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Newspaper
Yorkville Enquirer
Location
York, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1908
Page
4
A brisk, humorous scene unfolds as a pushy woman quizzes a bank clerk about the president’s indictments and the cashier’s character. The clerk finally reveals the cashier is a Sunday school superintendent, prompting the woman to depart without opening an account.
A New York broker’s friend sings with fervor during a Christmas trip to New England. In Salem or Gloucester he lifts a high note to the congregation, drawing stares and praise until a sexton hushes him with a wheezy whisper. The scene ends with the sexton declaring they pay people to sing.
The Plunkett couple clash over a dining table with too-short legs. Cordelia suggests raised flooring to lift the table, while Jared resists. The compromise: install on-top hardwood flooring to raise the surface about three eighths of an inch.
A small boy at a tea circle races around a table causing nerves to fray. The mother remains calm while Malcolm darts past a lamp and throws off his socks. Mrs Archibald directs him to run the opposite direction to steady the scene.
In a vivid anecdote from Sir Richard C. Jebb life and letters, Disraeli and Montagu Corry discuss a quick cab entry after a great speech. A Vienna memory with Prince Gortschakoff illustrates English politeness as an Englishman enters a royal carriage with his back to the horses.
The Southern Express Company honors Mr. C. H. Brennecke for faithful service by retiring him with pay while he may seek other work. He helped settle disputes between patrons and the firm, acting as mutual go‑between and earning commendation for courtesy and flexibility.
A Virginia representative opens a House inquiry into why Jefferson Davis’s name was cut from the Cabin John Bridge on the Washington aqueduct. The editor notes Meigs designed the arch, the wartime control by the War Department, and a 1861 62 act by interior official Caleb Smith ordering removal, with no formal record or authority.
A financier learns his son embezzled fifty thousand dollars and avoids jail due to wealth and moral pressure from surety firms. The piece argues wealth shields high offenders while nickel-rakers and subway workers face harsher fates, condemning leniency and urging prosecutions.
A discussion on learning poultry keeping as an industry and the role of Sloan's Liniment for diseases like roup and canker in birds. E R Spaulding of Jaffrey New Hampshire endorses Sloan's as a swift remedy after testing alternatives. He also notes a free Sloan booklet for farm animals.
A local ad invites customers to remember the store for Rough and Dressed Lumber including Flooring Ceiling Weatherboarding Framing Siding Shingles Laths and for Lime Cement Brick Paints Oils and Varnishes, featuring Devoe Paint. It offers Building Hardware Fly Screens Lawn Swing service and small repair jobs by phone.
J. J. Keller & Co advertises 500 mile family tickets 11.25 and 1 000 to 2 000 mile interchangeable tickets 20 to 40 dollars with various restrictions. From April 1 1908 mileage tickets not honored for passage except at certain stations. R. W. Hunt and J. C. Lusk announce details from Atlanta Georgia and Charleston South Carolina.
Very low round trip rates from Baltimore Washington Richmond Norfolk and Norfolk to events in May 1908. Tickets sold May 1st to 5th with return by May 12th to May 30th depending on city. Extensions available for a fee and deposit. Details from Southern Railway agents R W Hunt and J C Lusk.
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