16 Jan 1902
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Newspaper
Scotland Neck The Commonwealth
Location
Scotland Neck, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1902
Page
1
A local writer surveys the state penitentiary crisis amid flood losses and convicts on county roads, then shifts to the Nellie Cropsey case. The Richmond Dispatch questions the death by own action theory, citing post mortem uncertainties and fingernail evidence to probe a drowning hypothesis.
For over fifty years Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup has soothed teething children, eased gums, and cured wind colic and diarrhea. It relieves pain immediately and is sold by druggists worldwide at twenty five cents per bottle. Be tire and ask for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup and take no other kind.
Practical foolproof kitchen tips cover boiling tomatoes making frozen tomato sauce apple jelly pudding preserving tips keeping woolens white and home methods for grilling ham and reviving steel pens. Includes steps for texture timing and simple substitutions.
A compact meditation on friendship, kindness, and moral guidance. It blends verses urging love among friends, shared tears, honest speech, and seeds of kindness. The piece extols character, conscience, and perseverance, concluding that truth and virtue shape lasting bonds.
The Toledo Blade reports the Texas anti trust act as the era’s boldest state step against trusts. Fines totaling 97 500 were collected after the brewers case, with slated penalties in plumbers and other suits potentially reaching tens of millions for the State. Several companies face large fines including Shippers Compress Paris Transcontinental and Kirby Lumber. The treasury expects a large surplus if suits succeed, and the law’s provision allows victims to recover their payments. The measure draws broad opposition from business interests and shapes the next state campaign.
The Grenada Sentinel argues that southern cities with factories remain less vulnerable to crop failures. Factories provide steady employment for workers and families, reducing sole dependence on farmers. While patronage from producers remains important, industrial workers help stabilize commerce during agricultural downturns.
A vintage ad proclaims Cascarets candy cathartic with the C C C mark on every tablet. It warns buyers not to accept substitutes or bulk sales and directs readers to seek it from all druggists for 10 cents.
A Fargo era style testimonial claims Chamberlain's Cough Remedy saved a boy in Inwood Iowa. Joe Demont recounts severe croup symptoms, giving the medicine every ten minutes as directed until vomiting occurred, enabling him to expel phlegm. E T Whitehead & Co sells the remedy.
In Charlotte at the Central Hotel Col Jeems C Howie extols pearl farming from muscles in creeks claiming a fortune with careful care He recounts a curious tale of a New York restaurant oyster pearl and a gamble that spanned barrels yards and cradled hope Then a flood washed away the muscles ending the venture He plans to retry near Long Creek and invites others to join him Also included is an 1886 affidavit about Hall's Catarrh Cure and a Toledo business notice.
The article surveys epochal engineering feats such as great trunk lines, canals, and tunnels. It discusses projects like the Cape to Cairo plan, Pan American line, Panama and Nicaragua efforts, and a double tunnel under New Jersey and the Hudson to Brooklyn. It envisions ferried journeys from Brooklyn to San Francisco and notes vast costs and timelines.
An advertisement argues that weight extremes stem from overwork or under-digestion and promotes Scott’s Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil as a balancing remedy. It claims the genuine product features a distinctive image, offers a free sample, and lists prices of 50c and 1.00 with supplier Scott & Bowne of New York.
Train timetables list Wilmington to Fayetteville Sanford and back with multiple stops including Maston Hope Mills Fayetteville Maxton Bennettsville and Red Springs. Connections noted with Seaboard Southern Railway Durham and Charlotte and Washi ngton routes. Daily except Sunday schedules vary, with several branches including Clinton Weldon Parmele and Spring Hope and with managers H M Emerson J R Kenly and T M Emerson.
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