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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1918
Page
4
The Roanoke Rapids Herald reports on wartime concerns from March 1 1918 including home front thrift drives and gardening to aid the German war effort, plus a feature on Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels. It notes his transformation from criticized to capable leader and praises naval preparedness amid ongoing conflict.
Fragmentary excerpt speaks of eternity and vast ages, invoking a cosmic measure and a call to contemplation by urging readers to grasp the infinite beyond human time. The language echoes a late 19th or early 20th century style, with grandiose phrases about centuries and breakfasting in eternity.
The fragmentary text presents garbled phrases and partial quotes. It mentions a car ride and showing someone around a deserted district, with unclear references to time and place. It lacks coherent facts suitable for a proper news item.
Frank J Cheney swears an oath regarding a Cem of Fg Cheney Co in Toledo. The document claims payment of one hundred dollars in every case cited for the use of Hall Catarrh Medicine. Notary Aeg AW Lon witnesses the oath. Cheney & Co of Toledo advertise Hall’s Catarrh Medicine and The Hally Family Pills for constipation.
A notice of sale in Halifax County Superior Court states that on March 2 at Rosemary Post Office, a parcel in Roanoke Rapids Township will be sold to the highest bidder for cash. The land, adjoining G W Palgham and Sterling Shaw, is described as Lot No in the Davison of G W Falgham and others, totaling 41 acres. The sale is conducted by GEO. C. Gree?, commissioner, under a January 25, 191s order, with minors represented by a guardian.
Notice states Dickens and wife defaulted on a 1916 deed of trust. Trustee will sell cash at Halifax Court House door at noon March 4, 1918, for Lot 1288 on Roanoke Avenue, Roanoke Rapids, a good residence on the lot, running 25 by 140 feet to an alley.
Conferred on the undersigned in deed of trust dated January 16 1917 from C M Dickens and wife to N C Hughes Jr Trustee the undersigned wife on March 9 1918 at 5 PM at the Post Office Door in Rosemary North Carolina sell for cash to the highest bidder a lot or parcel of land in Roanoke Rapids Township Halifax
N C Hughes Jr trustee details a mortgage default under J Smallwood to Geo C Green. On March 2 1918 at noon a sale will occur at the Rosemary Post Office Door for land described as lot 7 block C and lots 6 and 7 block B in Halifax County per plot book 1 page 96.
Public notices announce two mortgage foreclosures in Halifax County North Carolina. First, William and Laura Sledge transfer trust to Geo Green, trustee, with sale March 23 1918 at Rose Mary Post Office Door for cash, lots 2 and 8 shown on plot. Second, Ivey and Geo Green trustee set sale March 28 1918 at Rosemary Town Hall for cash, lots 8 5 6 in block E 8 in block D and 9 in block C Roanoke Rapids Township.
A reflective note on offering farmers advice, noting much of it is ignored though some tips may prove useful to growers seeking practical help.
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