Senator Penrose Recalls Bear Tale At Dinner
At a Philadelphia club dinner Senator Boies Penrose mocked a reform movement saying it resembles tales from Pike County. He recalled Jack Travers and a tale of bear encounters with a cow Sukey and a farmer milking in the dark, ending with a humorous line about milking a big she bear.
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Boies Penrose
Philadelphia
Jack Travers
Pike County
Jack
Portland Lake
Sukey
Luke
Washington Post
Real Estate Boom Fateful in Tiny Town
An old settler recalls land price jumps from 450 dollars to five thousand for a corner lot while lamenting his purchase of a single lot for ten dollars that now lies in a cemetery. He quips that not dying decades ago would have saved him a lot of money, illustrating speculative regret.
Slipper Size Request Tests Curate Popularity
A witty anecdote from the Ladies’ Home Journal describes a young single curate beloved by parish ladies. A caller seeks his shoe size for slippers, but the housekeeper explains the shoes were already given out, noting a woman had measured his wet footmarks that same morning.
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Ladies' Home Journal
Delays of the Law and Mocking Questions in Court
A courtroom exchange reveals a witness stating the plaintiff was not at home while the defense fights to admit the exchange as evidence. The judge allows the question after lengthy argument. A Scots crowd then raises a playful scoff about who “made a mess of Adam” at a suffrage meeting.
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Adam
Scotch Highlands
Harper’s Monthly
Would Change Places The Laird Resigns Over Scolding Wife
A Scottish laird’s lutler quits after years at the estate, complaining his lordship’s wife constantly scolds him. The laird retorts that the lutler should be grateful not to be married to her, prompting the resignation.
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Lutler
Roston
Admonition on Citizenship Echoes in Jury Duty Notice
A club discussion quotes a colonel praising citizenship while noting the gloom of a jury summons. The Chicago Tribune remark frames civic duty and public service as timely themes. The exchange highlights concern about future obligations and civic engagement.
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Pye
Chicago Tribune
Fort Mill area notes mix of accidents and sports
Fort Mill Times reports a horse injured by a Rock Hill driver at the Southern freight depot. Dilworth defeats Fort Mill 10 to 8 in a rough baseball game. Local officials and town figures attend meetings and plan political logistics amid community events and development.
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Fort Mill Times
McElhaney & Co
Bob" McFadden
Rock Hill
Southern Freight Depot
Dilworth
Charlotte
Fort Mill
Fort Mill Boys
Nile Carothers
Spratt and Parks
Thompson
Spong
Spong and
Panella
W. A. Hafner
Davidson College
Board of
Hafner
Bethel Presbytery
Ridgeway
Presbytery
Davidson
Presbyterian College of South Carolina
Clinton
Buckeye Cotton Oil Company
Ohio Corporation
White Street
Stewart Gunnery
Buckeye Company
Democratic Executive Committee
Yorkville
R. F. D. Carriers’ Association of
Lancaster County
Court House
D. R. Fletcher
Kershaw
C. J. Sistare
Riverside
W. E. Pardue
Lancaster
S. R. Williams
J. T. Wylie
Janie Chambers
Margaret Chambers
Edgmoor
Chester County
N. C
Carrie
Letha Chambers
Thomas Chambers
Asheville
R. A. Lummus
E. S. Carter
Wilksburg
E. H. Hardin
W. A. Latimer, Jr
Great Falls
Catawba Junction
Fort Lawn
Republic
Mebanes
Mebane
Republic Mill
Rural Carriers Association
S. B. Hardin
J. C. Schulz
W. A. Turner
Ss. B. Hardin
W. S. Dunbar
W. T. Sheriff
J. ¢. Moore
Chester
Co. M. Sibley
Rich
Newberry
J. M. Tennant
J. C. Moore
W. Bart Kee
R. D. Robinson
T. ED. Cunningham
W. W. Smith
OUR UNDERPAID PREACHERS
A Savannah News reflection argues for better support for underpaid pastors including Rev Dr Newell Dwight Hillis who could earn 30 000 annually in Pasadena. It notes most preachers struggle to feed their families while some denominations provide limited superannuation, urging broader pensions for aging, low paid clergy.
