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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1919
Page
2
A narrative by James P. Richardson recalls starting a fruit business in Ames Iowa with apple trees tended by a college expert. He details high labor, careful spraying, and a bumper harvest, but ruthless middlemen and jobbers curbed profits, limiting delivery and driving prices down.
A period promotional notice touts Dr King s New Discovery as the quick remedy for colds flu and croup. It urges readers to buy at their druggist and starts relief on arrival home with a bottle priced around 1.20.
This late 19th century style advertisement promotes Dr King's New Life Pills as a remedy to cleanse the bowels and improve liver function. It promises mild yet effective relief and urges readers to obtain the pills from druggists for 25 cents.
Two Terre Haute teachers and six college graduates clerking in a Chicago shop sold several articles to customers. Their elation grew as the sale grew larger and they noted the store had elevated clerks with new counting methods rather than relying on paper records.
In a tangled post office scene Mr Springateen and staff search for the cause of an injured oriole during transit. Mrs Mo and the owner insist on insurance payment for the wounded bird while questioning who bears responsibility for the mishap.
An unreadable OCR snippet mentions a Thaw and a DiMA promt reply with garbled dialogue about a baby curts that fold up, attributed to Mrs. M. The fragment lacks coherent event or identifiable entities.
A succinct dialogue depicts a woman seeking a non growling dog while a cautious response hints at wanting a dog that will growl when strangers arrive, reflecting conflicting etiquette and dog temperament expectations.
A police report ends with a wry scene as a burglar beds down and tells the officer a son will lock the door. The officer dismisses it with a joke about an easily earned bob and exits, leaving the household in a lighthearted scandal.
The narrator describes a social gathering where certain parlor magic feats were performed as the trick required a quantity of coalina fastened behind them. The text hints at a practical setup behind the stunt and its display.
The fragment references a town items column with questions about types of bashanis and remarks by Mrs Gillis noting mental, tempera, accidental and experimental terms, suggesting a quirky local feature in the Town Topics page.
Vintage culinary excerpt describes East Indian curries and dessert ideas with detailed steps. Dishes include chicken curry, curry of mutton, curried eggs, and a grape Bavarian cream dessert with glowing garnishes. Spices listed include turmeric and mace. preparation emphasizes simmering, thickening, and serving with rice or bread.
The savings bank bureau of the Japanese Post Office Department awarded prizes for thrift slogans. About seventy thousand entries were submitted, and the top five prizes, ranging from $50 to $85, were won by phrases advocating daily saving and prudent spending.
An odd mix of medical ads for Cusenrets and a curious political notice appears. The ad hawks a laxative claiming no gripe while urging purchase, and a Toledo Ohio public notice offers a reward deed with a catarrh claim attached to Hall's Catarine Medicine.
A 19th century warning argues Castoria safe if it bears Charles H. Fletcher signature. It cites infant mortality rates in civilized countries and claims narcotic drops cause deaths. The piece asserts Camphor Castoria contains no opiates and urges readers to trust the Fletcher signature.
A mother, thought forgetful, explains how she ensured her son Tom took medicine on time. She told him the dosing hours and, half an hour before each interval, he pretended reluctance, yet the plan worked. The husband returns home hopeful despite the ruse.
Fragmentary dialogue hints at a stage production issue involving Mullaney Brothers and a stage manager. The garbled text suggests a dispute or miscommunication affecting work and perceived success for those involved.
A New York office building elevator becomes a symbol of public servants resentful of constant questions. A worker quips that the real irritant is answering questions all day, while a coworker jokes about misread initials and a private bow factory suggestion.
A fragmentary note describes scarcity after the war with enigmatic phrases about a black diamond and a cellar filled with en The hen is a beral fowl, she gives Apne when she takes m veil.
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