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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1914
Page
2
The Roanoke Rapids Herald discusses tax burdens on Roanoke Rapids Township, calls for a county treasurer seat, and weighs U.S. policy toward Mexico. It references the Monroe Doctrine, Huerta, and suggests sanitation lessons from Panama. It includes a malaria pamphlet promotion and local civic notes.
A fragmented column discusses malaria impact on labor, urging immediate mosquito destruction and spring control. It contrasts costs of disease with prevention and cites anecdotes about public perceptions of health and animal cruelty and a humorous quip about tenderness in meat.
A letter to the editor argues for new county officers, citing long tenures and sizable pay to incumbents S. M. Gary Hunter Norman House Jarl Bowers. It contends the Democratic party has benefited and urges replacements who will serve at least six years, thanking retiring officials for their service.
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