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Pasadena
Cal
Newell Dwight Hillis
Plymouth Congregational Church
Brooklyn
N. Y
Hillis
Hiberal
Savannah News
Chinese in Business Integrity Praised by Monroe Woolley
Monroe Woolley extols Chinese businessmen as the world’s most honest traders, detailing bids, contracts, and operations in Asia and elsewhere. He cites low government bids, early completion, employee stock ownership, and cross border ventures as evidence of enduring integrity and cooperative commerce.
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Bret Harte
Monroe Woolley
Mr. Woolley
United States
Orient
Asia
Calle Rosario
Manila
Persia’s Debt Shift Secures Russian Control in 1900
Everbody’s Magazine recounts how Persia moved from British loans to a massive Russian loan in 1900, paying off the 1892 British debt and pledging all future borrowing to Russia. The maneuver left Persia financially bound to Russia and free from British influence.
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Imperial Bank of Persia
Persia
London
Russia
Banque Desprets de Perse
The
Bear
Everbody’s Magazine
J C Wilburn Real Estate Listing Showcases Vast Farms
Real estate ad lists dozens of farms and properties for sale or rent in South and North Carolina areas. Offers include acreage ranges from 50 to 553 acres with homes, barns, tenant houses, and timber. Prices per acre vary from 10 to 50 dollars and properties cite proximity to churches stations schools and towns.
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Sharon
A. J. Bocheler
Westmoreland
Ed Whitesides
London Siding
Canaan Church
Smyrna
Guthriesville
Newport
Price
Forest Hill Academy
Perry Ferguson
W. H. Baird
T. J. Bradford
J. Ross
Cherokee County
Sallie Childers
Blanton Moore
Hopewell Church
F. M. Stewart
Ebenezer
Winthrop College
Rock Hill
Tirzah
Yorkville
Liberia
Winthrop
King's Mountain
Oates- Allison Place
Hickory Grove
Wii
Will Campbell
Will Youngblood
William Oates
J. M. Campbell
Jas. A
E. Bankhead
Beersheba
J. F. Carson
Delphos
J. L. McGill
Bethany High School
J. J. Matthews
Bethany
John F. Smith
R. D. Wallace
East Jefferson
Berry
J. C. Wilburn
Fruit and cotton season sales announce gear and prices
Announcer M A McFarland advertises fruit cans and a ready market for fruit with prices and a May 16 sale of Androscoggins or Hill's Bleaching at 812 cents per yard. He notes cotton hoes sweeps and plows stock and urges early trade to grow bank accounts at R F D 4 Yorkville.
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Hill
Plumbing Ad Seeks More Local Jobs
A local plumbing service announces recent success from two or three completed projects and invites customers to hire for two or three additional jobs. The message highlights high grade sanitary plumbing and prompt service.
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Senator Penrose
Dr. Watson
Ian Maclaren
Holy Land
Historic
Palestine
Jerusalem
Richburg
Gastonia
Loray Mill
J. M. Parker
Main Street
John Blackwood
Carrie Bell
Bessemer City
Waco
John Hoard
Blackwood
Hoard
Bessemer
Hulda Burgess
W. Meek Adams
State Insane Asylum
Morganton
Montebanks
Dallas
Clara and Dunn Mills
China
B.G. Black
McNeel
J. C. Wilborn’s
Clover
S. C
D. E. Finley
Hudson C. Miller
Finley & Miller
Attorneys AT Law
D. C
Offic
Main St
John. L. Stacy
Geo
W. S. Hart
Jos. E. Hart
Hart & Hart
Ss. C
John R. Hart
Brice
J. Q. Wrayy
Wray
Bank of
Hickory Grove, S. C
Baves Abor
Andard Oil Co
Yorkville Building and Loan Association
Walter B. Moore
Pres
W. Williams
Secty
Treas
the Bank of Clover
S.C
County Court House
Johnson
D. B. Johnson
Portsmouth
Portsmouth Shoe Co
Yorkville Bank. & Mercantile CO
Smith
Enquirer
M. A. McFarland
Rawls Plumbing Co
San
Rawls Plumbing Company
Bannatyne
Bannatyne Watch Company
L. M. Grist’s Sons
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