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Newspaper
Scotland Neck The Commonwealth
Location
Scotland Neck, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1902
Page
3
Rain and Sleet don't injure the L. and M. Paint. It is made to preserve and protect wood surfaces on buildings when applied in dry weather. Describes its advantages as cheaper and better than white lead and instructs mixing a gallon of oil per ton of paint. Sole agents E. S. Whitehead, Scotland Neck.
County commissioners in session Monday selected jurors for the upcoming Superior court term starting April 7. Names include J Burwell, Mardy, S E Hamon, C K Howell, Batts, John W L Pfarnts, Alston, Allstreak, Kee, Snipes, Dunn, Hunter, Fenar, Coppedge, Brown, Stephenson, Gegory, Smith, Gilliam, Bailey, Neville, Collier, Beanch, Hus, Saarp, Bumpass, Ap per Wed Hi Shearin, Warren, Patterson, Sheirin, Willie Woed, Williams.
A dramatic illness cure delivers daily relief for bowel troubles and indigestion. The ad promises thousands bless the remedy for constipation sick headache biliousness and jaundice. Available at E. T. Whitehead & Co’s drug store.
Dr. Tait Butler, state veterinary surgeon from Raleigh, diagnosed glanders among horses, leading to the killing of two or three mules and a mare. Stable quarantine for sixty days was ordered, with no new cases reported yet. Local merchants Prince & Co. and Biggs & Johnson say they have not lost any horses or mules.
Reports from Roanose and nearby towns describe a Friday afternoon storm with heavy hail and the heaviest rain seen over a long period. Dr. M T Savage aboard a Norfolk-bound train noted the downpour as exceptionally severe. Townsfolk discuss drainage concerns and local officials acknowledge requests for better drainage in dry weather. Andrew Hancock moves from Lewiston to operate and open a Depot Street hotel for public use while auctions in Scotland Neck sell estate stock from M. Cooke and other assets, including some horses and mules. A Baptist Orphanage visit by Mr. A Johnson is noted, and steam laundry advertising touts special care for large curtains and ladies garments with years of experience cited. The Philadelphia Record quotation highlights the value of advertising.
A string of brief notices lists visits and travel by residents and guests from Ayden to New York. Names include Mrs C F Burroughs, Capt T W Tillery, J H Durham, J H Sherrod, S W Morissette, Susie Peters, H B Bell, Lynwood Ball, Mrs Lewis, J T Lewis, Jas R Mason, J S Bowers, Kata Bagley, T F Robertson, J D Perry, Allen C Perry, H E Biggs, Mrs M M Nelson, Mrs Goodwin, George Smith, engineer Turrentine, Claude Kitchin, W A Dunn, and Rev W R Cullom. It notes speakership by Dunn at the Baptist Orphanage and Culloin’s Bible lecture at Wake Forest College.
A Winfield Illinois druggist F L Hewett cites his 1899 LaGrippe cure with two bottles of Chamberlains Cough Remedy that stopped coughing and cold progress. The piece promotes Chamberlains Cough Remedy as a safe, effective pneumonia preventer and cold cure available from E T Whitehead & Co. in Scotland Neck. It also notes the Brick Hotel changing hands, with J E Condrey taking charge and P A Rasberry moving to the livery business.
Mrs Staten died at home Sunday after a long illness and months of suffering. She leaves a husband four sons and two daughters. The burial took place Monday afternoon in Baptist cemetery with Rev J C Jones officiating. Her family and the community mourn her loss as a devoted wife mother and neighbor.
Friday night February 28 Catherine Hancock celebrated her ninth birthday with a grand party hosted by grandmother Mrs Gray on Ninth street. The parlors were bright with cut flowers palms and ferns. Juice music games frolics and a lavish dining room spread featuring flowers a birthday cake and nine colored tapers marked the occasion.
The passage promotes a medical remedy claimed to cure consumption, asthma, pneumonia, bronchitis, grip, croup, and whooping cough. It asserts thousands of sufferers owe their lives to it and offers trial bottles free at E. T. Whitehead & Co. drug store with prices 50c and 1.00.
An 19th century ad touts Electric Bitters as the cure for nervous, melancholy, and ailing women. It claims sufferers from remote troubles, nervous cases, backache and weak kidneys gain health and happiness, urging trial at 50 cents with E. T. Whitehead & Co. guarantee.
Delegates to the Sunday-School Convention at Fayetteville March 18-20 were chosen with power to appoint alternates. E Carter, William Thorne, H W Cop pedge, D P Hasket, J Hunter, P D Lidery, J L Ivey, E Hilliard and S S Alrop are listed as elected delegates.
Death of Mrs Mills widow of Prof L B Mills of Wake Forest noted after a long illness from paralysis. She was mother of Mrs Claude Kitchin and many friends here extend sympathy in her bereavement.
The Camden Messenger recommends Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as one of the best treatments for coughs colds and croup. The writer notes long household use and urges readers especially with small children to keep it on hand as a safeguard against croup. Sold by E T Waitehead & C
A vintage advertisement promotes Mother Gray a nurse at a New York Children's Home claiming her powders cure colds feverishness headaches stomach troubles teething disorders and destroy worms in 24 hours. Available at druggists for 25 cents with free sample by mail from Allen Olmstead LeRoy New York.
An old misformatted advertisement touts Cas earets Candy Cathartic tablets stamped C. C.C. for digestion and liver support. It claims to repair digestion and bowels, implying health benefits for rest periods and urging purchase from druggists rather than bulk sales.
An old classified style ad promotes various cures and remedies including instant relief from prickly heat and a blood tonic. It claims guaranteed results with money back offers and lists FE Whitehead & Co as sellers along with other patent medicine references.
E. T. Whitehead & Co the druggist refunds your money if not satisfied after using Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. They cure disorders of the stomach biliousness indigestion and headache. Price 25 cents.
An old advertisement extols Perry Davis Painkiller as the sole effective remedy for childhood ailments from sprains to stomachache. It contrasts substitutes, urges protection against cold wind damaging teeth, and promotes Allen’s Lung Balsam to loosen coughs and prevent pulmonary troubles.
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