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Newspaper
Yorkville Enquirer
Location
York, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1900
Page
4
A collection of lighthearted, sometimes misspelled or punny ad copy from newspapers abroad highlights whimsical requests and offers. Examples include goats stripping foliage, shoes misnamed as “Happy Christmas shoes,” and odd job or purchaser pleas such as a clerk partly outside behind the counter and an organist with a boy to blow the same.
A New York drummer, returning from the West, tells how a Toledo to Buffalo ride featured a quiet, elusive woman who ignored his flirtations until an abrupt request to nap on the train led him to think about settling down. The quirky encounter puzzles him.
The senator recalls a case where Joe Choate argued before the supreme court for a claim that nearly failed at the comptroller level. Choate called the issue a "3 small-headed tack" clogging government wheels, noting the court's restrained humor and eventual success of the case.
A quoted exchange from Indianapolis features a man declaring a preference for life over death and his wife retorting that one cannot be a dead lion if eager to be so.
Chester edition reports the start of summer courses at the public school with Marion Supt Edward Coker conducting and Miss Blanche O Neale assisting. A good attendance is expected and the roll will be provided when complete.
A dog escaped after being cornered by Betas and a veterinary surgeon had him examined for madness. The animal was confined overnight at a private residence until authorities reported he fled the room yesterday morning.
Lieut Gilmore and his men were aided by a Spanish general amid Filipino captivity. The general sent fifty Mexican dollars as a loan to buy clothing, later repaid with thanks. A Navy paper funded a silver token to honor the gesture in Manila. The Spaniards, now in Burnsville Township, Iowa, manage a small homestead with a milk cow and self reliance.
The June Suc cess recounts Henrik Ibsen’s tale at Christiana’s Grand Hotel where a waiter, chosen for his knowledge of Ibsen, recites his works at meals. After cross examining the Parisian recruit, Ibsen hires him for half wages, only for the waiter to vanish days later. A Paris editor’s note credits the waiter with a four page interview destined to shape future biographies.
E H Aull of Newberry News and Herald criticizes The State for bias and willingness to publish anything to hurt opponents. He claims the paper pushes prohibition not from belief but to achieve other aims.
About a year ago two men named Anderson settled in Burnsville Township. They appeared peculiar and resented any attempt to interfere with them.
Rep McCleary revived three famous toasts from a Washington Post item. The first salutes a U S bounded by British possessions Mexico and the Gulf the Atlantic and Pacific. The second envisions a United States from pole to pole and sunrise to sunset. The third spans aurora to judgment day as bounds.
A New York Sun dispatch notes Queen Victoria, who marked her 81st birthday at end May, appears frail but is reported to enjoy strong health and keen mind. Insurance view favors her life expectancy over the Prince of Wales.
Schedule data shows No 9 No 61 and No 43 leaving Lenoir at 4 30 pm with stops at Hickory Newton Lincolnton Gastonia Yorkville and Chester. No 10 northbound links at Chester with several lines. connections at Yorkville Gastonia Lincolnton Newton and Hickory. L T Nichols GM Chester S C and E F Reid Auditor.
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