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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1918
Page
7
A nostalgic ad claims Dodson's Liver Tone cures bilious feelings and constipation without calomel. It promises morning relief, no salivation, and a money back guarantee if liver and bowels aren’t cleaned by the next day, noting pleasant taste and wide sales.
A garbled narrative from a Nebraska senator depicts a comic family scene where a child returns home to a surprised mother after a day out. The piece, though unclear, centers on courtroom or street anecdotes and a humorous exchange about washing hands and a missing detail, reflecting a dated oral tradition.
A garbled note shows a distressed speaker blasting someone named Hob Spill and Newbra Newweil Ten, accusing others of cruelty and heat. The fragment hints at marital strain and public embarrassment, with unclear locations or events.
After Gane we one year people feel weak tired and rundown. Impure blood causes headaches and eye fatigue. A vegetable tonic helps blood and energy. Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is promoted as a fifty year remedy made from Oregon grape root Queen's root Black Cherry bark and other extracts in tablets and liquid. Sixty cents a bottle at drug stores. Get it now.
In Kings Mountain, Belle Jouking recounts years of stomach pain and breath difficulty caused by a lump. After doctors misdiagnosed and failed to help, a dose of Black Draught relieved symptoms, and she claims a full recovery, weighing 183 pounds and praising the remedy.
An audacious guest narrative notes a precocious child named Tantel who was thrown into a den labeled by locals as "Mughes." The event centers on alleged contact by the Hons and the peculiar phrase meatless ly, suggesting a cryptic or fragmented description from an OCR fragment.
Local Scouts report extensive service from fundraising for Liberty bonds to distributing Red Cross materials and Hoover posters. They aided police with the Watchkitte campaign, planted forty acres, and trained over 1,000 scouts at Bay Camp Week with numerous community demonstrations and exhibitions.
An inaugural ceremony in Terre Haute includes Mayor Hunter taking the Oath of the Toy Scouts of Almerica. This marks a historic first in U S scouting history and signals a pledge to Boy Scout principles. The event featured a boy scout banner and a reproduction of the McKennie state presented to the mayor, underscoring Terre Haute’s commitment to improving the city.
Judge Sullivan lauded Boy Scout training as a valuable asset and urged its expansion within the Heston School system. Superintendent Dyer backed the program as a complement to public school work, while the Ruston school committee authorized collaboration among head masters and teachers to organize scout troops in schools. The report also notes Pine Tree James A. Wilder’s kerosene fire lighter as a novel outdoors aid for scouts.
The Louisville Courier Journal quotes a fragmentary remark about coronets and gifts. The odd dialogue mentions “the coronet and the other girls” and implies a social event or betrothal context with generous plans for pranks or tokens.
A fragmentary line suggests a question about a corner room being empty and haunted. A man who lives or remains in that corner room is said to give lessons about the con eat, implying a local rumor or anecdote.
Advice column promoting frugal cooking with barley flour and wheat flour substitutes. Recipes cover liver harbell, corn dodgers, brown stew, sponge barley flour cake, plain barley cake, barley and oat cakes, barley pie crust, and related tips. Includes steps, proportions, and methods for practical kitchen use.
A brief excerpt discusses wedding customs among modern Arabs with the groom presenting the bride, followed by notes on a German method for shaping glass tubes using a core and heated tube. It also references Congress and a proverb about money and virtue, noting separation of money from a person.
A fragmented critique discusses religious doubt and fear of looming laws or death, referencing notable writers like H. G. Wells and Oliver Lange and their wartime faith perspectives. The text reflects on conversions, literature, and the impact of law on belief in a troubled era.
An old health ad touts California Syrup of Figs as a gentle cure for constipation in children. It warns against laxatives and counterfeit syrups, urging mothers to seek the genuine product with clear bottle directions from the California Fig Syrup Company.
A fragmentary notice proposes Tam son of the present incumbent for the postmaster role at Hronzevilte. The excerpt hints at family and local concerns, with unclear details about succession and qualification. An unrelated ad for Cuticura soap and eczema relief appears within the text.
Fragmentary text shows a complainant noting a shocking incident and criticizing conduct. The piece references social behavior, politeness, truth, and a Perry named term. It reads as a scratched OCR with unclear entities and missing context.
A fragmented, OCR dominated scribble from the Toledo area mixes court-style oath text with patent medicine ads and stray anecdotes. It fragments names, places, and dates, mentioning Hall's Catarrh Medicine and Dr Pierce's pills amid garbled local notices and a stray wartime reference.
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