28 Feb 1901
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Newspaper
Scotland Neck The Commonwealth
Location
Scotland Neck, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1901
Page
1
The piece praises Indian corn for bread and notes a Georgia process to extract sugar from corn stalks. It critiques Justice Brewer on juror and witness treatment, then details West Point hazing cruelties including bracing eaging qualifying sliding on soaped floors and dangerous dunking hazards.
F L Hewett of Winfield Illinois reports a severe 1898 99 grippe attack cured with two bottles of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. He says it stopped coughing and prevented future grippe. The remedy is advertised as warding off pneumonia and is described as pleasant to take by E T Whitehead Co., Druggists.
In April 1864 General Hoke’s brigade and Ransom’s North Carolina contingent captured Plymouth after an Albemarle ironclad gunboat passage and heavy fighting. The narrative recalls skirmishers, a night assault, and a final breakout that overwhelmed Confederate defenses, likened to Fredericksburg and praised as a notable Confederate victory.
A collision between two trains near Trenton New Jersey on the 21st killed ten people and injured twenty five. The report notes no details on the cause and lists DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as worthless counterfeits and promotes the original remedy by E T Whitehead & Co.
A blaze in Atlanta's wholesale district destroyed nearly an entire block on the 21st. Loss pegged at about half a million dollars with insurance coverage around $450,000. local firefighters battled the flames and secured surrounding properties.
A vintage advertisement proclaims Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a fifty year remedy for teething pain, gum inflammation, wind colic, and diarrhea, with immediate relief for infants. It urges purchase from druggists worldwide at twenty five cents a bottle and warns to ask for the specific product.
A Eden ton correspondent reports Edenton dry goods merchants will close stores at 7 o clock each night, except Saturdays, from now until December 1 in a decision relayed to the Virginian Pilot of Norfolk.
Ex mayor Abram Hewitt urges wealthy New Yorkers to fund reforms in crowded East Side tenements. He argues wealth must serve the public good and that improving living conditions for children is essential to moral development. He notes $60 million in educational endowment last year as hope.
A short health notice advises staying home and taking Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as directed to prevent pneumonia, the grave danger linked to grip. It claims thousands have used it with full recoveries and notes E. T. White sells the remedy locally.
Railroad timetable listing daily and exceptions for the Wilmington and Weldon network. Stops include Fayetteville Sanford Bennettsville Maxton Red Springs Hope Mills and more with connections to Carolina Central Red Springs Bowmore Seaboard Air Line Southern Railway and Durham and Charlotte at various junctions. Officials H M Emerson R Kenly and M Emerson are listed as Genl Pass Agent Genl Manager and Traffic Manager.
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