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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1918
Page
6
Restore strength and vitality with Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery a traditional herbal remedy said to renew energy and improve complexion by nourishing blood. This alcohol free tonic uses Golden Seal Blood and Oregon grape roots to support the system and is sold as tablets for sixty cents at most drug stores.
A London Tit-Bits excerpt portrays Robert seeking advancement to Chief Constable. He defends his diligence, recalls not neglecting duties, and demonstrates ambition by declaring himself as the attorney for the case, prompting a formal inquiry about the prisoner’s allegation.
An analysis of the ideal scoutmaster stresses a real man with character and personality who earns boys’ trust through sympathy and authority. He must balance camaraderie with discipline, possess quick decisive action, and connect with local experts to train scouts while using spare time to mold responsible citizens and patriots for the nation.
Birnulaghim Al boy scouts are described as a local initiative dubbed Minute Scouts though no formal organization exists. Selection focuses on service over rank, with parental and school approval, limited to 100 members in four divisions and a gold badge system.
The Boy Scouts of America urge a drive for more scout leaders amid rising juvenile crime across Massachusetts Detroit Newark and Toledo. The Scouts Reserve Corps offers roles as commissioners scoutmasters assistant leaders troop committee members instructors examiners and lecturers to guide youth during wartime.
Scouting activities for the year 1017 set a new high-water mark with 27,011 merit badges issued, up from 19,047 in 1018. Two hundred nineteen boys qualified as eagle scouts, compared with none the previous year. Five hundred twenty nine life scout badges and 908 star scout badges were issued.
Two boy scout troops in Birmingham Ald affiliated with the Chamber of Commerce and the Civic association act as junior members of the organization. They specialize in civic matters and are poised as keen rivals. One troop accepts no boy under sixteen, the other excludes larger boys, yet both show spirited pep in civic questions.
A city hosts a scout museum in chamber space featuring curios from hikes and scout handiwork. Exhibits include miniature tents bridges towers aircraft boats cabins and maps. Scouts submit top offerings to a court of honor for decision on display.
Washington reports on Belgian suffering under German occupation. Official Belgian sources describe widespread loot, destruction, and requisitions totaling billions of francs. Food shortages persist as relief efforts struggle with sunk tonnage and sabotage, leaving Belgians reliant on soup kitchens and endure undernourishment.
Gramm and two other society girls from prominent Philadelphia families have joined stenography and typewriting courses at a local business college. They have attended for several weeks to prepare for government service.
Los Angeles public library bans German books for the war period. No child or adult may study or read German works or absorb German viewpoints. English books deemed to expound German philosophy may also be banned. Public schools follow similar restrictions amid wartime sentiment.
The article details a harsh German rule in Belgium with deportations, executions, and forced labor. It cites Antwerp and Bruges epidemics, high death rates, famine conditions in Athus Luxembourg, and widespread abuses. It notes priests and authorities uniting to resist, while courts and firing squads target patriots, with mass executions at Ghent and widespread imprisonments.
Edgar and Arthur Berth twins from a Millerville farmer family were brought to Milwaukee by federal officers charged with injuring themselves to dodge the draft. One boy is missing a finger while the other has an injured hand. They claim the injuries occurred while chopping wood.
Washington reports the French military regulation sets a two to five year prison term for maliciously killing a government mule. The small 34 page l ore t militaire must be kept by every soldier and shown on demand. Its cover is brown paper and the Red Cross has supplied oilcloth canes for its protection.
In Lawrenceburg Indiana a mass wood chopping event drew over 900 workers including bankers lawyers physicians laborers and tramps. They worked all day at three riverbank camps and cut 600 cords of wood to save coal.
A reflection on liberty as a slow, costly fruit seldom cheap, suiting the era’s view that true freedom is earned through struggle and enduring effort rather than quick gains.
An instructional Sunday school lesson from the Moody Bible Institute outlines Jesus sending the Twelve as apostles, their pilgrim mission, and the conflict with unbelief. It links Mark 6 to Matthew 10, notes persecution, and emphasizes dependence on God and the power given to the messengers.
The passage asks why suffering occurs and urges looking forward for answers. It argues the best reason for God’s deeds appears after them and that the real meaning comes from what follows sorrow, not what precedes it.
A call to spiritual preparation as believers declare blessed is he who comes in the Lord’s name and confess they mask their hearts in retreat to cleanse the temple from offenses so they may be ready for the Lord’s sudden appearance.
A woman recounts suffering female troubles with doctors advising an operation. She credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for avoiding surgery and urges other women to seek advice from the Pinkham company. The ad claims long experience supports the remedy and provides an address for correspondence.
George N Turner a 40 year grocery clerk in Nashville became the accidental victim of a practical joke. A youth asked for half a gallon of vinegar and after minutes of pump work the jug exploded spraying Turner with vinegar and soda. Turner believed a German bomb was involved as onlookers watched.
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