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Newspaper
Yorkville Enquirer
Location
York, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1906
Page
4
A group of prominent rate legislation senators discussed post criticism and credited Aldrich with a major victory. Tom Carter quips a long morning routine, citing a racial parable about a Black laborer named Sam, highlighting strained humor amid hard work and political tension.
A New York World special notes Oklahoma residents in Washington mocked the statehood bill. A stray tale from Raconteur Oulahan recalls a school lecture on Niagara Falls predicting a retreat to Erie, sparking a sobbing girl who fears for her sister in Erie.
A Boston insurance agent recalls a farmer with forty acres in northern Vermont joking about switching crops. The farmer contemplates lobsters as a future venture, noting self-care and a promised price of fifty cents per lobster once large enough. The tale borrows a Plain Dealer flavor of humor.
James Wilson the secretary of agriculture mocks an antiquated farmhand weather reading. A frog croaks predicting sun, but a heavy shower drenches them, proving the frog’s forecast unreliable and prompting a quip about moral blame.
The old man replies to a college youth's Greek letter and zigzag thunderbolt joke. He recalls not reading the letter to his mother who fears lightning. He notes only the postscript asking for a $100 draw in American currency and asks to write in American and use Greek for the draft.
A pretty girl proposes to work for a cynical merchant offering typewriting and shorthand skills. The merchant dismisses her, calling her ornamental and stating he is not a marrying man, while she pleads she only wants to assist him. The scene appears from the Baltimore American.
News from Lancaster and Chester counties recounts visits by R J Mackerell and Captain J R Lindsay, teaching appointments for Gertrude Foster Nellie Schorb and others, the Des Moines voyage, a prolific farm year for Oscar Stogner, a flooded branch incident near Yorkville, a Africa mission lecture by Rev Sheppard, and multiple school staff appointments for white and colored schools.
From the Yorkville Enquirer 1876, installment VIIS recounts the Charleston defense during Prevost’s 1779 advance. It details General Ashe’s Brier Creek setback, Lincoln and Rutledge’s leadership, Moultrie’s defense at Purysburg, and Prevost’s failed assault amid miscoordinated commands and a delayed retreat after Lincoln’s letter reached Moultrie. The piece notes civilian and militia mobilization, then records later local notices about cotton salvage and a crime case in Charleston.
York Furniture Co advertises a full home goods line including furniture stoves and undertaking supplies. They feature pianos and organs with guarantees, sewing machines led by New Home, and Mastic Paints with a decade of non chalking performance. Prompt day or night coffin and casket service offered.
An 1906 Yorkville ordinance fixes the commutation street tax and labor requirements for road duty. It sets a two dollar and fifty cent tax due by July, with penalties and late increases, or six days labor on streets by July with later extensions. Violators face fines or fifteen days of public-work labor.
Property list describes numerous farms and 2 story dwellings near Yorkville and Rock Hill. Listings include 160 acre 8-room houses, timber land, new barns, tenant houses, fruit trees, streams, and saw timber. Multiple tracts along Yorkville road, Tirzah and Ruth erford road with prices and terms. J C Wilborn attorney.
L M Grist's Sons announces a limited number of cloth bound copies of the work Horseshoe Robinson in book form. They state they were unable to supply demand earlier, but now offer the volume at $1.00 per copy at the office or $1.10 postpaid by mail.
The schedule lists westbound trains No 135 from Rock Hill to Marion and No 113 from Kinburg to Camden with stops at Yorkville Sharon Hickory Grove Smyrna Blacksburg and Marion. Timings span from 6:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. with arrivals at Camden and Kingville and connections to Yorkville and Rock Hill.
In Yorkville South Carolina 1906 court summons the York Drug Store operated by J B Bowen files a complaint against L A Becker Company a Illinois corporation seeking relief. Plaintiff attorney Thos F McDow dated April 23 1906 notice given May 18 26t.
The notice lists publication terms for Tuesday and Friday issues, with rates for single copies and multi year runs, and per square inch costs for insertions. It specifies ad contracts for three, six, and twelve months, office manuscript deadlines, and rates for cards of thanks at ten cents per line per insertion.
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