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Newspaper
Scotland Neck The Commonwealth
Location
Scotland Neck, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1901
Page
3
A notice restricts hunting on the Bishop Farm lands in Halifax County, owned by a Lumber Company. The document warns against trespass and cites legal enforcement to prevent hunting on the property.
1902 Almanac at hand with Raleigh New Stock advert showing sales at Hobgood and Enfield. Obituary notes Mrs Maria Hodges dies in Wilson. Rev J C Jones returns as Scotland Neck Methodist pastor. Long obituary for Nannie Applewhite of Dawsons with religious tribute. Community notices list residents visiting and moving, including Kitchin to practice law with Claude, and local German attendance.
For over fifty years the advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a universal remedy for teething pain wind colic and diarrhoea in children. It claims immediate relief and urges buyers to purchase from druggists worldwide at twenty five cents a bottle and to insist on the named product.
A brief notice from CoumoswrattH urges readers to settle small outstanding balances, noting a dollar or fifty cents may seem minor but adds up for the shop. The ad then pivots to a health tip praising Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets to aid regular bowel movements and prevent stomach disorders, with a sales line for E. T. Whitehead & Co. druggists.
An 19th century advertisement extols Allen’s Lung Balsam as a final cure for sore throat with rawness and tenderness near the lungs. It frames a damaged chill as dangerous and claims the balsam rescues people from misery and danger, promoting a robust throat and lungs for many who suffered from a simple cold.
Mr and Mrs George Gilliam announce the marriage of their daughter Emily Gregory to Sterling Marshall Gary Tuesday morning December seventeenth at half past ten oclock at St Marks Church Halifax North Carolina
Advertises Cas carets Candy Cathartic to relieve constipation or diarrhoea. Claims tablets act naturally and are stamped C. C. C. Warns against bulk sales and mentions diseqiats roc may appear.
The Commonwealth editor spent days in Wake and Harnett noting changes through the years. Forests felled, fields altered from poor land to fertility, and faces altered by time. Rents and supplies prove hard in some areas while schooling expands beyond the old blue back. A. J. Snell of Summer Hill, New York credits Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for quick help at a party, sold by E. T. Whitehead & Co.
H. W. MIXON jeweler and optician with E. T. Whitehead & Co. Scotland Neck North Carolina offer a large assortment of clocks watches chains jewelry and many beautiful useful household articles ideal for Christmas gifts.
On December 10 1901 at 11 am at her Windsor North Carolina home Miss Julia Tadlock married Mr Walter St Hancock of Scotland Neck Rev S B Barnes officiating. Attendants included Miss Mae Lewis Sprall Miss Julia Stokes Maggie Snell Allie Tadlock and many guests attended a sumptuous dinner and reception at the grooms brother Thos Hancock home near Scotland Neck.
Mrs. Mary R. Mel Envy, M. D., praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for obstinate coughs in children of all ages, calling it non-narcotic and a universal panacea. The ad notes sale by E. T. Whitehead & Co. A Hobgood gin house, presses, five bales of cotton, and cotton seed were lost in a fire caused by a dropped match igniting lint.
In Norfolk Virginia a list shows eggs at two prices per dozen for stiff eggs, old hens at per each, large spring chickens and smaller sizes with per unit or pound rates, turkeys by pound, dressed greese and dressed chix by pound, pheasants per each, and Smithfield hams in fancy grade per pound. The OCR also includes garbled fragments and unclear entries for several items.
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