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Newspaper
Yorkville Enquirer
Location
York, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1905
Page
4
A group of coastwise sailors recalls a famously absent minded man from Maine named Hall. He forgot his name at the post office and mistook his surname for his identity. He wandered home for a hitching rope, returning with a sawhorse. His wife jokes that he would fetch a pickax instead of a needle.
A Detroit doctor jokes about sleeping positions during winter versus hot weather. He advises the patient to sleep inside in winter and outside in heat, suggesting a hammock with a draft and a pillow of ice. The humorous exchange ends with a charge of two dollars.
A Baltimorean explains socialism to a rural neighbor about sharing homes and money, ending with a joke about hogs. Also includes early 1900s items: Ward on a one-horse train, Reed and a large collar, and a joke about Bismarck offering a Cross for 97 thalers.
Gaffney and surrounding towns report hotel readiness at Piedmont Springs. illness calls bring Spartanburg relatives. Lancaster items note family closures and a string of obituaries, weddings, and local incidents. Mentions include Mrs Edna Harris Isham Richardson, Mr John Bridges, Mrs Harriet Davis, and Dr Gill Wylie among others.
A World of bizarre duels is recounted with Parisians Durier and Voisin using slender cords to hang weights over a rival for a actress, a Yorkshire publican daughter bet, a Geneva lake contest, a Manchester fast, and a Dresden cold death duel. Each tale ends in a dramatic, perilous outcome.
A robber seeks redress after injuring himself entering a second story window in Cairo. The cadi follows a chain of excuses from house owner, carpenter, mason, and a blue gown wearer, until the dyer is blamed and the crowd pushes for a harsher punishment. In the end a short dyer must be found to hang from the doorsill.
William Maxwell, famed London Standard war correspondent, is described as a roaming journalist whose reports shaped politics and public perception. The piece recalls Om durman and Port Arthur, portrays his cool, observant style, and notes his influence with diplomats and readers, contrasting London life with distant battlefields.
Adickes Emporium promotes seasonable goods at competitive prices. Offers 14-Finger Grain Cradles Horse cattle and poultry powders seed beans ice cream flavoring extracts potatoes tomatoes water melons cantaloupes peaches nabisco wafers waferttes and crackers. Encourages customers to shop and consult.
The Southern Railway offers very low round trip fares from territory south of the Ohio and Potomac and east of the Mississippi to multiple destinations for July events. Tickets on sale July 1–4, with final limit July 8, 1905, and limited to continuous passage. For details, consult Ticket Agents or R W Hunt in Charleston.
Special agent Sam M. Grist urges readers to choose life insurance with care. He contrasts the wise approach of researching a reputable company with the risk of trusting whatever an agent offers. He promotes Mutual Benefit as a top policy holder friendly company.
G L Mesdes Tices announces mills thoroughly overhauled and ready to supply finest flour in the country. Custom is solicited from patrons seeking the best.
An old advertisement lists offerings from coffins to caskets, robes, slippers, hearse and hearse wagon, grave mounds, funeral notices, and embalming, noting a state license number 66 from The York Furniture Co.
No 167 timetable shows Rock Hill South Carolina to Marion North Carolina service stopping at Yorkville Blacksburg and Ly Yorkville lines with third class railway light.
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