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Newspaper
Scotland Neck The Commonwealth
Location
Scotland Neck, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1911
Page
4
A public health brief notes thousands face kidney problems as medical concerns surge. Authorities urge seeking medical evaluation for persistent pain or changes in urination and emphasize early testing and treatment access.
Practical guide on goose production: feeding, picking, dressing, and selling for profit. Includes how to hang, bleed, boil, pluck, and finish birds for bright yellow skin, with tips on ripeness, feather prices, and shipping live geese. Also covers fattening regimes and care during preparation.
Practical tips for poultry care including chick feeding with breadcrumbs and oatmeal for the first week, then quality chick food. Advice on reducing indigestible matter, mixing equal parts wheat and oats for grain, and strict dust control under turkey hens. Also a personal testimonial from Valley Heights, Virginia praising Cardui as a reliable tonic for women.
Scotland Neck women report backache headaches dizzy spells and urinary trouble from kidney issues warning of diabetes dropsy and Bright's disease. A Scotland Neck resident testifies Doan's Kidney Pills helped her back and head pain and dizziness after using them from E T Whitehead Company. Also includes other ads and brief notes from Dallas News James B. Mershon's recovery with Dr King’s New Discovery and a milk quality exchange from Judge.
An old health ad describes women needing health to be charming, touts Electric Bitters for stomach liver and kidney regulation. Mentions Mother Gray Aromatic Leaf and Chamberlain remedies, with quips about digestion and liver tonics, citing multiple brands and testimonials.
A Chicago Record-Herald verse contemplates endurance through worry and toil, then contrasts daily hardships with acts of generosity and hopeful service. It urges steady faith, selfless helping, and finding beauty, duty, and gladness in each day.
A spring bee keeping guide warns that weak colonies are preyed upon by stronger ones and robs the apiary of honey. It advises careful hive inspection, isolation of dead colonies, and entrance adjustments. Feeding syrup to weak colonies aids survival, using warm syrup at sundown with recommended feeders. Locations should be partially shaded and southeast facing. keep pastures clear of animals and use sheep or scythes for mowing.
A Timberville reader praises Cardui for stopping years of womanly pains and urges trial of the remedy. The column also promotes L. M. Floor Paint, Dean’s ointment, Thomas' Electric Oil, and Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as affordable, widely available home care options with brief brand mentions and advises on everyday health and minor injuries.
Advertising copy touts antiseptic powder for shoes relieving pain and swelling. Promoted as making new or tight shoes feel comfortable, easing bunions and toe issues. Claims easy use, affordable price of 25c, and to beware substitutes. Indicates distributor Sam bi free Allen 5 Olmsted, pei Si.
H C Pierce of the Iowa experiment station explains how fowl mites injure hens by stopping eggs, causing poor flesh, dullness, and pale combs. Mites hide in roost cracks and require cleanliness and sunlight as prevention. Treatments include kerosene emulsions with cresol, kerosene and carpbolic acid, and kerosene with flake naphthalene, all prepared in specific soap pastes and dilutions with water. Prices noted for cresol and naphthalene range from 30 cents to a few dimes per pint or pound.
The Buff Orpington is praised for size beauty laying and foraging ability and is noted as a strong recent import. The specimen owned by Will H. Shadt of Elkhart County Indiana has won prizes at many western shows. Practical nest box ideas using orange boxes peach crates and similar containers are described with simple holes and spikes for easy cleaning and reuse.
Practical poultry notes advise keeping earnest chicks indoors with sunshine and replacing unpopular males. April to mid May hatchings can become laying pullets for winter. Avoid aiding shells hard to exit, and treat lice on nests. Feed guidance favors field peas and wheat over corn for egg white, with pea meal slightly inferior. A Clyde Kentucky testimonial touts Cardui as a successful woman's tonic after illness.
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