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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1917
Page
7
A humorous vignette about Sirric Geddes as a boy who squanders pocket money on a used Dopestaker, earns a sharp rebuke, then turns resourceful by selling the item for ten dollars. The piece shifts to light dialogue about knitting class, singing like a bird, and a playful exchange about Tom’s spending.
A Cardiff audience hears M Griffin of Cross Oak recount a dream event from Blackwood lore. A man dreamed while working at a railway site that a stone would strike and kill him, then emigrated to America. Twenty years later he returned to Mackwood and, while seeking work, died when a plank fell on him, confirming the vision.
An advertisement-like note touts a drug named freezone to remove corns and calluses instantly by topical application claiming the corn lifts with root, leaving skin unirritated. It promotes inexpensive availability at drug stores and urges readers to request stock from wholesalers.
An assortment of fragmentary ad copy mentions Cuticura Ointment and Soap for complexions and pores, with a free sample offer via mail. It includes stray quotes about temperance, reform, and civic wake-up calls, plus a brief note on Roman Eye Balsam used at night.
New Hampshire built 442 miles of gravel roads in the last decade at about 3826 dollars per mile. To keep them passable, several hundred patrolmen work from March to December, patrol sections, clear ditches, spread material, and drag surfaces after rains. Average wage about a day. maintenance costs about 250 dollars per mile annually.
A Reston Transcript excerpt highlights Charles Henry Davis advocating coordinated national road building. He argues the government should finance 100000 miles of roads with land purchases along them, generating rental income to cover costs. Other topics urge better fencing, water purity, radiator cooling, wetland drainage, and cabbage prices.
The article describes tulip varieties suited to tower pots with lemon yellow funnel shaped flowers and fragrant blooms. It notes height around 20 inches, slender stems, and narrow leaves, with large differences between heavy black soil and lighter soils. It compares Virginia uplands to Holland and gives watering and fertilizing guidance.
A guidance piece on proper plant watering noting common mistakes. Daily watering often drowns plants without good drainage, while inadequately watered soil dries just below the surface. It outlines factors: plant type, soil, location, pot size, and moisture needs for healthy growth.
A fragment from a worn doorstep piece reflects loneliness and shared sorrow as a house and garden scene evoke wind and stream, while a remembered absent loved one lingers. The text shifts to a satirical note on Congress, hinting at fiscal contention and contracts regardless of treasury funds.
A trench life anecdote recounts an officer Lieutenant Rathbone and Corporal Feldwick disarming a deranged soldier in a communications trench. Rathbone and Feldwick rushed the man, disarmed him, and took him to a dressing station. Feldwick is described as a POW and awarded the Albert Medal second class.
A comical exchange reveals motives behind a broken engagement as characters discuss money, social moves, and old flames. A detective note and social observations surface amid light banter about love and propriety.
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