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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1923
Page
2
Roanoke Rapids weekly Herald lists editorial quips and notices. Mentions Chautauqua absence, sun heat miscalculation, President Harding Alaska trip timing, and Vance county jail critique. Announces new state law requiring full stop at railroad crossings starting midnight.
A local editorial urges merchants to close Tuesday afternoons in July and August to give clerks rest and allow attendance at baseball games. It argues for an earlier 6 30 to 9 pm closing time, noting little public inconvenience and potential morale benefits for stores and workers.
The NYT argues US actions breaking British customs seals on liquor in territorial waters provoke British reactions. It condemns US enforcement as confusing, notes possible reprisals, and urges amendatory legislation to resolve the diplomatic mess.
Halifax County farmers are urged to grow feed crops to cut costs and boost year round supplies. Emphasis on corn hay and beans, saving seed pruning and preserving surplus vegetables and meat. Hardrawee community organizes a county club meeting monthly at the siege house to plan entertainment and business.
A fashion note describes morning wear as tailored jackets or boxy canes with straight wraps, and skirts in white sand or almond-green crepe de chine paired with a monysrau blouse. Afternoon styles shift to bolero outfits with clean jackets and pencil skirts in black or camel, suggesting versatile ensemble options.
The draped and straight coat dresses suit streetwear while indoors dresses favor soft exquisites. Sleeveless plaited crepe or silk outfits dazzle, perfect for dining and theater. Small silk hats, silk stockings, and gloves pair with patent pumps. suede and cretonne hats appear. Summer dresses feature cotton voile, crepe de chine, marquisette in pink mauve yellow, lavender hues with cromed embroidery and ribbon bows. unbleached muslin and colored crepe use candlewicking trims.
A new caterpillar braid for spring hats gains favor in women’s fashion. Hemp like texture with a fuzzy chrysanthemum look, yet finely clipped. Widely used in sports hats, with fine vine cloth facings and self fabrics popular.
A stray visitor notes a peculiar door warning found on a residence: No admission except for business, no business transacted here. A back door legend adds Please do not enter without knocking, a curious sign that suggests a private, perhaps literary, space.
An OCR fragment notes that the term Indian summer, once a poetic image, has become part of English usage through misreading from a scientific view. It describes Indian summer as a benign, preadolescent season that occurs intermittently, as discussed in a Turk Post context.
Mrs erry recounts a seaside rat infestation at her summer home opened in May. Rats gnawed upholstery before the Roanoke Pharmacy Co. offered RAT-SNAP cake form rat killer in three sizes at 35¢ to 1 25, sold with a guarantee.
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