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Roanoke Rapids Herald

Location

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Sep 28, 1923

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Made in Carolina Exposition attendees visit Charles town

Local residents and visitors list numerous trips and calls across Raleigh and nearby towns. Names include Mooney Greedburg Ellen Fields J H Williams Welch Bain Glover Robertson Porterfield Vaughan Gowan Dozier Cherry Williams Bounds Tillers Parker Tillery McMuir and others. Weekend and weekday travels span Charlotte Rocky Mount Henderson Scotland Neck and Edenton.

Mooney Greedburg Baltimore Ellen Fields J. H. Williams Rocky Mount J. F. Welch Edenton A. L. Bain Charlotte Mrs. Pearl Greensboro B. Marks Ross Pearson Valentine Onie Glover Mattie Wigutins Weldon Messrs Hugh Webb Charles Boykins Halifax Cammie Vaughn Tillery Robertson U.S. N A. L. Robertson Ewell Gowan Roanoke C.A. Porterfield Wollaston Mass Chase Jack Green Sichmons Clyde Dozier Norfolk Annie Cherry Scotland Neck Walter Page Ten Moody Don M. Coburn Lynchburg Lucille Renn Henderson Bruce Tillers Sula B. Williams W.R Cherry G. E. Williams Ed. Parker Bounds

Rosemary Local Items and Arrangements At Rosemary

Rosemary hosts a weekend of visitors from Farmville Burlington and Petersburg while residents attend barbecue events and a new theatre opening. Local clubs, business openings, and a large education effort in the Rosemary Roanoke Rapids district highlight community life with talks by candidates and a plan for evening classes and diplomas.

Elsie Baker to Perform at High School Auditorium

Music lovers in the community will see Elsie Baker, with a pianist and violinist, in the High School Auditorium on Tuesday evening October 9. Known across America for concert work and numerous Victrola records, she headlines a year of planned musical events. Gamble Concert Party is set for later, with Dick Howell likely to sing in November. More artists of similar reputation are expected to be scheduled.

Elsie Baker Miss Baker America Gamble Dick Howell

All Saints Church Invites Worshipers on Trinity Sunday

All Saints Episcopal Church announces services for the Eighteenth after Trinity with Holy Communion at 7:30 A.M. and 10 A.M. Morning worship at 11 A.M. Bible classes for adults and children, church school, and evening service at 7:45 P.M. The feast of St Michael and All Angels is observed at 10 A.M. E Y P S meets with Miss Doris Vaughn at 7:30. The church presents itself as God’s corporation serving humanity.

All Saint's Church T. W. Mullen Holy Communion

M E Church South Announces Services and Quarterly Conference

Rev Robert H ce Pastor oxiroo serves at Busca with Class M E Church South. Sunday School 9 AM Sermon by Pastor 7 30 PM Preaching by Rev S E Mercer Presiding Elder. Followed by 4th Quarterly Conference. All members encouraged to attend with friends visitors and strangers welcome.

M. E. Church South Robert H. Ce Oxiroo Vin Edneds Busca S. E. Mercer

Geyser Dislikes Soapsuds in Yellowstn Park Event

A Minute Man geyser in Yellowstone park erupts after a man pours five gallons of laundry soap into its crater. The ensuing blast sprays water and a million times its volume of soap suds, coating the area in white iridescent heaps as observers report a chaotic battle with the suds and a lingering stink.

Yellowstens Park Einstein Des Lawl R. Freeman Crater Mr. Freeman Laward Maes

Birthday Party Honors Hon. R. G. Allsbrook At Rosemary

A chicken dinner hosted for Miss Hearne at Mrs. John Clark's Rosemary home featured friends Irene Clark Jugg Mountcastle Nancy Stainback Herman Medlin Emma Polk Sidney Matthews Louise Herring and Joe Halfwit. In Scotland Neck Hon. Richard G. Allsbrook outlined a four square platform at a Dixie Theatre rally, pledging tariff reform and farmer support while opposing federal school subsidies and stressing economy and equal rights.

