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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1919
Page
7
A massive new dock on the south side of Royal Albert docks is under construction to restore London's status as a premier world port. The water area will reach about four square miles with a floating basin and a length extension capable of accommodating ships larger than the 868 foot Aquitania.
Industrial expert Atwood Flower tells a Sphinx club dinner in New York that English labor values slow output and high pay. He cites a London bricklaying scene where a foreman enforces caution, illustrating a national tendency to pace work.
A garbled ad style passage touts Freezone as a cheap, painless corn remover. It claims instant relief from corn pain and easy lifting of the corn with fingers, branding it a Cincinnati discovery. The text then meanders through unrelated quotes and old-time brand and social fragments.
A fragment from the Loulaville Courier Journal quotes a witty exchange about effort and craft. The dialogue centers on self insertion in work, a sac cena reference, and playful cake imagery with lines about angel cake and chrome-faced ambiguity.
A sermon on first Corinthians 13 argues that faith and gifts are empty without love. It defines love as patient and kind, free of envy, unselfish and truthful, and lasting beyond prophecy and knowledge. The portrayal links divine love to transforming grace and practical service.
A note attributed to Charles Dickens praises placing a New Testament among his son's books as the best book known, teaching truthfulness and faith. The quotation emphasizes its enduring value and moral guidance.
Western states plan extensive road and bridge projects for the year with total costs running into the millions. Colorado Idaho Missouri Nebraska Nevada Oklahoma list miles of construction ready for contract and funds for maintenance, local expenditures, and new work under federal aid plans tied to the Townsend bill pending in Congress.
A 1914 joint congressional committee report shows an eight cent per ton mile saving if dirt roads are upgraded to durable class. It notes increased real estate values and social benefits, urges swift road building, and highlights low cost as essential to local access. It argues public sentiment has shifted toward funding roads and warns against waiting for perfect conditions.
Report from druggists shows many people unknowingly suffer kidney trouble. Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root touted as effective, with insurance remarks noting undetected kidney disease common. Ad invites samples and notes to send ten cents for a bottle. Also a short vignette about Helen asking a nurse if gradual improvement is better than instant change.
A quirky exchange recalls Walton and Dalton praising a favorite month with a note due soon. The piece blends cartoonish humor with ad-like fragments on rights, Indian Vegetable Pills, and a generic remark about men condemning what they do not understand.
An old advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safer, vegetable remedy replacing calomel. It claims cures for sluggish liver, headache, dizziness, and constipation with a money back guarantee, urging use by adults and children and contrasting calomel’s dangers.
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