Promoter's Yankee Humor and a Lecturer's Guffaw
A reminiscence on Charles R. Flint's playful classroom quips at the Polytechnic Institute and a New England lecturer's introduction mishap. Flint jokes about the year 99 and Noah's Arks as religious toys, while a committee chairman bungles an intro claiming the speaker is the most distinguished man in the United States.
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Charles R. Flint
Polytechnic Institute
Flint
Jack
Leslie’s Weekly
New England
New York
United States
New York Evening Post
Haprenep RicHT IN THE FAMILY
A cross examiner challenges witness Michael Doherty in a humorous London Spare Moments snippet. The lawyer probes if Doherty is truly married, pressing on his marriage to a woman and eliciting a quip about his sister. The exchange showcases courtroom wit and misdirection.
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Haprenep Richt
Michael Doherty
Doherty
London
Old Man Charmed by Flirtatious Tea Talk
A playful exchange shows Mrs Flipley complimenting a handsome man but remarking on his morning routine with false teeth and slicked hair. The elderly gentleman plays coy as a child repeats the gossip, revealing small town gossip dynamics from a bygone era.
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Chicago Record- Herald
American tourist questions Paris shop price
A Young American in Paris tries to bargain for a silver brooch. The clerk quotes twenty francs, the buyer offers five, claiming it is for a sister gift. The clerk responds with a shrug and notes he does not know the sister.
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Paris
Mademoiselle
A Penny Wise Wardrobe Tip From a Coin Machine
A London Tit-Bits anecdote recalls a seaside machine that offered a penny advice card. The prompt urged not to wear trousers, but to first make the coat and waistcoat, implying thrift through prioritized clothing investments.
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South Coast
London
Clergyman Finds Sincere Welcome Turns Sour
A young pastor newly arrived in a rural town meets a boyhood friend at the station. The friend jokes that the preacher has a sinecure, implying easy work, after the clergyman declares his mission to save souls.
Acts Lesson on Saul's Damascus Road Conversion
A 1901 Sunday School lesson analyzes Saul of Tarsus's conversion on the road to Damascus from Acts 22 6 16 and linked chapters. It emphasizes personal hearing of Christ's call seeing the light and being commissioned to witness, urging believers to answer what the Lord would have them do and to live as witnesses for Christ.
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American Press Association
Damascus
Stephen
Paul
Saul
Daniel
Peter
Jesus of Nazareth
Jesus
God
Christ
Israel
John Sii
Jerusalem
Ananias
John
Satan
Local-News Roundup from York and Gastonia Regions
York and Gastonia items cover church attendance, illness, travel, weddings, and deaths. Notable notes include Mrs. Banks and Mrs. Miller ill in Oakland, Davidson and Agnes Scott students, a 200 pound sturgeon reportedly caught at Catawba Falls, and a Gaston County death from cholera infantum. The piece also reports political commentary on McLaurin and Tillman with resignations and a looming Senate race shaping South Carolina politics.
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Rock Hill
Concord
N. C
Margaret Roach
Agnes Scott Institute
John B. Meacham
Wilson McConnell
York County
Davidson College
Anna Lewis Cole
Baltimore
Annie Robertson
Marion Cole
Winnsboro
Marion
Herbert
Louis King
Laurelwood Cemetery
Milholen
Peter McCollough
Catawba Falls
Gastonia
T. M. Fayssoux
Templar Irvine
Cyrus Jones
Martha Wells
Ed Johnson
Johnson
Jones
Lee Davis
St. Peter’s Hospital
Charlotte
Gaston County
13Th Infantry
Co. E
U.S. Army
Richmond
Fort Porter
New York
Cuba
San Juan Hill
Key West Hospital
Manila
Shi'ah
J.C. Ganlowavy
J. Tl. Cromer
Joe Davis
M. Davis
Sallie Mast
Oklahoma
Gaffney Resignations Referenced in Gaffney Speech
Editor G R Koester of the Columbia Record discusses a Gaffney meeting speech by Tillman. The piece analyzes Tillman’s tactic of appealing to class prejudice against factory owners while McLaurin is portrayed as aligned with rich mill interests, warning of dangerous consequences for South Carolina.
