Humorous Department Finds and Misadventures
A collection of light skits and anecdotes from a humorous department. A west town actor recalls a morning door rattle by a porter with a comic snore tale. A Chicago dentist joke plays on antiquated magazines and outdated news. A Cannon anecdote shares a circus memory with a racial caricature. A Kentucky mint julep tale ends with a man killed by grass in his liquor. An oblivious husband spots a Voliv author in his wife’s library.
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Joseph Jefferson
Jefferson
Mike
Chicago Post
Kentucky
Brandegee
Connecticut
Voliv
Notable Local Weddings and Events in York and Nearby
York area notes show Miss Ethel Vernon Nance wedding to Mr. George W. Chambers in Anderson with a noon ceremony at First Presbyterian Church and a reception, followed by a bride and groom trip north. Separate items cover weddings of Miss Annie Stroup to T Arlington McKelvie in Richmond, and local police activity against gamblers, plus various lodge elections and community notices across Rock Hill Lancaster and Gastonia areas.
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New York
Washington
Richmond
W. B. Lynn
Oakland Lodge
K. of P
C. D. Diehl
C. C
G. W. Witherspoon
V. C
C. S. May
R. M. London
J. K. Owens
Geo Beach
M. F. Cobb
H. M. Sandifer
W. M
J. A. Shinn
S. W
Louis King
A. C. Fentiler
Fort Mill
Charlotte Observer
J. H. Sutton
Catawba Power Company
Wm. H. Adkins
Goncord
North Rock Hill Parsonage
W. H. Ariai
Partow
Langley
John Young
Will McCreary
Will Byers
Frank Mackey
Mayor Waters
Clinton
Jessie B. Reid
Henry A. Frye
Baptist Church
John Bass Shelton
Hickory
Frye
C. & N.W. Railway
Jessie
Gastonia
Claudius D. Holland
Dallas
Senate
Holland
Jenkins
Bright
Charlotte
Messrs
R. B
Ed F
E. Lee Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Becoood G.-y Ana
W. H. Wilson
Lenoir
Love Ann Wilson
Northern Pacific Receives Giant Battle Ship Locomotives at Tacoma
The Northern Pacific locomotive fleet expands with 21 new 1,200 class engines in Tacoma. Known as battle ships, these tandem cylinder Moguls now haul up to 1,000 tons on mountain freights, dwarf horsepowered limits of old days.
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W. H. Jeffords
Columbia
Ben Covar
Lonnie Miller
Miller
Chain Gang
Covar
Penitentiary Hospital
Sheldon
Baptist Pastorium
M. H. Mathers
Clinton
Mabors
Mr. Shelton
Shelton
Fannie M. Holland
Rflway
Charlotte
Tacoma
Wash
Ledger
Northern Pacific
America
Weston
Bruce
Portland
Cat hides jewelry in hay bedroom saving thief
A London Times recap tells of odd animal tales. A cat in Watkins’s house hid a stash worth £200 in its hay bed after detectives failed to locate it. Other stories describe a dog saved by a man from a coal pit, a cow chewing banknotes, a poacher’s dog triggering his arrest, and wild dogs terrorizing Patagonia crofters.
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Watkins
Dnesbury
William Jeavons
Belfast
Lanark County
Ottawa
Canada
Bank of Ottawa
Nottingham
Fred
Worchestershire
Patagonia
Serrow
London
Sample copies sent free on application address
A brief notice indicates that sample copies are available at no charge upon request and provides instructions to send an application for obtaining them. The text emphasizes free distribution and directs readers to furnish an address for correspondence.
New Arrivals At Kennedy Store Offerings
W M Kennedy Agent announces fresh stock including NEW CROP MOLASSES from N O, North Carolina buckwheat flour, cream cheese, macaroni and cocoanuts. Also featured are blank books, stationery, inks, pens, pencils, slates crayons and school books, crockery, Clover and Rye seed, and tailor-made clothing samples with favorable prices.
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North Carolina
W. M. Kennedy
York County Tax Returns for 1903 Notice
Yorkville South Carolina December 2 1902 Auditor W F Williams announces tax return collection for 1903 personal property and new buildings since January 1902. Details locations dates and sworn filing requirements provided for townships including Bethesda Broad River Ebenezer Fort Mill York Rock Hill Clover Hickory Grove Sharon Cootes Fort Mill Tirzah and Newport. Poll tax applies to males 21 to 60 with exemptions for older ex soldiers.
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Yorkville
S. C
Nes
York County
Bethesda Township
Broad River
Catawba
Ebenezer
Fort Mill
York Township
Bethany
J. L. McGill
Bethel—Glenn & Riddle’s
Point—Harper's
Bandana—Ferguson’s
McConnellsville
Bullock's Creek
Good’s
Smyrna
Clark’s Fork
McGill's
Clover
Hickory Grove
Sharon
Cootes's Tavern
Ogden
Cat Rock Hill
Rock Hill
Newport
Tirzah
W. FE. Williams
Summons in E. W. Query v Elms Defendants in York County
State of South Carolina York County suit filed by E. W. Query against R. B. Elms and J. A. Elms. Defendants must answer the complaint within twenty days after service or plaintiff will seek court relief. J. S. Brick, attorney. Merevive, S C, December 9.
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E. W. Query
R. B. Elms
J. A. Elms
Court of Common Pleas
Yorkville
South Carolina
York Brick Works announces large brick production and sale
York Brick Works under W N Ashe proclaims milling millions of brick and invites wholesale or retail orders in Yorkville and Rock Hill. Latta Bros advertise seeking thousand bushels of cotton seed at highest market price in cash with a call to sell.
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Yorkville
Rock Hill
Latta Bros
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News and Courier
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Charleston, So. Ca
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Atlanta
Oliver
York
W. B. Moore& CO
York Cotton Mills
the Enquirer
King's Mountain Street
W. D. Grist
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R. E. Mont
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Orida
J. F. Pasley
J. Kierco
Builer
Harware
Carpenter’s
J. J. Kblir & CO
A. Y. Cartwrigt
Denist
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Office of the County Auditor
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Law Range
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