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Newspaper
Yorkville Enquirer
Location
York, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1908
Page
4
A Washington Star humorous item recounts Theo Allen's view that humanity is too corrupt for true juries. A ham thief is acquitted after jurors reveal each owned a ham, limiting the trial with comic effect. The lawyer protests as the judge condemns the case.
A famed peace maker calms a street fight by urging arbitration with twelve chosen mediators. Half an hour later the same street erupts again as the crowd’s arbiters resume their work, prompting the man of peace to exclaim at the new chaos. The tale ends with a Irish tone from Tit-Bits.
Harper's Weekly notes a patchwork of unusual penalties across states. Rhode Island fines for poor train water supply while South Carolina jail time for missing spittoons in cars. Virginia imposes jail for killing a partridge in February. Tennessee fines or three years for dynamite fishing. Wisconsin punishes sleeping in a bakery with three weeks in jail. California nurses face fines or imprisonment for not notifying physicians about patient illness phases. Ohio makes watering a bicycle path a serious offense with heavy fines or imprisonment.
Frank E. Elwell recalls Sir John Millais painting Chill October by the Tay near Perth. A Kinfauns railway porter carried the canvas for days, aided the work, and learned of the painting selling for a thousand pounds. The porter later exclaimed he would not give half a farthing for it.
A George Washington University professor, noted for depth, encounters his children debating the meaning of absolute. The father declares a man cannot be absolutely good or bad and then flees when asked if a man can be absolutely fat.
A young man frequents a parlor where the mother questions his intentions with stern gravity. The daughter calls from the stairs and says the man is not the one, a cautionary moment about nervy courtship.
A ship doctor warned a death watch steward a man had died in state room 45. Later he found the body missing and the Irish steward said he buried a man in room 40 after another passenger claimed to be near dead. The exchange ended with the burial.
Miss Mary Jo and Margaret Drakeford visit Lewisville and return home. Fairfield treasurer Lee Scruggs loses nine cows after cows drink nitrate water, animals worth about 250 dollars each. Wilson McConnell leaves for Baltimore with Miss Nell Schorb to study at Columbia and return to Davidson College. Mrs. Robert Stevenson travels from Rock Hill after hospital stay. nursing sister Mrs. Mary Robinson accompanies. A mistaken arrest in Great Falls related to John Jeter case. Johnny Jones Carnival Co. seeks license. county license may block carnival. Gastonia notes on Miss Janie Barnette’s visit to Clover. Rev. R. M. Stevenson and son in town. Clover wedding of Miss Mary McLain and Ed McKinnon. Local liquor license changes in Gastonia. Death of W. Clarke Bryson in Cabot Ark. born Union neighborhood 1850. survivors listed. bereavement felt in Gastonia and area.
A North Carolina reader asks if journalism suits a literary talent and how editors are paid. The piece notes literary skill helps early and later, but a journalist must master digestion of any story. It outlines editor salaries, ranges by position, and a playful, exaggerated ladder to reach editor-in-chief.
Meyer, at a Washington dinner, advocates postal banks noting many good points and few drawbacks. He cites a story of a strict librarian who found holes in pages 89 and 90 to illustrate his point. The Washington Post reports the remarks.
A pithy reflection notes the public quickly detects deceit but forgets it soon after, leaving the impostor unpunished while trust erodes over time. The line emphasizes skepticism and the challenge of sustaining accountability in civic life.
A Berlin legend tells how King Frederick William I ordered a hunchback goldsmith to be honored with a bust of a shrewish woman placed above his workshop window. The tale explains the origin of the neidkopf a stone effigy seen from a rival’s window in Heiligengeiststrasse.
The article recalls a century old bust once denounced as a reproach to an envious line of women. It vanished for years before resurfacing around 1840 in a bric a brac collection. Frederick William TV purchased it and reinstalled it in its original niche, where it remains.
In seventeenth century Paris Dubois an ex Capucin monk claimed to turn bullets into gold before Louis XIII and Cardinal Richelieu. He was tested at the Louvre, declared 18 carat gold, then paid to supply vast gold, delayed, jailed at Vincennes, and hanged on July 25 1637.
The southern dogwood and persimmon supply for shuttles, bobbins, and spindles is nearly exhausted, prompting Northwest Oregon mills to open new facilities. Cascades plants will use byproducts from dogwood processing, while Mesquite and Tupelo gum offer substitutes for eastern shuttle components.
A regional report praises Cheeropathy as among the best medical schools. The piece highlights strong programs, notable faculty, and growing student achievements shaping future physicians.
Princess Christian and Princess Victoria are active Windsor Glee Society members with public performances. King Edward once sang publicly during his university days at a Wine event. Prince George sang on shipboard during the Bacchante voyage, while his son debuted as a 12 year old vocalist at Osborne Naval College. Queen Maud of Norway and Princess Alice are noted vocal figures among royal women.
An advertisement from an agent of Aetna Life Insurance Co. promotes broad accident and health coverage, offering to insure against financial loss due to accident or sickness. It markets accident tickets at 25 cents for one day or 3.00 for 14 days and invites readers to call for details.
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