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Newspaper
Winchester News
Location
Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1910
Page
1
The CHY City Council met in adjourned session with most members present. Debates over constructing a new city hall consumed time while several small items and accounts were approved or referred for action.
Lexington reports no Christmas distribution for the Burley Tobacco Society pool. The district board lacked a quorum, adjourning without a date. Officials cite limited county sales and aim to begin equitable distribution in January after more tobacco is sold.
Rumor in Lexington says Lexington and Eastern railroad car shops may shift to Louisville and Nashville control after L N assumes L E management. Officials may join L N, L E to stay under its name, with changes possibly Jan 1. McDowell unavailable to confirm.
In Noble county Ohio officials say Mrs Minerva Williams an 85 year old widow hermit was murdered by robbers who set her house ablaze after taking 49000 hidden in an iron strong box. The body was found in the ruined home in Wayne Township with search for the box unsuccessful.
Rene Barrier of France set a world record by flying over a roughly 16 mile course in 10 minutes 55.2 seconds aboard a Blériot monoplanes to win a $5,000 prize. He surpassed the prior record by Leon Morane and outpaced John B. Moisant, with a 3,500 foot ascent and an average speed of 87.93 mph.
Chicago reports eighteen murders in November as crime records reach unprecedented levels. The police note twenty streetcar and railroad deaths, nine automobile and carriage fatalities, and nine industrial deaths, with 921 mentally ill patients receiving care and 142 fatalities among them. Parole laws hinder convictions and prison retention.
A brief advertisement urges men to buy wives a buggy robe or a heater for Christmas, noting the giver will get to use it themselves. Signed by J M Woods and dated Friday.
Walter A. Hall a 24 year old bank teller who fled last July after stealing 44000 from the Herald Square Greenwich Bank surrendered in New York confessing the theft and was remanded. He cited a longing to see the baby he never met and said he sent 500 then 1000 to his wife who claimed not to have received it. He returned after learning the child had arrived and surrendered 15900 he said was all he had left.
In Deton Township Indiana ten year old Ralph, son of John Bales, is found by Health Officer Dr J E King to have maintained good school standing for a year and a half without using his eyes. The boy relies on memory and rehearsal of prior teaching. Superintendent Williams will seek removal to the State School for the Blind.
A notice states I will not pay any bills charged to me without an order from me. Signed by B H Talbott with date 12 9 2wks.
The Court of Appeals reversed the Jessamine Circuit Court judgment in F. P. Taylor et al v Betts et al, invalidating the local option election in Jessamine County. Commissioner Clay wrote the opinion. The spring election had a 35 vote margin for the vets.
George Razakles completes his 32nd straight quail and wine meal to win a $700 wager. He vows to eat 32 more quail in as many nights as the restaurant owner challenges him.
In Vincennes Indiana on December 9 in the murder trial of banker and theatrical figure Menio Moore the defense argued self defense and insanity portraying Moore as a monomaniac. Mrs Gibson the victim’s mother reacted with distress as prosecutors accused her son of being influenced by reformatories.
Mrs Laura Louise Scott of Kansas City testified in Juda Newcomer's court that a hobble skirt saved her from losing nearly $1 000 to taxicab driver Joseph Berman. He allegedly drove her around Southside and to Jackson Park before robbing her of 120 dollars, with 804 hidden in a thread bank. Berman was bound over to the grand jury on 3000 bond.
A review notes Selig's Forgiven a splendid drama presenting domestic life and a moral of slow anger and quick forgiveness. Also on the bill is Essanay's The Count That Counted a beautiful tale set in the golden West.
In Chicago on December 9 striking garment workers estimated at 40 000 to 50 000 marched in a West Side demonstration. The mass action followed disputes over wage hours and conditions as organizers planned further labor actions.
Kate Buckner is held over to the grand jury after an examining trial for aiding in the September robbery of nearly $300 from a white man. Princess Dudley, arrested in Cincinnati last Saturday, confessed to implicating Buckner. Judge F P Pendleton set Bond at $300 which Buckner posted.
Messrs. N R Ratliff and Vic Bloomfield leased Mrs Will Youngs College Street property to W P Sandhie of Richmond. Sandhie a traveling representative of Roberson Norton Dry Goods Co of Louisville will relocate his family to Winchester next week.
Mr James Whaley of Sharpsburg aged 90 died Thursday night from complications of old age. He was the father of Joe Adamson on Maple Street and uncle of Mrs Jeff Ratliff on Burns Avenue. Mrs Adamson and Mrs Ratliff left Friday noon to attend the funeral.
The sewerage project, stalled by bad weather, was restarted Thursday afternoon with many workers in the ditches. Pipe laying will be rushed but will pause again in the spring. The piece ends with a proverb about ruined men from schemes.
Superintendent J. E. Lanter reported no payment received by Friday for the county teachers. The expected check for 4678.84 was due midweek, with this month’s total double prior months due to two months’ salary debt.
The eleven-year-old son of Mr. Charles Irvine near Hunt is seriously ill as doctors seek the cause. A sister dropped a heavy iron piece on him during play last week, initially deemed harmless, but later he became ill with suspected brain softening from the head blow.
Police report a man named Tackett vanished four days ago after leaving without notice. His family, including six needy children in the city’s north section, is aided by Miss Peddicord of the Associated Charities as authorities continue the search.
A dynamite blast in a Forty-fifth Street vestibule jolted 30 blocks of East Side tenements in New York. The explosion caused shattered windows and a four foot deep cellar gouge but no injuries, with property damage pegged at about $3,000. Police found no claimant of threats.
Rent for seven room house on Wheeler Avenue near the College is $16 per month. Contact M. A. Baxter or call phone 605 to inquire. 12-$-3t.
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