Humorous Department, Kentucky Hospitality Anecdotes
A Washington source shares sketches of rough Kentucky hospitality and frontier humor. A well to do farmer foils a trigger-happy guest with a shotgun warning from behind. A Kansan’s Atlantic voyage recalls home cyclone bravado. A South Carolina congressman jokes about a melon and a church pillar. An English lord’s supper elicits child’s plea that God wants a pickle.
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Kuatucky
Washington
Kentucky
Harper's Weekly
Jake
Conoressman Johnson
Representative Johnson
South Carolina
Washington Star
James Elder
Marriages and deaths flash through Gaffney Ledger notes
The Gaffney Ledger reports a sunstroke recovery for John Foster of Hickory Grove, wedding invitations for Eugenia Agnes Lipscomb and Robert Lee McGee, and the death of Witherspoon, son of Col. and Mrs. Wardlaw. It also covers numerous local social events, marriages in Gastonia and Stanley, and brief notices from nearby towns.
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Gaffney Ledger
John Foster
Hickory Grove
William Samuel Lipscomb
Eugenia Agnes
Robert Lee McGee
Gaffney
South Carolina
Witherspoon
J. G. Wardlaw
Yorkville
R. C. Sams
Oakland Cemetery
Pr. Simms
Gastonia
Bertie
M. B. Peterson
Stanley
Luther Black
Hardin
Stanley Lutheran Church
Lohenging
Oscar Carpenter
Walter Mason
John Carpenter
Lennile West
Mendelssohn
Black
Washington
New York
Howard Glenn
Esquire
W. D. Glenn
Laura E. Downum
Mt. Holly
Wm. L. Bush
Hudson
Presbyterian Church
Emma Page
T. L Craig
Frank Costner
C. H. Davis
L. L. Pegram
Fred L. Smyre
Mary Hendrix
Mt. Pheasant
Margaret McAllister
Concord
Claire
Annie Langford
Atlanta
Minnie Costner
Messrs
A. G. Meyers
Robert Simpson
George Moore
Charlotte
Franklin A. Costner
Dr. Reed
Marietta Street
Mr. Garibaldi
Garibaldi and Burns
Quotations and anecdotes from a chaotic clipping
A collage of anecdotes including Congressman Broussard and a New Iberia flood rescue, Crockett and mules heading to Massachusetts to teach, and a church parade gag from the London Standard. The fragmentary notes mix political memory, humor, and military life in a brisk, dated voice.
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Broussard
Louisiana
New Iberia
New York Times
Crockett
Davy Crockett
Texas
Pennsylvania Avenue
Virginia
Boston
Massachusetts
London Standard
Cyclone Lifts Mare and Colt Then Sets Them Down Unharmed
A 24 year old Iowa twist story recalls a tornado near Mingo lifting a mare and her colt high into the air and dropping them gently in the same spot. Both animals recovered quickly and resumed grazing as the storm moved on, witnesses say.
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Tradesville
J. T. Funderburk
Col. Springs
Columbia
T. ¥. Williams
Lancaster Cotton Mills
State Board of Equalization
Lancaster County Board of Equalization
Eureka
Springstein
Chester
Springs
Iowa
Mingo
H. W. Robinson
Des ‘Moines Register
Timely Fashion Tips for Sheer Fabrics and Laces
Fashion guidance on sheer fabrics and embroidery for dresses and shirtwaists, highlighting choices in lace trims, belts, and new belt styles. It covers fabrics from linen to chambrays, tips on cuffs and necklines, and how to pair accessories with hats, hair, and floral decorations for day and evening wear.
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Versailles
Wall Street
The
New York Independent
Interesting Facts About Japan and Irish Proverbs Essay
A long extract reviews Japan's 1904 war economy with figures on gold, rice, bank deposits, trade, and shipping, noting postwar stability in prices and high foreign trade. It also weaves in Irish proverbs and a Century magazine quote about cave beauty, ending with reflections on Irish wit and poetry.
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Japan
Bank of Japan
Government Bank
Tokyo
Osaka
Kyoto
Nagoya
Yokohama
Kobe
Post Office Savings Banks
Clearing House
Tokio
Stock Exchange
Great Britain
India
New York Sun
A World Wonder at Victoria Cataract in Africa
A dramatic description of the Zambesi valley and the Victoria Falls, detailing the landscape’s rough plateau, the sudden vanishing river, and the immense gorge. It contrasts flood time with the dry season, noting the roar and mist in July and the delicate lace of water in December, urging multiple visits to form a proper opinion.
