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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1923
Page
8
A mother sends her only son to school each day with a hopeful image of him destined for the White House. The sentiment reflects a parent’s high expectations and dreams for a child’s future.
A colonial-era note describes locals using breadfruit as a staple. A breadfruit tree yields fruit baked in an oven that resembles wheat bread in flavor and appearance, implying breadmaking is unnecessary in those islands.
A religious piece urges readers to guard speech and avoid talebearing. It weaves biblical echoes from James and Proverbs with a tale of a master and slave seeking tongue meat, then shifts to admonitions on gossip, pride, and repentance. The narrator warns against spreading rumors and stresses accountability before God and community.
A reader notes that a life of effort may still count as meaningful as dangers faced by women rise with age. The writer observes rising female mortality from fifteen to thirty five, then a shift after thirty two where male mortality accelerates. lamenting folly and misfortune as a continual toll on men.
A historical bank ledger entry dated September 14 shows resources and discounts, real estate owned, cash totals, certified checks, savings deposits and capital items. Names including Geo Ty Hayes Jr and T.M. Jenkins appear as officers and notary, with attestations and commissions noted.
In classical mythology Eros is the Greek name for the deity known as Cupid to Romans. Son of Mars and Venus, he is shown with golden wings and a quiver, inflaming loves in gods and men. Often depicted blindfolded, Eros evolved from a handsome youth to a playful yet dangerous figure in later eras.
A woman who wore out silk stockings along the sides of the feet now rips the seams on the soles to anchor, spreads, and fills the rips with neat darn. This technique adds width over the joints and prevents excessive wear.
History notes the starching fashion began in England during Queen Elizabeth I's era and was invented by a Spanish woman around the mid fifteenth century to conceal a neck blemish with a large ruff.
Halifax County records reveal Citizens Bank & Trust Company of Rosemary North Carolina filed its 1923 financial statement. Cash balances total 188 886 15 with deposits and earnings. capital stock 798 74 5 000. surplus and profits 85 954 55. J F Nash cashier attested to accuracy under oath.
Ostrich feathers fetch high value as plumes either plucked or cut from wings. The annual feather crop is worth about fifty to sixty dollars per bird. Some breeders harvest once yearly to improve quality, while others record a seven month cycle, though practices vary.
Bright children at young ages impressed with verse and music. Dante composed a master ly sonnet at nine, Tasso wrote verses at ten, Mosart learned the harpsichord in four years, Byron wrote passionate love verse at ten, and Macaulay produced a “Cam Pendium of Universal Mistery” by eight.
A garbled OCR fragment notes sofas described as three times longer than before automobiles were invented, suggesting a historic comparison of furniture size and vehicle emergence without clear context or dates. The readable bits indicate a casual observation rather than a full event or report.
A fragment notes how 60 pieces of fine platinum wire laid side by side would not cover more than an och, while 100 pieces bound together would be needed to form a thread thick enough for an elk's hide.
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