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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1917
Page
7
An old merchant recounts his 47 years in business and says he never disappointed a creditor except once. The debtor stretched payments until due date, leaving observers astonished. The tale highlights thrift and prudent conduct in mercantile life.
The readable text fragment references Auntie and a dialogue about understanding, mentioning a Baltimore American snippet and faint notes on appetite and digestion. It also contains an advertisement line for Wrights Indian Vegetable Pills and a remark on a waste line demand, with unclear context and multiple garbled phrases.
Mike Regorra recounts traveling through the woods the other night while Casey was murdered last fall. He explains he walked backward the whole time to see if anything was coming up behind him, as he was told.
A vintage advert promotes a lemon based skin whitening lotion using three ounces of orchard white and two lemons to create a quarter pint of fragrant lotion. It claims to bleach freckles and render skin soft and rosy, advising daily facial massage for whiter, smoother skin.
A solicitor for a Muncie jewelry directory canvassed a Westdate home asking who lives there. The resident refused to name occupants, prompting the solicitor to explain the need for a city directory. After failed questioning, he resumed door to door work and learned Miss Iva Rench, a teacher at Andersonville, lived there.
A dated dialogue riffs on tonics and potions claiming to drive out malaria while boosting the system. A kitchen table wager about gasoline and a missing return trip ends with a humorous clue of nightfall.
Jubbs states they are raising their own potatoes, a claim the speaker doubts. The retort implies that if he indeed grows potatoes, it would be by pawning his wit, suggesting skepticism about gardening prowess and a humorous feud tone.
An OCR fragment mixes ads for Allen's Foot Ease antineptic powder and foot relief with wartime quips. It mentions British troops at the front and stray lines on potato bugs and worms. The text also includes scattered maxims about wisdom and admiration in a jumbled, era voice.
Boy Scouts executive board adopts drive linking 250000 members to war aid. Campaign urges home gardens under slogan Every Scout to Feed a Soldier with cooperation from Agriculture Red Cross and Navy to organize coast patrols and support police and civic authorities.
The Scout movement stresses duty to God and country as a core pledge. It names Catholic churches, synagogues, and Protestant churches as appropriate religious bodies responsible for guiding a boy’s spiritual life and allegiance to God.
At the inauguration of Governor Edge in Trenton New Jersey about 100 scouts directed delegates to the capitol and aided traffic officers. Scouts formed a triangle behind the reviewing stand to keep the crowd from pressing the governor. Police and many individuals praised the boys for their faithful service on a cold day and the governor expressed satisfaction with their conduct and sturdiness.
Scouting groups urged to organize hiking parties for food production and conservation, distribute literature to truck farmers, and urge county boards to offer premiums. Join the national Good Turn by reporting crop observations to state College of Agriculture and the State Relations Service in D.C. Local pastors to be co-opted, while the piece mocks critics of Grabeoin and accuses scheming figures of manipulation.
A poetically toned note laments Razel-Poor Maude now penniless as Aimee-Yes points to shame. It recalls her face once as fortune and the shift when she turned to painting, implying a charitable critique of her choices and status.
A collage of quips and parodies on politicians and success. The dialogue mocks campaign tactics, showmanship, audience engagement, and wealth, noting a showman persona and public perception. It entwines social satire with rural daily life.
A quirky compendium of wordplay and banter from a humorous page. Jests touch on gifts for mothers, fortune telling, domestic life, and marital quirks. Characters reference Mr Gabb and Mrs Gabb, plus a mix of generic and named figures in light social vignettes.
Secretary Houston announces 1918 allotments from the federal aid road fund to states for roads and trails within national forests. California leads with large shares. totals cover Alaska to Wyoming with several eastern states receiving smaller sums. Ten percent withheld as contingency. half of remaining allotted by forest area and value of forage resources.
The Minnesota State Highway commission bulletin urges using concrete floors for bridges and warns woolen or wooden floors are costly and unsafe. It notes many old bridges found unsafe for iron engines and argues replacing with concrete and heavier steel saves expense in the long run.
An argument for investing in road quality notes the high costs of poor roads to farmers and communities. It cites economic losses, maintenance needs, and the benefit of the King road drag, advocating sustained, statewide road improvements and ongoing maintenance to ensure reliable travel and agricultural efficiency. The piece frames roads as essential to rural schools, social life, and general development, urging widespread adoption of better road practices.
A vintage advertisement warns that calomel is dangerous mercury causing sickness and digestive disruption. It promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a 50 cent, all vegetable remedy that cleanses liver and bowels without salivation and claims it gentler for the whole family.
A fragmentary account links a Swift & Co. beef works incident with a radiant stenographer who bought large food supplies. The tale weaves through a laundry mishap and curious office chatter, ending with a dubious ad about antiseptic ointment.
An old advertisement touts Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Soap for skin improvement. Instructions urge gentle application for ten days with a five minute wash, promising clear skin, free samples by mail, and a jaunty, if garbled, testimonial about treatment and a woman seeking care.
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