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Newspaper
Yorkville Enquirer
Location
York, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1900
Page
4
Humorous department sketches a hotel lobby crowd and a drummer who jokes about newlyweds. A long anecdote about a honeymoon couple in a train sleeper ends with an old gentleman breaking up the cooing, leaving all to sleep.
An Illinois boy writes a Masonry essay recounting King Solomon with humor and misstatements. The tale asserts Solomon as a Mason father and mentions his many wives, while a schoolboy and father exchange quips about learning words. A brief Victorian-style humor item ends with a light joke about the ice man.
The Ledger and allied papers report visits, marriages, and society events in Chester Cherokee Lancaster Gaston Cleveland and neighboring counties. Notices include Dr A Erskine Miller visiting Washington relatives. marriage of Walter Watts to Cynthia Kline. Cherokee Cowpens event. D A R chapter formation. eclipse viewing by Blacksburg excursionists. local firewood shipments and railway freight talks. smallpox case in Shelby. and a Lincolnton railway cross tie project progress.
The Greenwood Journal condemns the practice of soliciting political candidates for money. It urges residents to reject the custom of pressuring candidates to fund local causes such as organ purchases or church painting, arguing that candidates should be free from such solicitations during the campaign.
The piece urges civic hospitality for candidates and notes the mental burden of canvassing. It adds a short anecdote about a young lady Corenee who left her prayerbook in church with a written, unspecified efusion, suggesting a light end to the column.
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