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Newspaper
Scotland Neck The Commonwealth
Location
Scotland Neck, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1908
Page
4
An article urges farmers to care for horses feet daily and feed salt regularly. It stresses dressing for town, self education, and reading agriculture to improve farming. Public notices promote Foley’s Honey and Tar and a pain relief remedy with local druggists.
A nostalgic poem urging God to inspire men to lead with courage and charity, followed by extensive advertisements for Bee s Laxativ Cough Syrup Dr Thomas Electric Oil Kodol for dyspepsia and indigestion and Dr Shoop s Cough Cure all promoting health remedies.
In a lampoonish tale a lumber yard group ignores No Smoking and No Trespassing signs as they wander into rural areas. Mr. Wiggles plans a dozen No Admittance signs to tempt crowds into his shop, hoping Americans’ curiosity and independence will flood his doors despite safety risks.
A concise poem contrasts a man and a pipe, noting both share breath and clay and will die and turn to dust. It argues the joke lies in thinking mortality is humorous, as both end in dust.
A Greenville Reflector item laments merciless owners who leave horses hitched in open lots after winter drives, noting only one horse is covered. The piece urges kindness to animals and recalls other odds and ends from the era, including ads and quips about health and manners.
Most victims of appendicitis are those who are habitually constipated. Orino Laxative Fruit up cure chronic constipation by stimulating the liver and bowels. Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup does not nauseate or gripe and is mild and pleasant to take. Re ee substitutes. E. T. Whitehead & 0.
A Greenville Reflector article urges gentle child guidance using tact and love. It argues whipping should be a last resort and warns deceit erodes trust, stressing the invisible cord of affection as the strongest discipline.
A collage of advertisements touts Eletric Bitters a malaria cure from Louellen South Carolina, Health Coffee imitation coffee, Shoop’s catarrh tests, Foley’s Honey and Tar, DeWitt’s Little Early Risers, and Burdock Blood Bitters. It includes patient testimonials and a note on the National Pure Food and Drug Law.
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