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Newspaper
Scotland Neck The Commonwealth
Location
Scotland Neck, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1908
Page
4
Public notices and product ads intermingle with verses and quips. The item cites lines from poems by Edmund Vance Cooke and references health products from E. T. Whitehead & Co, including preparations for digestion and cough relief, alongside a comic aside about christening a baby and a joke about a nurse.
The piece argues that petty annoyances form a formidable mass yet are inseparable from pleasure. A strong person subordinates small troubles to major goals, enduring discomfort to pursue nobler aims, and presses on with fidelity and delight despite setbacks.
A collection of aphorisms on doing unpleasant tasks promptly to avoid prolonged stress. It argues that finishing hard work clears the mind and moves life forward, with anecdotes about medicine, domestic life, and common sayings. It references Foley's Kidney Cure and local drugstores, linking daily duties to health.
A reflective verse urges resilience through hardship and time. It reassures that fear and clouds pass, urging forgiveness of enemies and endurance, ending with life and love as the enduring truths.
Ex President Clevel speaks on the need for a definite and generous provision for former presidents. He argues relief should be just and adequate, not contingent on senatorial discretion or current pensions, and insists he seeks no personal public funds. He emphasizes fairness and Americanism in addressing future needs of ex-presidents.
A reflective passage on longing and gratitude for things missed, followed by an advertisement promising Foley's Honey and Tar relief from coughs and colds. The text includes references to Hesiod and health warnings about stomach distress and a stomach aid sold by E. T. Whitehead & Co.
The article describes attempts to create a safe large oil powered stove matching coal ranges. A small oil stove works, but scaling up is hard. The design uses an oil burner instead of a coal grate, fed by gravity from a tank to vaporize oil and create a controllable flame. The burner could also fit in an open grate or fireplace.
A collage of verse about brotherhood and charity, an advertisement for Dr Shoop s Catarrh Remedy mailed free for trial, notes on a cough cure and general medicine ads, plus humorous exchanges and letters praising Pineules for kidney and bladder woes. It references Racine Wis and local merchants.
A fragmentary column discusses the hollow social scene in New York, loneliness, and how visitors rarely knock, then shifts to health and beauty advice. It covers perfume avoidance, cleansing routines for hands and gloves, and a recommendation for Electric Bitters as a cure for chills, with local drugstore attribution.
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