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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1921
Page
6
An old essay argues charity should aid real long term help rather than mindless giving. It urges wise giving that lifts people up, with emphasis on encouragement, kind words, and practical support rather than just cash. It warns against misdirected charity and urges giving that preserves dignity.
A fragmented verse from The Woods explores Spring’s pull on different lives. It contrasts children of spring and prisoners in a dim chamber, asSpring awakens hope, life, and renewed longing for those muted by life’s constraints. It ends with Spring promising renewed light and possibility.
A fragmented historical note traces the phrase crank to a public dispute. It explores Horace Greeley’s supposed link to the term as it shifted from a specific connection to a broader insult. The piece notes the phrase’s liberal-era spread and its later separation from Greeley.
A fragment from a weekly cook column suggests dishes for special occasions including Chicken Fillets With Almond Sauce and Almond Sponge Cake. It describes browning chicken, combining white sauce and cream, and preparing nut pastes. Also outlines Banana Pie with banana pulp, sugar, milk, rind, and cream, ending with baking in a pastry shell.
End of season charity game pits local police against lodge team. Umpire calls Clancy out after a dispute over a safe call near home plate. Commentary and humorous quotes follow unrelated to the game, reflecting quirky local newspaper style.
Fragmentary school note recounts a cousin named Tham starting Pats with Grothe Freda and Sut Rey Lins in town. Little readable detail on event or timing.
Jessie Roberts argues domestic work is rising in status and pay as training expands. With domestic science taught widely, graduates enter hotels, hospitals, teaching, and shops while hourly cook and house worker roles gain prominence, aiming for dignity and adequate training.
Hicks voices disapproval of modern women’s activities while Mrs Hicks asserts that progress affects daily life, jokingly clarifying the stove now symbolically as the fireside. The exchange highlights generational and gender role tensions in domestic life.
A fragmentary humorous exchange plays on travel bag contents and social mores with lines about customs, fashion for a weekend, tenants raising rents, eggs versus meat, and family portraits. The dialogue hints at domestic worries, humor, and mistaken assumptions.
In a brisk exchange a knuckleler teases about letting someone down easy, noting there is only one thing they do not tire of and the other answers with a sly retort about easing the fall.
A Chicago meeting backed a federal bill offering 500 million dollars over seven years for national highway work. It calls for a five engineer commission to oversee funds, a national highway system, and shifts in federal aid rules to boost road development across states. The aim is to open western and southern territories, revive trade in congested eastern districts, and elevate highway work to a respected national commission level.
The spring millinery introduces Etamine and loose mesh cotton fabrics resembling Batavia cloth with open mesh often threaded with Abbens for embroidery like effects. Japanese fabrics and embroideries dominate, sport hats pair with scarves, turbans and drooping trims, bold colors from bright greens to tangerine, black tulle and horsehair trims, and fruit motifs appear in trims. A silk frock with a broad ribbon sash was shown at the recent New York silk show.
The question of good roads has grown from local to county and state significance and now demands thoughtful citizen consideration. The motor truck's wide use has opened vast possibilities for countrywide road development, with farmers turning automobile owners and urging liberal state and national road funding.
The article describes sport clothes as versatile, practical attire for both men and women, extending beyond golf and outdoor recreation. It highlights tailored suits, topcoats, blouses, shirts, and feminine smocks as sport wear, emphasizing simplicity, quality materials, color, and menace of semi-concentration in design. It notes low necklines on ball gowns and necks cut lower in the back.
A vivid fashion note details the three yard ready made sash as a chic accessory for multiple outfits. It describes fringe weight, color options like Roman striped ribbons, jade and bronze accents, and pairing with navy tricotine serge frocks. Laces remain decorative rather than structural.
Fashions in brief note spring dress trends with ostrich shades and navy frocks. Paris emphasizes evening wear mainly with lace and bold trims. Models showcase flaring sleeves, unbelted backs, bag lines, and bright sashes. Accessories include a slave necklet in gold, scarlet leather turbans, and gray georgette hats with blue straw trimming. Picture hats in georgette and organdie forecast for the season.
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