Hearne John Clark Rosemary Irene Clark Jugg Mountcastle Nancy Stainback Herman Medlin Emma Polk Sidney M. Mattthews Louise Herring Joe , Halfwit Richard G. Allsbrook Scotland Neck Congress Secjon Dixie Theatre Allsbrook Ashby Dunn Scotland Neck Commonwealth

Notice W O W Meets October 1 1928 at 7 30 P M

On next Monday October 1st 1928 our camp will meet at 7 30 o'clock P M At 8 30 refreshments will be served All members urged to be present by Order of Council Commander The message includes mottos about wisdom kindness and exemplary conduct.

Seed Corn Value and Weevil Fight Highlight Halifax Notes

Halifax farming notes urge selecting good seed corn this fall to boost yields and profits. Davis cites a 3 to 4 bushel per acre gain with better seed, plus cover crops like rye and clover to reduce winter leaching and help the cotton fields resist weevils. The column also notes a 1924 cotton drop projected at 50 percent due to weevil damage and high feed costs, urging home food production to ease shortages.

Halifax County Halifax Aula

Train Talkers Paraphrase Sparks Office Grievances

In a Bowton Transcript style exchange two colleagues vent over domestic labor and daily grind. They joke about marriage fatigue and a pretty coworker while debating who must work in a hot office from nine to five. The dialogue reflects gendered stereotypes and workplace fatigue.

South Carolina Mer Bowton Transcript

Steady Hiring Shifts in Early 20th Century Industry

The piece notes a trend toward fewer workers needed as new machinery and expansion rise, citing 1020 farm employment down 1,106,000 since 1910 while auto, film, and rail sectors added nearly 2 million jobs over the decade. It also includes a witness recount from a stone carver about an assault linked to a legal case.

Fwwer Thia Tdmiee Ngures Uie Maine

The Character of Cal Coolidge The Silent Cal

Calvin Coolidge, vice president and future president, is examined in this Herald feature by John Dickenson Sherman. The piece explores his personality and character without advocating for or against his political views or 1924 presidential prospects.

Calvin Coolidge United States Vermont Cal Coolidge John Dickenson Sherman The Herald Cal Sherman Calvin Coolide

Police Court News Items Dull week in justice halls

Two colored violators of the Volstead code and a stray couple of mot orists noted. Joe Allsbrook posted 100 bond for selling wine. Walter Nicholson held on 100 bond for whiskey sales. Theodore Shaw speeding. William Garrett dismissed on costs. Horseshoe paper and a joke on a sleeping guest appear amid varied notes. Humming Bird of the Sea describes a tiny seaplane for submarines, eight feet long, weighs about 1000 pounds, three cylinder engine, soon in service.

Halls of Justice Joe Allsbrook Superior Court Walter Nicholson Halifax Theodore Shaw William Garrett Naval Air Station Anacostia Bureauf Naval Aero Hampton Ronda

Obituary of William W. Pulley in Rosemary town

William W. Pulley died at his son Charles Paley's home on Four Hune Street Rosemary at noon Monday. He had lived in Rosemary six months from Lash and served in the federal Army. He was 7 years old. Survived by sons Charles Pulley Rosemary Leon Pulley Philadelphia Arthur Pulley Hollister and daughter Lula Smith Boykins Va. Funeral service held at Lasker Tuesday afternoon by Rev. A. G. Carter with burial in the family cemetery.

William W. Pulley Charles Paley Hune Street Rosemary Pal Lash Messrs Chas. Pulle Leon Pulley Philadelphia Arthur Pulley Hollister

Parents to Attend Central School PTA Meeting

The first meeting of the Parent-Teachers Association at Central School will occur Wednesday afternoon at 3330. Parents are urged to be present as several new teachers will meet the mothers of the students they teach and an interesting program has been arranged.

Parent-Teachers Association of the Central School

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