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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1917
Page
3
Through a broad association with American newspapers the Roanoke Rapids Herald is represented worldwide by about two hundred photographers. Over a hundred serve with the armies and navies of the warring nations. The best and most interesting images will be reproduced weekly for Herald readers.
Little Billy Thomas won first prize in the baby carriage division of the Asbury Park baby parade Wonders of Insect Life described the amazing physiology of insects noting muscles without bones a heartless circulatory system no brain and breathing through air apertures along the body despite their tiny size
The Navy League Comforts committee mobilizes volunteers to supply 220000 sets of five woolen items for ships, with total production planned at 2250000 pieces. Volunteers pay for their own materials, keeping costs to Uncle Sam zero. Women can contact local Navy League offices to aid. The set includes a woolen helmet, socks, jacket, muffler, and knitted wristlets, pictured as part of the effort.
A stitched dialogue explores fear of rejection and clever cautions about proposals. Characters discuss the value of small acts and the Gemee of clubs versus a king of diamonds, while a weather quip notes rain favoring early morning hours. A joke about expenses ends with a plan to avoid money left in pockets.
A Chinese cook recounts finding $200 in gold in Hop Lee’s house, two years after a tong war murder. He swears a murdered friend’s ghost guided him to the treasure in a room that had never been used. The finder says the apparition warned him of fatal consequences.
A wartime appeal urges women to support armed forces without leaving home duties. Tips include preserving fruit and vegetables, apple catsup, pear and peach preserves, wild grapes and berry preparations, and a series of salads such as corn, beet, onion, watercress, mixed vegetable, tomato with orange, and chicken salads.
A historical note explains hay fever arising from breeze pollen of grasses and trees such as Johnson grass Bermuda grass oats red cedar and black walnut while insect pollination is noted as less influential. A child misinterprets homesickness as illness and a boy accurately tracks a clock phrase in a local anecdote.
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