26 Nov 1908
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Newspaper
Scotland Neck The Commonwealth
Location
Scotland Neck, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1908
Page
1
The message explains that kidneys act as blood purifiers filtering waste and impurities. When kidneys are sick or malfunctioning, waste builds up, causing pains aches and rheumatism due to excess uric acid in the blood from neglect.
A terse verse sequence contrasts a grim night with a gale along the Massachusetts coast and a hopeful morning. The poem follows the shift from wrecking darkness to bright morning light as ships regain calm and skies clear, celebrating renewed sea and sky.
The Jersey City plant completes a gigantic clock dial 38 feet across, weighing about six tons. The minute hand spans 18 14 feet and moves 23 inches per minute. Illuminated lamps outline hour and minute hands and edge markers. A second clock will soon rise at Madison Avenue and 24th Street, NYC, but smaller than this one.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer advertisement touts Kennedy laxative cough syrup claiming it soothes irritation and inflammation, stops coughs, moves bowels gently, and helps drive the cold from the system. It contains no opiates and is pleasant tasting, favored by children. Sold by B. T. Whitehead & Co.
The Forest Service notes lumber remains dominant in U S construction with about 61 percent of last year’s building permits in major cities being wooden. Cement brick stone and steel rise in use but do not displace wood in overall demand, and small towns likely show even higher wooden shares.
It Doesn’t Pay to misrepresent yourself or live beyond your means. It also warns work yields greater reward than idleness, and cautions against pranks that backfire. Finally it notes rest and work should balance, and avoiding crying over spilled milk.
On November 5, 1907 the freighter Saint Andrew reported a giant saucer shaped meteor strike near Cape Race. A blazing red tail, heat and steam followed as water boiled and crew grew alarmed. A second ship, Brazilia, observed a meteor strike farther away. Some sailors speculate vanished vessels may be meteoric victims.
A Georgia pastor recounts an election lesson in a folksy tale about birth, voting, and divine calling. The piece juxtaposes religious exhortation with a medical advert for Kodol, claiming digestion benefits and a guaranteed trial sold by a local merchant.
An old time advertisement promises quick healing for bruises scratches sores and burns with DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve. The copy hints at medical relief and product sale with period tone and rustic dialogue.
Miss Olive Gaskill was the guest of honor at a dance in the Edgecombe club hall with music by an Italian orchestra. Chaperones included Mesdames Guerard, Baker, Hart, and Wiggin. Couples featured numerous Greenville, Asheville, Washington, and Enfield residents, plus stags Abe Arnheim and others.
A story from Jackson County Argus recounts a young man who visits a girl, endures a storm, forgets to comb his hair, spills coffee, and misreads a tablecloth mishap. After a chaotic breakfast, he withdraws under the tablecloth panic, grabs it from his pants, and bolts into the woods, still frightened.
In a publicity note the chorus ladies urge press agents to spread a moral appeal and announce publicly all gifts of ten dollars or more, naming donors and how funds were used, as Taft and Bryan battle for attention.
Seven hundred fifty miles into Texas from the Rocky Mountains is recounted by Lamar Fontaine in My Life and My Lectures. As a fourteen year old captive, he travels across deserts and forests, relying on deer hide water caches, game meat, and firelit nights. He believes a guardian angel guides him, nearing home near Austin after crossing the Concho and Pecos rivers and recognizing a light from his mother’s room on a hilltop near his mountain camp.
Greensboro Record notes a correction stating E Spencer Blackburn did not make Democratic speeches in Oklahoma but supports the GOP strongly. It suggests Democrats have burdens, while electric railways in the United States reach over 40 000 miles of track. The item reflects political mixed messaging and a rail expansion fact.
The Department of Agriculture reports an average corn yield of 26.2 bushels per acre and an indicated total production of 2,642,687,000 bushels for the year. Comparisons show 1907 yields at 25.9 per acre and production of 2,592,329,000 bushels, with 1907- ten year averages noted. Estimates include state figures for Missouri Texas Kentucky Tennessee Georgia Alabama Virginia North Carolina and Arkansas. Other crops like potatoes tobacco and rye are summarized with per acre yields and total production figures for 1907 and ten year averages.
An elderly customer questions a crocodile skin bag offered by a nickname dealer who proclaims he shot the croc. The bag is soiled from a fall. A patent is reported for a syringe like device to inject poisons around plant roots without harming nearby vegetation.
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