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Newspaper
Yorkville Enquirer
Location
York, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1908
Page
4
In a humorous exchange from the Chicago Record-Herald, Bob and Nellie attend a ball game soon after their engagement. Nellie adopts the game to their life together, mixing baseball terms with marital jokes, while Bob fumbles to explain the jargon. The outing ends with Nellie noting marriage parallels and Bob regretting the day.
A Newark minister learns a stray visitor in a fashionable church is the cook. He greets her warmly and offers to visit her at home, only to discover she is not a parishioner but his household staff. The anecdote reflects evolving church guest etiquette.
In a Windermere lakeside tale from the Detroit News Tribune a newlywed couple enjoys a first morning boat ride and telegraphs home. The telegram's playful message about a grand row before breakfast prompts a solemn parental reaction and a witty家庭 moment.
A Philadelphia speaker recalls Charlemagne Tower on Berlin police limits. He tells of Schmidt and Krauss hearing Muller drowned after a boating accident in ten feet of water, because swimming is forbidden by police. The Washington Star note emphasizes strict river bans.
A noted traveler and war correspondent lectured in a Scottish village four miles from the railway. The chairman urged a short prayer and asked God to grant the speaker truth and understanding. The chairman then quipped, I’ve been a traveler myself.
Capt. Pritchard on the Mauretania tells Americans that seafaring remains a tough life though eased by steam. He notes only Noah had a decent reason to go to sea, since he would have drowned ashore.
York and Lancaster counties face a jointly built Doby's bridge over Sugar creek after its destruction. Fort Mill Times reports political tensions, a fisticeuff at Clerk of Court Tate’s office, Finley Butler primary prospects, and local road law plans. News notes a Dixie Council smoker success, road improvements, a near-drowning during the first primary, and obituaries plus flood damage affecting Southern Power and Loray mill contracts.
The London Times notes a rising pattern of imitative theft after a Windsor incident where burglars used a rope ladder to access the countess of Marella’s dressing room and steal jewels. Similar raids followed at New Lodge, Pelgian ambassador's residence, and other high profile sites, with thieves copying the method and timing of royal and elite events.
In a reminiscence, Senator William M. Stewart recalls how a lone wagon with a woman provoked a mob at Buckeye hills. Thousands gathered as the lady appeared and a gold dust donation of 2000 to 3000 dollars was collected. The wagon and party vanished the next morning.
A series of burglaries on Columbia Street and nearby homes disrupted a Saturday night, with a dining room ransack and a purse stolen from Miss Marie McCrorey but her purse left behind. The intruder entered via a lattice or window method, chased by Miss Betsy Betts and Mr. Betts fired shots. Residents report foot tracks in dew and a suspect likely connected to both break-ins.
The item presents a joke about the day of the year women talk the least, paired with a Saturday washerwoman pun about bringing in the close of the week.
The report traces a string of copies and confessions from Watts to Robson and Rea path, detailing embezzlement and long imprisonments. It recounts the 1878 New York body theft and Scottish mausoleum thefts, the earl of Crawford, a poacher turn convict, cattle mutilations linked to Edalji, and the Jack the Ripper debate.
A St Louis dispatch reports Women of the Confederate Choir of America fitted new lyrics to Dixie saying the old words do not fit the song. Confederate veterans condemn the changes citing pride in the original. The altered stanzas praise Dixie as land of glory and patriotism while noting the lost cause in war.
A Scrap Book item notes that the American flag and the British flag are the only flags with sunlit presence year round in some regions. It cites U S naval observatory calculations including Alaska Puerto Rico and the Philippines showing the sun never ceases to shine on the American eagle between March 22 and September 22. It identifies Porto Rico as easternmost point and Balobe Island in the Philippines as westernmost, with sun rising and setting times matching on March 22 and September 22.
A horse rejects musty hay and foul water, sniffing to judge offerings and eligibility. A mare seeks a nasal certificate of foal identity. a blind horse resists strangers, fears danger, and flees fences. Debts are the only things that grow bigger by contraction.
Yorkville readers learn kidneys filter blood and prevent backache and urinary trouble. W A McCorkle of Rock Hill South Carolina reports severe backache and kidney pains eased after taking Dean's Kidney Pills. Sold by all dealers 50 cents, Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Dean's.
J C Wilborn announces multiple properties for sale near Yorkville including 156 acre Wm Ross home place with residence and 3 horse farm. 1193 acre A E Burns tract near Adairs Ferry road. 212 acre R K Lowry tract 4 miles east of Yorkville with six houses and 150 cultivation acres. and many additional parcels with varied features and prices. Also offers machinery and a great bargain on several large tracts and timberland.
Approved forms printed on good paper stock include Chattel Mortgage Lien and Mortgage on Crop Promissory Note Mortgage of Real Estate Title to Real Estate Subpoena Writs Subpoena Tickets Prices on any of the above In quantity upon application.
An advertisement states readiness to clean gentlemen's clothing and ladies' skirts thoroughly at reasonable prices. Work can be sent direct to the advertiser's home or picked up at W. E. Fernoann’s abandou OWS.
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