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Newspaper
Winchester News
Location
Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1908
Page
8
A wholesale jail escape attempt unfolded at the county jail Sunday afternoon. With Jailer Hart away, Deputy Tanner acted as jailer and prisoners, unaware of the absence, began removing cement from under a rear wall stone. They were discovered before completion and confined in a steel cell until repairs were made.
Gen P P Johnson reports to Gov Willson that the Kentucky Spanish American War enlistment roster is complete. The book will list every enlistee, be printed for the State Library, and cost a reasonable price. Kentucky contributed four infantry regiments and two cavalry companies totaling about 6 000 men.
Vic Bloomfield announces the store will stay open every night from now until after Christmas, with a note that December 14 looks uncertain. The message emphasizes extended evening shopping options for holiday customers.
Notice states Mrs Chas R West offers a free line of candies fruits nuts and more for the Christmas trade with open days Monday Wednesday and Friday.
A physician discards horse and buggy for an automobile. Repair costs rise, and a patient quips it would have been cheaper to stay with the horse. The doctor replies that autos support owners in old age, but the patient rebuts. The physician concludes the car may lead its owner to folly or the poorhouse.
Prince Ferdinand, ruler of Bulgaria, reportedly fearful after a street boy blew up a paper bag near his carriage. The czar, driving in Carsbad, jumped up in alarm and hurried toward his hotel after the loud explosion.
Livestock receipts at Cincinnati Union Stock Yards totaled 336 cattle 3470 hogs and 277 sheep with shipments of 265 cattle 9039 hogs and 204 sheep. Cattle ranged from modest to high values with heifers cows and calves noted. hogs and lambs showed slow to steady movement with varied prices listed for packers buyers and different grades.
Chicago market reports receipts in cattle hogs and sheep. Cattle ranges feature beef steers Texans and Westerners mostly between 1 50 and 8 50 with calves up to 8 50. Hogs trade about five to six dollars with light and mixed lots near 5 20 to 5 75. Sheep receipts around 2500 show native and Western stock priced between 2 50 and 7 50 with yearlings and lambs noted.
Extreme nervousness marked the wheat pit on the local exchange in Chicago on December 12 with prices fluctuating about 1 1 2 percent. The market closed firm with gains up to 4 to 3 1 2 cents from the prior close as corn and oats also finished firm and provisions steady.
S shoppers are advised to bring home small bouquets personally. The note reminds merchants and their employees are overworked during the holiday trade and asks readers to be thoughtful of others.
The Winchester Roller Mills touted as the oldest and best in the county with Kerr Perfection and White Pearl flour celebrated as top quality. An emergency exit note mentions Miss Crichton extinguishing a blaze while Herr Eckhold helped carry the orchestra through a difficult passage from a London Daily Express item dated 11-17-41.
A local advertisement promotes a special table of assorted china sets. Henry H. Hall lists items at low prices with a 10 cent offer noted. The text includes a date hint 2-14 and emphasizes bargain pricing.
A fragment suggests a wife's tenderness and protectiveness are driven by instinct similar to guarding a bargain or prize. The author hints at a prow of possession and value in the relationship. The tone is moral and observational, focusing on domestic dynamics.
Mrs Chas R West runs the original home of Santa Claus offering visits or events on Monday Wednesday and Friday with visitors invited to the famed site.
Commissioner John G. Capers reports a $17,998,072 drop in internal revenue receipts in the last fiscal year and a $7,262,238 decline in the first three months of the current year. Estimated current-year revenues total $250,000,000, down $1,665,000 from last year. Distilled grain spirits production for 1908 fell to 126,989,740 tax gallons, down more than 41,000,000 gallons, attributed to prohibition, high grain prices, and distiller agreement to cut production.
A three day fire at Beckwith & Tate stove plant in Dowagiac Michigan endangers the 4000 ton coal pile 30 to 35 feet deep surrounded by walls and open to the sky. Heat from the walls and gas from the burning coal have felled several workers as explosions hurl coal onto fighting crews.
Paris December 14 President Castro of Venezuela left for Cologne for a physician consultation to decide on possible surgery. If needed Dr Israel may operate in Berlin. In Paris he limited access to reporters to his suite. He told Temps that he hopes to resolve Venezuela's diplomatic disputes but health comes first and reestablishing relations with France hinges on the Cable Company issue.
A bomb exploded in an alley on Wabash avenue near Fifteenth street wrecking two buildings and shattering windows for a block around. The blast targeted the Coliseum adjacent site of the First Ward ball amid strong opposition this year. Police pursue theory the bomber sought to ruin the Coliseum and stop the ball. initial death reports proved unfounded after ruin search.
Secretary Cortelyou declined to confirm or deny New York reports that he has been offered the presidency of the Union Trust company. With retirement from Roosevelt's cabinet likely, the move would mirror predecessor Leslie Shaw who joined Carnegie Trust after leaving office.
Four injured and John Kelley dead after a blast at the Carnegie Steel Company works in Youngstown Ohio on December 14. Authorities investigate cause and assess damage to the plant facilities.
Kentucky Governor Willson says no extra session will be called to consider the county unit bill or any matter that belongs in regular sessions. He cites no emergency justifying such a session and reiterates that law provides for regular sessions to handle proposed measures.
Mt Sterling Kentucky prepares for one of the state s largest tobacco handling houses built by J Will Clay and G L Kirkpatrick. The plant will process 100 hogsheads daily and employ about 125 men for seven months yearly. About 4000 acres of tobacco will be planted in Montgomery County this spring as American Tobacco Company exits the area. Also notes Mr John C Wood Mt Sterling Gazette editor recovering from a mild stroke and long health issues.
Secretary Emmet Y. Nelson of the county board will begin sending checks for 8 percent distribution of the reserve fund in the 1906 barley pool. Growers who were in the pool that year will receive payments totaling several thousand dollars, just before Christmas.
C H Bowen advertises a limited sale offering 25 percent off all china pieces including Christmas china, dated December 14 1931 in China.
Real estate transfers filed include Henry M. Morris to Annie W. Morris for a quarter interest in 158 acres on Stoner creek for $1. R P Seabee and wife to Wade Hodgkin and others cover three North Park lots for $729.05. George F. Jones and wife to Allan Frazier and wife a lot in Poynterville for $477.25. W G Rice to W H Strossman a five foot Boone avenue strip for $65. Richard Patterson to S D Wade a house and lot in South Park for $1450.
A fragment notes that when the body of a starving anime loses two fifths of its substance the inevitable result is death. The line contrasts endurance limits with fatal outcome.
A fragmentary quote from Eben contrasts education with a talking machine, likening the output to honest trust when it streams in and sounding strange otherwise. The passage appears as a clipped aside in a Washington Star feature.
Dr. E A Thompson of Berea Union church gave an earnest educational talk at the college Saturday morning. Christmas vacation runs from December 23 to January 5. Mr Eagle of Lynchburg entered college, President Taylor will attend a Missionary Conference in Falmouth Kentucky as part of the Cumberland District meeting. Y M C A held chapel with leaders H Martin, Rossier and J W Weldon. Rev J W Harris of Little Rock Kentucky attended and spoke on the college’s purpose and achievements. Announcements confirm opening for the second term January 19 with expected attendance rise and a special opening day address by a prominent speaker to be named later.
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