Humorous Department and a Stockton Lawyer Tale
A Stockton lawyer refuses a loan to Adnan but suggests he first repay a $5 debt from a year ago. The next day Adnan returns with the payment and the lawyer jokes about teaming up as partners as they spend money with friends. The tale appears in the Stockton Mail with a follow up about a Cornell president’s view on student course choices and a cemetery epitaph anecdote from the Washington Star.
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Adnan
Stockton
Caesar
Stockton Mail
J. G. Schurman
Cornell
Schurman
Freetown
Emma
Mary
Deaf guest mishears grace at dinner causing embarrassment
A deaf old man at a family dinner asks for the verse of grace to be spoken louder. The host raises his voice in vain and grows flustered as the guest demands to know what is said, culminating in an angry outburst about saying grace.
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Grace
West Virginia
J. A. Clark
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co
Newark
N. J
Southern gentleman recalls charity tale from Harper's Weekly
A Washington banquet story recounts a philanthropist helping a destitute negro family. He gives the oldest son a silver dollar to buy a Christmas turkey. The mother rebukes the boy for taking money to obtain the turkey.
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Washington
Devonshire Practical Joke At Barnstaple Tent
In Barnstaple a Devonshire showman staged a prank by charging two pence to see a “musical dog” in his tent. Patrons entered to find only a dog with a brass band around its neck, prompting the showman to reveal the joke as the audience laughed at the trick.
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Barnstaple
Warning Against Wolves in Sheep's Clothing Sermon
A Zion's Hill pastor denounces judging others as false believers for not sharing identical views. He warns parishioners not to label every differing speaker as hijacking religion, urging tolerance over perfect doctrinal agreement.
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Zion's Hill
The Origin of the Plague and Rat Slaughter Talk
A San Francisco Call item notes growing discussion among adults and children about the eradication of plague-carrying rats. A street corner exchange explains that rats spread plague and that contact through fleas can transmit it, highlighting fear and misconceptions about transmission.
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San Francisco
Lancaster News and Notes March 21 Highlights
Lancaster reports describe Ben Stegner's tongue surgery in Rock Hill, the death of B. C. Neely in Riverside, and travel to Camden by the Poag and Cunningham groups. It notes a Dr Edgar J Hinson and Miss Nancye McCardell engagement, RosL sherne's notice of Robert E Brown's hydrophobia death in Texas, and Eastern Star organization in Chester. Also reports John Thompson’s horse and buggy loss and Eva Brakefield's death with a large family.
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Lancaster
Ben Stegner
Wash Stegner
Rock Hill
Fennel
B. C. Neely
Lancaster County
James Neely
Riverside
Fred Poag
Hazel Cunningham
Irene Cunningham
Camden
Cunningham
W. J. Cunningham
New Jersey
Nancye Irene McCardell
M. R. McCardell
Rosl. Bherne
Robert E. Brown
Texas
John C. Brown
Rossville
I. N. Jamison
Brown
Mary P. Cutts
Greenwood
J. L. Spratt
Fort Mill
Chester
Order of Eastern Star
Woman's Order of Masons
J. G. Johnston
W. D. Knox
H. B. Woods
Mary Sledge
Maud Sledge
Fannie Sanders
John Thompson
Torbet
Lindsay Mercantile Company
John
Eva Brakefield
W. H. Brakefield
Armenia
J. H. Pearcy
Brakefield
James White
First Niagara Falls Excursion Ends in Catastrophic Sinking of Schooner Michigan
Eyewitness account details the 1828 public spectacle as the schooner Michigan towed toward Niagara Falls by the Chippewa and five steamers from Buffalo. Captain Rough led the perilous descent through the rapids, the vessel bilged and burst apart near Horseshoe Falls, scattering debris and wildlife. Bears geese foxes buffalo and other creatures were aboard or freed, with most meeting fatal ends. The scene drew massive crowds and included both American and British ensigns.
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Niagaura Falls
Michigan
Lakerie
Major Frazer
Buffalo
Henry Clay
William Penn
Pioneer
Niagara
Niagara River
Yale's Landing
Rough
Yawl
Falls
Grass Island
Lake Superior
Yale
Canada Shore
French Railway Unions Hold Power Despite Nonrecognition
French railway workers’ unions lack official recognition but influence disputes through the minister of labor. The labor movement splits into Reds and Yellows with hostile relations. strikes show union power, while British unions are seen as mutual aid groups with limited political impact. The French Railway Workers’ union has about 45,000 members and a modest income.
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France
London Mail
Minister of Labor
Giant Eyes Across Animals Reflect Size Proportions
In a comparative note, horses, giraffes, and ostriches show larger eyes relative to body size than most other creatures, illustrating how eye size scales with overall proportion across species.
