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Newspaper
The Dillon Herald
Location
Dillon, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1909
Page
2
An essay adapted from the New York Evening Journal explores love as the universal human interest and as both powerful and fragile. It reflects on how love endures, dies, and can be killed by neglect or bitterness, urging that love be paramount in life while acknowledging varied personal expressions of affection.
From Rverybody's the cartoon argues that public affairs education can expose bosses and reform the system. It likens cartoons to Greek fire against tyranny and warns that special interests operate in the dark, tipping power away from plain people who must wake up and seize control.
A discussion of how fats can be prepared to please palates. It notes playful experimentation with fat beyond typical use, praising suet puddings and toast with dripping. It mentions toffeo a sugar butter mix as nutritious for children and a fat filling made from fat meat jean meat and bread crumbs with pepper salt and powdered sugar for sandwiches.
Fragmentary essay argues that gender equality will redefine society and erase old power structures. It predicts a world dominated by modern Western, Asian, and Slavic peoples while claiming certain groups will fade due to birth rates and cultural norms. The rhetoric is impassioned and sweeping with cautious references to global demographic shifts.
Chicago James A Patten sold May wheat at a record 1.28 a bushel as bread costs rise for consumers. The New York vegetable market shows Bermuda potatoes at 7 7.25 a barrel and asparagus at 5 a dozen bunches. Virginia frosts and dry spells hit crops, while fruit dealers deny a trust, blaming supply and demand for high prices and noting English potatoes arriving due to shortages.
Spokane advance sheets report a cryptic note from Heping Jaw implying illegality of soliciting or receiving tips in public houses or penile service corporations. The fragment references events and statutes related to establishments in Washington state, with unclear phrasing about misdeeds and penalties.
Chicago reports James A Patten sold 5000 bushels of No 2 red wheat for 1 38 fob here the highest price of the year for this grade He forecast a rise in all new crop months and said there is little chance for more wheat production this year as farmers prefer oats and barley over wheat, signaling a sustained rally in wheat values.
An investigation reveals wider activity by night riders in Southern Indiana including Indianapolis area landowners notified that crop destruction will follow if land is rented or sold below two thirds of expected crop. The scheme targets Pike and neighboring counties with farmers resisting rents.
The President sent a special message recommending a revised Philippine tariff that preserves customs revenue and protects Philippine industries while aiming for some free trade with the United States. The plan, drawn by tariff experts led by Col George R Colton, urges passage with the Payne bill.
San Francisco reports a deadly blaze at the St George Hotel a lodging house at Howard and Eighth. Six bodies recovered and likely eight to ten others buried in ruins. Eight more injured and the property loss pegged at 125000. The three story frame building burned swiftly leaving 180 guests with little time to dress as many escaped via roof or ladders with four saved by a net held by firefighters.
Gen. M Butler died Wednesday night in Columbia South Carolina. His funeral was held Friday morning at 10 in St Peter's Catholic Church with a requiem mass. Bishop Norte from Charleston read prayers as Rev T J Heg preached the sermon.
A fragmentary reminiscence honors General M. C. Butler. It notes his last illness and death scene with kin present. The piece mentions a speaker named Fleming reflecting on Butler’s conversion to faith and his view of himself as forgotten yet faithful.
The Mecklenburg Hotel at Chan e City Virginia about seventy miles east of the city was destroyed by fire Friday afternoon. The expansive frame structure, built ten years ago by the Bycingston family at a cost around 200000 including furnishings, was owned by M L T Davis estate of Norfolk and leased by W T Hughes who had run it for years. Insurance on the hotel and equipment was only 75000, and about 30 guests were registered when the fire occurred. The town was a fledgling community with limited facilities and no major losses beyond the hotel.
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