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Newspaper
Winchester News
Location
Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1908
Page
4
The Winchester News is an independent daily published by The Winchester News Co. Incorporated. It operates on South Main Street Winchester Kentucky except Sunday. It is entered at the Winchester Post Office as mail matter of the second class.
Carrier delivery rates are listed as 5.20 for daily and 2d per week with options to pay at office or to the collector. A yearly payment is noted as payable in advance. Two month terms and semi annual dues are referenced, with small figures indicating 1.50 and 25 as amounts.
Advertising rates show display per inch with pricing for one time, weekly runs, and calendar blocks. Time discounts include three months ten percent, six months twenty five percent, and one year thirty three and a third percent. Reading notices priced per line and per heading rates listed for business notices and pure reading headings.
The layman's missionary drive, begun in New York City in 1906, will be inaugurated in central Kentucky with an interdenominational conference in Lexington on Tuesday and Wednesday. A banquet will feature Winchester attendees as part of a growing effort by Christian businessmen to study and promote global missions.
The Red Cross stamp, a one cent badge of concern, has rapidly sold in Louisville and across the state. Lexington committees sent supplies to 31 towns along the Queen & Crescent line, Berea placing a second order, as the adornment becomes a yuletide remembrance and a call to prevent disease through education and action.
An editorial urges action against tuberculosis through public education and stricter sanitation rules. It notes a 6000 annual Kentucky death toll, critiques inaction, and promotes a Christmas stamp sale to fund a state sanatorium and an eventual broader eradication campaign.
The Lexington Herald claims higher rural circulation than The News in Clark County. The Winchester News contends it now circulates more on rural routes, with growth across the county from Winchester to Jackson and along the Lexington & Eastern railroad lines. The News vows further expansion to every reachable rural home.
A candidate for Circuit Judge in the Twenty-fifth Judicial District seeks the Democratic Party nomination. The district includes Clark Powell Madison and Essex counties.
A provisional notice announces J. Smith Hays as a candidate for Circuit Judge in the Clark Powall Jessa Mine and Madison county region, subject to Democratic party action and formal party processes. The listing reflects a local judicial race with party endorsement pending.
Mrs. E. W. Haggard is listed with a hat sale advisory dated 112 4 21, indicating a personal notice or classifieds entry.
Judge J Smith Hays engages in campaign for the Twenty Fifth Judicial District. He traveled to Richmond for Court day activities and addresses a misstatement about his father’s military service, correcting that his father served in the Confederate army rather than the Federal army. A local ad notes comparative prices at Bloomfield and other retailers.
An interdenominational laymen mission movement will inaugurate in Central Kentucky with a two day Lexington conference led by J Campbell White and William T Ellis. The meeting aims to study world missions, not raise funds, with mass gatherings and a key banquet for 350, including Winchester delegates.
Unclaimed letters include Rev N H Bradley Amy Miss, Mary R Brown, Mrs C Burns, Mrs Mary Bellias and Son, Gidion Combs, E E Cohn, John Cammel, Esam Feltner, N H Glover, Mrs Fanny Gill, Nick Hunter, Mrs Ella Hunt, Pete Hezel, Asker Hamilton, W F Howard, Sarah King, Alma M MecGamr, Miss Elmer Rupard, J E Robinson, Miss Mattie Stone, Charlie Woodford, J N Wilson, Walden E, Warford D H, addressed to various individuals. Perry, Postmaster.
An old advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills claiming they avoid dangerous operations by curing constipation headache biliousness and malaria. The copy notes the remedy costs 25 cents at Phillips Drug Store and appeals to readers with its light tone.
Bloomfield urges readers to note his ad and listen to his message. The notice emphasizes upcoming discussion and invites engagement with his viewpoints. The date 12 7 11 anchors the release.
Seats went on sale for a performance of Merchant of Venice Up to Date at the Opera House next Monday night December 14. The cast has trained seven weeks and promises a lively production with local touches. Shylock is played by Prof. Geo Dalgety and Portia by Alice Porter with Jessica by Clay Croxton. The Winchester Quartet will perform between acts, and the show features a football scene between Wesleyan and Transylvania with detailed cast listings.
Five names appear in a fragmentary list amid an 18th century text, including Bolinsboro and Williams with associated surnames or roles. The readable portion suggests a roster or characters in a scene and may indicate a theater or legal context. Further context is unavailable.
The King’s Daughters Bazaar opens next Thursday morning December 10 at 9 a.m. It promises the best bazaar yet with varied tables. Eatables and hot chocolate 10 cents. 25 cent bargain table. fancy work for Christmas presents. missionary tables and children's displays all featured.
Prof. R. M. Shipp, superintendent of Winchester Public Schools, answered the State Superintendent’s call for volunteer speakers to promote education in Kentucky. Five Henry County towns hosted his educational revival with strong audiences despite weather. His talks defended the new school law as a major improvement and urged public duty to schools, often with local school children in attendance.
Christmas items offered by the King's Daughters at their bazaar on December 10 in a vacant store beside Winn Furniture Company. Sale runs from 12 to 5 PM.
Rev C E Crafton led ten days of earnest revival with pastor J S Grider at Smiths Grove. Large audiences heard uplifting sermons resulting in nine conversions from ages ten to forty five. The community united in faith, reaching a higher spiritual level. sales notes mention novelties by Mrs E W Haggard.
J Newt Renaker as agent for C N Royalty sold 104 acre farm on Ecton pike to Luther Hamilton for 95 dollars an acre. Renaker also sold for Rev W A Penn a small parcel near the water works to T N Ra for 65 dollars.
Annual bazaar of the King’s Daughters held Thursday December 10 in a vacant store beside Winn Furniture Co. Opens at 9 a.m. and runs until 5 p.m.
Jake Eeton, longtime aide to Sam Jett, trapped an escaped wild cat using a simple old time style box trap. The cat resisted leaving its mate, peering from under floorboards as John Wainscott watched from a distance, ready to spring the snare with beef neck as bait.
Leo F Zelinski of 68 Gibson St Buffalo NY reports curing a severe cold sore using Bucklen Arnica Salve. He applied it once daily for two days and saw complete healing. Sold under guarantee at Phillips Drug Store for 25 cents.
Shoppers told to carry home small bundles to ease overworked merchants and their employees during the holiday trade. Be thoughtful of others.
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