02 May 1907
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Newspaper
Scotland Neck The Commonwealth
Location
Scotland Neck, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1907
Page
1
An old advertisement text touts Swamp Root as a kidney purifier claiming blood passes through the body every three minutes and insists the kidneys filter waste. It mentions Dr Kilmer and Sons with an address in Shamton, Nebraska, and Whitevale Office hours.
A Success magazine extract discusses self esteem and public praise. The piece highlights North Carolinians as examples of worthy esteem, citing a Gaffney Ledger note praising Charles B Aycock and F M Simmons as a strong southern ticket for a presidential campaign.
The piece argues farmers deserve higher cotton prices while noting yarn and cloth profits lift spinner earnings to about ten dollars per bale. It also reports Greensboro publisher Van Noppen predicting W W Kitchin will be next North Carolina governor with A L Brooks winning the fifth district congressional nomination after multiple ballots.
Banks are increasingly using newspapers to advertise, with up-to-date ads in weekly and daily papers. Joseph G. Brown of Raleigh praises farmers as trustworthy and desirable bank patrons, noting banks lend to farmers and hold substantial farmer paper as assets, never failing to back their business.
A vintage medical ad touts Pinealve Carboli s as a nature based remedy for freckles skin conditions and lumbago. It cites B T Whitehead & Co in Scotland and Neck and Leggett Drug Co in Hobood Nebel as sellers with a guarantee money back. Pain relief claimed for rheumatic complaints.
Edward Everett Hale urges readers to spend their first day in the Capitol then a morning visit to Mount Vernon. He emphasizes knowing George Washington’s home life, noting Washington spent most of his life away from Mount Vernon, and recommends reading his letters and travelers' diaries to write a life of Washington.
Joseph Chalmers and Emily Norton wed on the New York Vermont border with half of each partner in each state. Two clergymen officiated separately, ensuring the ceremony was legal across the line. The event blends novelty with a traditional union and includes a liver pill ad and a quip from the Detroit Free Press.
Ixander Benton of Fort Edward New York praises Dr Kings New Discovery for curing his asthma years ago and claims it cured his daughters wife incipient consumption. He attests the remedy ends coughs and colds and guarantees by E T Whitehead & Co with 50 cent and one dollar prices and a free trial bottle.
The National Bank of Commerce in a rearrangement left a window labeled 13 attracting superstition. Tell ers refused service at 13 while 12 and 14 prospered until the bank changed the number to 12. Patrons avoided 13 due to hoodoo beliefs, then returned to normal as the sign was altered.
The optimist views life as full of promise and beauty. He confronts evil with resolve, grows from failures, and remains steadfast, believing eternal truth and goodness guide his path toward ultimate triumph.
Our little boy suffered eczema for five years and lung issues, doctors gave up, then Electric Bitters cured him after several bottles. Read about and buy at E. T. White head & Co.’s Brug store for 50 cents.
Poem urging resilience in the face of trouble. It argues that courage matters more than injuries or death and asks how one fought back, not whether one fell. The verse stresses steadfast spirit and cheerful endurance despite hardships.
Announcement from St. Louis states John B Bun dren aged 101 will marry Rose McGuire on her 100th birthday August 26 1907 at Bun dren's estate near Tatesvn Tenn The couple were sweethearts in youth and reunite after Bun dren earned wealth in California He will escort her from Preston Lancashire England to Tennessee for the wedding and reunion of old friends.
A Mississippi editor recounts a humorous town tale of a young bachelor sheriff and a widow. The sheriff asks for an attachment, she jokes about courting, and the magistrate weighs hearsay as evidence in a witty exchange. Also includes a mock advertisement for Bees Laxative Cough Syrup and a quip about age and hearsay.
G W Cloyd a Plunk Mo merchant had a narrow run in with a jimson bar injuring his thumb. Doctors urged amputation but he treated the wound with Bucklen's Amnica Salve and recovered. 25 cents at E T Whitehead & Co Druggists.
A playful ad copy declares the heart beats 100000 times daily and links blood quality to health. It promotes Ayer s Sarsaparilla as the remedy endorsed by doctors for improving blood and well being.
Fragmented OCR passage blends a satirical tale about The Gentle Robber by Margaret Sherwood with commentary on religious funding and a note on windfall forest laws. It references bishops, robbers, piles remedies, and an advertisement style listing, mixed with stray comments on names and marriage.
In a Chicago News item a comical exchange unfolds with a parson and Mabel about a big dog. The dialogue hints at divorce and a strange phrase appendic while noting a gentle life and a druggist context.
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a remedy for infants and children with wind colic and diarrhea. It claims immediate relief and markets the product through druggists nationwide at twenty five cents a bottle. The listing notes a guarantee under the 1905 act with local registration.
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