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Newspaper
Yorkville Enquirer
Location
York, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1908
Page
4
A college boy claims track ability and tries to herd sheep, misidentifying lambs for jack-rabbits and delivering a humorous blunder. A Baltimore teacher recalls a six year old boy’s unwashed state and a note from his mother turning a bath request into a cheeky lesson in learning.
In a San Francisco Chronicle tale a note on Carleton C Crane and Vanderbilt recalls a gift of 920 pounds of money and 10 000 in Mexican dollars delivered by express. A separate scene in Everybody's Magazine shows a man and wife quarreling on a sidewalk with a good Samaritan stepping in to help resolve their dispute.
A tale from Arkansas recounts Walters on trial for stealing a watch with baffling evidence. The judge gently probes juror doubt as one member asks if the prisoner truly stole the timepiece. In Georgia, Wild Bill the moonshiner is sentenced to six years in Atlanta Federal Prison after a stern lecture.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item describes a primary grade teacher noting a strong platonic bond between Tommy and Mary. The bright boy resists study, and the teacher warns that failure to improve could trap him in the same grade next year, while Mary might advance. He dismisses the prospect with a blasé remark.
Gastonia Gazette reports Frank Latimer of Chester visiting McAdenville after a New York business course. Obituary details Cher ryville resident Mrs. Jane Walker on pneumonia. Misc items include theft of a key seating machine, bankruptcy petition at Lucas Company, and funeral services for Captain W. S. Stowe. Also reports on Grafton Sanders death, and various regional notices from Lancaster and Heath Springs.
I am well prepared to do all kinds of WATCH CLOCK and JEWELRY REPAIRING and you can rely on first-class work. When your items are broken let me repair them. See my stock of Jewelry Watches Clocks Sterling Silver Cut Glass Chinaware and more and compare prices before buying.
For two weeks from this date we offer a reduction of five dollars on each and every style of buggy we sell for cash payable in U S money or bank certificates as may suit your convenience.
White House Coffees Chase Sanborn Coffees Tetleys Tea Liptons Tea Blue Ribbon Extract Cocoa and Chocolate Swifts Hams and Breakfast Strip Heinz Ketchup Pickles India Relish Durkees Salad Dressing Beans Tomato Sauce Pork and Beans Maraschino Cherries Olive Oil Beech Nut Bacon and Beef Sweet Peas and Corn New Orleans Molasses
A rustic New Year gag from a meat seller pledges continued meat sales and asks customers to pay their bills. It humorously imagines heaven as a place free of trouble where a mother in law will not be present, urging payment to meet obligations.
In Yorkville South Carolina 1907 a common pleas summons in a repair work case names M E Johnson as plaintiff and numerous defendants including J C Chambers Mery Ann Allison and several heirs of Eliza Meek. The complaint was filed December 24 1907 and defendants must answer within twenty days or the plaintiff will seek relief.
Buyers urged to seek best value for price while beware of discount offers from various sellers. A fresh Studebaker wagon line is now available, emphasizing high quality vehicles that sell themselves.
One new painted four room house on E Jefferson St Yorkville with 85 feet front 175 back lot. A bargain for quick sale. A seven room painted residence with grove and six acres land two story barn shed. School nine months yearly inside McConnellsville limits. W Shubert Home Place on Pinckney road near Yorkville with eight rooms dwelling outbuildings cultivated. Price 875 dollars. One acre five room dwelling with outbuildings on public road adjoining David Clark Cotton Belt building worth price of place 250 dollars. 127 acres house barn orchard half woodland near church and school Lower Steele Creek township NC 15 dollars per acre. 163 acres nine miles Gastonia one dwelling four room barn all outbuildings 75 acres cultivated 20 acres timber two pastures adjoins Craig Wilson. A Bargain.
A brief notice notes sale of Woodmen of the World receipt books for monthly dues at The Equirer office for 30 cents each.
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