05 Feb 1914
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Newspaper
Scotland Neck The Commonwealth
Location
Scotland Neck, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1914
Page
1
Doctors report widespread grip cases with kidney strain and back pain. Dr Kilmer Swamp Root marketed as kidney liver and bladder remedy, herbal and gently healing. Sample bottle offered by mail with ten cent request. regular bottles priced 50 cents and one dollar.
John Peters, a solitary financier, hires an elderly convict from a New York home for release to share a New Year’s Day. The two men, saved from loneliness, reflect on varied New Year fates and vow a yearly reunion at Peters’s hotel, ending with gratitude and a promise of companionship.
Mr John Peters seeks a temporary helper to aid him until midnight on New Year's Day. Filbert, a nearly seventy year old former engraver jailed for fifteen years for counterfeiting, agrees after Peters explains the plan. They proceed to Peters' hotel and head to a clothing store in town.
America's New Year message travels 1.18 million miles of wire from the naval observatory and reaches every nation by midnight Washington time. The greeting loops coast to coast, across the Pacific, via Asia, Europe, and the Atlantic, with side trips to India, Africa, and South America, ending back in the United States. The journey takes about ten seconds, with foreign capitals noting arrival by time ball, flag dip, or cannon volleys.
A New York Sun summary notes scorpions in Mexico, their venom, distribution around Tepic and Durango, and the danger to children. It describes anatomy, nocturnal habits, habitats in adobe huts and cracks, and common misconceptions. It warns on symptoms, urge prompt treatment, and outlines crude self administered care by practicanes in areas lacking doctors.
A compact overview of the cocoanut palm native to the tropical belt. It details its versatility for food, drink, medicine, utensils, construction, and oil. The text notes its long bearing life, from early maturity at coastal sites to seventy years of useful production, and cites Tennant on the palm's immense value in Orient markets.
A collage of sketches from urban life mixes a bored boardinghouse romance with a study of mullahs and a desert tale. It juxtaposes a tired city girl who eats alone with a man who feels useless, then pivots through curious legends about mullahs, a deadly code of honor, a zip of Sahara folklore, an Irish joke, and a Broadway quip about song choices.
A fragmented reminiscence portrays Berry the hangman and his brutal career. He held multiple trades before joining the police, aligned with predecessors Marwood and Calcroft, and oversaw executed suspects amid miscarriages of justice. The tale cites the farm lad and Mary Leffley as victims, with later confession of another crime prompting moral conversion at a Bradford mission meeting.
Changeable climate in Columbus prompts health advice endorsing Pe-ru-na for preventing colds and related illnesses. The note claims Pe-ru-na strengthens appetite, aids digestion, and supports the body through winter, with repeated dosing for children and elderly.
The Progressive Farmer argues that lack of books and reading materials in farm homes dampens school effort. It says books are essential tools for education and questions how children can develop a love of reading if parents do not read for pleasure or study.
An Independent report describes how ancient Egyptian jewelers understood gem treatment, noting emeralds, cornet, and jacinth glowed more vividly under vacuum. Diamonds and rubies exhibit phosphorescence, emitting colors from orange to pale yellow under differing conditions, with Burma and nearby mines producing stones that glow under ultraviolet light.
Fragmentary old notice seeks return of lost dollars and urges residents to report strays. Mentions towns, fathers, and sending the lucky finder home with the recovered currency. Old spelling and garbled phrases give a hint of a wartime or colonial era context.
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