Decrease in Cotton Acreage Foretold by Trade Papers
The article notes expected cotton acreage cuts supported by the Manufacturers' Record circular. Despite smaller plantings and less fertilizer use, The Commonwealth argues yields will rise, with more barnyard manure and better cultivation predicting a large cotton crop. It critiques rail pass proposals for state officers and quotes Lawrence Lawson on Standard Oil. It also covers North Carolina lawmakers’ stance on Jamestown exposition funding and Kitchin brothers’ opposition.
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Baltimore
Commonwealth
Tue Commonwealth
General Assembly
Raleigh Times
North Carolina Railroad
North Carolina
Grimes
Congress
Messrs
W. W. Kitchin
Claude Kitchin
Jamestown
St. Louis
Charleston
Kitchin
L. M. Paint Adds Value and Appetite Boost Tame Bilious Attacks
Advertising blurb promotes L. M. Paint mixed with linseed oil as a cheap coating for houses and a remedy to dull appetite. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets are touted to cure bilious attacks and restore appetite. Testimonials claim the product paints like gold and boosts digestion, with prices noted and druggists selling both items.
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Longman & Martinez L. & M
B. Barr
Charleston
Frankenburg
Chamberlain
Legislative highlights from Edgecombe to Palmyra
The legislature advances road and tax measures for Edgecombe, vetoes liquor limits near Palmyra churches, and considers university funding and telegraph licensing. Senate bills regulate fishing in Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds with an April 15 effect date, while House actions include school grade bills, teacher salary bumps, and county education board reforms.
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Senate
Gillia
Edgecombe
Auxiliary Board of Health of
Carolina Telegraph and Telephon Company
Lutton
Andrewa
Chapel Hill
University Failey
Durham
Graham
Lincoln
George Washinton
House
Albemar
Pamlico Sounds
Ethridge
Thamendment
Winborne Mitchell
Bertie
Laughinghouse
Meekins
Ening Post
Senator Long
Thorne
Palmyra
Granville
Gayle
McNinch
Flemng
Greenville
County Boards of Education
Canty Boards of Education
Destructive Fire Ad Follows Local Pledge
An advertisement touts DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve as a cure for burns cuts and piles with a testimonial from J L Tocker editor praising its effectiveness in his Harmonizer Centre Alabama. The ad urges genuine product claims and lists E T Whitehead & Co as sellers. It also notes humorous Democratic campaign literature descriptions of Theodore Roosevelt.
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DeWitt
J.L Tocker
Harmonizer Centre
Ala
E. T. Whitehead & Co
Theodore Roosevelt
J Kings New Discovery Promises Cure for Consumption
A testimonial from J W McKinnon of Taladega Springs Ala says pneumonia improved after using Dr King s New Discovery. The ad claims the remedy cures consumption sore throat bronchitis coughs and colds with guaranteed results at E T Whitehead Co drug store and offers a free trial bottle priced 50 cents and 1.00
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J. King
J. W. McKinnon
Taladega Springs
Ala
Dr. King
E.T. Whitehead& Co
Dr. * King
M. Flannery
Custom House Place
T. Whitehead & Co
Drugel Sista
Peruna touted as cure for grip and catarrh crisis
A collection of testimonials from New York and other cities extols Peruna as a rapid remedy for la grippe and epidemic catarrh. Aldermen, union members, and doctors recount relief, with claims of renewed health, strength, and appetite after using the product. appeals for official recognition and wider use follow.
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New York
Joseph A. Flinn
Christopher Street
New York City
la Grippe
Board of Health
D. L. Wallace
International Barber’s Union
Western Avenue
Minneapolis
Minn
Peruna
I. Perry
Atchison, Kansas
Manalin
Triumphs of Modern Surgery Explored by Samuel Howkins Adams
An absorbing article explains modern gastric ulcer treatment in plain language. It recounts surgical methods, including cutting the ulcer and a Wolfler style operation that shortens the food route by bypassing the stomach outlet, with focus on outcomes and clinical reasoning.
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Marco McClvare
Samuel Howkins Adams
Fitzsimmons
Corbett
Carson City
Wolfler
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Advertisement Claim
An elderly advertorial promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup claiming sixty years of use by millions to ease teething pain soothe gums relieve wind colic and diarrhoea with immediate relief at twenty five cents a bottle sold by druggists worldwide.
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Mrs. Winslow
Mra.inslow
A Worthy Creed and Curative Advertisement
A poem extols small acts of kindness and ends with a note about Col John M. Fuller of Honey Grove Texas recovering from kidney and liver troubles after using Electric Bitters. An 50 cent bottle medicine by E. T. Whitehead & Co. is recommended for dyspepsia biliousness and kidney disease. The piece ends with a humorous exchange about nondescript caluds and cosmopolitan boarders.
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John M. Fuller
Honey Grove
Texas
Waterloo
E. T. Whitehead & Co
Village anecdote and a joke about a nose blemish
A Maryland village tale describes a deacon who cuts his nose shaving before church and, after requesting court plaster from his wife, ends up mistaken for wearing a spool label. The item includes a quip about Bucklen's Arnica and a joke about numbered head hairs on cars. It also advertises Dr King’s New Life Pills and related remedies with a testimonial from M Flannery and druggists in Chicago.
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Maryland
Champion liniment praised for rheumatism cure
Chas Drake, a mail carrier from Chapmanville Conn, says Chamberlain's Pain Balm is the champion among liniments. He suffered rheumatism in his shoulder for a year until a storekeeper recommended it, with one application giving relief and continued use promising a permanent cure. Sold by all druggists.
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Chas. Drake
Chaplinville
Conn
Chamberlain
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C. Livermon
Whithead
Tland Neck
N.C
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Copland Neck, N.C
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Halifax
N. c
Travis
Halifax, N.C
Albion Dunn
Scortano Neck
N.C. Ce
W. Mixon
Bergacrine Optictras
Aker
Scotland
Neck
Dr. Miles
Geo. W. Chincoteague
Miles
Medical Co
Elkhart
Ind
Lay & Hedges
Lawson
Standard Oil Company
Norfolk Virginian
Standard Oil
Wall Street
H. H. Rogers
Morcy
Rogers
John D. Rockefeller
No. 26
Broadway
Washington
Morning Post
Dawson Items
Columbia Record
F. T. Whitehead & Co
Wilmington Mc
le Perry
Washington, D.C
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
George IL. White
Hartman
Dr. Hiartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Chicago
Lally
Chas. F. Lemberger
Syracuse
N. Y
Deacon Jones
Pewbury
Boston Transcript
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