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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1917
Page
3
The Roanoke Rapids Herald is represented worldwide by about two hundred photographers, over one hundred with armies and navies of warring nations. Weekly, readers will see some of the best pictures taken by these photographers reproduced on this page.
A notable social event in New York state was the wedding of Mix Helen Peck Travis daughter of State Comptroller Eugene Travis at his Brooklyn home to J Henry Johnson of Albany. Ernest M Stiren performed the ceremony and a reception followed attended by many well known people.
Returning New York officers stationed at Wittsburg share jeeping humor about army life during a barracks inspection led by Captain Philip Mathews. A sleepy candidate mocks the bunk card system as the captain uncovers a missing registration card and wakes a muttered reply about the tough bunk.
Raymond L. Gitnack of Fidelity Trust Co. powered through 100 commercial checks in one minute twenty two and two thirds seconds. The Hartford Times notes his flawless technique and precision in the American Institute of Banking Hartford chapter contest.
A quip about a beauty scheme turns on tongue twisters like pens and prunes. The boarding house resident rebuffs the idea, noting she has long renounced such dulities, offering a light, humorous exchange typical of domestic humor in era columns.
Provost marshal general announces a revised draft machinery plan approved by the president. The statement emphasizes updates to the military draft process and the executive endorsement of the new framework.
Washington reports Provost Marshal General Crowder announced a sweeping reform of the draft. The 9 million registrants will be sorted into five classes by need and economic worth, with a mailed questionnaire guiding the classification and most forms eliminated to speed local board work. The system aims to auto route decisions and reduce manual labor while preserving essential manpower.
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