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Newspaper
Yorkville Enquirer
Location
York, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1908
Page
4
A comic exchange over the telephone ends with a fire station caller mistaken for a neighbor. The woman boasts about preparing a yard and bulbs while urging care not to trample her grass seed. The fireman drops the receiver, ending the joke.
Gustave Eberlein of Germany remarks in New York that American women excel in beauty and intelligence yet sometimes show overconfidence. He cites a shipboard encounter where a self assured woman proclaims never being wrong, while a child asks what her initial opinion of him was. The anecdote ends with a mother's gentle response.
A weary rider seeks Big Stone Gap as a sallow mountaineer on a rail fence whispers that the land is too poor to raise his voice. The brief scene, labeled Tit-Bits, captures a stoic frontier moment and rural hardship.
A Pittsburg man recalls a Berks county speech by a German farmer who urged a united Democratic majority that would roll across Berks county the state and nation. The anecdote, cited by the Saturday Evening Post, highlighted a call to collective political action.
A renowned novelist asking directions to Fleetwood meets a stonebreaker who jokes that the milestone is unreadable and bears newt, provoking a witty exchange that reflects rural life during a Lancashire journey reported by the London Graphic.
An Impressionist artist finishes a purple and blue landscape and asks his wife to suggest a title. She suggests Home, explaining that there is no place like it, a gentle punchline about domestic authenticity from the Glasgow Times.
The Baptist convention convenes in Union this morning after a ministers meeting yesterday. Delegates include Rev. J. S. Snyder Paul L. Coogler Capt. W. H. Edwards and Col. E. T. Atkinson from the city church. Also noted are travel plans for Messrs Lindsay and Saye to Charleston for the Grand Lodge of Masons. A local well tragedy is reported with a woman found dead. coroner and doctor found no foul play. Post office construction progresses slowly with only one mason at work and material issues.
A plate glass mirror in the Savoy Hotel dining room measures 158 inches square and is half an inch thick, described as record breaking for its size and craftsmanship.
The prune orchard in Los Gatos, California, holds about 50,000 trees and generates an annual profit of 50,000 dollars.
The notice explains two warning signs of kidney illness including unusual urine and back pains. It claims Dean's Kidney Pills cure sick kidneys permanently and cites Yorkville as proof.
Hon J E Swearingen, state superintendent of education elect, told St Andrew's Society in Charleston that negro education should proceed along sound lines. He warned against indiscriminate schooling, noting a gulf between white and black races that neither can cross, but urged education as good for both to foster lawful, safe citizenship.
All persons are invited to act as Clubmakers for The Enquirer contest for Buggies. Subscriptions may be paid in cash or premiums, with top prize of a $95 Rubber Tired Top Buggy for a nonresident winner. The contest runs to March 20 at 6 p m.
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