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Newspaper
Scotland Neck The Commonwealth
Location
Scotland Neck, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1908
Page
4
The piece opens with a verse on saloons as a bar to heaven and a door to hell, highlighting the bar’s effects on manliness wealth health pride and sorrow. It then shifts through assorted notices and jokes, including Dr Shoop Health Coffee ads and quips about May and December wedding jokes, plus a brief gag about the president and boiling messages.
The notice touts Mother Gray's Aus Leaf as a safe pleasant herb remedy for back pains urinary bladder and kidney trouble aimed at women. It claims free sample packages from The Mother Gray Company LeRoy New York and lists its distributor E T Whitehead Company drugstore offering Electric Bitters as an all purpose remedy for climate related illness fatigue malaria jaundice and debility with a 50 cent price tag.
A Japanese medical student shows Americans a range of tops. A chrysanthemum top spawns smaller tops, a bird top opens wings and flies, a boomerang top returns to the thrower, and a dozen tiny tops form evolving shapes. The piece contrasts Japanese skill with a remark about Chinese kite fame and ends with assorted ads and quotes.
A Kinston Free Press synopsis highlights Cyrus B. Watson and Thomas Jefferson as figures in the temperance argument. It notes Jefferson’s 1823 view on whiskey taxation and public guardianship, portraying a shift to support restrictive measures to protect vulnerable groups. The piece also includes two advertisements for Pineules and Bees Laxative Cough Syrup with product claims and guarantees.
Chas. F. Budahn of Tracy, California credits Bucklen’s Arnica Salve with curing years of itching piles after trying other remedies. He recalls the luckiest day of his life as buying two 25 cent boxes, sold under guarantee at E. T. Whitehead Company’s drug store.
B G Stewart, a Cedar View Mississippi merchant, states customers gain the worth of gold in weight from Dr King s New Life Pills for constipation malaria or biliousness. Sold under guarantee at E T Whitehead Company s drug store 25c.
Hopeful patients turn to Foley's Kidney Cure with reports from Willimantic Connecticut. Alvin H Stimpson credits four bottles with complete recovery from acute kidney trouble after other remedies failed. Endorsing statements come from E T White Head Company.
A Spare Moments correspondent recalls Carl Schurz setting a civil service exam and a clerk rising from $900 to $1400 in four years by staying late. The piece praises diligent overtime, warns against clock-watching, and urges loyalty to work over leaving early. It contrasts overtime seekers with those who rush out as the whistle blows, arguing true progress comes from doing fair, thorough work.
Mr 8 G Williams of Powderly Texas reports years of kidney and bladder trouble after trying many remedies without relief. A Pineules 80 day trial costs one dollar and money is refunded if not satisfied. Sold by E T Whitehead and Co.
Mrs Joyce of Claremont, New Hampshire, reports a yearlong kidney trouble resolved after using F o rley’s Kidney Cure and praises its effectiveness. The note appears among other brief items referencing a circus line from the Chicago Record-Herald and an advertisement by E. T. Whitehead Company.
The article traces money’s origin from ancient ornaments to weighed gold and silver, then standardized nuggets, followed by minted discs. Early coins included oversized copper pieces, reduced later to suit use, illustrating evolving currency forms and economic aims. It ends with a comic exchange about honesty in hiring from a Chicago News vignette.
An advertisement claims rheumatism is caused by excess uric acid and touts Rheumacide as a complete internal cure. It asserts tablets and liquids remove poisons, regulate liver and kidneys, and end the disease from within, with prices of 25c, 50c, and $1 per bottle. Sold by E T Whitehead & Co.
The National Association of Colonial Dames announces a biennial session in Washington D C from May 6 to May 9 1908 with ticket sales starting May 3 and final return by May 12. Extension to May 18 may be obtained by ticket deposit and a 50 cent fee via Special Agent at 1419 New York Avenue NW. Contact nearest Ticket Agent or write W J Craic P T M T C Wultz G P A Wilmington NC for details.
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