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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1920
Page
10
Lemuel Bolles reports a French war veterans appeal urging continued American support and united action. The Poilus praise shared sacrifice, defend liberty, and warn against discarding wartime ideals as France and America must remain allied against future threats.
A fragmentary anecdote recalls Aunt Milda visiting Jack after a harsh north Russia winter. The dialogue notes biting cold, indoor tobenches, and a joke about testing outdoor danger with a bayonet through a keyhole.
The American Legion urges enactment of a bill offering land settlement loans home aid and education support for veterans. It seeks four programs with per day service payments of 1.50 to 2.00 dollars, aiming to help disabled and all ex service men without a cash bonus. The group argues fair treatment benefits the nation by producing stronger citizens and greater national wealth.
Barren County post No. 28 Glasgow Ky leads burials abroad fund with a five dollar contribution toward decorating graves of Americans buried overseas.
In Portland Oregon the Central Labor council recommends that former service men may join unions without initiation fees and urges local unions to assist ex service men seeking employment as labor contributes to securing a payroll for those who served in the war with Germany.
OY SCOUTS coverage highlights two pioneer scouts in Choctaw and profiles from across Oklahoma. Stories describe aims like wireless work, horse breeding, farming skills, and engineering plans, with notes on hikes, fishing, cooking, and swimming prowess among pioneer scouts in towns such as Delaware Depew Hartshorne Holl a Manchester Okarche Row Spiro and Sawyer.
Scouts embrace outdoor sleeping as healthful and year round. Col Ernest Coulter of the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children endorses sleeping outdoors under proper covering and safeguards, noting broad benefits and growing adoption in all seasons.
Scouts across the country engage in tree study under scout masters to learn about local trees and foster public welfare awareness. The piece notes boy scouts push forestry education and community involvement, continuing their tradition of leadership in public welfare initiatives.
Boy Scouts at State College Pennsylvania benefit from Buck Taylor a former Buffalo Bill performer who offers instruction in throwing rough riding and other feats. Taylor owns land near State College and plans a stock farm while generously giving time to the youths.
The Boy Scout movement neither promotes nor discourages military training. It focuses on developing character and personal efficiency in teenage boys. Uniforms, patrols, troops, drills, and activities are not military tactics but foster unity and rhythm of spirit among youth.
A plan to eliminate form work in culvert construction proposes filling ditches with earth and tamping to create a stable bridge. A sample culvert built years ago reportedly resists wear and shows no cracks. The Missouri and Kansas Farmer notes the illustration demonstrates the method for draining land without forms.
A method described for building culverts includes digging a ditch then placing a bridged section with a time kept plaster. Concrete is mixed in correct proportions and laid to the proper thickness with reinforcement. Side trenches provide footing to bear loads and prevent undermining in high water.
A simple remedy to protect a bridge opening during floods is a shallow wall across the upstream side extending to the bottom of the side walls and not more than five or six inches above the low water level. This prevents undermining and debris wedging on the bridge.
The piece argues that poor roads raise costs for farmers and hinder education and commerce. It notes four horses pulling an empty wagon, wheat price drops, and towns fading as road quality affects farm development. It cites high costs of freight moving over public highways and frames road improvement as a clear business proposition with tangible dollars and cents impact.
The state highway department reports Pennsylvania led the nation in mileage of dur able highways contracts let up to January 1, totaling 679.28 miles. Illinois was second with 510.70 miles. For 1920 Pennsylvania plans about 800 miles of road, with an advanced organization to build durable highways.
Better school advantages hinge on road quality. Five states with top highway systems average 180 school days. five with poor road care have less than half that length. Mudholes appear when trees shade dirt roads, retaining moisture and creating ruts. Thorough cement testing by engineers is urged. Colorado reports spending ranges from $000 to $30,000 per mile on concrete roads.
A garbled comic vignette mixes misheard lines about illness innocence and finance. Jokes touch on appendicitis bills real estate and a racing plane mishap. The dialogue features a magistrate a colonel and an air copyist with punchlines about effort and restraint.
A mosaic of witty scraps from magazines and humor columns. It features satirical lines on lawyers, neighbors, and social clubs, plus quips about a ten pound turkey bet and a poet selling verses to Scribblers. Notable jests reference Browning, London Tit Bits, and casual digs at manners and daily life.
A garbled dialogue scene shows characters named Bosa, He, Village Fire Marshal, and Head Pipeman discussing a football game, sympathy, explanations of plays, a Rome history reference, and a fire starter question about crossed wires or a lit cigarette.
A detailed, era styled recount of Walter Scott birth and rise, focusing on his Waverley era works and the Heart of Midlothian. It covers plot highlights including Jeanie Deans journey to London for Effie Deans, Porteous mob events, and related characters Meg Murdockson and Madge Wildfire, with notes on publication and reception.
Empire State listings describe several Indian reservations across Erie, Cattaraugus, Oneida, Onondaga, Syracuse, St. Regis near Southampton, Tonawanda in Erie and Genesee, and the Tuscarora reserve in Niagara counties. Some reservations span up to 7,900 acres and are open to visitors almost any time.
The excerpt outlines two antique techniques for preserving ferns. One method involves dipping gathered ferns in a gum water solution for a few minutes, then drying between arrangements. The second method suggests patting the ferns between clean sheets of paper and pressing them with boards for about a week.
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