Wheat harvests forecast to set record in Kansas
The Kansas crops board predicts the 1896 winter wheat acreage of about 4.69 million acres will yield a total around 85 million bushels if yields match 1892 levels, with crop conditions described as excellent.
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Kansas
Coburn
State Board of Agriculture
Havana
Senor Vaccarise
Hester
Egypt
Brazil
India
Great Britain
Europe
United States
MacArthur
Manila
Pio del Pilar
Schwan
Washington
Pilar
China
State Department
Military Academy
Nelson A. Miles
Army
H.C. Corbin
Senate
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Root
Francis Micheler
5Th Cavalry
Hobart K. Bailey
Infantry
Henry M. Whitney
5Th Artillery
Gen. Miles
Naval
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Medical Survey Board
Hobson
Navy Department
Admiral Remey
Cavite Naval Station
Navy
Thomas F. Ruhm
Lewis Nixon
Elizabethport
N. J
Rbum
New York
Northwest
Editorial critique hints at new China partition agreements
The Yorkville Enquirer reports on a Columbia State editorial criticizing Senator McLaurin's Lesslie's Weekly piece. It discusses Russia and France opposing a Russia led by a possible China division, notes speculation on a peaceful partition, and predicts future developments in the next year or two.
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Senator McLaurin
Lesslie
Columbia
McLaurin
Melauri
Germany
Russia
France
Philippines
China
United States
End of the China division seen near culmination
The article notes an imminent division of China with events not yet public. It cites a two year pattern suggesting an understanding among the United States and Great Britain, with reasons to believe Japan joined the arrangement, and mentions the Samoan situation as context.
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China
United States
Great Britain
Japan
South Carolina News From Orangeburg and Around
Orangeburg opens state campaign tomorrow with talks at Due West Female College. The fortieth annual commencement is set for June 20. Six prisoners escaped a Laurens jail patent cage last weekend using an old case knife and timber. Attorney general says county dispensary boards lack authority without governor commissions. Charleston reporters drum up rail subscriptions for the Exposition with $40,000 from Samuel Spencer and $2,500 from the Clyde line. Senator Tillman to join South Dakota campaign and support Pettigrew after the Orangeburg visit.
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South Carolina News
Orangeburg
Due West Female College
Laurens
John Coleman
New York
Samuel Spencer
Southern, Coast Line and Plant System
Clyde Line
Local Advertisements and Community Notices for York County
June 15 sale announced by H C Strauss offering a 20 percent discount through June 23 with cash-only terms. Globe Telegraph College in Lexington seeks young men of education and character to learn telegraphy and railroad accounting. R W Whitesides named candidate for York County supervisor. J P White reports a ball game Charlotte vs Yorkville today at 4 30 and Camden vs Yorkville tomorrow at the same time and place. York Drug Store lists votes cast for ladies up to June 12. Jas M Starr & Co promotes ice cream and fountain drinks for teachers visiting their York County store. Lowrance Williams & Co advertises priced goods, fruit jars, snuff, tobacco, and cigars.
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H. C. Strauss
Globe Telegraph College
Lexington
R. W. Whitesides
York County
J. P. White
Charlotte
Yorkville
Park
Camden
York Drug Store
Jas
M. Starr & Co
Lowrance, Williams & Co
Yorkville News Roundup and Local Council Notes
The Enquirer reports on a mule lost to colic, a Yorkville dynamo issue, and a Regina music box at York Drug Store. It covers baseball with Union, council committee appointments, a council meeting and town chatter on seed rates and yields from Mr. Smith, noting six acres of wheat and experimental seeding.
