertaking. She replies with a playful, mistaken shock, while George recalls creeping upstairs on hands and knees, spurring rumors of his romantic fate this month.
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