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Zambesl
Professional Cards. Attorney At Law In Yorkville
Attorney at law practices in state and United States courts. Provides prompt attention to all business and lends money on approved security. No. 5 Law Range, Yorkville.
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United States
Yorkville
York Furniture Co Ad Ups Funeral Supplies and Embalming
Undertaking in all its branches from cheap Pine Coffin to fine State Casket. Robes for children ladies and gentlemen of all ages. Slippers Hearse and Hearse Wagon Grave Mounds Mineral Notices. We do Embalming State License No. 66. The York Furniture Co.
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THE
York Furniture CO
Transit Schedule Fragments for Towns and Times
A scrambled timetable lists multiple legs from Lv to Ar with towns including Kingville Camden Lancaster Rock Hill TirMeth Yorkville Hickory Grove Smyrna Blacksburg Marion and Blacksburg again. Times shown include 3.39 p.m. and 8.57 p.m. plus 2.30 p.m. and 8.00 p.m. but many entries are garbled.
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Kingville
Camden
Issesseveeees
Lancaster
Esereceennn
Carwde Sene
Pam
Rock Hill
TirMeth
lLyv
Yorkville
Bhaton
Hickory Grove
Smyrna
Etsessevass
Dim
Blacksburg
Rock Hum
A.m
Marion
Blackeburg
Come
Hickory Grove Oetene A.m
Yorkville Soesteebares
Sadie Ly
Tirzah Sree
Catawba Res
Eevee Neeenews Ly
Camden Camden
Dia
P.m
N. C
Rock Till
Eleee L
Chases
Information Request Addressed to Brooks Morgan
For further information contact Brooks Morgan assistant general passenger Charleston 8 C.
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Brooks Morgan
Pass
Charleston
8. C
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Kansas
Kansas City Journal
Atlantic
Cap
M. E. Porter
M. J. Porter
Kenny Brooks
Wylie Mills
Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Cemetery
Fannie Good
Hattie
Maggie Mayfield
Baton Rouge
Greenville
Josie Oates
Asheville
Winthrop College
T. D. Latimer
Springfield
Delphos
G. E. Latimer
R. R. Moffat
Carl Latimer
J. H. Gordon
G. D. Gordon
Pocahontas, Ill
McConnellsville
Elizabeth Lindsay
J. Harper Beall
Lindsay Miller
Nancy Lindsay
Master Nettles Lindsay
Claribel Whiteside
Richburg
Nina Carlisle
Newberry
Annie Beall
Lenoir
Ellie Fletcher
Ira Dunlap
Miss Bessie Beall Reid
Liberty
Wm. Lindsay
Frank Beall
Wm. B. Lindsay
Memphia
Tenn
John Lindsay
Falls
Weathers
Wilmington
Gwin
Beall
Roddey Miller
Jos. Lindsay
E. F. Reid
Addelle Lemhmond
Ora Lemmond
P. G. McCorkle
B. N. Moore
McCorkle
Col
Leroy Springs
Moore
Adelle Lemmond
Gaston
Thedore F. von Wagenen
Leslie's Monthly
Victoria
Earth
Thos
F. McDow
Attorney AT Law
Law Range
J. C. Wilborn
Yorkville, S. C
A. Y. Cartwright
Tosp
Cartwright
J. C. Brice
Court House
GEO. W
Hart
D. E. Finley
Marion B. Jennings
Finley & Jennings, Attorneys AT Law
Wilson Building
Enquirer
Supreme Court
L. M. Grist’s Sons
S. C
Southern Railway
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Imperial Council
Toronto
Hot Servie
Southern Hardware Jobbers Association
American Hardware Mfg. Assoc
Calhoun
Knoxville
Asbury Park
N. J
National Educational Association
Baltimore
United Society Christian Endeavor International Convention
Buffalo
Grand Lodge B. P. O. Ellis
R. W. Hunt
Frederick Trevor Hill
Linton
Tirzah
Sharon Os
Nan Grove
Carolina & North-Western Railway Company
Hickory
Newton
Lincoln
Bowling G
Clover
Filbert
Guthries
McConnells
Lowrys
Connections
M. Lincoln
M. Ly
Yorkville Enquirer
W. D. Grist
O. B. Grist
A. M. Grist
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