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Newspaper
Winchester News
Location
Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1908
Page
4
Publication details for The Winchester News Co in Winchester Kentucky. Describes office location South Main Street and mailing status as second class daily except Sunday with warted post office handling.
A fragment outlines payment schedules for mail delivery with weekly, monthly, and six month options. It lists amounts such as $5.20 and $66.00, mentions office or collector payment, and indicates advance payments for six month and yearly terms.
Advertising rates list display per inch pricing for various frequencies including one time three times within a week and monthly plans. Time discounts offer 10 percent for three months 25 percent for six months and 33 1 3 percent for one year. Reading notices charge per line with body type pricing and pure reading news headings.
The Winchester City Council will reconvene to consider selling a telephone franchise to a company. The East Tennessee Telephone Company seeks a maximum rate of 1.65 dollars for residences and 2.75 dollars for businesses with future rises. the rival Old Kentucky Company caps at lower rates. Residents urged full study of costs, fair pricing, and local impact before approving a long term grant.
The famous New York Sun editorial answers Virginia O’Hanlon’s question with a firm belief in Santa Claus. It defends faith over skepticism, noting that all minds are small compared to the vast world, and emphasizes hope and imagination across ages.
A Chicago engineer with a physician wife designed an electric cradle rocker and a phonograph lullaby system to soothe their baby. He also built a milk-dispensing device to feed at intervals, aiming to ease his wife during rounds and protect his own work.
Members of the British Institution of Electrical Engineers inspected northern Italy where at the Monbegno generating station on the Valtellina line a water jet system forms a permanent earth to protect overhead transmission lines from lightning. The jets’ electric resistance reportedly prevents major current loss while remaining effective for lightning protection.
Mrs A C Williams of Baez Kentucky credits Dr King s New Discovery with ending a graveyard cough that targeted her lungs. She says the medicine restored health, gained 58 pounds, and prevented pneumonia. Phillips Drug Store sells 50 cents and 1 dollar bottles with a free trial offer.
Mrs. Mattie Jones is ill. Mrs. Joe Garriet visits her father in Green Castle Indiana. Miss Sallie Lee Lancaster visits Miss Zelta Williams in Lexington. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Chaney of Winchester visit F. B. Rupard. Lyle Butler hosts grapophone music for friends. James Niblick's home fire causes little damage. Mrs. W. H. Rash and children visit Mrs. W. T. Bunch. Ollie Sewell visits Lara Pace. Mary Dutton and Lindsay Douglas visit Emma West and Shirley. Cecil Daniel visits grandparents C. W. Boone and wife. Mrs. Cliff Daniel and Oscar Forman visit Mrs. Joe Hisle at Holly Wood. Stella Bush visits Alma Pharis. Lara Pace and others visit Alma Pharis.
James M. Benton runs as a candidate for Circuit Judge in the Twenty-fifth Judicial District covering Clark Powell Jesse mine and Madison counties, and his bid is subject to the action of the Democratic party.
A riddle from Oxford England describes a man who marries for a second time the sister of his daughter's husband. This makes him uncle to his cousins and to himself, brother in law to his mother, and cousin to his father's grandchildren.
J Smith Hays mine and Madison counties subject to inquiry or claim per public notice. Details outline rights and potential assessments affecting property interests and local governance proceedings. Further information may specify filing deadlines and official contacts.
Three thousand feet of moving pictures shown at the opera house Saturday night. A good program is promised and patrons are urged not to miss the showing.
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