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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1919
Page
4
The Roanoke Rapids Herald is represented by about two hundred photographers worldwide through a newspaper association. More than a hundred work with the armies and navies of warring nations. Each week the page will reproduce some of the best pictures for Herald readers.
Sergt Allan M Nichols of the Durham Light Infantry suffered severe injuries when a defective bomb exploded. He lost both eyes and hands and is now using artificial limbs. He has learned to type on a special machine at St Dunstan's hospital in London.
Jones and his wife holiday in Backpool meet a parrot named Polly. The gramophone speaks and Polly frets as the voice claims the master is in his own house. Polly shocks her mistress and cries to shut up the automaton.
Instructions describe gathering seeds from flowering plants, using cheesecloth to catch seeds, labeling with color and planting directions, and storing ripe seeds in envelopes. Emphasizes neat labeling and proper storage for future planting and cultivation.
In a Bordowus hospital scene from Stars and Stripes, Sam refuses the brush and insists on powdering his teeth alone, prompting a nurse to bring tooth powder, water, and a brush after a morning teeth-cleaning task. The tale highlights wartime hospital routines and local humor through a simple, human moment.
The piece features a promoter promising investors huge returns amid a heated exchange about a sucker list and investor confidence. The dialogue hints at a contentious, high-pressure pitch aimed at ordinary readers challenged by market hype.
The snippet discusses the origin of OK as a trustworthy mark used by merchants and notes a hermit living nine days without food near Armidale New South Wales. It references Sardinia and Carthage era seminary sites and contrasts ancient and primitive inland life.
A fragmented account describes perfumes derived from coal mine byproducts including jasmine musk hyacinth and creosote. It mentions experimental scents and hidden chemical ideas from concrete anchors and Teveptors as scientists explore fragrant uses amid complex lab work.
A testimonial from Mrs Courtney of Oska loosa Iowa praising Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for relief from years of weakness and pain. The letter urges other women with displacements irregularities inflammation ulceration backache or Change of Life symptoms to try the remedy and seek advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Massachusetts.
An old advertisement promotes Gold Medal Hearien capsules for kidney pains and backache. It urges readers to buy from druggists, claims rapid action against germs, and offers a money back guarantee. The copy also urges kindness and contains generic health rhetoric.
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