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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1916
Page
2
The Roanoke Rapids Herald notes Easter subscription prices and mailing details, plus editorials on war talk, Chautauqua season tickets, and a printer misprint about Captain Ashe. It reports Prof. Akers announcing the County Schools Institute will move to Weldon due to lodging limits and urges a downtown hotel to sustain future visitors.
A meeting of the Ministerial Union and fraternal delegates urged the Board of Town Commissioners to open Fifth Street to reach the cemetery. The group argued the town cannot finance a three thousand dollar road and proposed alternatives including a Sixth Street access funded by township road funds or a Rosemary to cemetery route, favoring Sixth Street as fairer to all residents.
The Greensboro Daily News notes a flood of new songs from various groups including preparedness, prohibition, and woman suffrage advocates. It cites titles and performers such as The Blues Ain t No Thin g But a Good Man Feelin Bad and The Favorite Son All I Get s Sympathy, highlighting a playful yet pointed era of political music.
Town of Roanoke Rapids North Carolina invites sealed bids for constructing granolithic sidewalks. Bids due at a specified time in June 1916 with certified checks of a percentage, bonds of forty percent, plans and proposals obtainable from the mayor or clerk for five dollars, and the right to reject any bids reserved.
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