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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1920
Page
10
The fall skirt described as costly due to wartime scarcity comes from Paris last February. It resembles a 1917 model yet is longer, designed to reach the top of a 12 inch boot to avoid tripping. Fashion remarks predict stripes and plaid, more material, and a bold stance for American women with a wry note on propriety.
Dream interpretations vary among mystics but agree that fire in dreams is generally favorable. A conflagration harming home or business may bring troubles but eventual recovery. burned houses falling suggest especially good omens. any fire seen without being burned denotes health and happiness. Touching fire and getting burned remains a favorable prognostication.
A discussion of fire dreams notes that dreaming of fire portends good luck and possible quarrels over trifles, with extinguished fires foreshadowing surprises. A woman lighting a fire suggests happiness and many children, while a difficult rekindling implies the opposite. Scientists see the dream as nursery-memory remnants, though mystics disagree.
The passage urges use of memories from the Old Year to fuel effort and enthusiasm. It contrasts fading self with renewed strength, urging to discard unpleasant recollections and keep pleasant ones as spur and incentive for bolder, braver achievement in the year ahead.
Edgar A Guest writes that patriotism unites all of America from mountains to seas and across cities. He notes the same courage in distant states and the flag’s call as free people work and pray for justice and liberty under the starry banner.
A fragment of a vintage cooking note features Mae West titled Mothers Cook Book. It offers practical kitchen tips and recipes such as Sauted Potato Balls with butter and paprika, pineapple filling for layer cakes, and homemade noodles. The text blends playful asides with step by step instructions and a casual tone.
A fragment mentions serving chilled with a dressing and a recipe to roll beef or veal in seasoned flour and fry in butter until brown, then bake in milk until absorbed. Includes a stray date and reference to 1920 Western Newspaper Union.
James J. West, chief scout executive, praises five Greater New York Boy Scouts departing for national parks. He cites outdoor programs, nature appreciation, and spreading the parks message as a nationwide effort to energize youth and families, hoping encounters in major cities will boost scouting’s outdoor mission.
Franklin C Hoyt, presiding judge of the children's court in New York City, hails the Boy Scouts of America as a practical force aiding juvenile justice. He says the movement fills good traits in boys, helping curb delinquency without focusing on reformatory aims, and suits boys from all homes as a nationwide agency.
Chicago scout council leader and business figure Robert J Thorne exhorts men interested in boy scouts to embrace the habit of doing a good turn daily. He says helping others enlarges the heart and that intimate contact with scouts warms him, lamenting he was not born forty years later to be a boy scout.
Eunice Louisiana Troop 1 saved two buildings from fire and earned an anxiliary status from the mayor, with contributions to Monument fund. Troop 13 Ogden Utah aided in search, city police duties, and relief work. Berkeley California Scouts in Safety First tallied traffic violators. over 6,000 fines reported day one.
Boy scout and residents form camera corps to document purported water pollution in Montclair New Jersey. They will photograph suspected polluted spots and send images to the mayor to prove impurity.
A church lesson outlines Solomon's vast fame as king over Israel from the Euphrates to the Mediterranean, his unmatched wisdom, and the temple and royal wealth. The Queen of Sheba visits to test him, astonished by his wisdom, wealth, and worship, and gifts flow both ways. It notes that all the earth sought Solomon and predicts the Greater King who will rule all nations.
A religious address urges wisdom from God and emphasizes the church’s sacred duty to minister to a diseased world. It stresses delivering the gospel of peace through righteousness and unselfishness as a guiding mission.
A reflective maxim quoting Jeremy Taylor urges using all time for prayers reading meditation nature work recreation charity and neighborliness. It advises avoiding idle or trifling pursuits to fill voids with constructive and spiritual activity.
A report shows the Public Roads Bureau often approves plans in five days and four days to final Washington approval. District No. 8 in Montgomery, Alabama spent 874047 from 1916 to 1920, about 1916 per month, illustrating cost efficiency. The bureau’s reviews saved tens of thousands on specific state projects.
Twelve states have tried convict labor for road building with satisfactory results. States Arizona Oklahoma Florida Maryland Minnesota Louisiana Rhode Island New Jersey Wyoming Utah Idaho Nebraska report well fed housed convicts reduce costs and profit physically and mentally as part of federal road-building efforts.
A report from the Bureau of Public Roads shows 1919 hard surfaced highway expenditures reaching a new high with 18 000 000 under the U S Department of Agriculture program. The 1920 funds total 63 000 000 signaling a larger outlay ahead. Thirty seven states authorize 685 041 729 for good roads over five years and 12 000 000 is allotted for the Lincoln highway. More than 25 000 miles of war torn French highways were destroyed during the conflict.
The text discusses maintaining milk flow by meeting natural needs of cows, including nutritious plentiful feed and comfortable working conditions. It favors Sudan Grass over millet for higher yield, palatable hay and multiple cuttings, benefiting farmers with pasture value.
Jimkins struggles with his reputation as a wit. He tells a friend an anecdote about a girl who poured water into her fiancé hat. The friend admits he has not heard it while Jimkins walks away, noting the joke hasn t yet leaked out.
A collage of overheard lines and jokes about marriage, temper, finances, and social norms. Snippets note couples avoiding expenses, a driver’s temper, a sheepish joke, and playful exchanges about singing and noses. The tone mimics a light, humorous conversational column.
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