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Newspaper
Scotland Neck The Commonwealth
Location
Scotland Neck, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1902
Page
4
A rail or steamship timetable notes daily service routes linking New York to Tampa Atlanta New Orleans and points south and west. The brief announces regular connections among these hubs and regional destinations for travel.
The article explains a simple self feeder for eggs with a water light roof and two coats of paint on joints. It sits on durable sills of locust oak or stone and can be extended in length with end boards to keep the corn from spilling.
Market observers note hog prices have remained firm over months aided by packers influence. Despite potential price shifts, savvy feeders and marketers can profit from current levels while shrinking supply of mature hogs. Farmers with long hog-raising experience benefit from current pork profits even as cycles turn.
Advice on stable cleanliness ventilation lighting and drainage. Focus on feeding mixed grains and strong foal production by proper dam nutrition. Emphasizes keeping sheep undisturbed with minimal dog interference and gentle handling to improve lamb behavior.
Agricultural Epitomist notes a pasturing linked illness in cattle called corn stalk disease. Outbreaks occur 2–14 days after turning cattle into stalk fields, with most cases on days 5–8 and rapid death within 2–3 days. The disease is noncontagious, non-diagnosable in fodder, and prevention centers on using cat fodder.
A practical trough design for watering or feeding cattle in barns. The 4x12 foot model is suggested as most serviceable, with low sides to allow easy eating and access. It can be used year round, including winter, provided mangers are simple bare floor constructions.
A collection of agricultural ideas discusses rolling troughs for cattle watering and portable water tubs, plus cautions on lame horses and rest. It notes exercise risks for recovering horses, sheep feeding advantages, and fluctuating livestock prices. It also advises storing manure away from stables and ventilating stalls.
An advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm as a cure for eczema itching humors carbuncles and skin sores. It claims rapid blood enrichment and healing with free samples and medical advice from the Blood Balm Co in Atlanta Georgia.
In the lively world of boat racing and ball games men strain muscles and return home sore. Perry Davis Painkiller is advertised as soothing quivering nerves and penetrating with warmth to heal. The product claims relief across two generations of Americans with large bottles priced at 25 and 50.
An 19th century ad offers McDurries Turpentine and Mutton Suet Lung Plaster as a cure for whooping cough. It claims easy sleep aiding recovery and urges purchase from E. T. Whitehead & Co with a 50 cent price.
Senator Mallory of Florida introduces a bill to provide public eschools for Warrington with separate facilities for white and colored children. The essay notes Warrington grew from naval yard workers settling on reservation land, now a town with 300 houses six churches and over 1500 residents, governed by naval authorities and largely untaxed.
The advertisement touts Terry Davis Painkiller as effective for griping pains diarrhea and cholera morbus caused by rough fabrics irritating the bowels. It recommends following bottle directions and notes travelers carry the painkiller in their grip sacks with large bottles priced at 25 and 50 cents.
A Newark court grants an injunction after a girl seeks to restrain a young man who allegedly promised marriage from marrying another woman. The case highlights government by injunction and the tension of restraining marriages.
An advertisement highlights Perry Davis Painkiller's sixty years of popularity while warning shoppers to seek the genuine product amid many imitations. It touts a remedy for coughs and bronchitis and cites the Chicago Tribune quote about tasks left undone.
A Springville Alabama woman recounts three children contracting whooping cough last summer. She credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with preserving their plumpness and improving recovery, noting even the three month old baby fared well. She adds the oldest child could call loudly for cough syrup between bouts. The remedy is sold by E T Whitehead & Co.
A powder named Allan's Foot-Eave claims to cure chilblains frostbites damp sweating and swollen feet. Sold at druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents.
A philosophic man says he avoids temper by recalling there is no use getting mad. The excitable person replies that this makes him even angrier, prompting a brief Philadelphia Press style exchange about controlling anger.
Don t stare wrong. Don t start the summer with a lingering cough or cold. Take it in hand now with One Minute Cough Cure praised as the sure quick remedy for coughs colds croup grip bronchitis and throat and lung troubles. Also advertise Chamberlain s Stomach and Liver Tablets for biliousness and digestive disturbances with a sales notice by E T Whitehead & Co.
A Germantown man Josh Edgar credits Chamberlain's Pain Balm with immediate relief and a long lasting cure after fourteen years of sciatic rheumatism. The ad notes the balm is sold by E T Whitehead & Kio and claims success for similar cases. A Fort Scott police report mentions stolen silks hidden under a church with the chief declining to name the church to avoid harming the pastor.
H R Puetes of Plymouth Oklahoma reports selling five bottles of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy to threshers who continued work without delay. The ad urges keeping a bottle at home and notes E T Whitehead & Co. Drugists as distributors.
An ivalid ad claims Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders cure colds fevers headaches stomach troubles teething worms and more for 25 cents at druggists sample free. Contains address Allen S Olmsted LeRoy NY and a clipped Chicago Post anecdote about punishment for a sick boy.
Geo S Marsh of Nocona Texas recalls a five year struggle with dyspepsia and says he found relief after using Kodol. He claims immediate improvement and eventual full recovery, praising Kodol as the sole preparation that reproduces natural digestive juices and digests all foods.
Promotes a patent remedy for children claiming to cure feverishness, bad stomach, teething disorders, colic, and worms. Advertises 30,000 testimonials and a 25 cent price. Sample mailed free from Allen & Olmsted, Leroy, New York.
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