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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1917
Page
3
Through an association with American newspapers The Roanoke Rapids Herald is represented worldwide by about two hundred photographers. Over one hundred cover armies and navies of the warring nations. The best pictures taken by these photographers will be reproduced weekly on this page for Herald readers.
Capt. David B. Scott son of Maj. Gen. Hugh J. Scott photographed at the Pittsburgh training camp where he has been assigned as chief of staff of the United States Army.
A clipped report notes Mrs Dibble urging discipline as she shed prior housewives' boycott habits and embraced self reliance, signaling a shift in behavioral resistance and personal assertiveness during a turbulent period.
Daubson’s studio walls display a collection of paintings all created by him. A skeptical observer jokes that nothing has a price, while another notes that no price has been set yet for the works.
A wartime notice indicates plans revised to reduce infrastructure by half with sixteen cantonments instead of thirty-two. The document outlines relocation, resource allocation, and strategic posture adjustments for the maritime defense operation.
Washington announces the plan to cut sixteen cantonments to sixteen and shift many troops to tents in 1917. Funds, materials, labor, and transportation limits slow mobilization, with four cantonments already trimmed. Troops at American Lake, Was hington, Atlanta, Mays, Wrightstown join rest under canvas as the draft proceeds.
A series of violent storms swept Kansas Oklahoma and Missouri striking Moore near Olathe Coffeyville and Seminole. Reports say three deaths and multiple injuries with extensive property damage including business districts wiped out and 400 houses destroyed. Wires down cut communication as cattle and crops suffered heavy losses.
Lomlon reports the loss of three American ships the Dirigo the Frances M and the Barbara all shelled without warning and sent to the bottom. Only survivor Third Mate John Ray of the Mrito reportedly drowned while attempting to reach a small boat. Dirigo was sunk May 10 Frances M on May 18 and Barbara on May 24.
Washington moves to exempt popular price moving picture theaters from amusement taxes and to levy a new federal license tax on automobile owners ranging from 7.60 to 25 dollars with reductions for cars used a year or more. Worth agreed upon by the senate finance committee in continuing revision of the house war taxes. The committee adjourned for the week as its rank nears completion.
An expert notes that a woman with a family of four consumes about twenty units, while a household with a main caregiver uses forty five. The report mentions 81,000 potatoes as a home benchmark.
A widow reflects on love’s hunger and whimsy, noting that the lure of romance is often fed by costly indulgences such as flowers and theater tickets, a sentiment framed by a man who sees much of what people endure in affection.
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