War Talk and Local Notices From Roanoke Rapids Roanoke Rapids War News
A Roanoke Rapids newspaper page discusses WWI efforts, patriotism, and public notices. It references Germany, Kaiser, and Allied aims, cites local health and school terms, and lampoons wartime sentiment with editorials and community announcements. The piece mentions Halifax County and Camp Sevier and advertises War Savings Stamps and a local exchange table. It also notes influenza cautions and political reminders ahead of elections.
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Trench and Camp
Camp Sevier
Abe Norinsky
Roanoke Rapids
William Hohenzollern
Peace talks as enemy weapon, warns Manufacturers Record
As the issue goes to press two weeks before its date, the Manufacturers Record argues that Kaiser's peace talks are a more effective enemy offensive than German guns because they shift the focus of war weary peoples toward peace and sap the world’s will to pursue the war.
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Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Jonny Rebs
Lee
Germany
Col. Crodwer
Doctor Sull
Kaiser
Rhine
Louvain
Rheims
Hearic
Gerand
University of North Carolina
Six Months Session Emphasizes War Time Education
Public education leaders urge continued support for schools during and after war. France’s wartime lesson, echoed by U S Commissioner of Education P P Claxton, stresses keeping schools thriving and shaping citizens for life and democracy. The call warns against neglecting tomorrow while meeting urgent wartime burdens with sacrifice.
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France
John H. Finley
New York State
Catarrh Cure Promoted as Constitutional Treatment
An advertisement proclaims a $100 reward and asserts Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh at all stages. It claims catarrh is constitutional and requires constitutional treatment, with the medicine taken internally to strengthen the body and aid nature. The text includes garbled phrases about profits and assurances.
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Hall
Acre Tre Pires
The Slave of Liberty Poem Ends Kilmer’s Life
A fragment from Joyce Kilmer’s last poem reaches Mrs Kilmer days before news of his death in action. The poem proclaims Freedom as the guiding task and valor in sacrifice, with lines about blood, war, and a captain crowned with a thorned head.
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Joyce Kilmer
The
Dean's Kidney Pills Ad Wide Roanoke Rapids Notice
Roanoke Rapids residents report relief from long running kidney troubles after using Doan's Kidney Pills. Mrs. W T Glover of Box 274 says bending over caused difficulty in straightening up but the remedy brought wonderful results. Sold at all dealers with Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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W.T. Glover
Roanoke
Doan
Price
Dean
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the Herald Publishing Co., Inc
J. T. Sramaback
North Carolina
Herald Publishing Co
Hiram Rue
Ludendorff
Austria
Deutschland
State Board of Health
Solemly
State Board
Halifax
Europe
United States
P. P. Claxton
U. S
Education
the Slave of Liberty
Chain
Pont
Clark & Clark
Attorneys At Law
Roanoke Rapids, N. C
Rose
Rosemary, North Carolina
Hancock House
Grates
B. S. Webb
Patterson
Geo. L. Hayes, Jr
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