07 Feb 1907
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Newspaper
Scotland Neck The Commonwealth
Location
Scotland Neck, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1907
Page
1
A health warning notes that overwork stresses kidneys and can trigger pains aches and rheumatism from high uric acid levels in the blood. The fragment cautions neglect may worsen symptoms and long term health risks.
A reflective column on Senatorial Courtesy and the risks of rigid politicking. It argues that courtesy should not impede upholding core principles and discusses the relation between railroads and newspapers, stressing contracts and fair practices rather than broad editorial favors.
The Smithfield Herald criticizes the raise for United States Senators and Representatives to seven thousand five hundred dollars per year after March 4 1907, arguing the pay is excessive. It notes nine months in Washington yields fifteen thousand dollars per two years and urges restraint amid national prosperity concerns.
A reader notes the legislature appears well dressed and dignified, with young but conscientious members representing the people. Serving faithfully requires study of measures, committee work, and interaction with visitors, making a sixty day term a serious public service rather than an easy, social assignment.
A liquid cold relief with a laxative principle drives out the cold through a copious action of the bowels and soothes the throat to stop the cough. Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup contains no opiates and is sold by E. T. Whitehead Co and partners with a money back guarantee after using three fourths of a tube.
A Civil War pension examiner recounts a southern picket’s plea for a blanket. A Yankee carries six blankets to the woods at night and the Confederate soldier prays for him in the snow, then vanishes in the moonlight.
Wm A Fertwell of Lucama North Carolina reports a remarkable cure claim after taking under three bottles of Electric Bitters for Bright's disease in the diabetes stage He says it cured liver and bladder troubles and believes it will cure him permanently The remedy is guaranteed at E T Whitehead Co druggists Price 50 cents Two New York boys imitate cowboys and one shoots the other accidentally while playing a wild west game.
Six years ago John Pleasant of Magnolia Indiana wrote about a valuable lesson and then began using Dr King’s New Life Pills. The pills are praised as pleasing to everybody and are guaranteed by E T Whitehead Co, druggists, priced at 25 cents.
A light verse about a girl who rushes through breakfast, school, desk work, sewing, and travel. She is always in a scramble yet never in time because she starts too late, a humorous self revealed contradiction.
Practical guidance on choosing drinking water including distilled and rainwater quality, caveats about bottled and natural waters, and precautions for storage and filtration. Warns against contamination from wells and surface runoffs and notes that city water can be unsafe if not properly filtered. Ends with an ad for Bee's Laxative Cough Syrup sold by E. T. White.
A Thought for The Bay presents James Allen’s idea that a man is literally what he thinks. The quote links inner thought to outward character, asserting thoughts sum to life conditions and fate.
Charles Walters of Alleghany Sierra County says he still hunts for trouble despite twenty years in California noting burns sores wounds boils sprains and piles. Bue len's Arnica Salve is claimed to cure every case guaranteed at E. T. Whitehead & Co.'s drug store.
Ann Whitall’s diary excerpts show a gloomy, cautious Quaker view marked by humorless piety and rare lapses into merriment, noting fashion concerns and a sense of restraint. The 1777 Battle of Red Bank disrupted her Whitell farm, as cannon fire shattered a wall while she kept spinning upstairs, later aiding wounded, including Count Donop, a fact others overlook in her meditatations.
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