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THE
Enquirer
D. T. Lesslie
Lesslie
J. A. Latta
McClain
Ogee
Witherspoon
Elling
Yorkville
York Drug Store
Regina
Union
White
Oriday
G. H. O'Leary
G. W. Williams
S. M. McNeel
W. M. Propst
Police
T. C. Dunlap
W. B. Moore
From A Grain The Wheat Stalks Debate At Yorkville
A small farmers’ crowd in Yorkville debated how many stalks can grow from one grain. Joseph W. Smith claimed and proved with three wheat bunches that a single grain can yield 63 74 and 97 heads, after chickens ate some heads and dirt was washed from roots.
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Court House Yard
Joseph W. Smith
Yorkville
Smith
York County Summer School Opens With 27 Teachers
The York County Summer school began in the graded school building last Monday with 27 teachers from across the county. Principal J. W. Thomson and drawing instructor Miss F. L. Saunders attended the opening. Miss A. A. Dunbar arrived the next morning. Classes run 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. with a strict exam at the end.
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York County Summer School
J. W. Thomson
F. L. Saunders
A. A. Dunbar
Thompson
Thomson
Yorkville Social Notes Highlight Regional Visitors
Mrs. P. R. Bratton of Charleston visits Yorkville as Miss Anna Spann visits Rock Hill. Miss Hattie Daffin leaves for Thomasville Ga to spend the summer. Miss Jennie Wylie of Chester visits Mrs. W. Brown Wylie in Yorkville. Miss Nellie Forbes of LeRvert College Ga visits her sister Mrs. John M. Hope. Mr. J. J. Smith of Clover appears in Yorkville with Jenkins's Brigade hat band. Laura Parish returns from Converse College after a stopover in Gaffney with her father C. G. Parish. Governor McSweeney appoints Senator W. B. Love of York as delegate to the National Prison Association meeting in Cleveland Ohio September 22 26. Mr. G. L. Riddle of Zeno returns from Hot Springs Ark refreshed. Congressman Finley and family return from Washington.
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P. R. Bratton
Charleston
Yorkville
Anna Spann
Rock Hill
Hattie Daffin
Thomasville
Jennie Wylie
Chester
W. Brown Wylie
Nellie Forbes
Lervert College
Talbotton
John M. Hope
J. J. Smith
Clover
York
National Prison Association of the United
York officers named to Exposition executive committee
Captain Iredell Jones of Rock Hill and G. W. S. Hart of Yorkville join the York county members of the South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian exposition executive committee. The step aims to safeguard York’s interests in the enterprise. Individual recognitions include J. H. Witherspoon and R. L. Parish noted as highly distinguished in law civics and civics and physical science respectively. J. W. S. Gordon recovers from a severe axe injury. Congressman Finley asserts Democrats lead in the coming fall elections, criticizing Republican positions as consistently wrong.
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W. B. Wilson
North Congress Street
Aptain Iredell Jones
Rock Hill
G. W. 8. Hart
Yorkville
York County
South Carolina
South Carolina College
J. H. Witherspoon
R. L. Parish
J. W
Gordon
Finley
Democratic Party
Congress
Charlotte Observer Report on Yorkville and Catawba Power News
The Enquirer outlines upcoming Yorkville exhibitions with Charlotte missing players and Cheraw games. It reports the Catawba Power Company charter, Rock Hill base, and officers Wylie and Whitner. Sunday mails on the railway are debated with routes Marion to Kingville and Camden gaps. A King's Mountain battleground visit notes a well‑kept monument and chain gang work.
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Charlotte Observer
W. T. Bartlett
Maryville
Tenn
Leland
McMakie and Shaw
Battery
Yorkville
Union
Oldham
Meade
Burnette
Cheraw
Catawba Power Company
Columbia State
Secretary of State
W. Gill Wylie
R. H. Wylie
New York
Wm. C
F. C. Whitner
Rock Hill
W. H. Wylie
W. J. Roddey
India Hook
Catawba
York
South Carolina and Georgia Extension Railroad
Marion
Kingville
Camden
Columbia
Lancaster
Charleston
Southern
King's Mountain Battleground
Geo. T. Schorb
W. W. Boyce
King’s Mountain Battleground
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