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Newspaper
Scotland Neck The Commonwealth
Location
Scotland Neck, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1908
Page
4
An English paper in Japan printed a list of rules for Japanese conduct toward foreigners. It warns politeness to farmers, avoid crowding, refuse ill gifts, and not to judge by nationality. It urges upright conduct, loyalty to ancestors, and caution against becoming enamored with foreign ways while preserving national treasures.
A brisk misread misunderstanding unfolds as a well dressed young woman and her dachshund dog elicit playful banter from a nearby spectator. The piece blends light dialogue with a string of pasted advertising snippets for health products and curiosities.
W A Floyd of Rural Route 2 Empire Georgia swears Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured his worst hand and leg sores. He would mortgage the farm to buy it again. Available for 95 cents at E T Whitehead Company drug store.
An article urges converting waste land into timber via pine seed planting. It explains seed gathering timing in New England, seed costs, and long term financial return, highlighting future timber value and the benefit to family generations. The Forest Service offers more guidance.
The Pittsburg Post argues that a Congress with a trillion dollar budget imposes $12 per person on the 80 million Americans and colonies. It claims the Republican platform omits economy while seeking continued power amid what it calls profligate governance.
Fayette resident David Parker, a Civil War veteran who lost a foot at Gettysburg, credits Electric Bitters with curing his stomach troubles and serving as a tonic. He says the remedy saved him money on doctors and keeps him strong. Available for 50 cents at E. T. Whitehead Company’s drug store.
A fragmentary clipping notes market reactions linked to Jim Hill's seventieth birthday while unrelated ads and jokes interrupt the column. The text references tetanus confusion, a stomach aid product Kodol, and a domestic scene about a doctor visit, with multiple unrelated lines.
Notice from E T Whitehead Company stating Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs cold and lung troubles is not affected by the National Pure Food and Drug Law because it contains no opiates or harmful drugs and is recommended for children and adults.
The New England Indians first valued fish as fertilizer, burying a fish at the base of a corn hill to spur growth. They believed the fish’s essence would enter the roots and promise a larger yield than without the fish, noting a good-sized fish under the hill produced more corn.
A playful musing argues that a compliment to another woman stings a bachelor. It claims men attend horse races to boast about indifference despite betting, notes men misjudge constantly, and laughs at tax office critiques of wealth.
Denny Masse aged 16 and Fred Paine aged 14 confessed as amateur lake pirates. Ten days earlier they robbed Hargrave and Hill store of merchandise valued at $300 in Grand Rapids, loaded it into a stolen naptha launch, and fled toward the Canadian shore. Canadian authorities captured them on Michipico ten Island in Lake Superior and brought them to Grand Rapids after a storm halted their escape.
A fragmentary compendium of quotations and sentiments on southern women virtue faith and inquiry. It weaves lines from Edgar Taylor Welcome and Rev Townsend touching on beauty of Southern women and the role of questions and religion in faith and knowledge.
Advertises Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup as a universal remedy that soothes throat irritation and stops coughing while its laxative action supposedly expels the cold from the body. Claims constipation blocks cure and urges purchase from E. T. Whitehead Company.
An old newspaper page fragment shows medical ads for Doan's Kidney Pills citing Roy Pittman of Rocky Mount North Carolina praising their kidney relief. It also contains a midsection on talent development with references to Moses Edizon Garfield and Webster and ends with a musing by Rev. M. Stryer.
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