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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1918
Page
2
A damaged text fragment promotes California Syrup of Figs as a laxative for children. It imitates a parental warning voice, touts its pleasant taste, and advises mothers to use the exact Vernon brand name and bottle labeling to avoid counterfeits.
Jenna Felker of Cleveland Tennessee shares a gratitude-filled testimonial for Cardul after decades of weakness and pain. She attributes regained health to Cardul, stating she was bedridden a week but recovered within days and returned to full work and life within three weeks, praising Cardul as a long-term ally.
A long dispute in England centers on authorities placing a tank on Worcester cathedral green. Critics call it sacrilege while the dean says the action serves no sacred cause, framing it as a protest or military display rather than a religious issue.
Empey recounts his training and frontline service as a private in the British army after joining from Jersey City. He details trench life, danger, and the role of a soldier around the time of the Lusitania sinking, with references to medical orderlies, chaplain duties, and life as a front line digger.
The piece describes a wartime logistics update detailing a joke system aboard a field unit, plus an outline of a new territorial allotment to thirteen general supply depots. It mentions ordnance equipment, American merchants taking over German fur interests, and the broader wartime provisioning framework for overseas shipments and civilian support.
Two artillerymen execute a clever ruse described as putting one over on Old Pepper. The incident highlights their quick thinking and teamwork within the unit, leaving peers amused by the successful hoax.
A historical notice describes clothexplis as versatile wooden items for children. They’re suitable as toys tables or simple fences and can be assembled into houses or blocks for building various objects. Other playthings include dolls, balls, doll carriages, and washing sets.
Worthing South Dakota farmer Willam Hunter sold a kicking mule to a buyer. His son Ray joined the National Guard but failed the exam yet served in a supply unit driving teams. In North Carolina the unit's mule team included the same mule his father sold last spring, now in government service.
The telegraph messenger girl, long predicted, has appeared in Hutte and may be employed in other Montana towns as it becomes hard to recruit boys. A company already has a corps of uniformed girls on duty locally and pays good wages. Harry King of Helena recently fired a gun loaded in 1865. authorities say it may be recovered.
A fragment shows Mr Slowpay returning dark trousers for resale, addressing Mr Murphy the tailor. Murphy responds that he will accept the bill from six months ago if it is brought back for receipt. The exchange reveals a strained business relationship and lingering debt.
A pineapple is ready for use when its leaves pull out easily. If the leaves resist, the fruit is not yet ripe. This leaf-test guides preparation and timing for optimal sweetness and texture.
A Fremont Ohio reader reports improved health after using Lydia B. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound during the climacteric period. She credits reduced heat flashes backache and irritability to the remedy and notes confidentiality of their correspondence with Pinkham Medicine Co.
An old advertisement promotes Nature's Remedy Ni Tablets as a cure for constipation and cleansing. It claims weekly use can reduce daily medicines, improve digestion, boost liver function, and aid nutrient absorption with a box lasting twenty five days. The copy urges trying the product and states doctors recommend it.
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