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Newspaper
Scotland Neck The Commonwealth
Location
Scotland Neck, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1909
Page
4
An advertisement touts Kodol as a safe, harmless remedy that digests all food in the stomach, cures indigestion, and removes related health risks. It guarantees a refund if customers are not helped, urging readers to try a bottle and return it for money back. The copy cites digestive health as central to preventing nervous dyspepsia and linked diseases.
A New York Sun review lauds Samuel A’Court Ashe's Try of North Carolina volume one for rigorous method, impartial judgment, and sober language. It notes removal of legends about Roanoke, reliance on original authorities, and promise of balanced treatment in volume two. The piece also includes an unrelated ad for DeWitt’s Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve from E T. Whitehead Co.
A brief exchange notes Mr Saphedde and Miss Caustique praising thoughtfulness. The Philadelphia Record passages remark on consideration and appreciation among people.
Advertisement touts Mother Gray's Australian Leaf as a safe regulator for back pains urinary bladder and kidney trouble. Claims a certain pleasant herb cure for women's ills with 40 cent price, sample package free, available from The Mother Gray Company LeRoy New York.
A light verse urges keeping upbeat with a sunny outlook and walking off bad thoughts. The note highlights increased walking in communities and promotes Allen’s Foot-Ease antiseptic powder to ease shoe comfort, praising its merit per Weston.
A letter from Aurelian Springs describes 1861 Confederate service and imprisonment through 1865, notes four sons with one dead, and laments disfranchisement of the youngest son who turned 21 in 1908. It recalls a 19th century road-works arrest of a Black man and questions voter suppression by race, ending with a skeptical note on future disfranchisement.
The International League for Highway Improvement held its convention in Richmond with Mayor Richardson Governor Swanson and Agriculture Secretary Wilson delivering addresses. Delegates from across the country attended. President Taft sent a letter supporting the national good roads plan and a draft bill seeking a $1,000,000 appropriation for a survey of a national roadway system.
A Boston Transcript exchange contrasts a father’s view that a college education is liberal with Hobbs’s claim that a college costs the student or family for every item. The remark underlines financial burdens of higher learning.
Bert R. Lean of Cheney Washington recounts a near fatal lung ailment after expensive failed visits to a Spokane lung specialist and a California trip. He credits Dr King’s New Discovery with his complete recovery and recommends it for lung trouble bronchitis coughs and colds asthma croup and whooping cough. Trial bottle offered free and guaranteed by E T Whitehead Company Port Townsend.
Congressman William Sulzer extols good roads as prosperity for cities and countryside, noting they raise farm land values, speed transport, create wealth, and bind the nation in trade and progress. He cites Caesar and Napoleon as road builders and urges federal support for highways to lift production and national greatness.
The piece extols cow peas and crimson clover to improve sandy South soils and boost profits. It claims land can reach two bales of cotton per acre while feeding livestock, with hogs enriching soil and yielding bacon profits. The author remains enthusiastic about the pea as the “clover of the South” and urges farmers to adopt it this year. A Progressive Farmer note compares loud talk about an elastic currency to a rubber band contribution.
A mix of quotations and jokes from various magazines and papers, railing against tariffs for a few privileged interests while urging fair taxation and broad commerce. The excerpts include poems, humor, and opinions by J. W. Foley and others, touching on economics and society.
A letter from West Tarboro North Carolina reports severe back ache and kidney pain alleviated by Dean's Kidney Pills. The user describes shooting pains in kidneys and loins, and states relief followed use, with endorsement to others. Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo is the U S distributor.
An early 20th century advertisement promotes Alien's Feet-Ease to let many people wear shoes a size smaller. It claims benefit for patent leather and new shoes and notes a price of 25 cents, sold broadly.
An advertisement extols DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills as superior for kidney and bladder ailments. It urges readers to request a free trial box by sending name to E. C. DeWitt & Company and notes local availability through E. T. Whitehead Company.
The excerpt shows playful banter about appearances and conversation from Chicago News and New York Herald quotes. It contrasts blunt talk with moral reflections and cites a quip about marriage and heredity. The passages highlight urban chat and classic proverbs without a single narrative event.
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