Scotland Neck Open Saloon Vote Begs Moral Reckoning
In a 1903 Halifax case, Vance Spivey hanged for murder after killing his uncle and fellow convict. The article links his fate to drink and local saloon politics, citing a Scotland Neck referendum on open saloons and urging voters to consider moral and communal consequences of liquor sales. The piece questions accountability for future crimes tied to such votes.
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Vance Spivey
Halifax
Tillery
Supreme Court
Aycock
Potter’s Field
Scotland Neck
A. Hensible
God
Scarcity of Farm Labor in Eastern Carolina
The Kinston Free Press notes widespread labor shortages across farms in the region. It urges farmers to limit acreage, plan crops from start to finish, and emphasize soil and fertilizer use. It warns against relying on one or two money crops like cotton or tobacco and advocates diversifying to avoid market risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinston Free Press
Carolina
American Tobacco Company
A. T. Co
Wisdom of Nature and Hope in a World of Suffering
A reflective piece extols gratitude for nature and human resilience amid sickness and sorrow. It notes the interdependence of life, the vastness of universal order, and the potential to improve the world through shared happiness. It ends with a marketing line for Grove's Tasteless Chief Tonic claiming iron and quinine content and a No Cure No Pay claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juin
God
Grove
The Vine of the Spout Poem in Cincinnati Tribune
A poem about a tired elderly woman in Cincinnati who washes and irons at home. She tends a vine growing on an old water spout, singing to it as her children have left her. She believes God planted the seed of care and refuses to be forgotten despite hardship and loneliness.
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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Census shows higher death rate than births among blacks
The Times statistician reports in fifty cities the black death rate exceeds births. In Boston whites show a birth excess while blacks die more than they are born. New York and Chicago show similar gaps, with New Orleans white births outpacing deaths while blacks face a death excess.
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Charlotte
New York
Buffalo
Chicago
St. Louis
New Orleans
South
Times’ Statistician
Making a Man from a Child to a Dream and a Threat
An excerpt warns against pushing boys into rapid adulthood and a relentless chase for wealth. Separate crime report: a man attempted to reach President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay and was arrested by the secret service. Frank Weilbronner of Syosset, tall and disturbed, carried a loaded revolver and claimed to have urgent business with the President. He was jailed and deemed demented after interrogation.
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Publishers’ Press
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Secret Service
Frank Weilbronner
Syosset
Sigamore Hill
Weilbronner
Oyeter Bay
Hall's Catarrh Cure Offered as Cure All
A 100 dollar reward is offered by F J Cheney & Co for proof Hall's Catarrh Cure fails. The ad claims the constitutional remedy cures catarrh by acting on blood and mucous surfaces, building up the constitution and aiding nature. It invites readers to send testimonials and lists locations for mail order.
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Coloncs
Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Foledo
al Droggie
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Sold Worldwide
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a sixty year remedy for teething pain, gum swelling, wind colic and diarrhoea in children. It claims immediate relief, notes Druggists sell it worldwide at twenty five cents per bottle, and warns to insist on the exact name. The snippet ends with a separate moral quip about liquor and jail.
DeWitt Witch Hazel Salve and Political Message
An old advertisement extols DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve for burns boils eczema and piles while warning of counterfeit products. A political line questions voters choice between "your boys" and boodle and beer urging to vote for the boys.
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Dewitt
DeWit
E. C. DeWitt & Co
Chi
E. T. Whitehead & Co
Kodol Dyspepsia Care Promises Full Eating Freedom
A sales blurb claims Kodol Dyspepsia Care lets people with indigestion eat all they want. The remedy supposedly prepares the stomach for reception digestion and assimilation of food and aids digestive organs to convert it into healthier blood. Sold by KE PF White Selas.
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KE. PF
White- Selas
Nervous Prostration Cured by Peruna Report
A letter from Hal P. Denton of the National Export Exposition outlines a recovery from severe nervous prostration after using Peruna. The account cites stomach catarrh, sleepless nights, skepticism overcome, and full recovery after five bottles. The note invites others to seek Dr Hartman’s free advice. A Missouri Historical Society president announces marking historic sites with tablets and a fund is set for this purpose.
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Hal. P. Denton
Philadelphia
Peruna Medicine Co
Columbus
Ohio
Peruna
Douglax
The
Missouri Historical Society
Death Penalty Warnings and Health Remedies Tale
A fragment mentions Bucklen's Arnica Salve for burns sores and boils with 25c at E T Whitehead Co. It notes Dr. Spring’s oxygen atmosphere theory, a Cholera Morbus prevention with Chamberlain’s Tablets, and self harm prevention using Electric Bitters. Reports on glass plants in Ohio and gold production comparisons across California Alaska and Colorado.
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E. T. Whitehead & Co
Potent Pill Pleasures Endorse De Witts Early Risers
A Albany Georgia reader testifies that De Witts Little Early Risers cured a bilious attack better than calomel or bluemass and did so pleasantly. Advertised by FE T Whitehead & Co. The ad notes the eye to be sensitive to green color and promotes a one day cure with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets guaranteed to work or money back.
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de Witt
Philpot
Albany, Ga
FE. T. Whitehead & Co
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D. P. Jolly
Avoca, N. Y
J.C. Ayer CO
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Kodol
E. O. Dewitt & CO
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Whithead
P. m
R. c
J. P. Wimberley
N. C
W A. Dunn
R. J. Smith
Th & Smith
Stuart H. Smith
Staten Bld’g
Over Tyler
E' ‘Ward L. Travi
Claude Kitchin
A. P. Kitchin
Kitchin & Kitchin
Futrell
N.C
Parker
Meyer
Cairo
Chasm Walsh Stew
Sycamore St., Petersburg, VA
Wales
Apelons
Commmonwealth
Commonwealth Office
Enews
New Orleans Picayune
HAL
Denton
Spring
Luttich
Mollie Allen
South Fork
Caysabe
Attuacka
Chamberlain
Leggett
Leggett’s Drug Store
Hobgood
Is. T. Whitehead & Co
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