Webster's International Dictionary hailed as thoroughly re edited
The publishers of Webster's International Dictionary claim the work is thoroughly reedited in every detail and vastly enriched to meet the larger and severer requirements of a new generation. Chief Justice Charles C. Nott endorses it as the highest authority in accuracy and a constant reference in judicial work.
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Charles C. Nott
Dean's Kidney Pills Endorsement Ad
Rock Hill South Carolina resident W A McCorkle reports backache kidney trouble and diabetes improved after using Dean's Kidney Pills He cites severe back pain and kidney twinges relieved by a box He endorses the product and notes no further trouble Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents for the United States Price 50 cents Remember the name Dean's
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W. A. McCorkle
E. Black St
Rock Hill
S. C
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Lawsuit Notice in York County Addressing Heirs of Starnes 1908
Plaintiffs Sarah M. Johnson Mary Jane Boyd and Martha Kate Thomasson sue Springs & Burwell and related Starnes heirs in York County South Carolina. Defendants must answer the complaint filed February 19 1908 in the Court of Common Pleas and serve an answer within twenty days, or the plaintiffs will seek relief. Attorneys Finley and Jennings of Yorkville represent the plaintiffs.
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Sarah M. Johnson
Mary Jane Boyd
Martha Kate Thomasson
Springs & Burwell
FB. B. Springs
The
Plain of Springs & Burwell
B. I. Starnes
Edward Starnes
Joseph Starnes
Margaret Starnes
Beulah Starnes
Thomas Dewey Starnes
J. &. Starnes
Elizabeth Starnes Stokes
B. E. Star
Clerk of Court of Common Pleas
York County
South Carolina
Wilson Building
Yorkville
S. C
Finley & Jennings
Plaintiffs
Es * T
Land Sale Ad Listings in Ferguson and Surrounding Areas
Property notices describe numerous tracts for sale in Yorkville Clover Filbert Bethel church and nearby areas. Listings include 425 acres at 8 per acre 1200 for whole tract 783 acres Bullocks Creek 15 per acre and various houses farms and rental properties with multiple improvements and tenant housing.
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J. R. Ferguson
Yorkville
Clover
Filbert
J. M. Stroup
A. J. Parrott
W. H. Sparrow
Bethel Church
Patrick
Samuel Miller
Bullock’s Creek
Kelly Inman
Sam’s Miller
Williams Place
J. R. Faires
Jno. Smith
New Zion Church
Ramah
Bethany
Bone Campbell
W. T. Nichols
Price
Bullock's Creek
Hoodtown
J. H. Bankhead
McConnellsville
G. W. Foster
James Feemster
Miller Place
Loftin
Robert M. Sherrer
T. Ferguson
Stevenson
Isaac H. Norris
W. W. Lewis
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Heah
Jackson
Harper's Weekly
Niagara Falls
British Museum
Hendon
London
Gulf of Mexico
Sabine Pass
Coal Miner's Federation
England
United States Court OF Claim
St. Louis
G. & C. Merriam Co.,, Publishers
Springfield
MABS
State OF South Carolina
County of York
Court of Common Pleas
Mosler Safe Co
Bank OF
Hickory Grove
J.C. Wilborn
J. C. Wilborn
M. L. Carroll. Carroll
W. Carroll. Bros
Columbia
Columbia Buggies
Oliver
Carroll Bros
Madeira-Hill-Clark Coal Co
Fairmont
W. Va
Wm. Campbell
Charlestown, W. Va
Reyes
Mer
the National Union Bank
Rock Hill, South Carolina
Star Drug Store
PD. L
Ag Irae
Evn
Bank OF Clover
Main Street
Westerleigh
Laura E. Parish
Enquirer Office
Bratton Farm
Guernsey
J. Meek Burns
Enquirer
Ss. B. Thompson
First National Bank
Yorkville, S. C
Court House
S.C
J. Edgar Poag
Rock Hill, S. C
J. A. Jackson
L. R. Williams
A. H. Jackson
G. L. Suggs
Aving
T. B. Brakefield
L. R. Wiliams
W. S. Wilkerson
Woodmen of the World
Makers
Rock Hill Buggy Company
Messrs. Carroll Bros
Messrs
S. J. Kimball & Son
W. F. Harris & Sons
John Frazer
Heath-Elliott Mule Co
Gaffney Live Stock Co
Gaffney
M. W. Doty
Winnsboro
Fort Lawn Live Stock & Mer. Co
Fort Lawn
Craig & Wilson
Gastonia
N. C
Kiser & Mauney
King’s Mountain
White Buggy & Fiz. Company
Charlotte
L. M. Grist’s Sons
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