This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1919
Page
4
Public notices and brief items appear from the Herald Publishing Co. including stamp enclosures for returns, bank card charges per word, and regular insertions. Weather talk, nominations set for April 22, and playful spring observations appear alongside a wary note on Bolshevik Hungarian ties calling it the Grisly Alliance.
A year after German forces shattered the British line toward Amiens and Paris endured bombardment, the mood has reversed. Berlin faces armed resistance and waning prestige as the Kaiser’s authority dissolves while Allied resolve strengthens. In Amerongen castle a wounded man marks a thousand logs sawn, symbolizing grim endurance amid change.
A vivid depiction from the New York Times imagines state liquor constables as airfleet admirals pursuing alcohol contraband. Balloons and parachutes deliver cases to watchers below while balloons hover, a sky full of bans and beverages, and a future crowded with aviation imagery.
A series of thrift slogans touts buying War Savings Stamps with calls to save, spend wisely, and grow wealth. Phrases emphasize self help, prudent purchases, and the prolific nature of money while urging support for wartime savings programs.
An old motivational maxim states that belief drives success. It urges perseverance, insisting victory hinges on mindset and effort rather than luck or doubt.
An advertisement touts Calotabs as a pleasant liver purging remedy with no taste or after effects. It claims a Calotab at bedtime cleanses the liver by morning, improves appetite, and offers a drugstore refund guarantee for 35 cents in sealed packages.
Roanoke Rapids follows a nationwide surge praising Doans Kidney Pills. Bricklayer Fred Forest reports kidney relief, less back pain, and headaches after using the product bought at Roanoke Pharmacy Co. Adv 60 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
An advertisement touts a one hundred dollar reward for incurable catarrh and claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh by purifying blood and healing mucous surfaces. It notes thirty five years of use and presents testimonials of effectiveness.
The Town of Roanoke Rapids will hold its biennial election on Tuesday May 6 1919 to elect a mayor and five commissioners. Registration closes April 3 1919 with books open nine to nine. Voters must meet residency requirements and no new registration is ordered for this election. Act Clark Town Clerk March 12 1919.
By virtue of a deed of trust dated December 18 1016 W F Horner defaulted on the secured indebtedness. Geo C Green trustee will sell April 5 1919 at Rosemary N C at noon at the office door to the highest bidder. Description begins at northeast corner near Tilghmans Cross Roads and Bell's Creek and ends at 17.6 acres with lines along Burgwyn Hockaday and Bell's Creek.
Under a 1915 trust deed from W F Horner and wife to R M Trustee, the undersigned will sell at the Rosemary post office door at noon on April 5 1919 for cash the two tracts of land in Rosemary Halifax County North Carolina including a Hamilton Street fronting lot and a second lot on South Street. The description references a prior conveyance to T J M Grizgard and Bang ed in Halifax County and notes the properties lie in the Town of Roa Rapids with boundary specifics and measurements.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.