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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1917
Page
7
A fragmented clipping recounts a strange tale of medical quackery and a farmer dealing with a horse trader. The dialect tale features a farmer seeking a sturdy plow horse and discovering the animal’s blindness only after purchase, prompting a wary exchange about appearance versus usefulness.
A Cincinnati claim promotes Freezone as a cheap, painless remedy to lift corns and calluses with direct application. The ad cites quick relief, root-and-all removal, and minimal skin irritation, urging readers to ask pharmacists to stock the product. Also mentions other market copy and assorted text snippets found in the page.
An essay recounts joining Boy Scouts of America Troop 4 about five years ago at Black Rock Congregational Church. The writer recalls early campouts led by a Sunday school teacher, learning woodcraft, signaling methods, first aid, fire making, and knotting. Proud moments include earning the uniform and embracing the Scout Oath and Law, finding lasting belonging and personal growth.
A Chicago Scout News item quotes a persistent call for boys to engage in all forms of work. It extols honesty, industry, and a purposeful life, promising wealth, fame, and honor to those who answer the world’s demand with a true and diligent heart.
The Boy Scouts of America gain federal protection for the Scout uniform and insignia. It becomes unlawful for nonmembers to wear the uniform or to use Boy Scout branding on products. The law aims to curb imitations and protect the organization’s image nationwide.
The Daily Kind Act describes a Scout’s behavior as kind to family and others. It emphasizes daily conscious and unconscious good deeds and the habit formed by scouting, alongside compassionate acts like tending wounds to animals and children.
Scoutmaster H P Boeve of Suffern New York reports 14 boys have enlisted for war service from two Boy Scout troops he trained. troop No 2 started 1918 includes large boys. of 25 Scouts 11 enlisted. Prop No 8 started 1915 includes younger boys. of 17 Scouts 8 enlisted. The 14 join infantry artillery state regiments and engineers.
Gardening guidance from Lima R Rose and L M Bennington on propagating rex begonias, sowing perennials, potting primroses and cinerama, and harvesting mignonette for holidays. Advice covers mulching with leaves, storage, leaf mold, and avoiding overwatering or overfertilizing. Tips include pruning wandering jew and other plants in water for winter displays and preparing soap-based sprays for pests on leaves and stems.
Keep chrysanthemums growing vigorously through summer. Pinch shoots periodically to encourage branching. Do not let the plants dry out. Expose to air but shield pots to prevent soil drying. Water with manure water twice weekly. Stop pinching when you want buds to form.
The crimson winter rhubarb offers four most delicious flavors and is far superior to common varieties. It is long-lived, ever-bearing, and reaches its best late in the fall when other fruits and vegetables are scarce.
Tomatoes may be trained to stakes or trellises to good advantage. Keep the branches thinned to just the number needed for fruit.
The article by E Van Benthuysen advises early September orders for Illy bulbs with delivery from late September to November. It details bed preparation, use of litter, soil conditions, and anchoring bulbs with sand. It highlights several lily varieties including Madonna, Canada, Coral, Longiflorum, Spectorum, and Golden Banded Japanese fly.
An advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe humane alternative to dangerous calomel. It claims calomel causes bone necrosis and illness while Liver Tone is plant based, non salivating, and guarantees improved liver function and bowels with a single spoonful.
A compact remark notes that clever women can obtain information without asking direct questions, implying subtlety and tact in gathering facts. The line highlights social acumen over inquiry, suggesting discretion and strategic conversation.
In a Sun Dial excerpt a four-piece orchestra joins a canning club. Gladys Twobbles, accused of not cooking, is noted for reading a learned paper before the club session. The dialogue hints at class and skill in a small town setting.
A collage of humorous snippets from London Tit-Bits and Australian Anzac humor includes ad copy for a so called MOTHERS JOY SALVE and quips about war indemnities, a street tramp, a beggar, and a canned goods speech. The excerpts mix satire and everyday life with characters like Smythe, Major Spender Clay, and an Anzac reader.
An old advertisement touts a lemon juice beauty lotion made by mixing fresh lemon juice with orchard white. It claims the quarter pint mix softens, lightens freckles and tan, and brightens skin when applied daily to face neck arms and hands.
The fragment recalls a sharp exchange about love and loyalty, mentioning a man who married his friend's wife and later works as a draftsman in an automobile factory. A sly quip about horsepower tops the conversation, while a cross old bachelor aims to keep children under control.
A Birmingham Age-Herald quip highlights Pat avoiding a plank by crawling, fearing what might happen if he fell. The foreman mocks him, Pat clarifies the risk is that the plank fears a fall. A separate joke questions a reader about the book title Adventures of a Motor Car, noting the tame claim and a racing pun.
The clipping blends ads and quips from 19th century style notes mentioning GROVE S TASTELESS TONIC and iron claims, plus a Robertson Melton quote about speaking kindly. It repeats a definition of a practical joke and a playful Detroit Free Press aside about a cooking school graduate.
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