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Newspaper
Winchester News
Location
Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1908
Page
6
On a gray December day a small band of men travels by train and foot seeking enemy agents. They fear undercover spies aboard the train and scout Livermore for threats while posing as travelers in a rural town.
A local remedy claim praises Leetrie Bitters as a cure for malaria stomach complaints and liver troubles. The seller W. C. Kiestler of Halliday endorses the tonic claiming it purifies blood tones nerves and restores energy and offers a money back guarantee if it fails. Available at Philips Drug store for 50 cents.
A Christmas morning suggestion offers a Lowney's box or a fruit basket from Mrs Chas R West available Monday Wednesday and Friday. The note uses old fashioned phrasing and implies local shop offerings for holiday giving.
Henderson Ky December 17 It develops that coal mining property and coal rights on nearly 8000 acres at Robards near Henderson recently conveyed by the Panama Coal and Coke Company to S W Shrader of Pittsburg will be taken over by the Southern Coal and Transportation Company of Grafton West Virginia and operated by it Pittsburg capitalists form the company J W Miller of Grafton is here and has contracted for improvements to the amount of 50000 to the plant with mining expected to be in full blast by February 1 1909 The main office will be in Henderson The Panama Company received 296248 for the property
Notara Brothers of New York, makers of Egyptian and Turkish cigarettes, will experiment next season on fifty acres in Kentucky with Turkish tobacco. The State Agricultural Department reports farmers’ interest running high as Rankin answers hundreds of inquiries. Notara Brothers plan two years of trials on Kentucky soil before expanding overseas cultivation.
Toledo December 17 Harvey Hazel a 17 year old boy on trial for his life for the murder of his mother on January 11 last will testify in his own defense if permitted His aunt Mrs Alice Chambers of Aurora Ill says he will state he did not slay his mother did not steal her jewelry the money he had was given by his mother to pay debts and he knows nothing of the crime until his arrest at his sweetheart s home
Frank Tilton, jailed in Martin's Ferry Ohio awaiting transfer, bored his way through an 18 inch wall and escaped to West Virginia.
Judge Harrison Wilson of Sidney, a circuit court member, has recovered enough to leave Mt. Carmel hospital in Columbus after a seven week stay for an operation.
A roundup notes suicides in Bluffton and a sailor’s death in New York training station, a Columbus burglar’s fortune to a former Texas official, a deadly bridge accident in Williamsport and other fatal incidents. It also records a judge’s murder verdict in Shamokin, Maine hunting deaths, Chicago’s 1908 murder tally, a monument for Colonel Jack Haverly, and naval retirements.
A humorous ad touts Dr. King's New Life Pills as a painless remedy for constipation headache biliousness and malaria. The copy claims the pills prevent dangerous appendectomy and cost 25 cents at Phillips Drug Store.
Advertises umbrellas of good quality silk with stylish handles priced from one dollar upwards.
Silk petticoats shown in all shades for Christmas gifts. Described as very full with rustle options, soft finish, plain tailored, and embroidered flounce styles. Prices range from 3.75 to 12.00.
Damask and linen towels are advertised at 25 50 75 and 5 dollars per dozen in this brief notice.
The dress goods department advertises a broad selection of wool dress patterns in Jauste Messa line and Charlies shades. Helpful staff pledge good values and attentive service for mothers and sisters choosing a gift.
Linen tailored waists lingerie waists and net waist styles in white and ecru with colored embroidery and colored nets. Dainty thoughts for dainty women.
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