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Newspaper
Yorkville Enquirer
Location
York, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1908
Page
4
A city father teaches his one year old son banking basics by filling a toy bank with pennies. The child learns to save and spends when he has enough, proudly admitting he bought toffee with pennies found from a blind man. The humorous tale ends with the boy using saved coins to indulge in sweets.
A cor respondent recalls the eight points of the law as a quip from London Standard. They are good cause good purse skilled solicitor evidence able counsel upright judge intelligent jury and good luck. Also a Glasgow tale of an old man who wins by force of stubborn wit over porridge and whisky.
An anecdote attributed to James Payn recounts a man paying to avoid civic duty. At the summon, a solemn figure rose and announced the deceased, the judge’s condolences followed, and Payn’s name was struck from the list.
A college professor and his son walk in the country when the professor remarks on abnormal precipitation. The farmer, puzzled, is drawn aside as the son translates in informal vernacular, saying the governor means they have had a lot of rain. Source: Harper’s Weekly.
A Bryn Mawr Sunday school teacher asks a pupil who the wisest man in the Bible is. Henry answers Noah, prompting a humorous exchange about Solomon’s 600 wives. The anecdote ends with Henry’s quip that Noah “knew enough to get in out of the wet.”
An English lord visiting Scotland attended a dinner at a private home. A host's young daughter, shy yet observant, asked if he was really an English lord. He affirmed, and she replied she was not satisfied but disappointed, noting she still wanted to see one.
R. A. Tame of Lewisville aided Rev. A S Rogers at a communion meeting in Rock Hill. Carrie Filla Kee died in Greenville hospital after an appendectomy. Josie Oates and Auburn Woods wed at Mrs Jessie Oates home on Center Street with Rev J H Yarborough officiating and a large wedding party. A bridal tour to Florida followed the ceremony. Lancaster brief notes cover Bethel presbytery in Kershaw, a petrified lemon curiosity, and road survey plans for the county with Jones Requarth & Kelsey chosen for surveying duties and month by month costs.
Amsterdam reports reveal that women handle the crucial cutting stage of diamond processing at a large factory. About 400,000 stones are cut yearly, with twenty women on the cutting task and 300 men in polishing. The shop sits on the quay with ample light and strict loss refunds for missing gems. famed stones like the Victoria Mogul Regent of France Kohinoor have passed through here.
The Italian correspondent visits Naples for five weeks to study Italians as prospective American citizens. He notes Italians are not universally dirty and that impressions abroad can misjudge a people. He observes modernization in Naples alongside persistent poverty and beggary.
Webster Brown reports from Seattle Times that boiled moose nose yields a nutritious gelatine. He recalls a White River county trek where a big bull moose carcass was butchered and the nose boiled twenty four hours to make a clear nutty tasting gelatine nourishing enough for three days for the expedition.
Some of the largest ocean steamers can be converted into armed cruisers in thirty hours. The note outlines rapid naval conversion capabilities and suggests strategic implications for maritime power and wartime readiness.
The author notes judgments by East Side residents and asks whether Italians in Italy can rise, stressing their capacity and desire for better things. A key finding is the near absence of a middle class in Italy.
A harsh catalog of great authors who died poor or in distress. Ouida, Richard, Chatterton, Swift, Dodd, Gissing, Stow, Wycherly, Cotton, Burns, Liorente, Campens, Ben Jonson, Hutten, Saint-Simon and others faced debt, hunger, prisons, or exile while their brilliance endured.
Lieutenant Hugh Johnson argues in Every body's that a German or Japanese foothold on American shores would threaten major eastern cities and coastal defenses. He notes the Pacific barrier of mountains and deserts would complicate any invasion, while policing a vast, fractured grand division would strain a small navy.
Southern Railway announces mileage ticket sales with several options. 500 mile family tickets at 11.25, 1,000 mile interchangeable tickets at 20, 2,000 mile firm tickets at 40, and 1,000 mile individual tickets at 25, all valid across the southeast with limits varying. From April 1 1908 mileage tickets not honored for passage at many stations. exchanges required at ticket offices for continuous ticket. Contact Southern Railway agents in Atlanta Georgia and Charleston South Carolina for details.
An athletic instructor from Roxbury Mass advocates vigorous exercise for health and cites Sloan's Liniment as a remedy for fatigue and rheumatism. He says it aids tired brains after exertion and is useful in household emergencies and for elderly patients.
The Enquirer offers an enhanced setup to handle briefs and arguments efficiently and invites submissions for next briefs. The note highlights readiness and eagerness to process incoming briefs promptly.
York County paid numerous items in the first quarter of 1908 including notes and interest at National Union Bank Rock Hill, magistrates and constables salaries, county home and pauper supplies, chaingang and road work, jail and county office expenses, post mortems, and various repairs. Major entries record bank notes, treasurer salaries, and policing costs across Yorkville, Rock Hill, and surrounding areas.
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