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Newspaper
Scotland Neck The Commonwealth
Location
Scotland Neck, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1901
Page
4
A Lancaster New Hampshire man describes chronic indigestion and nervous debility improved by Electric Bitters. He credits them with his recovery and praises them for his wife’s health, calling the remedy a grand tonic and reinvigorator for weak, down women. Only 50 cents. Sold by E. Waite.
Geo. T. Angell in Our Dumb Animals recounts testing beggars with crackers and water, using a stern Cicero line to deter nuisances. He notes his wealth is presumed and recounts efforts to redirect solicitations to humane work, while a prior tactic involved hiring a tramp to mislead others with a warning fence message.
A good cough medicine physician endorses Chamberlains Cough Remedy for family use and customer satisfaction. Druggist J Goldsmith of Van Etten New York reports five years of reliable results for ordinary coughs colds and post influenza coughs. E T Whitehead & Co offer it with a guarantee. Dinah jokes about fortune teller and a bad luck stroke before death with a money back promise in the Duck comic caption.
An old advertisement style column praises Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption and other chest illnesses as a universal cure, listing prices and a money back guarantee. It also promotes Perry Davis Pain-Killer and Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets, with testimonials and local dealer mentions.
An advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a harmless remedy that stimulates the liver and bowels to expel poisons and cleanse the system, claiming to cure fever and sick headache. Sold by E. T. Whitehead & Gos.
Practical kitchen guidance covers browning meat in butter before boiling to lock in juices, paring and soaking spring potatoes, and choosing hot coke for even broiling. Parsley chopping is shown by boiling briefly with soda, then slicing fine for seasoning or garnish. A cranberry apple sauce blend is offered, plus a recommendation for Pain Killer with proof of use. Colonel Henry M. Robert, a West Point grad, is set to be relieved this month as engineer corps officer.
For over fifty years Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup has soothed teething pains and diarrhea in children. Marketed worldwide by druggists at twenty five cents a bottle. Also notes a granite block from Cornwall used in Beach Head constructions, weighing 1400 tons and measuring 68 by 20 by 14 feet.
Advertisement extols Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as the best remedy for cuts corns burns bruises sores and all skin eruptions with a 25 cent box sold by E T Whitehead & Co. Also reported is a Cleveland Common Pleas Court decision by Judge Phillipps against the Cleveland City Railroad Company tied to Senator Hanna involving about $1,000,000.
A. E. Lafalatte of Gregory Landing Missouri credits Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with saving his life after doctors said he would not live. A neighbor gave him a bottle, he recovered quickly and has kept the remedy at home for nine years, calling it the best medicine on earth. Sold by E. T.
An advertisement argues kidney and bladder disorders affect both sexes and cause tiredness, poor mood, and bed wetting in children. It promotes Swamp Root by Kilmer offering samples and two sizes fifty cents and one dollar. It urges readers to write Dr Kilmer in Binghamton, New York for information and a pamphlet.
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