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Newspaper
Scotland Neck The Commonwealth
Location
Scotland Neck, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1908
Page
4
The Staunton Leader claims hard times are a myth while prices rise and wages fall. The Virginian Pilot notes real troubles from idle hands and soaring costs, questioning the Leader’s view and suggesting it may be a private gold mine in Augustan hills.
Scattered text mentions kidney dangers and a Doan's Kidney Pills claim to cure kidney issues. Includes prices, locations, and unrelated lines about ancestors, pirates, and a woman's road to a heart. Content is fragmented with no coherent event or source context.
Purification remedy for stagnation of liver and bowels advertised by EK. T. Whitehead Company's drug store. Claims to relieve head ache and "poison indice" with Dr. King's reliable purifiers without causing guinding or griping.
A fragmentary ad summary notes Dr Shoop’s Night On pills marketed for coughs colds hoarseness and gentle laxative effects. Claims include relief for children and a money back guarantee. Sold by E T Whitehead & Co referenced alongside local notices and gossip snippets.
Readers in the country know catnip by scent and effect on pets. In Lincoln Park, macaws, a leopard named Billy, a tiger, a lion Major, and three baby lions reacted vividly to catnip, sniffing, purring, and playing like young kittens as they devoured the herb and basked in its curious amusement.
E T Whitehead Co announces that s Honey and Tar for coughs colds and lung troubles is not affected by the National Pure Food and Drug Law as it contains no opiates or harmful drugs and is recommended as a safe remedy for children and adults. A high fever caused excessive hiccoughing and death followed for H P Coon of Marion Ohio.
Advertisement extols Mother Gray's Australian Leather remedy for back pains, bladder and kidney trouble, touting a pleasant herb cure. The snippet mixes grocery-like health claims with stray social chatter about Easter hats and local Courier-J. notes, revealing a fragmentary vintage ad style.
Jesse P. Morris of Skippers Virginia recounts a near fatal pneumonia cough in spring 1906. He credits Dr King's New Discovery with rapid relief after two and a half bottles and claims it remains the best cough and lung disease remedy worldwide. Sold under guarantee at E. T. Whitehead Company drug store. 50c and 1.00. Trial bottle free.
A mixed page fragment combines comic verse about spring bees and birds with medical ads for Foley's Honey and Tar cough remedy and Foley's Kidney Cure. It includes testimonial snippets, a health coffee substitute pitch, and light quips from periodicals, all in a jumbled, humorous newspaper texture.
Nine years ago a Mill Creek Indiana Territory man faced near death as illness wore him down. A druggist recommended Electric Bitters and a single bottle revived him. He credits the tonic with restoring his strength and keeping him well since.
Government will survey the Roanoke river lowlands in Northampton Bertie Halifax and Martin counties to determine the best dyking method to prevent flood damage to rich bottom lands. The state owns about 3000 acres farmed by convicts and federal and state cooperation may be sought for dyke construction.
A reflective verse fragment contrasts a wish to quit work and fame with a dream of lounging in shade by a brook. It questions the pressure of “effort” “service” and “duty” while picturing a carefree life beneath the trees and clouds sparkling with sunlit gold.
An advertisement claims rheumatism stems from excess uric acid and promotes a pill named RHEUMACIDE as a complete internal cure. It denounces oils and liniments as useless, asserts the remedy cleanses poisons, tones organs, and heals through the joints. The product is sold by druggists at 25 cents per bottle, with warnings about dangerous patent elixirs.
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