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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1920
Page
6
A disjointed feature discusses Joy Rites and alcohol use among toy riders and car crashes. It advocates stricter drinking tests for motorists and describes unsafe driving scenarios with chaotic, satirical tone. Names and places are ambiguous due to garbled OCR.
A fragmented cookbook style text presents recipe lines for cookies and pantry tips. The writing mentions a The Cooky Jar kept in a telecade or receptacles to preserve freshness and a hermit style recipe including shortening sugar eggs raisins spices and flour. The passage reads like a historical domestic guide with a focus on long preserved treats.
A fragmented meditation on the idea that undoing and reform are inferior to doing things right from the start. It argues that effort wasted on correcting mistakes compounds, urging daily mottoes to pursue correctness first.
Dream cats are linked to gossip and obstacles. a gentle cat may foretell envy or slander from friends, while a cat attacking predicts big challenges. Victory may come from driving away fear, and stealing issues hint at recovering losses. The piece cites mystics and a verse about cats and dreams and notes varied interpretations.
Fragmented recipe text lists ingredients for sugar cookies coconut macaroons and sour cream drop cookies. Includes measures for sugar shortening eggs vanilla coconut cornflakes and spices. Mentions bake times and oven conditions with partial, era style wording.
A poem contrasts selfish pursuit with humane conduct. It argues longevity of character comes from generosity and shared happiness, not wealth or conquest. It condemns greed and pride, praising those who help others and act with kindness. The speaker urges choosing gentleness over personal gain.
Witness Keech argues lawmakers might back a former service bonus under political pressure. Chairman Ford Tey brands the insinuation an insult. Legion member Rushmore says soldiers deserve a bonus if the government offers it, while urging MPs not to force concessions.
New York reports freight charges on food stuffs sent to Briland in British vessels have risen by 20 cents per hundred pounds, advancing from 45 to 75 cents.
Washington reports passports to Cupa may be held up briefly as inspectors seek to identify the head of the state department. Officials say the process may delay issuance while the question is resolved.
London reports that thirty thousand non Bolshevik Russians completed a 2000 mile maneuver through Bolshevik lines in Siberia and arrived at Verkhne-L’dinsk.
Henry Aylett Samp longtime Richmond newspaper man and poet died at his home after months of illness. He was a great grandson of Patrick Henry and influential in local journalism and literary circles.
Federal officers in Alabama destroyed 103 illicit distilleries with a capacity of 7 194 gallons in February according to an official Seares release from the state enforcing office.
London officials blame the United States for the Turkish problem as Foreign Secretary Karl Curzon explains the peace conference negotiations to the House of Lords. The report discusses tensions over how the Turkish settlement is being handled by the US.
Washington states that about 50,000 American war dead will be returned to the United States while between 20,000 and 25,000 will be buried overseas. Secretary Baker announced the figures.
Washington reports the West Virginia senate ratified the suffrage amendment but unseated Senator Montgomery, prompting the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage to claim the action should go to the courts. They call the seat refusal a violation of the two thirds expulsion rule.
The Syrian congress in Damascus proclaims Syria an independent state and Beirut celebrates. Reports say Prince Feizal, son of the king of Hejaz, may be crowned king. Arab voters in Palestine, Lebanon and northern Mesopotamia participate to push recognition by the peace conference.
Indianapolis report states a social grand jury returned an indictment charging conspiracy under the Lever Fuel Control Act and federal code. One hundred twenty five coal operators and miners are named as defendants, most residents of the surrounding competitive district, with the inquiry ongoing since December 17, 1919.
New York artist Nicol Lchatenstein, newly arrived from Vienna, describes a city in famine where middle class families fear hunger while workers struggle to afford food. He notes coal shortages cripple industry and heat, bread and butter scarcity, and widespread poverty despite some stores open with goods unseen.
Passengers aboard a Seventh Avenue express hurry to matinee as a brown and white terrier dashes along the tracks. The motorman explains the dog slows the train to avoid a collision while commuters grumble about the delay near Times Square. The terrier continues ahead at a slowed pace toward One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Street.
In Los Angeles a pedigreed bulldog named Doughboy, owned by T C Stevens of Stevens Page and Sterling, aided by whining and restlessness, alerted Mr Endly to his wife Mrs Endly's death in San Diego. Doctors diagnosed heart failure and she had been dead hours.
Lord Leverhulme faced religious prejudice from Scotch tenants on his Lewis island estate as he planned a large fishing center near Sterne way. The Sunday labor plan met firm resistance from Presbyterians who hold strict sabbath observance. Common Sense notes a clash between the baron's big ideas and local traditions.
Washington reports the first German prisoner taken by American forces was captured by Adam Blaztkowski and John Cochanski of Tronwood Michigan. Representative James of Michigan was informed by Adjutant General Harris. The men belonged to Company Eighteenth Infantry. The capture occurred the night of October 27-28 1917 near Bures in the Meurthe and Moselle province. The prisoner, a company mail carrier, was wounded and captured while returning to his unit.
The oldest dog in Erle county was registered for tax on here recently. It has just passed its nineteenth birthday and is the property of HM Andreas of Vermilion. When he came to the line of the application for registration referring to color, Andress wrote he was black but now has many gray hairs and is iron gray in color.
Washington war department cable orders no more American officers may bring their wives to Coblens Germany until living conditions improve. Coblens, a crowded Rhine headquarters, houses about 1000 US troops and roughly 200 officers with families amid shared housing.
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