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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1918
Page
2
An old advertisement touts lemon juice mixed with orchard white as a cheap, months lasting skin whitener and blemish remover for face, neck, arms and hands. It urges squeezing two lemons into three ounces of orchard white, straining pulp, and applying daily for a smoother, lighter complexion. Also promotes Castoria and notes Pennsylvania rabbits yearly.
A 1910s style health notice urges readers to embrace spring with vigor and responsibility. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery to improve stomach and liver function, claim of increased vitality, and advertises Buffalo NY doctor stamps and mail offer for a tonic package.
An American in mufti travels through a wartime city, encounters recruiting posters and a lone Tommy, tries to enlist in the British army, but is blocked by neutrality rules before a sergeant offers introduction to another lieutenant. He reveals he is from Ogden Utah and finally signs for war service.
Foreword describes the true story of trench fighting on the French front written by an American sergeant who joined two years before the United States. It presents grim yet thrilling experiences tempered with humor and personal insight from someone who served among the fighting men.
A narrator recalls a Jersey City office scene with a Jersey National Guard lieutenant, an American flag, and Lusitania headlines. He plans to join emergency efforts, travels to England via Tilbury, and notes a Zeppelin raid amid expectations of wartime upheaval.
A narrator recounts his failed WWI recruiting stunt in London, posing as an American to urge Britons to enlist. He pressures a top-hat dandy and a bar patron with a patriotic spiel, earns only one recruit who is later found to have two fingers missing, and ends with the officer’s rebuke for taking “anything over here.”
In training quarters Empey notes the distant booms of heavy artillery in France and meets a companion nicknamed the cootie. The next installment will recount his further experiences amid the war front.
In Virginia’s early days communication relied on ships. When Captain Newport was expected to return from England townsfolk gathered to receive Newport’s news, giving rise to the name Newport News and its modern form.
Los Angeles public library removes German books from shelves and bars both children and adults from reading German material during the war. The city expands a broader campaign against German culture as part of a psychological war effort, following a school board action. In Lawrenceburg Indiana, a coal saving effort sees 900 men and workers chopping wood across three riverbank camps, producing 600 cords of wood.
The passage reflects on liberty as a gradual achievement chained to the idea that true freedom comes from disciplined effort. It emphasizes that freedom is costly and hard won, a product of persistent striving rather than instant ease.
Devotional notes center on Jesus feeding crowd with five loaves and two fish. Emphasizes sharing what one has, faith, and reliance on God. Discusses disciples’ doubt, Philip and Andrew, and the need to break living bread to the hungry. Highlights spiritual nourishment over material bread and the role of Christ as Living Bread.
The United States has trialed and accepted its first fighting seaplane powered by Liberty motors. The craft, an advance guard for the fleet for submarine hunting, will be delivered for naval aviation use. The Hristo model fighter for the army is entering production, with other two engine configurations under manufacture. Engine lubricating defects are fixed, and production is expected to surge before July to meet France-bound deliveries. General Pershing’s staff weighs how to care for the planes across the ocean.
A Bolshevik incident in Norfolk involved 49 men from the Russian steamship Omsk who clashed with officers from morning until late afternoon. Police, under Major Ford, took the group to police headquarters, charging mutinous conduct, threatening officers, and arming themselves on board. The incident capped a day of activity for customs, immigration, justice, and the U S district attorney.
In Temple Texas Captain B H Fournier of San Antonio Cadet G W Adams and Cadet B E Hawley were injured when a balloon they rode during test sight fell from 3200 feet near Killeen. The valve malfunction was blamed for the accident.
Washington reports a Navy Department announcement of a shell explosion on the U S S Von Steuben killing three men Emmette Shields Hannibal Missouri Valentine Preyleki Buffalo New York Erdett William Martin Philadelphia Pennsylvania The entente strains continue to clash with Germans advancing near Odonna the great Russian Black Sea port amid wartime food needs.
A letter from Newark Nebraska describes a reader’s nervous breakdown and recovery after taking a compound promoted by a prison to publish this letter. The writer reports improvement and restoration to normal health allowing her to resume regular work.
A science note cites Prof John Henry Comstock on why cannibalism occurs in spiders with no clear reason. many predators including scorpions and mantises do the same. A light anecdote illustrates a girl’s astonishment at a car being serviced without a man present.
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