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Newspaper
Winchester News
Location
Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1908
Page
7
A local sale advertises $1 items worth $2 elsewhere from a $2,500 Cincinnati stock. Neckwear, suspenders, shirts, gloves, hosiery, vests, coats, and Hart Schaffner Marx suits are offered at deep discounts with prices ranging from a few cents to under $5. Includes coats, overcoats, umbrellas, bath robes, smoking jackets, and men’s and children’s apparel.
Rubber Shoes now 1.25 to 3.50 for boots and shoes. Crossett shoes priced 2.50 to 4.00. Customer may exchange items anytime if not satisfied. bring back any purchase.
Vic Bloomfield announces the Stock at The Plant and Isaac is moving quickly at Opp Court House Winchester Kentucky. Once exhausted this special sale will stop.
Children brave a late night pose in costumes of Mother Goose figures to glimpse Santa Claus. They rehearse tableau positions and await the stroke of midnight when Santa quietly enters as the children drift to sleep.
A Christmas stage sequence depicts a character visiting children as if Father Christmas. The tale follows performers and youngsters reacting to a faux visitor, stockings filled, horn blown, and the children waking to find him gone, vowing to stay awake next year.
In Pepys diary a domestic feast is described with marrow bones, a leg of mutton, veal, fowl, pallets and larks, a great tart, neat’s tongue, anchovies, prawns and cheese. The menu reflects 17th century English fare and dining abundance.
A clipped remark from the St. Paul Pioneer Press notes that George Washington reportedly used a knife to cut pie while quipping on the failings of rival candidates, reflecting political wit of the era.
A Christmas poem by R. K. Munkitrick reflects on luck and merriment. It contrasts snowy days with clear ones and notes a special Irish sentiment tied to green scenery and festive cheer.
Rural Saxony districts offered a free school day last summer for children to collect moths that damaged trees. They earned a couple of cents for every 100 moths gathered, supporting forest protection efforts.
A practical joker carried an onion in his vest pocket to the depot and ate it during a farewell with a young lady. He consumed the onion before the train left, prompting her to remark that he had swallowed his grief. The scene appears in Warner's Weekly.
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