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Roanoke Rapids Herald

Location

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Sep 23, 1921

Page

4

What Is Taking Place In The South

The South news notes Irish peace talks canceled after De Valera’s acceptance. Argentina-United States loan talks suspended. Zionist congress ends in Carlsbad with no HQ move. Letvia and Estonia may join UN. Cardinal Mercier denied travel to wartime congress. a fatal explosion sank ships near Liverpool with multiple deaths. Postmaster promotions cited. Supreme Court review sought over Fruit Growers’ Express contract. Southern credit improves. post office to mail periodicals. amended 1917 tax returns required for inflated values.

Lloyd George Ineverness Eamonn de Valera Scotland de Valera Ireland Buenos Aires Carlsbad Czecho-Slovakia London Palestine Switzerland League of Nations Letvia Esthonia Hays Senate Federal Trade Commission Solicitor Beck Supreme Court Circuit Court of Appeals Express, Inc Southern Atlantic ‘Seaboard House South Washington Treasury Federal Reserve Board Post Office Department Bureau of Internal Revenue

Washington Cranks Up Housing and Rail Plans Amid Unrest

The article outlines a push for a bone-dry future with McAdoo linked finance and Railroad Administration actions selling $7.5 million in car trust certificates. A home-owning program for moderate means is proposed to ease unemployment and unrest, while mine and shipping investigations and camp Bragg’s permanent status are noted along with possible federal inquiries into Ku Klux Klan activities.

William G. McAdoo Kuhn, Loeb & Co Bankers New York Railroad Administration Washington United States Railroad United States Shipping Board Harding New England Senate West Virginia Z. T. Winser Mingo Lorgan Mingo County Logan County Camp Bragg North Carolina Army War Department Thirteenth Field Artillery Brigade Department of Justice Post Office Department Congress

Multiple News Briefs From Across Regions Including Knoxv ille and New York

Reports from Knoxville to New York cover a deputy sheriff’s shooting near Pineville Kentucky, the Dauntless with American bodies, Oscar E Carlson winning a national post, a kidnapping arrest in Virginia, and New Orleans federation matters. Roosevelt hospital transfer, King Alexander raid fallout, and mine disaster updates follow. Also noted are baseball league rulings, Baptist missionary arrivals, a bank shooting in Dodge Center, and Tennessee Senate candidate Noah W Cooper. Agricultural notes discuss barnyard manure and skim milk pig feed.

T. C. Partin Pineville Knoxville Tenn Dauntless New York Harbor Oscar E. Carlson Department of Ilinois United Span Jsh War Veterans Minneapolis Henry James Beulah James Smithville Margaret Jack Woodland Chattanooga Campbell N. B New York King Alexander Greece Carbondale Martin Southern Baseball League Southern Association Atlanta Memphis Seattle China Japan Shanghai Nashville C. T. Rounsville First National Bank of Dodge Center Minn

Sow Wheat for Pasture and Gentle Handling Tips

Sowing wheat for pasture should not occur earlier in fall than when grown for grain due to Hessian fly. Prevent sore shoulders in work horses by brushing and smoothing collars. Gentleness in the poultry yard pays as well as anything.

Four Selected for America at Conference on Armaments

Secretary Hughes leads the U S delegation to the forthcoming conference on armament limits and Far East issues. The United States will be joined by Lodge Root Underwood and others, with Britain, Japan, Holland and Belgium also represented. Talks focus on treaties, open door policy, and Manchuria while Ireland and Klan opposition headline U S domestic topics.

United States Marshing Hughes Henry Cabot Lodge Bithu Root Oscar W. Underwood Hara Baron Kato Shidehara Lloyd George Andrew Bonar Law Evans Lord Lee of Fareham Admiralty Australia New Zealand Canada Pacific Far East Holland Belgium China Russia Tokyo Sare Manchuria Washington Shantunga Peking

Indian Chief Great Runner Rain-in-the-Face Tale

The father of Rain-in-the-Face trained him as a runner and warrior to carry messages during war. Col G O Shields asserts Rain-In-the-Face ran 300 miles in three days on snowshoes to save his life, a feat likened to Marathon to Athens in legendary scope.

Father Rabb-the- Face Marathon Athens Col. G. O. Shields

Indian tribes and Rain-in-the-Face linked in colonial tale

A fragment notes a colonel recalling an Indian chief during the era before Rain-in-the-Face led a portion of the great Indian army that defeated Custer and his troopers. It mentions a lecturer and a volume on Blanket Indians of the Northwest and the number of books.

Northwest Custer

Agreeable Lady Demands Return for House Help

A dialogue depicts a matronly woman insisting on repayment for a favor to a male helper while he agrees to provide meals and return visits as often as she desires. The exchange highlights social expectations surrounding domestic service and reciprocity in a colloquial Victorian tone.

Bids Submitted. Stateville Charlotte Highway Contracts Awarded

Fifty-one bids were filed in Charlotte for the Stateaville Charlotte road work. Thompson Caldwell Construction Co. won a $241,000 contract for eight miles with bridges. Wilkes Bores Construction Co. won a $87,000 contract for three and a half miles in Gaston County. Work begins immediately amid falling road costs and anticipated further price reductions on building materials.

Raleigh Charlotte Thompson-Caldwell Construction Co Statesville Gaston County Wilkes Bores Construction Co Page

Poor North Carolina corn crop despite national rise

North Carolina corn yields show a 12 percent drop from last month while the U.S. crop averages rise by 1 percent. Agricultural statistician Frank Parker cites that North Carolina’s crop is about 72 percent of normal, with wide regional variation from Caswell to Northampton counties. Weather and pests threaten other crops, but North Carolina reports a record bumper year for water mayflies? Noting births exceed 3,000 in six months with deaths down by over 2,000.

North Carolina Thomasville Henderson Bureau of Vital Statistics State Board of Health Rankin Cumming Harding Frank Parker Co-operative Crop Reporting Service Bureau of Markets Crop Easimates Piedmont Mr. Parker Caswell Vance Davie Northampton F. M. Regmore Dame

Grand Lodge Meeting Convenes in Toronto Canada

The Sovereign Grand Lodge 1. O. F. will meet in Toronto Ontario September 19 with 208 Grand Representatives from American states and Canadian provinces. North Carolina will be represented by C. O. McMichael of Winston-Salem D. H. Tillit of Andrews and C. H. Reine and John D. Berry of Raleigh.

Royal Arch Masons United States Asheville Grand Lodge Sovereign Grand Lodge Toronto Ontario Canada Dominion of Canada North Carolina C. O. McMichael Winston-Salem D. H. Tillit Andrews Grand Lode C. H. Reine John D. Berry Raleigh

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