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Newspaper
Scotland Neck The Commonwealth
Location
Scotland Neck, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1903
Page
1
Caldwell county’s Miss Many Esorrs has collected taxes since her sheriff father’s death. State Treasurer Lacy calls it enterprising, marking the first such case in the state. Also notes on alarm clocks for the deaf, race remarks, insanity pleas in NC courts, jury duties, editorials at Trinity, and cotton futures chatter.
The article argues humane bit use and rider skill improve horsemanship. It cautions against heavy bits and harsh hands, stressing seat balance, quiet hands, and instinctive horse sense to guide and correct a willing, responsive horse. It links good mouths to good manners and urges riders to study bit effects and develop true horsemanship.
R M Winans argues manure spreaders pay for themselves for farms handling 150 to 200 loads a year by improving application and boosting fertilizer value by about 100 percent. Also includes brief ads for Chamberlains tablets and Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Children with testimonials and local availability.
Judge W F Eve of Augusta GA writes to Johnston Monitor on clay on sand roadbeds. He reports twenty years of clayed sand roads in Richmond County yielding hard roads lasting five years with six inches clay and two inches sand, best when sand laid wet and proper grading for drainage. Seventy five miles exist and similar sand on clay works too.
In Yoakum a dry goods firm led by J M Haller promotes De Witte Little Early Risers in a palace car chat about a dark brown taste and headaches. The pills are sold by E T Waitehead and Co.
Fred Lindstrom, past Grand Master and figure in multiple orders, writes a testimonial endorsing Peruna. He recounts near Bright's disease fears and credits three and a half months of Peruna with restoring his health, urging others to seek the product. The letter appears from Twin City Lodge and Ridgely Encampment affiliates in St. Paul, Minnesota.
In Norway Maine, Howe and Noyes turn raw country boys into a self-made scientific university. Attendance is voluntary and tuition free as youths study nature directly. Older pupils become instructors, building collections and classifications in fields they choose, while moral and mental training flourish under nature’s discipline.
The piece reports a harsh debate about treating consumption with Dr. King's New Discovery despite medical advice. T. R. Beall of Beall Mississippi shares his wife's recovery after using the remedy, claiming complete cure. The advertisement guarantees the product from E. T. Whitehead & Co., with 59 cents and one dollar trial bottles offered.
Miss Draper, sister of John W Draper, was the first woman photographed after Daguerre. A fire dusting experiment produced the portrait now linked to Lord Herschel. The claim rests on early trials by the Draper family and remains partly contested.
An excerpt echoes mock advertisement lines attacking Grove's Taste less Chill Tonic as simply iron and quinine in tasteless form with no cure promised. It mentions Chamberlain's Colic remedy to ward off bilious colic and notes sales by E. T. Whitehead & Co. The text also cites a quip about a woman at the piano, highlighting poor singing in a Chicago Tribune jab.
A compact 19th century style ad promising warm dry feet with Allen's Foot Base powder. Claims cure for chilblains swelling sweating and sore aching feet with daily use.
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