28 Aug 1902
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Newspaper
Scotland Neck The Commonwealth
Location
Scotland Neck, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1902
Page
1
A column features a moral jab about liquor and a grammar lesson on set and sit. It notes the Seaboard Line tragedy near Henderson as a stark warning and highlights how telephone networks boost rural life with rapid news, from Union County NC to national events like McKinley’s shooting.
A collection of pointed reflections on marriage gender and social mores from Chicago Daily Now's satire page. Witty maxims address women dress men divorce advice wealth and propriety, contrasting worldly clichés with pointed ironies.
A fragmented verse listing three guiding aims for temper tongue and conduct, and three for living, hating, delighting, wishing, avoiding, fighting, admiring, and thinking. It emphasizes balance among courage gentleness affection honor home country power dignity and gracefulness life death eternity.
The Philadelphia Inquirer surveys old sayings and root stories behind phrases like hooray humbug vim bog and go to Halifax. It links Norse battle cries to English battles, ties shoe pinches to a Roman tale, and explains phrases from jack robinson to spick and span with historical notes on Halif ax guillotine and the four quarters origin of NEWS.
A student narrator recalls a mother's watching eyes from a window above the grammar school. The tale frames a boy's guidance by maternal memory and by God's omniscient presence. It extols God's love, omniscience, omnipresence, and omnipotence as moral guards.
Ad copy urges a cold cure with a warning to not neglect illness. Mentions “One Minute Cough Care” as a instant remedy and includes nonsensical quoted lines from Tit Bits. The fragmentary text references soothing the head and baby’s cries, presenting a dated, loose promotional snippet.
The author recalls a June social gathering where women interrupted each other constantly showing a lack of home training. Interruption is blamed on careless motherhood, with a call to teach children respect and ingrained courtesy. Politeness is a habit that must be nurtured early to reflect fine breeding.
An observant reader notes that newspaper attacks on candidates can both influence and mislead voters. The piece argues fair exposure informs the public and restrains bad behavior, while acknowledging mixed outcomes and the power of the press. McDUFFIE'S Witch Hazel Foot Healer 25cents is advertised by E.T. White wood & Co.
A Washington Star poem and anecdote recount Uncle Jim in a caricature of fashion and manners and a tale where silence proves a powerful moral force. A young man mocks a Christian girl until her quiet dignity exposes his folly and leads to conversion.
Observation on misdirected labor and the mismatch of talent to careers. The text argues that many face failure because society pushes individuals toward unsuitable professions, forcing a round peg into a square hole and denying the use of their true abilities and passions. It cites painters, musicians, farmers, and carpenters steered into liberal professions as examples.
An advertisement praises Dr King s New Life Pills for a faultless complexion and cheerful mood. It claims the pills improve digestion and energy with no headaches and urges readers to try them, noting a price of 252 at E T Whitehead Co.
Professor Talham of Siloam High School in Georgia recommends Peruna for respiratory trouble. He claims it has been a household necessity for years and describes catarrh as a systemic disease Peruna can cure wherever located. He urges readers to write Dr Hartman for free advice if results are not prompt.
A three year old sleeps in a gold and white cradle as a lamp glows. The boy wakes at midnight and calls to his mother, who reassures him with a kiss. A physician recounts a medical student case where a plaster pin appeared to pass through skin twice, revealing patient wit about the clinician's expertise.
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