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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1916
Page
2
Roanoke Rapids Herald lists publishing details, subscription price one dollar annually, office hours, second class matter status, postal information, and rules for mail submissions and payments. It notes address to Herald Publishing Co., Roanoke Rapids NC, and penalties for missing stamps or insufficient payment.
In this column dated Friday October 6 1916 the writer comments on Virginia as a land of the spirit and laments a spiritless land after November 1. The Emporia Fair runs October 24 27 with high class attractions and bright racing prospects. Public discourse covers political figures Hughes Wilson and Gen John D price drives on Gasolina, a referendum on Roanoke Rapids square, and broad advances in living costs including flour potatoes butter eggs bacon and beef. Ford backs Wilson and readers are urged to support Bolling Boulevard road funding via A Wyche at First National Bank.
A Greensboro Daily News quotation warns that European missteps could ignite wider wars and threaten the Monroe Doctrine, urging the United States to resolve the Mexican situation. The second notice announces a foreclosure sale by trustee I. J. M. McMurray on October 10, 1916, in Roanoke Rapids, featuring Lot No. 23 Madison Street as described in the deed of trust of Mrs. B. M. Gurkin.
The Herald notes a park preservation editorial helped spur the Roanoke Avenue Development Company plan to sell the town’s west Roanoke Avenue block from Third to Fourth Street. The purchase price is about six hundred dollars per lot and includes taking over the Municipal building.
A plea urges Roanoke Rapids officials to order a plebiscite on reserving a park site for all time. The letter argues public approval is likely and cites a planned $7,500 bond to fund park play space for children, warning against delaying while land prices rise.
The town board prohibits abating with roller skates and coasting with wagons or sleds on sidewalks within town limits. Violators face a five dollar fine for each offense as recorded on September 6, 1916 by Secretary & Treasurer A. L. Clark.
A border correspondent shares a humorous poem by W E Ross of the Second Virginia Infantry about hell in Texas. It riffs on Texas heat, venomous wildlife, and punishing landscapes, ending with a comic alignment of hellish conditions and a dig at a greaser.
A historical note cites Lincoln and Lee agreeing on the Hartford Fire Insurance Company before the Civil War. It mentions General Lee insuring Arlington in Virginia and President Lincoln insuring his Springfield, Illinois home, praising the Hartford as a trusted protector of homes and property. C A Wyche, Agent.
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