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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1940
Page
8
A collage of light anecdotes spans fishing mishaps with a helper boy, sorority gossip prompting a monthly letter, a mother and chicken coop misadventure, a Southern town waiting for a perfectly on time train, radio talk about Dardanelles, a Philadelphia bride facing strikes and rude clerks, and a doctor’s wife remarking on a yard full of holes as a joke about raising children.
Local column lists residents and guests visiting relatives in Roxboro Greenville Washington Danville Richmond Emporia Newport News and other locations. Names include Lonnie and Mrs Martin Irvin Cobb Bertie Brown Raymond Tripp Kathleen Lakey Lois Garris Ann Campbell Taylor and many more with trips to Columbia S C Richmond Va Durham Life Insurance Co Emporia and Weldon among places visited. Attendees at W L Taylor's funeral from Cumberland Md Littleton Hampton Emporia and Seaboard are named.
W F Joyner of Goldsboro was a business visitor in the city Saturday. Miss Nellie Crutchfield of Richmond spent the weekend here.
Promotes BLACK-DRAUGHT as an all-vegetable laxative option for constipation. Recommends a quarter to a half-teaspoonful nightly with water, followed by morning evacuation. Highlights time-tested, economical use with 25 to 40 doses for 25 cents.
Family expresses gratitude for kindness shown during illness and death of husband and father W. L. Taylor on Oct 16. They thank doctors, nurses, friends, and for floral offerings and support from the community. MRS W L TAYLOR and Children.
The Business Girls Circle of the First Presbyterian Church met at Mrs Francis Starke's home on Thursday evening. Miss Margaret Wood called the meeting to order, with reports from secretary Mrs L R Brown and treasurer Mrs John Buck.
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