07 May 1908
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Newspaper
Scotland Neck The Commonwealth
Location
Scotland Neck, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1908
Page
1
An old advertisement-style notice warns that kidney trouble harms both women and men, affecting ambition, beauty, vigor, and cheerfulness. It promotes Swamp Root as the remedy, claiming widespread cures and urging readers to address inquiries to Dr. Kilmer & Co. in New York.
The piece contrasts urban and rural job markets during a panic. City workers face widespread unemployment, crowded labor pools, and days on trial with few returns, while rural areas offer easier chances at work despite lower wages. It argues country labor is safer than urban layoffs.
A town urged prompt payment of debts to keep money circulating during hard times. The piece argues that one dollar paid today helps others meet obligations, potentially doing the work of several dollars, and that withholding funds harms many people.
A Greensboro based Salis bury correspondent reports aggressive anti prohibition activity as May 26 state vote nears. State headquarters in the People's National Bank Building handles a flood of mail and staff work. Lobbyists visit every hamlet while liquor literature flows from Chicago New York and Milwaukee via the National Liquor Dealers Association.
A local writer laments hat styles blocking speakers in churches and lecture halls. He blames exaggerated fashions for obscuring voices and even hints that injunctions once used against unpopular ideas could curb half acre hats. The piece predicts a future style shift after the May vote on prohibition in North Carolina.
An advertorial claims Burdock Blood Bitters cleanse the blood to cure skin eruptions and scrofula and promotes clear vision and thinking. Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil is said to stop earache in two minutes and toothache or burns in minutes, with other pains easing within hours.
In a Senate report Secretary Wilson estimates 79,005,000 acres of swamp and overflowed lands across several states could be reclaimed for farming. Florida holds about one-fifth, Louisiana, Arkansas, Minnesota and Mississippi over 5,000,000 each. Reclamation could add about 1.6 billion in value and raise farm output by 275 million annually. This may yield 160,000 farms and one million people fed.
North Carolina advances practical forestry through a joint study by the Geological Survey and the Board of Education. W. W. Ashe leads the swamp land project to identify arable areas, replant open lands, and promote forest policy for public and private lands, highlighting the state’s forests as a major resource.
The New Bern Sun notes newspaper manufacturing is hazardous and largely unprofitable. It cites fierce competition, low prices, high paper costs, and reliance on moral or political motives to survive, likening a newspaper to a church in maintaining life without financial warrant.
A vintage ad promises Allen's Foot-Ease powder cures tired aching calloused sweating and swollen feet. It urges readers to shake into shoes and says samples are free with the address LeRoy New York and the phrase at all druggists.
Washington May 1 1908 two enormous maps will be used at the White House conference on natural resources. They measure twelve by sixteen feet and are produced by photographic reproduction from the Forest Service’s five by seven foot maps. Fifteen men worked six days and nights to complete the project and the maps will flank the platform in the East Room for all attendees to view.
A collage of verse and advertising lines from a historic paper. It opens with poetry about fidelity and love, then moves through notices for medical remedies, humorous exchanges, and product pitches. The tone blends sentimental verse with consumer ads and brief quips.
The South now grows about twelve million bales yearly and must raise twenty million or more to meet world demand. Growth in consumption implies half a million more bales annually, with ten years to reach seventeen or eighteen million. The South could eventually supply forty to fifty million bales, wielding cotton as a global power comparable to iron ore, promising great prosperity for cotton growers.
Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs and lung troubles is not affected by the National Pure Food and Drug Law. It contains no opiates or harmful drugs and is recommended as a safe remedy for children. E. T. Whitelead Company.
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