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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1918
Page
5
A Mendersville reader Mrs. Cynthia Higginbotham testifies that after years of stomach issues and constipation Black-Draught improved her appetite and strength. She notes the remedy cleanses the system and restores natural bowel action. The ad promotes seventy years of use and urges readers to try it for sluggish digestion. Price and dosage details are given.
Army recruiting station opens in the Rocky Mount postal service building under Private 1st class Whitney Kellowe. Men ages 11 to 21 and 2 to 21 are eligible for any Army branch. Enlistment is for the duration of the war with pay starting at 30 dollars per month plus allowances for dependents. Various corps seek chauffeurs, clerks, nurses, machinists, telegraph and telephone workers, carpenters, bricklayers, and other trades. U.S. Guards also open to those with prior military training to guard government industries.
Readers of this paper were urged with a $100 reward for a cure of catarrh by Mallia Catarrh Medicine. The ad claims blood purification and bodily fortification as the foundation of healing, offering the money if no remedy could cure. Address J. Chenty Toledo Ohio, sold by all druggists in town.
The notice invites readers to visit for attractive cards and letterheads, promising good printing of all kinds and a satisfaction guarantee. It emphasizes that if customers are not satisfied, the business does not want their patronage.
Luke, weighed by an oversized foot, confronts Sam after Sara steps on his foot during a game of chance with dice. Luke demands removal and insists on the foot being entirely off. The scene hints at racial undertones and tension surrounding a casual dispute.
By virtue of a deed of trust dated April 22 securing debt, default on payment. Trustee Wa. L. Kyran will sell June 22 at 10 o clock front of Weldon North Carolina to highest bidder for cash. Property: 11 1/2 acres in Littleton township Halifax County bounded by Nicholson Wm Young and Sarah Falcken, part of Kemp Powers land.
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