16 Aug 1900
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Newspaper
Scotland Neck The Commonwealth
Location
Scotland Neck, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1900
Page
1
An editor cites Bryan Marion Butler tensions, predicts campaign splits, notes scorching heat and drought hurt cotton prospects, discusses China trade risk, stresses personal debt duty, and urges honest effort and preparation for public office amid Democratic gains. The column closes with a cold remedy plug.
In The National Magazine an August article translates The Will of Peter the Great, linking Russia to upheaval in China and predicting Russia’s gains from a vast struggle. It recounts Peter I’s rise, reforms, naval expansion, and territorial gains, arguing the ancient testament guides Russia’s future policy and aims in the orient.
A brief excerpt explains palmistry cues from hand positions and fingers. It links unconscious actions to character traits, noting finger and thumb alignments and resting gestures as indicators of judgment, thoughtfulness, and possible professions.
In warm weather provide shade and air to prevent cholera like illness from exposure. Good water is essential and fodder should be ample. Keep early molting hens for winter laying and allow hens to raise chicks with minimal interference. Build sturdy houses of seasoned lumber with dry floors and open windows. Sell off old birds before they decline.
Mrs. S T Rorer argues in the Augnat Ladies Home Journal that slower meals aid digestion and brain strength. She warns modern Americans rush complex foods that tax nerves and blood flow, urging simpler fare for health and longevity. A note adds Chamberlains Pain Balm claims for sore shoulders sold by K T Whitehead & Co.
The article discusses artful methods to induce dreams using sounds or perfumes and imagines future ability to dream on demand. It outlines a “globe full of water” technique to seek visions by steady gazing for ten minutes and advises persistence across attempts to determine if one is a ghost seeker.
The National Library in Paria has acquired 40 000 volumes from the famed library of M Ristelhauber the Austrian author. The testator was wealthy and spent nearly all his fortune on his library.
Professor F S Earle compares two distant shipment methods for tomatoes. Florida practice greens fruit before coloring and wraps in paper for six basket crates, risking uneven ripening and glut if weather shifts. Mississippi prefers tinting in fields, grading into color ripeness categories, shipping without wrapping in four basket crates with refrigeration for even quality and immediate sale. Refrigeration adds cost but yields higher net returns for Alabama latitude.
Greensboro Telegram notes President Harper of the University of Chicago plans a week living on 15 cents per person daily to show feasibility, delaying the experiment until after his silver wedding celebration in Concord Ohio. An unrelated health ad touts Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets for regularity, priced 25 cents, sold by E. T. Whitehead & Co.
In reminiscences from 19th century New York, an elderly 127 Liberty street merchant recalls Daniel Webster at the Astor House, noting his lavish hotel behavior and unpaid bills. He describes charity methods of the hotel and fondly remembers other famous visitors, then pivots to a stock ad for Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets with local seller E. T. Whitehead & Co.
Daily timetables show Wilmington to Fayetteville and Sanford, Bennettaville, Maxton, Red Springs, and Fayetteville connections. Branches include Scotland Neck, Washington, Tarboro to Plymouth, Midland, Nashville, Spring Hope, Clinton. No Sunday trains on some lines. No. 78 links to northbound routes through Weldon. Officials: Emerson, Kenly, Emerson.
The text notes Minnesota as the leading wheat state with nearly 5 million acres sown and about 78 million bushels produced, vastly exceeding Australasia and Britain. It also mentions baled shavings as a common commercial material for bedding and padding, valued for fineness and sanitation.
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