08 Aug 1907
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Newspaper
Scotland Neck The Commonwealth
Location
Scotland Neck, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1907
Page
1
An early 20th century ad-like passage warns of kidney and bladder issues in children and adults. It touts Dr Kilmer Swamy Root as a cure claiming immediate relief and urges readers to send for the remedy from New York.
In this column the author muses on the vast changes since the Civil War and the rapid spread of communication. A third of the piece notes the New York World’s claim about the last Civil War casualty, John Jefferson Williams. The rest discusses states' rights, citing Governor Glenn of North Carolina and Governor Hanly of Indiana on states directing their own affairs and Roosevelt's leadership as not infallible.
Mrs Carrie Nation, famed reformer known for saloon smashing, toured North Carolina delivering speeches. Reports note her Raleigh visit where she spoke against liquor and vice while promoting noble manhood and pure womanhood, with varied public reception.
The piece argues freight charges, not passenger fares, must be cut to aid North Carolina. It notes coastwise bias against NC in regional freight, cites Wilmington and Norfolk, and warns current cross discrimination harms the state while asserting NC is now awake to demand fair treatment.
A lawyer reads a will leaving Hiram Johnson a $100,000 fortune. The shock drives him from Keeperdown & Kickem's to a boarding house room where he wrecks the place with an ax. Police intervene as bystanders chase the scene.
A Chronicle surveys capital punishment methods, noting the guillotine in France Belgium Denmark Hanover and private in Bavaria Saxony and in two Swiss cantons. It lists gallows public in Austria Portugal Russia and private in Britain and the USA, sword in fifteen Swiss cantons China and Russia public, Prussia private. It mentions musket Ecuador Oldenburg Russia sword cord garrote axe electric chair in New York and Italy without capital punishment.
New York City data show 30 214 dairies supplying the milk, Manhattan values rising amid market notes, and 3 390 Smiths with telephones. Water reservoirs cover fourteen weeks of demand, while 2 753 295 residents are savings bank deposits.
A poetic fragment celebrates the ripe roasting ears season and the harvest calm as summer wanes. It evokes gardens yielding crops, hard work ending, and a restful, joyful mood for families and children. Authorship attributed to E. E. Hilu iarp appears garbled.
A Commoner essay argues against heavy cooking and eating, citing readers who advocate eating to live. An Arkansas reader stopped meats and medicines, now eats two light meals and fasts occasionally, reporting improved health and vigor. A sixty-something woman notes similar benefits while continuing a meat-focused diet.
The New York World praises the alarm clock as a labor saver in the kitchen. It suggests setting it to cook times to prevent burning and reduce constant clock watching. It ends with a social note that there is something wrong with the man who is satisfied while the saloon remains.
In Olathe Kansas a factory turns out 200 custom cowboy boots weekly using handcraft and a 50 man staff. Boots feature high two inch heels and decorative stitching while costing eight to sixteen dollars and aiding roping stability.
President Harvie Jordan and others argue reforms in baling and caring for baled cotton could save U S farmers about 43 million dollars annually. Better bales reduce waste, damage, and insurance costs while boosting competitiveness versus foreign markets. They urge farmers to demand improved ginning practices and to favor cotton bagging over jute.
Two or three generations ago Dr. Samuel Reed, Boston physician with a large practice, bought a bay horse that would not cross bridges. He sold the horse and candidly advertised it as sound and kind, noting the owner must leave Boston as the sole reason.
An imperfect ad copy notes the saying Regular as the sun and promotes DeWitts Little Early Risers as a daily health aid. It mentions Dr Kings New Life Pills and Guaran sicken or gripe. The ad is attributed to E. T. Whitehead & Co with small 25 cent pills.
A Philadelphia Inquirer item recalls the Bishop of Sodor and Man visiting Melton Newbray with a brougham waiting at the station. The coachman stayed on the box, saying he would not leave until the Bishop arrived, then admitted he waited for the man. The anecdote ends with a humorous twist. The brief notes also mention Bee s Laxative Cough Syrup and a critique of Governor Glann in the Times, plus a Charlotte Chronicle jab about Booker Washington's Tuskegee school tax status and a salve advertisement fragment.
An old advertisement touts Pineules as strengthening organs and drawing poison from the blood. It promises quick relief for rheumatism kidney bladder trouble livbage and worn out feeling with satisfaction guaranteed. A New York doctor is quoted about heart thinking, noting instinctive female intuition per a Houston Chronicle mention.
Otsego County endorsed cough remedy Dr King s New Discovery praised as invaluable for lung and throat diseases. William M Dietz editor of the Otsego Journal Gilbert id e N Y notes it as a popular family remedy. Store guarantee promises satisfaction with trial bottle free priced 50 cents and one dollar.
An old passage urges temperance in eating during heat and recalls a Jefferson rule about sin and repentance. It promotes Kodol For Indigestion and Dyspepsia as stomach relief, claiming digestion is aided by the product. Sold by E. T. Whitehead & Co.
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