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Newspaper
Scotland Neck The Commonwealth
Location
Scotland Neck, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1911
Page
4
The fragment hints at a medical or historical note mentioning Dr Miles and a person named Remey Charles Holmes. The text is fragmented, but suggests a relief or remedy context and a query about identity or purpose. No clear event, date, or organization is identifiable from the readable portion.
A cross section analysis by Professor J P Stewart at Pennsylvania State College presents a spray strainer that prevents sieve clogging. The design forces liquid to rise to the faucet, keeping sediment away and ensuring a steady stream. A hose can attach to the faucet and remaining solution can be reused by boiling water for the next batch.
An assorted newspaper page fragment promotes Dean's Kidney Pills with a Weldon North Carolina endorsement and price, alongside Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and other health ads. Various quips, anecdotal remarks, and small social jokes appear, reflecting the era's ad style and humor.
The article argues for saving liquid manure but notes most of its value lies in nitrogen rather than phosphoric acid. It explains that nitrogen can be replenished by growing legumes such as alfalfa and clover which fix atmospheric nitrogen, reducing the need for external nitrogen while emphasizing that phosphoric acid loss is unrecoverable.
It advises placing an apiary in a location shielded from winter north winds and arranging colonies in rows with enough spacing for a wheelbarrow. The hive entrances should face east for convenience in working the colonies.
The passage advises proper manure management to prevent heating, urges painting barns in autumn or winter for durability, promotes affordable farm home improvements, and claims Cardui aided Mrs. Eula Mae Bradley with nervous indigestion and fatigue, urging others to try it.
James B. Mershon of Newark credits Dr King s New Discovery with saving his life after eight months of illness and heavy hemorrhaging. The ad touts it as a remedy for weak lungs chronic coughs grippe asthma hay fever and other lung troubles with a trial bottle offered free. E T Whitehead Co guarantees it. Also promoted are Electric Bitters as a health and beauty aid for women claiming benefits to stomach liver kidneys nerves skin and complexion with a 50 cent price at the same outlet.
Raleigh correspondents report that North Carolina near-beer dealers intend to renew government licenses starting June 30 to operate after July 1 when the prohibition on near-beer saloons takes effect statewide. They expect to avoid revenue surveillance by selling drinks resembling beer but without beer or near-beer branding, with bottle size and brand changes the main alterations.
Work will soon start after you take Dr King’s New Life Pills and you’ll quickly enjoy their fine results. Constipation and indigestion vanish and fine appetite returns. They regulate stomach liver and bowels and impart new strength and energy to the whole system. Try Perm. Only 25¢ at E. T. Whitehead O.
Howells recalls Mark Twain’s dramatic sealskin coat worn during their first meeting and the enduring personal effect Twain sought through costumes. He notes Twain’s red hair and mustache, his later white serge suit, and the Oxford gown for many occasions, describing it as a keen taste for costume rather than vanity.
A man recalls getting a black eye after chasing a fleeing suspect on Blue Cliff Road. A ruffian’s punch drove him into a ditch, then the incident is revealed as a rehearsal for a moving picture. In a second item, a Hungarian cow dispute ends with a magistrate ordering the cow milked in the Predeal square, after which the animal voluntarily returns to the plaintiff’s stable.
An old fashioned feet care brief advertises a foot antiseptic medicine promising quick relief for tight shoes and aching feet. It claims to soothe swelling sweating and bunions, and mentions 25 cents plus a sample free from Allen S. Olmsted of LeRoy New York.
During a Cleveland campaign ride, Colonel John P. Irish and Judge Kinne of Waterloo, Iowa, faced a fork without signs. Irish sought directions while Kinne, after a horse bolted, dropped from the buggy and dusted himself off, joking that there’s only one Judge Kinne.
A Kansas City Star selection details a cat named Katusha posed beside Japanese cherry blossoms after a failed attempt to capture a photo with a chicken bone motif. The domestic scene ends with a playful quip about a thief’s fragrance and a perfect snap.
A Memphis woman named Mrs. D Looney reports eight years of misery reduced after taking Cardus and Cardui. She claims improved strength, appetite, and relief from headaches backaches and other symptoms, attributing her renewed health to Cardus.
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