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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1918
Page
4
A Roanoke Rapids NC Herald item reviews Life in Training Camps and the new book Keeping Our Fighters Fit by Edward Frank Allen and Raymond B Fosdick. President Wilson's prefatory note is quoted. the paper promotes subscriptions with a special offer for new subscribers and renewals.
The Herald chronicles the sudden death of Paul V. Matthews praising his community worth and lifelong friendship. It honors him as a faithful husband father and friend whose untimely passing leaves sorrow but faith in a wider afterlife and enduring impact.
An old bulletin from the State War Savings Committee warns that peace proposals are German propaganda meant to sap wartime resolve. The Roanoke Rapids town board adopts an ordinance requiring human waste disposal closets in all dwellings, with fines for noncompliance and a November 18 deadline.
Refrigerator cars for carrying meat are ice boxes traveling on wheels. Gustavus F. Swift built the first box car rigged to hold ice. Now there are 7,000 Swift refrigerator cars, each as fine an ice box as in a home.
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