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Newspaper
Yorkville Enquirer
Location
York, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1902
Page
4
A humorous column notes bootblacks in Boston calling themselves professors and spreads to others. A train scene mocks the title with a Greek instructor revealing no tricks, then a postal card collage on why men married, including lines about proving love, luck, and companionship.
The article tells how ex president Gates of Amherst College, noted for strict worship, refined speech, and bargain hunting, bought $3 trousers labelled $6. He argued, Thompson explained, that shop policy priced items above five dollars as trousers and below as pants, and Gates must pay for pants.
An irate business man complains about a mistaken dairy ad printed in the Morning Reveille. He denounces the paper and recalls his phrase A fresh invoice of dairy butter every day which the editor altered to hairy butter every day, as noted in Lippincott's Magazine.
London writer George Seton recounts a budget of anecdotes. A fashionable woman wore a very low necked dress before Pope Leo, who disapproved and sent a cardinal to remonstrate. The envoy's reply implied the Pope's age and the messenger's missionary experience among cannibals.
The York area column reports the marriage of Miss Bessie Mae Cornwell to Charley M Jordan of Lancaster. Sister Winnie Crawford visits. J C Sparks dies from a gunshot at his grandson Callie Collins aid inquest finds criminal carelessness. A G Wait killed by a train near Westminster. smallpox at county home. fire destroys David Pasour residence. road politics in Cherryville. local obituaries and various notices across York and neighboring towns.
The piece blends interviews with William Pinkerton on the decline of professional crime and with Charles Norton the wine expert. It discusses modern bank security, forgery suppression, and aging whisky, plus a curious Kentucky distillery anecdote and a recurring tale of a giant pet frog near Phoenixville.
Wm. E. Curtis notes the American Bankers' Association status eight years old and its security. He describes a metal teller window sign reading MEMBER AMERICAN BANKERS' ASSOCIATION as a warning to deter professional forgers.
The Reformer is an absorbing tale of a rich young man who forsakes home and fortune to pursue reform. The story will start in the Enquirer next issue. Send your name to a club maker and watch for the opening chapters.
Southern Railway announces schedule changes effective November 30 1902 between Columbia and Charleston. Nos 32 and 34 run daily with limited stops at Summerville Branchville Orangeburg St Matthews. Nos 33 and 34 connect Rock Hill to Blacksburg Yorkville and Marion area and feature through Pullman service later in December. Names of officials and cities included.
Be F Reid G P Agent announces details for the Carolina and North Western Railway Company. The notice names Be F Reid as agent and references standard railway procedures and liaison roles.
Dr Smead describes visiting a western packing house and asking packers which hogs they prefer. He cites the Rural New Yorker noting black hogs fetch more meat behind a mid carcass cut, while white hogs yield less back weight.
The Yorkville Enquirer announces a premium club drive with tangible rewards including watches rifles sewing machines and firearms. Subscriptions and names are collected through local post offices with time limits and crediting per clubmaker.
The Enquirer promotes a club subscription drive from October 16 1902 to March 11 1903 offering $1.75 annual rates for clubs of two or more. Premiums include a HANDSOME TOP BUGGY valued at $62.50 and a BEST OPEN BUGGY valued at $50, with a MODERN FREE DELIVERY WAGON if the first prize goes to a Rural Free Delivery Carrier. NEW subscribers receive the same rate and terms, with a date through January 1 1904. Subscriptions must be new additions to lists and not transfers within a family.
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