24 Apr 1913
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Newspaper
Scotland Neck The Commonwealth
Location
Scotland Neck, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1913
Page
1
A reader from Phenix City Alabama reports severe illness left kidneys weak with back and hip pains. After using Swamp Root on a friend’s recommendation she notes kidney improvement and full recovery. The letter is sworn July 14 1909 before W J Birs justice of the peace.
The General Assembly approves Halifax county authority to submit a bond issue vote of 300000 dollars for public road construction and improvement. The act outlines election procedures, bond terms up to 40 years at up to 5 percent interest, fund management, and annual road taxes to service debt and maintain roads. See sections specify issuance, sale, and use of proceeds, treasurer bonding, and repeals of compulsory road labor. Ratified March 6, 1913.
Advert sees Mother Grays Sweet Powders promoted as a pleasant remedy for feverishness stomach teething disorders and regu lating bowels used by mothers for 22 years and sold by druggists. A sample is free Bees Allen S Olmsted Le Roy. A Norwegain girl must be able to bake bread to win a sweetheart as the family flower.
“Fagged-out” women plagued by nerves indigestion and fatigue discover relief with Vinci says Marie Richter of Detroit. She reports renewed strength and digestion after using Vinci and praises its value. Vinol cited as a strong health booster with a money-back guarantee.
A compendium of satirical quips and social commentary touching suffrage, politics, crime, and daily life. The column jests at anti suffrage views, New York prosperity, Sing Sing expansion, the vice commission, the brewing trade, floods, diplomacy, spelling reform, and public figures like Wilson, Sherman, Borah, and Gaynor, weaving humor with contemporary concerns and oddities of 1912 era.
The State Board of Health says keep flies out by installing screens rather than relying on swatters. Mosquito netting can seal most windows for about 15 cents, while ready made screens cost 1.00 to 1.50 each. Nets last a season and don’t hinder windows or blinds.
J N Price of Wayne County keeps an unusual flock habit with a hen that lays eleven eggs weekly. The bird alternates one and two eggs daily since February 1, producing hard shelled eggs with some double yolks. The nest sits in a child's crib at Price's home and neighbors corroborate the tally.
Ladies can wear shoes one size smaller by using Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder for swollen tender aching feet. It relieves corns and bunions, makes walking delightful, and provides rest and comfort. Sold everywhere 25 cents. Sample free. Address Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy New York.
The text notes rainfall measures and impacts from Ohio in 1866 to Cherra Punji Assam, with figures for inches, gallons, and tons per acre. It cites United States records, aridity in California, and the economic effect of rainfall on corn value, alongside assorted ads and anecdotes about blood tonics and cream separators.
An advertisement touts Dr King s New Discovery as relief for coughs and colds with a testimonial from a husband about his wife s recovery. A London Sessions remark features a woman correcting a kinship statement about her husband s brother s wife s brother.
A vintage health ad claims persistent stomach pains signal liver or kidney disorder and warns neglect may lead to dropsy or Bright's disease. It promotes Electric Bitters as the best stomach and kidney remedy, citing H. T. Alston of Raeizh North Carolina who improved after a first dose. One dollar. Whithead Company.
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