Humorous Department on a Graysville Minister
In a Harper's Weekly anecdote, Powhatan Huggins, who killed a neighbor in a political quarrel, awaits a grandson’s Graysville pastorate. Major Hickleigh, hosting the new minister, tries to be cordial while awkwardly recalling the Huggins family and a past trouble involving the elder Huggins.
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Powhatan Huggins
Graysville
Tenn
Huggins
Graysville Church
Hickleigh
Harper's Weekly
Jed Loring Finds Place With Ferry Work
Mr Hobart recalls Jed Loring now thriving on an island ferry route. The former Bushby resident, once gloomy and prone to misfortune, is said to be stout and cheerful, working a job that suits him as ferries run every half hour, prompting some to miss departures in frustration.
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Mr. Hobart
Jed Loring
Jed
Mrs. Hobart
Henry
Jim Hobart
Bushby
Irishman Coughlin Wins City Damages for Hen Flood Loss
A Missouri man recalls Coughlin’s shanty by a Kansas City highway and a burst water-main flooding the cellar where a dozen hens were kept. After delays, friends secured $25 in damages for Coughlin, who plans to buy twenty five dollars worth of ducks with the money.
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Missouri
Coughlin
Kansas City
Harper's Weekly
Fisherman Millais and the Bishop Swearing Tale
The late Sir John Millais recalls an old attendant spin about a north England fishing trip. The attendant claims the bishop swears while fishing, prompting Millais to remark on the bishop’s goodness despite the talk.
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Sir John Millais
England
Millais
Mallais
Adair Recalls Fakir Captured in Duluth
Western detective H K Adair describes arrest of a fakir from Old Masters. He notes the suspect convicted himself by his own words, likening him to a job applicant who boasted about schooling while promising to write telegrams and take messages.
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H. K. Adair
Duluth
Adair
Washington Star
Reading in Chester Lantern and Gaston Gazette notes
January 21 items from Chester Lantern report Mrs W. M. Trierer of Due West visiting relatives in Spartanburg and Lan caster news. A story recounts a near fatal burn of a one year old in Blackstock. January 22 notes cover bills in the General Assembly, a Rock Hill marriage, lien law debate, and regional obituaries and civic notices from Gastonia and Opelika.
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W. M. Trier
Due West
R. R. Moffatt
Spartanburg
W. M. Grier
H. W. Westbrook
Our Town
James Henry Westbrook
H. L. Singleton
Blackstock
Gastonia
Lillian
R. L. Stowe
Belmont
Opelika
Ala
Mexican Money Habits Revealed by Mexican Herald
The Mexican Herald reports that most Mexicans carry substantial sums on their person, often between 200 and 800 pesos, with some middle class individuals handling 1000 to 2000 pesos in cash. Indians in the street use hollow leather belts to conceal cash and prefer pesos duros, rejecting checks and bankbooks as foreign concepts.
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Mexico
Mexican Herald
Dreaming Match with Mogoloch at Silver Bluff Trade Post
The tale recounts trader George Galphin and the Indian chief Mogoloch sharing a string of dreams that each day led to gifts or land transfers. The final morning ends with Galphin claiming ten miles of land around the Ogeechee town, prompting Mogoloch to refuse further dreaming.
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George Galphin
Silver Bluff
8. C
Indiana
Bench and Bar
South Carolina
Mogoloch
Savannah River
Galphin
Ogeechee Old Town
The Syrian slipper-maker and his trade
A Syrian cobbler known for smoking a hookah while he works is described as a slipper-maker who uses leather work plus embroidery to decorate women's footwear with colored silks jewels and bullion. The note also mentions candle power visibility at distances as a curious aside.
A Celebrated Hoax Fortsas Catalogue and Its Author
A review of the Fortsas Catalogue hoax from 1840, detailing how Rene Chalons forged a fake private library of 52 “sole surviving” works, sparked European speculation and a bidding frenzy among scholars, librarians, and nobles before the truth emerged and the library was claimed by Binche. A copy survives in Congress.
