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Newspaper
Scotland Neck The Commonwealth
Location
Scotland Neck, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1906
Page
4
A Houston Post snippet notes Miss Goodly, described as a trust magnate, marrying a man not for money but to reform him. The dialogue hints at social expectations and reformist marriage motives in a playful exchange.
Mrs. Thos. S. Au of Leavenworth Ind faced a grave female trouble with stomach and bowels. Her husband delayed surgery fearing fatal results, but Eletric Bitters cured her remarkably. Claims include tonic aid for liver and kidney issues, biliousness jaundice chills fever debility nervousness and blood poisoning. Sold at E. T. Whitehead & Co. 20 cents.
A reflective poem contrasts royal lineage with noble deeds, arguing that true worth comes from virtue and deeds, not birth or title. It then shifts to a sequence of local advertisements for laxatives and patent medicines, praising Bee's Laxative products, Kennedy's Syrup, Mrs. Winslow's Syrup, Dr. King's Life Pills, and Hollister's Tea, with endorsements and local seller names.
Jennie Outlaw Grady argues that the body is a temple not a prison and urges balance between spiritual aims and social conduct. She counsels dignifying the body, observing social conventions, teaching higher life, and living with people while pursuing inner ideals.
Simeon Ford recounts a hotel guest known as a relentless kicker. At dessert she questions the name ice cream pudding. The waiter calmly explains the dish is named as such, noting many foods bear odd labels.
An advertisement touts Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup as pleasant tasting with maple sugar and honey and tar. It claims no opiates and compliance with the National Pure Food and Drug Law, sold by E. T. Whitehead & Co.
Prepared by Pine-Use Medicine Co. Chicago. Sold by E. T. Whitehead & Co. Scotland Neck and Leggett’s Bugstore Hobgood.
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