Hurra Pittman Offers Men’s Wear Discounts
Pittman and Bishop advertise sale items including 1.25 dollar men’s pants and 2.00 dollar corduroy pants. The offer lists socks, underwear, work shirts and related apparel with prices and stock notes.
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Newspaper
Scotland Neck The Commonwealth
Location
Scotland Neck, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1908
Page
4
Pittman and Bishop advertise sale items including 1.25 dollar men’s pants and 2.00 dollar corduroy pants. The offer lists socks, underwear, work shirts and related apparel with prices and stock notes.
A historical note explains how crude wood turpentine from pine is refined into two fractions, pine oil and turpentine. Pine oil, once discarded, now sells for 10 to 50 cents a gallon and is used in roofing paints, varnishes, insulations, metal polishes, and cheap perfume.
A humorous boyish reflection on newspapers notes editors and heaven with playful lines about editors, the church, and the paper’s quality. It also mocks winter shoes with padlocks and hints at a paid subscription lapse. Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup is advertised as a remedy for colds and constipation.
Public code advises respectful conduct for boys across social settings. It emphasizes deference to ladies, polite greetings, door manners, posture, and seating etiquette, plus restraint in dining and cleanliness. The piece links virtue to health, recommending Burdock Blood Bitters to keep the blood pure.
The Burlingame telegraphing typewriter is exhibited in Charlotte in the Stone & Barringer window. Two linked machines print identical messages, eliminating Morse code and telegraphers. Inventor Elmer Burlingame says it will revolutionize the telegraph business. demonstrations proceed today with O T Landis and H Paulis supervising.
A New England man recently returned from a year in South Carolina recalls an encounter with a coal black boy on a hotel piazza. The boy’s sole reply to questions is a broad smile and the boastful line I ain't done raised yet sah.
A Judge anecdote contrasts old time muffins with a newly married couple and a bride who reveals a recipe using oleomargarine chalk water and other ingredients to mimic her mother in law’s baking. An advertisement promotes Kodol as a digestive aid guaranteed to aid digestion.
A testimonial claims Doan's Kidney Pills cured severe back pains and kidney troubles. The lady from Tarboro describes symptoms including backache and lameness and credits the product with restoring kidney function. Sold by dealers for 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo sole U S agents. Remember the name Doan's.
A country walk yields reflections on seizing moments and blessings of life. A visiting girl learns to gather joy now rather than delay, while a ministerial scene and a church lesson frame everyday faith and community. Also includes a brief ad for Kodol digestive aid and a note about a sewing circle meeting.
Vouchers from Fayette New York veteran David Parker praise Electric Bitters as a life changing tonic after a Gettysburg injury. Tampa retiree Henry F Jones credits Foley's Kidney Cure with relief from back and shoulder pain after years of ailment. Both endorsements appear in notices and letters carried by E T Whitehead Company.
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