Junior Camp Supper and Misadventure at Camp Sam
The Junior group recalls a May 20 evening trip starting from Rosemary Drug Co to Camp Sam. They built a fire, ate, sang, and later lost their way, returning muddy but pleased. A separate house scene shows children arguing over music lessons, medical admonitions, and a kitchen theft confession. A visiting pupil Bernard Wachs inspires renewed interest in French and the Marsellaise.
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Rosemary Drug Co
Rosemary
Sam
Norfleet
Josephine Gowen
Bernard Wachs
France
America
Puzzle dialogue hints at romantic intrigues and domestic roles
The fragment features characters Prosper Courament Anatole Mathilde and Madame Dupont in a melodramatic setup. Questions about guardianship Brisemouche and a French maid mark shifting loyalties as two women contend for Anatole while Louise’s letters raise caution. Suzanne is praised for vamping the hero.
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Prosper Courament
Barona
Brisemouche
Anatole
Zenobie
Mathilde
Madame Dupont
Louise
Suzanne
Picnic Crowd Braved Rain on Monday Night Ride
A witness recalls a playful stormy outing tied to a Ford truck “limo” vibe. People fled under a rug as rain began while those at the corners got damp from quarrels and pulled blankets. The narrator invites another ride despite critics.
Beat Them to It and the Chick Roast Incident
A narrator recalls awaiting a friend's Sunday call on the porch when a horse sounds drew attention. Turning back, two pet chicks were found roasting on the back of a bhar, an odd domestic mishap recounted in a Chicago Tribune fragment.
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Chicago Tribune
Harrington and Hardy Incorporated Contractors and Builders
Harrington and Hardy Incorporated, Weldon North Carolina, a contractor and builder firm, lists general construction services and contact number 279 in its local business directory entry.
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Contractors & Builders
General Construction
Weldon, N. C
Notice of public sale of Roanoke Rapids property
By virtue of a deed of trust dated March 16 1920 and recorded March 20 1920 in Halifax County North Carolina the trustee will sell on Monday June 6 1921 at 12 30 PM in front of the post office door Roanoke Rapids for cash the house and two lots numbered 282 and 234 on the east side of Jefferson Street fronting 30 feet and 140 feet deep to an alley the plot description refers to Roanoke Rapids Power Company plot Book 105 Page 615. BET CLARK Trustees
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CH. Vaughan
Office of Register of Deeds
Halifax County
North Carolina
Rosnoke Rapids
Roanoke Rapids
State of North Carolina
Jefferson Street
Roanoke Rapids Power Company
Jaffee
North
Carolna
Clark
Public sale notice of Lot No 14 in Halifax County
Under a deed of trust dated April 2 1914 Katie Clark and Winfield Clark through trustee will sell at public auction June 15 1921 at 12 30 PM in front of Halifax Court House to highest bidder for cash Lot No 14 on Long Street described per Edward T Clark plot for Southern Investors Realty Co recorded in Halifax NC. The lot previously conveyed by Mrs Mary C Graves to Katie Clark and Winfield Clark. Signed All Clark Trustee May 2 1921.
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Katie Clark
Winfield Clark
Register of Deeds
Halifax County
North Carolina
Halifax
Edward T. Clark
Southern Investors Realty Company
Register of Deeds Office
Long
Mary C. Graves
Sale of Patterson Town lots 39 and 40 in Roanoke Rapids
Florence Johnson and Jesse Johnson as trustees defaulted on a note secured by a deed to land in Roanoke Rapids Halifax County North Carolina. On June 11 1921 at 12 30 P M the trustee will offer the described parcels lots 39 and 40 plat 29 Patterson Town for sale at public auction. The land fronts 50 feet on a newly opened street and extends 165 feet to the boundary between plats 29 and 30. Sealed at Halifax, North Carolina this day.
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Florence Johnson
Jesse Johnson
Register of Deeds
Halifax County
North Carolina
Halifax
Roanoke ‘Rapids
State of North Carolina
Patterson Town
Register of Deeds Office
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Frank Bohr
Roanoke Rapids High School Department
Josephine Hegs
Fannie Manths
Con Ging
William Jacqol and
Joh
Miss Hooks
Viety
Howell Society A Athletic
Umountline
Low Earth
Tam
James
John William
Sissy
Jimmy
Bill
Tige
Yessum
Nellie
Billy
Jimme-e
Dimme-E-E
Bil
Jimmie
Mama
W. C. Williams
N. C
Roanoke Pharmacy Co
Roanoke Rapids, N. C
Rosemary Drug Company
Rosemary, N. C
John William Baxter
Harrington & Hardy Incorporated
All. Clark
A. L. Clark
White Hussars
GAA
Roanoke Baking Co
W. G. Lynch
Roanoke Rapids Power Co
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