23 Jan 1902
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Newspaper
Scotland Neck The Commonwealth
Location
Scotland Neck, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1902
Page
1
The piece muses on kids reading matters, night schools in Chicago facing closure, and the high egg prices. It comments on advertising ethics, bond funding for town improvements, and notes a 1901 recap: Marconi’s wireless, rail consolidations, Carnegie gifts, Stanford’s endowment, and notable public figures.
Quoits is praised as a keen winter training for eye and hand with potential to grow beyond a rustic image. The piece traces its English roots from Shakespeare and Hakluyt, debunking the discus myth and noting early Elizabethan references as signs of the sport’s longstanding place in English life.
A Missouri school head, Professor Lynch, champions newspapers as an up to date educational text. He uses a weekly one hour newspaper study, with students reading and discussing current events, geography, history, and civic topics to connect theory with real world. The approach aims to keep pupils informed and engaged with contemporary life.
For over fifty years Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup has soothed teething pain and wind colic in infants. It claims immediate relief from diarrhoea and gum discomfort. Sold by druggists worldwide at twenty five cents a bottle. Be sure and ask for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
North Carolinian Rev John E White now in Atlanta criticizes vicious literature sold locally He urges stopping purchases and sales but says no force should be used He cites examples from The Police Gazette and Deadwood Dick and promotes unloading bad books while endorsing Chamberlain's tablets at a local drug store.
A New York Sun quote urges immediate thorough effort over procrastination. The speaker, Mr Stay bolt, says workers dislike hard labor but must tackle current jobs fully. He claims success comes from the worker, not the joy of finishing. Also advertises Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets with a 25 cent price.
A New Bedford bank president recounts a story in which a penniless waif enters a directors’ meeting and sells small cakes of soap to quiesce the room. One director, who claims not to use soap, buys from the girl, then she eyes him and says, Well, yer took it.
The Baltimore Sun surveys Maryland beliefs about crossroads and running water. Witches are said to dwell at road junctions and cannot cross running water, guiding nocturnal prowlers along streams. Other maxims warn sweeping at night, choking crumbs after dark, washing hands in boiled egg water, or washing to avoid warts. Also appears an 1886 affidavit about Hart's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Pills, unrelated to superstition.
An advertisement extols Scott's Emulsion for worn out bodies due to worry overwork and disease. It claims the product strengthens soft bones improves blood and lungs and fills hollow places. The copy emphasizes quality materials and that patches won’t show through the glow of health. It suggests readers can repair themselves.
A detailed list of train departures and arrivals on the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad Yadkin Division and connected lines. Includes times for Fayetteville Sanford Bennettaville Red Springs Maxton Kinston and other stations with notes on Sunday exceptions and through connections north via Richmond. Includes official attributions H M Emerson and J R Kenly address.
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