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Newspaper
Winchester News
Location
Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1908
Page
4
The fragment indicates weekly payments of 5.20 dollars with options to pay at the office or to a collector each week. It also shows monthly or yearly figures, including a seven year line and quarterly or semiannual amounts such as 3.00 and 1.50, though the legibility is partial.
A fragment lists time based pricing with several intervals. It shows weekly frequencies, four week blocks, and monthly durations. It also notes percentage discounts for three months six months and one year.
The Courier Journal editorial urges boiling all water to prevent typhoid amid outbreaks in Winchester and Clark County. It cites Dr. Mathews and compares typhoid risk to yellow fever, stressing cisterns and city water alike. It also calls for school cup rules and highlights the Country Life Commission questions on farms, education, roads, and sanitation.
The fragment discusses life conditions and notes probing questions about rural living conditions. It hints at a broader survey or inquiry into country life and living standards.
A Democratic party candidate seeks election to Circuit Judge for the Twenty fifth Judicial District comprising Clark Powell Jessa mine and Madison counties subject to party action.
J Smith Hays is identified in an official notice authorizing publication. The document states authorization for release and publication of Hays related information under the authority of the designated office. No additional details are provided in the readable text.
The notice touts Winchester Roller Mills as the county’s oldest and best and urges using home flour with Kerr Perfection and White Pearl flour advertised as equal. It labels the business as “the oldest and best institution in the county.”
A thief forced the door of Theodore Frey’s jewelry store at 409 Federal Street and smashed the plate glass window, grabbing two trays of diamonds and jewelry valued at $12,000. A young boy pursued the robber, keeping him in sight until police overtook him. Most valuables were recovered.
Toledo judge grants a temporary injunction shielding widow Elsie Smith from her persistent suitor William C. Ragan who has pressured her for two years and even threatened self harm after being asked to stop. The case seeks a permanent ban on court.
In Boston reports New Bedford and Marlboro adopted closing saloons while Northampton and Fitchburg reduced margins but kept liquor sales. Waltham and Quincy upheld no license wins, and Pittsfield again favored license in the December municipal elections across seven cities.
Dr. B. F. Brayfield of Mulkeytown Illinois is indicted for murder and forgery over the deaths of his wife and Reuben B. Parrish. The charges include poisoning Parrish, an Illinois Central Railroad agent, to collect life insurance from fraternal orders. Mrs Brayfield died soon after illness began.
M Alester Oklahoma December 3 robbers blew open the safe of the Farmers state bank at Crowder twenty miles north of here and secured six hundred dollars. The bank building was almost demolished by the explosion.
Judge George E Schroth granted a temporary restraining order delaying enforcement of the Rose county option law in Hancock county. Hearing for a permanent order set in a few days. The suit, filed by Jacob Gassman, alleges the law is unconstitutional against former probate judge A E Kerns and campaign manager Theodore W Bayless after Hancock county voted dry by a large majority.
Eight seniors and four juniors at West High School in Cleveland were suspended after seniors rubbed scented asafetida into classmates’ hair. Superintendent Elson announced the discipline, and the school board later confirmed the action at its meeting.
General Charles H. Grosvenor, former Ohio representative, urges retention of the wool duty before the Ways and Means Committee. He cites Ohio sheep declines under Wilson tariff and notes Dingley tariff boosted wool production. He argues higher safeguards against high grade imports and endorses tariff revision without abolishing the duty.
In New York on December 3 the American Society of Mechanical Engineers sessions featured Major G D Squier presenting a government war balloon paper and Lieutenant Frank P Lahm of the signal corps spoke on The Conquest of the Air.
Carlisle December 3 Superintendent Friedman of the Carlisle Indian School has telegrammed police chiefs in several cities asking for the arrest of an Indian couple who eloped from the school yesterday. The girl was a student. her western-born lover came to Carlisle. The superintendent would not permit the wedding without the girl’s parents consent.
Edward Skelling assistant lighthouse keeper at Racine reef reports from Chicago that he survived a perilous voyage. He said a naptha launch battled a 40 mile per hour gale and near zero temperatures for four hours before the steamer Walkaskia picked him up.
The ad promotes Mayer Bros clothing with exclusive imported fabrics and stylish suits. It also advertises French Dry Cleaning and Dyeing as a specialty, with contact telephone 528 and location next to the Auditorium.
On defense application the trial of Colonel Duncan B. Cooper Robin Cooper and ex Sheriff John D Sharp for the murder of Senator E W Carmack is postponed to the next court term in January. The case had been set for December 8.
Rev. Harvey C. Colburn of Mayflower Congregational church announced he accepted a call to the Congregational Temple at Marion Indiana effective January 1.
Carlisle Indians defeated Nebraska State University 37 to 6 in Lincoln Nebraska on December 3 at Antelope Park. The visitors showcased a brilliant gridiron performance overpowering the home team.
A fragment shows a father reading the evening paper while his daughter resents the scene and mutters about a cat’s face. The humorous exchange ends with the girl remarking that he should see the cat’s face.
Business is dull due to low water and few workers in coal miles. A new steel bridge across the river from south to north Jackson cost about fifteen thousand dollars and was rented for about forty six hundred annually after removing the oil bridge to Loss creek. The Kentucky Lumber and Winerying Company at Robins county is being torn down, with a chance it will locate in Jackson as one of the nation’s largest mills. Roy Bartlett returns as Secretary of the Kentucky Sawmill Company after illness. A Bible Class led by Rev J J dee meets at the Baptist church on Tuesday nights with prayer meeting Thursday. The Breathitt county bank opened with fifteen thousand dollars capital. John T. man is cashier, formerly with Citizens Trust Company.
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