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Newspaper
Winchester News
Location
Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1908
Page
2
A French visitor argues American farmers should adopt French precision in fruit growing. He notes espaliers for peaches, complex grape trellising, and careful pruning, with costly wax coatings for apricots, suggesting such detail could improve profits even in the United States.
Antonio Mangano recounts his 25 year absence from Italy during which a Washington passport and U S naturalization failed to shield him from military duty. Arrested by carabinieri he faced Italian law despite being an American citizen. The prefect later ruled he owed no service since he was the only male in his family, illustrating Italy’s “once Italian always Italian” stance.
The account from April 4, 1868, Fort Barrancas Florida, tells of a Confederate spy hanged and cut down after four minutes between earth and heaven. The narrator details sensations from a booming sense of impending death to a milky light, sweet taste, celestial music, and eventual painful return to life, vowing not to endure it again.
The London Tit-Bits notes that Russian marriages can last three days with the bride dancing with men one after another until she faints from fatigue. It is a point of pride for her to endure. she often continues dancing after days of frolic. While dancing, she holds each partner’s pipe, and a man who smokes in that moment would be considered rude.
A fragment from the Baltimore American features a quarrel involving Miss Flannigan and Mr Subbs with sharp exchanges about illness and a remark on family stupidity. The dialogue hints at domestic tension and a joke about schooling.
A compact item reflecting a newspaper-voiced quip about gendered packing habits. It cites a Cleveland Plain Dealer saying a woman puts her soul into packing, a man puts his feet into it, followed by Retz on stubborn enmities. The snippet preserves period tone and oblique reflection.
Professional cards list J M Stecison of Winchester Kentucky and Dr W C Worthington with office hours 10 to 12 a m 2 to 3 p m and 7 to 8 p m. Phone numbers new 432 residence 633 located at 51 North Main Street Winchester Kentucky.
Passenger trains depart Winchester on East Bound O and O with times 8:42 11:57 6:30 and 9:25 am. C and O West Bound Nos 27 21 25 23 run daily with Sunday exceptions and times 6:22 am 8:? 2:50 pm 4:38 pm. L and N South Bound Nos 29 83 9? 31 run daily with Sunday exceptions and times 8:55 am 11:59 am 6:27 pm 11:09 pm. N and N North Bound Nos 84 10 32 28 run daily with Sunday exceptions and times 7:13 am 4:38 pm. L and E East Bound No 2 3:05 pm 8:18 am. L and E West Bound No 1 9:12 am 5:20 pm.
Daily connections operate except Sunday linking L and E Junction with C O for Mt. Sterling Campton with Mountain Central for Campton Beattyville with L A for Beattyville O K Junction for Cannes City and way stations listed Patroled by General Manager W A M'Dowell and G P A Charles Scott with route details
A London outfitter laments the silk hat market, arguing that free hat ironing harms the trade and that the average silk hat wearer buys only one hat per year. The remark underscores the fashion and retail dynamics affecting hat dealers in the capital.
City streets become daily danger zones for youngsters as cars and trucks injure many and about nine youths lose their lives each month, underscoring urgent calls for safety measures and traffic reform.
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