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G. R. Koester
Columbia Record
Gaffney
Tillman
McLaurin
South Carolina
Supreme Court ruling affirms Porto Rico tariff authority
The U S Supreme Court voided duties collected before the Foraker act in Porto Rico cases but upheld the broader question of Congress power over territories. Justice Brown led a narrow five to four decision stressing constitutional flexibility while warning against premature annexation conclusions.
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United States Supreme Court
Congress
Porto Rico
Philippines
United States
Samuel B. Downes
New York
Justice Brown
White
Shiras
McKenna
Fuller
Harlan, Brewer
Peckham
Brown
Marshall
Porto Rico Territory and Foraker Act Upheld in Court Opinion
The court holds Porto Rico is a U S territory appended to the United States but not within the revenue clause. The Foraker Act is constitutional for duties on imports from the island, and the plaintiff cannot recover the duties. The circuit court judgment is affirmed.
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Porto Rico
United States
Circuit Court
Jones urges South Carolina to choose clear Democratic loyalty
Memphis correspondent reports United States Senator James K. Jones, head of the Democratic National Committee, in talks on South Carolina resignations of Tillman and McLaurin. He says the double resignations test voters on strict Democratic principles versus Republican alignment and urges SC to speak out, rejecting Democrats masquerading as Republicans.
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Memphis
Kohn
Columbia
News and Courier
United States
James K. Jones
National Democratic Execcutive Committee
Tillman
McLaurin
Gaffney
Jones
South Carolina
Senator McLaurin
McLaurin Letter Opposes August Campaign in South Carolina
Senator McLaurin writes Colonel Wille Jones, urging no August campaign against Senator Tillman, proposes withholding resignations until after the primary, and calls for fair, clean campaigning with meetings scheduled to avoid personal attacks. He cites Charleston exposition and state matters as reasons to delay travel.
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McLaurin
Wille Jones
Democratic Executive Committee
Jones
Senator McLaurin
Gaffney
Colonel Jones
Tillman
South Carolina
Congress
McSweeney
Party For Fair Play
Charleston
John L. McLavurtin
Governor Pays Tribute to Confederate Soldier at Chickamauga
Governor McSweeney’s May 27 address at the Chickamauga battlefield lauds Confederate valor and devotion from Manassas to Appomattox. He praises Southern heroism, patriotism of soldiers and Spartan-like families, noting enduring hardships and the flag’s final surrender.
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McSweeney
South Carolina Monument
Chickamauga
Foeman
Manassas
Appomattox
South
Fort Sumter
Described South Carolina Militia Bouts Across Rail Route
Trains through Spartanburg carry militia units from Chickamauga Park amid complaints of lax discipline. Soldiers looted a fruit stand run by Mrs. Mattie Hughes and an ice cream cart. A Chester company member, W. K. Nuttall, who threw a rock at Campobello depot, was arrested and fined $30 plus costs after a compromise.
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Spain
Joe Wheeler
Santiago
Bagley
South Carolina
General Assembly of
C. S. Walker
Charleston
J. Harvey Wilson
Sumter
C. K. Henderson
Aiken
Palmetto State
Vicksburg
Gettysburg
Bragg
United States
Rosecrans
Hood
Brage
George H. Thomas
Thomas
Longstreet
Gordon
Granger
Wood
Kershaw
Manigault
Snoggrass Hill
Balaklava
Chickamauga
Breckenridge
Chas. A. Dana
Spartanburg
Columbia
Chickaamauga Park
Mattie Hughes
Lee Light Infantry
Chester
Campobello
Reminiscences of York offered in sets for sale
A catalog note advertises THE ENQUIRER Reminiscences of York comprising 22 numbers, offered for sale at fifty cents per set by L. M. Grist & Sons.
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Enquirer
York
L. M. Grist & Sons
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T. B. Bundy
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Annie L. Keenan
Joseph H. Wilson
Lowrysville
Mary Hafner
A. A. Owens
T. G. Hudson
J. W. Reid
T. P. McKeown
James Lewis
John Lewis
Robi. Conrad
W. A. Blain
Dr. A. F. Anderson
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Strong
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