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P. T. Barnum
Fortsas
Europe
J. N. A. de Fortsas
Binche
Belgium
Amsterdam
Corpus Juris Civilis
Princess de Ligne
William Shepard
Casteman
Tourney
Brussels
Count de Fortsas
Rene Chalons
Congressional Libra
Washington
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
J C Wilborn Real Estate Ad Offers Varied Properties
J C Wilborn lists several properties for sale including a seven room painted residence with six acres, a two story barn, a six acre tract near Yorkville, a three room dwelling with outbuildings, one acre building lot on public road, 127 acres with house and orchard, 163 acres near Gastonia with multiple outbuildings and forest, all in North Carolina. Prices range from 250 to 875 dollars and up to per acre rates.
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McConnellsville
W. Shubert
Pinckney Road
Yorkville
W. Brown Wylie
David Clark
Cotton Belt
Church and School
Steele Creek Township
N. C
Gastonia
Craig & Wilson
J. C. Wilborn
T W Speck The Jeweler Watches Clocks Jewelry Repair
Repair work offered for watches clocks and jewelry with first class reliable service. See stock before buying as prices meet like qualities. Shop for sterling silver cut glass chinaware bric a brac and related items at Speck’s jewelry store.
Too Good Twenty Pay Life Contract Prompts Debate
A prominent business figure questions a Twenty Pay Life policy at age 34 with a 36.22 premium per 1000 and various guarantees. The Mutual Benefit, issuing since January 1, 1908, claims it can fulfill all contracts, with Sam M. Grist endorsing the plan. Woodmen of the World receipt books for monthly dues offered at The Enquirers office for 30c.
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Sam M. Grist
Enquirers
Desirable Westerleigh lots attract substantial negro buyers
In Yorkville Westerleigh is praised as the best located suburb with affordable building lots. About thirty five or more lots have already sold to substantial negroes. fifty or so remain available at low prices and easy terms for industrious laborers. Potential investors are urged to inquire. Also offers clothing cleaning services by Mrs. R B McClain with home pickup or Ferguson store drop.
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Westerleigh
Yorkville
W. B. Ferguson
Administration sought on Sallie Bryant in York County
The People's Bank & Trust Co of Rock Hill applies for Letters of Administration for Sallie Bryant deceased. Probate Court at York Court House to hear on February 18, 1908. Notice to kindred and creditors to appear and show cause why administration should not be granted. Dated January 17, 1908 by Iams, Probate Judge.
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Yorkville
D. C
York County
Bethesda
Broad River
Bullock's Crown
Catawba
John J. Hunter
Pocevile 8. C
People's Bank & Trust CO
Rock Hill
Sallie Bryant
York Court House
Repair services offered before winter by lime works agents
The notice advertises repair work and odd jobs for premises before winter. It urges customers to inform promptly to avoid delays, noting the firm acts as wholesale and retail agents for the Limestone Spring Lime Works and invites inquiries for immediate service.
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Limestone Spring Lime Works
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Geo. W. Jones
Lancaster County
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Mary Lillian Massey
First Presbyterian Church
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Maj
W. B. Dunlap
Henry Massey
Rock Hillecee
North Carolina
Georgia
Gaston
Tle
J. F. Spencer
Katie Mae
Vaughan
Gaston County
Aeal
J. CO. Wilborn
T. W. Speck, the Jeweler
the Old Time Fish Guano
F. S. Royster Guano Co
Norfolk, Va
THE
Strauss-Smith Company
Wm. Simpson
Lonsdale
Amoskeag
Temaledown
Strauss-Smith CO
Durant
Miss
Virginia - Carolina Company
Virginia
Carolina
Richmond, Va
Columbia
S. C
Atlanta
Columbus
Savannah
Montgomery
Memphis, Tenn
Shreveport
Durham, N. C
Charleston, §. C
Baltimore, Md
Laura E. Parish
R. B. McClain
Ness
the National Union Bank
Rock Hill, South Carolina
Office of the County Auditor
County of
York
L. R. Williams, Esq
Bank OF
Hickory Grove
J. J. Keller & CO
Bratton Farm
Guernsey
J. Meek Burns
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