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Newspaper
Yorkville Enquirer
Location
York, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1900
Page
1
Clara lies unconscious as the Hardy family grapples with potential death of Robert Hardy. He confesses past selfishness to workers, urges brotherhood, and envisions a labor movement shaped by Christian principle while Clara lingers and the household prays for mercy.
Mrs. Humphry Ward recalls Charlotte Bronte in her biographical Introduction to Vilette. In 1851 Bronte, after refusals to visit London, visits George Smith's home and hears Thackeray’s lecture. Thackeray, recognizing Bronte, asks her opinion, which unsettles her and she critiques his manner in Vilette.
Under artificial light blue flowers look unattractive while purple and lilac may appear crimson in some hues. Yellow tones lose brightness and pale yellows look dull, but reds pinks and whites stay vivid. Green leaves remain pleasing regardless of lighting.
William Jennings Bryan has won the Democratic presidential nomination with 650 pledged votes after decisive state inductions. Delegates from states across the union have chosen Bryan as their candidate, with conventions from Massachusetts to Rhode Island affirming the choice and Kansas City set to formalize the roll of states and the certificate. Modern political coverage notes the nationwide momentum and the two-thirds rule shaping the nomination.
Washington dispatch quotes Admiral Dewey saying open ports for American commerce will be the outcome of China conflicts. He argues the Spanish‑US victory enables a powerful position with 50,000 soldiers and gunboats on the Yangtze River, and asserts retention of the Philippines as essential to Chinese policy and protection of American interests.
The article argues French aims to control Algeria’s hinterland drive Sahara railway building toward Trust oases 700 miles south of the Mediterranean. France has occupied Tedikelt oases east of Tuar to curb Tuareg resistance and secure caravan routes and desert commerce.
In a Detroit Free Press reminiscence a wealthy but stubborn Detroit citizen describes his distaste for social obligations and formal dress. He reflects how his wife and daughters urged displays of wealth, culminating in the hiring of a butler who offended him with his aristocratic air. The man recounts a library scene where the butler threatens to resign after a remark by a maid, underscoring his long history with lumbermen and his disdain for pretentious etiquette.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat observer praises San Jose’s National theater calling it third in beauty among Ita style houses, noting a $3,000,000 construction cost, white marble and Mexican onyx, and European artistry. He says Central American capitals maintain fine theaters to amuse the people amid limited amusements.
Li recounts a shrewd, successful man who laments gangs of gypsies haunting his garden and shaving his shrubs. He claims to chase them daily and to wake with the gypsies using his toothbrush and hair, a troubling perceptual experience.
A man in London experiences persistent hallucinations causing withdrawal from business. He believes his son appears as a hallucination and asks him to secure valuables in a private safe. The son later finds the missing securities, preventing greater loss when others arrive.
A Saturday Evening Post tale recounts the czarina who banned tobacco in court to fund reform but faced royal poverty when tobacco revenue dropped. A bearded government official explains the income tax attached to tobacco receipts, then the rule is relaxed and wealth returns.
An American maker of steam specialties visits an English firm. They compare a shared product cost. The American notes the English price at about 19 dollars, while their own price to deliver is seven dollars. To prove efficiency he points to a ladder anecdote showing autonomous ladders halve labor costs, illustrating how America reduces labor input to lower total cost.
A young Lyons man, entrusted with 30 000 francs by his father to start a Paris branch, killed himself after disappearing for days. Police found his body in a Paris apartment with a note admitting he squandered 25 000 francs and intended suicide. His pocketbook with the remaining sum was later found.
A southern Black man travels to Boston seeking work and shelter but faces repeated refusals at doors. At a brownstone front, a white gentleman's insult and racist command push him to the kitchen via the back yard, highlighting systemic hostility.
A fragment from the Atlanta Constitution notes an elderly man dropping to his knees in gratitude upon discovering he has found his own white folks at last. He exclaims praise and relief at this rediscovery. The quotation captures a moment of emotional relief amid a larger context of racial separation.
A New York Sun note recounts a woman on the west side elevated line who refused to exit at a later door due to a superstition. She retraced her steps, argued with the guard, and rode to the next station before leaving.
A notorious thief in custody reveals to a reporter that a small dog terrifies criminals more than alarms or detectives. He says gunfire and alarms are useless against barking pups, and the only safe move is to flee quickly when a small dog circles a home.
A reporter cites the hawk’s fierce appetite and versatility from the London Spectator describing a goshawk's first season killing rabbits hares and magpies and the next year expanding to rabbits levers partridges magpies and squirrels. It notes the bird’s relentless drive and daring diving into hedges and rocks and even a quarry to harvest prey. Captain Bland’s goshawk chases a hare and a big hen goshawk smashes into an evergreen tree after a pigeon, illustrating extraordinary hunting courage.
In a recollection from Colonel Jack Chinn visit to Texas a black body servant named Sam requests to borrow an ivory handled six shooter to attend a Houston social event. He vows to return alive and threaten an afterlife with a morgue sheet if not.
In New England a wife hid $48 in bank notes in the oven to keep it from her husband. The husband burned the bills to ashes. She recovered $36 from the ash, sending it to Washington for redemption, losing $12 in the attempt.
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