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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1917
Page
7
Through an association with several American papers The Roanoke Rapids Herald is represented worldwide by about two hundred photographers with over a hundred serving in the armies and navies of the warring nations. The best photos will be reproduced weekly on this page for Herald readers.
A clipped passage discusses a money making scheme at the Trieste post office building and includes various quoted lines on vision, thought, and beauty. It mentions General Baron von Breytag-Loringhoven and notes his view that trench warfare favored the Allies and that Germany’s offensives were insufficient to topple them. The piece also muses on beauty of character versus physical appearance and asserts a single ideal for inner beauty.
Mrs J Kendall a prominent York woman will wear a steel helmet in France to direct a small army of chauffeurs transporting portable hangars for American aviators The work will be done under the supervision of the National League for Women's Service.
A mother tells Allan he is two on his second birthday and notes he weighs thirty pounds after lifting him from the scale. That evening the father asks Allan his age, and the boy hesitates, hinting at something more to reveal.
An Automatic Payteller device indicates the amount due from payrolls and distributes job costs with speed. It claims to compute payroll fractions and hours worked, not by pen or calculator, but by proving 18 040 computed products. The compact, portable machine reportedly handles all standard payroll figures accurately.
An item notes tame elephants used in India to trap wild elephants and a California diving horse used to spur other horses from an 80 foot platform into a tank. Trained animals observe the trainer plunge from height, then repeat leaps from 15 feet, gaining fearlessly after several trials, illustrating teaching by example.
Secretary Baker’s weekly war review portrays allied ascendancy in Flanders with momentum against German positions. It highlights air power and shell supply as drivers of success, notes gains near Bruges and Ostend, and records Allied prisoners and captured guns, while warning of possible German counterattacks as weather favors continued operations.
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