06 Apr 1905
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Newspaper
Scotland Neck The Commonwealth
Location
Scotland Neck, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1905
Page
1
A Roxboro Courier extract critiques first Monday crowds in prohibition towns and praises a young printer from Elizabeth City Tar Heel. It urges steady work for boys, warns against easy living, and laments grammar errors in daily speech. It ends with quotes on cotton's southern dominance and future improvements.
Mr Kirksey writes I give a positive guarantee with every box of Ry dale's Stomach Tablets and Liver Tablets I sell and have never been asked to refund the money in a single instance. He reports using these tablets in his family with best results from Morganton North Carolina. Kydale's Tablets are prepared by the Radical Kenedy Company Hickory North Carolina who authorize every dealer to guarantee every box or bottle sold. E T Whitehead & Co.
E H Wolf of Bear Grove Iowa credits Electric Bitters with curing kidney trouble after two years of pain and anxiety. He says the remedy also helps general debility and nerve trouble and keeps it on hand. E T Whitehead Co druggists guarantee them at 50c.
Elizabeth City Tar Heel profiles Lawrence Homan, sixteen, the youngest and smallest newspaper foreman in the United States. Described as diligent, businesslike, and morally steady, he rose from galley boy to foreman while contributing his wages to his family. He handles type, makes up the paper, and edits proofs, earning respect for skill and restraint.
A fragment from a Philadelphia press item recounts a Columbus man praising Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for injuries after an accident and burns. The ad notes the salve is sold by E. T. Whitehead & Co druggists. A stray dialogue references an Irish origin traveler.
Mrs. Gertrude E. Fenne of Marion Indiana credits One Minute Cough Cure with curing her cough and weight loss after other remedies failed. The ad notes the product treats coughs colds croup and whooping cough and is sold by E T Whitehead & Co. Also mentions Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets praised for keeping bowels regular and available through druggists.
Readers urged to mail symptoms to Dr. Hartman Columbus Ohio for a free Peruna treatment guide. Testimonials from Louise Westbrook Jessiemene Westland Alice Dressler Ida L Gregory Florence Murphy claim Peruna cured leucorrhea weakness and general debility, restoring health after catarrh of pelvic organs and throat.
A brief, stylized excerpt shows Mistah Johnsing pleading for hope from Miss Jackson as she refuses to be a dependent supply. The dialogue hints at coercion and social constraints shaping relations in a constrained community setting.
An advertisement chain touts DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as a cure for burns boils bruises piles and skin diseases with a testimonial from Adolph W Va mother praising its healing for white swelling in her daughter. Also promoted are Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children and King's Porous Pepé tablets with regional distributors listed.
Reiterates the claim that Elliott's Emulsified Oil Liniment is the best for family and animal use. Promotes relief for rheumatism lameness stiffness bruises sprains and swellings with a half pint for 25 cents and a money back guarantee if it fails to meet recommendations.
A witty exchange in the Houston Post reflects a town’s social humor where a woman vows to marry a man of brains while others tease her pursuit of bachelor status. The quote captures local attitudes toward marriage, intellect, and status in a single era newspaper voice.
The notice touts Chamberlain's Pain Balm as quickly relieving rheumatic pains. It describes wide usage and strong satisfaction from buyers, noting the liniment's great pain relief and value, with druggists selling it widely.
An assortment of outdated health quackery notes claims tablets ease weak digestion at a quarter each and Bee Laxative Honey and Tar promises to drive cold from the system. Mentions druggists in Scotland Neck Hobgood and a humorous snippet about a name change. Also promotes ManZan Mission pain relief in a collapsible tube and Marian stops pain with piles treatment sold locally.
A Somerville Journal report notes a man protesting a wife led attempt to hang pictures on the parlor wall, calling it a put up job as he struggles to undo the arrangement.
Suffering frightfully from undigested food, Cr Grayson of Lula Mississippi reports cure after using Dr King's New Life Pills. The tonic laxative properties relieve stomach and bowel disorders. Available at E T Whitehead & Co drug store, 250. Dashaway and Cleton exchange in a clipped court remark about a girl.
DeWitts Little Early Risers pills praised for gentle action on bones and liver easing biliousness and constipation without stomach upset or griping. Sold by LE I Whitehead Co. plus a humorous Yonkers Statesman exchange about optimism and waiting.
An advertisement touts Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a digestion aid that digests what you eat and cures indigestion and stomach troubles. It claims the product strengthens the digestive organs, with testimonials from E. I. Bubenk of Amherst Minnesota, and notes it is sold by E. T. Whitehead & Co.
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