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Newspaper
Winchester News
Location
Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1908
Page
4
Public notice dated December 23 1908 references second class matter status at Winchester Kentucky and a March 3 1879 effective fact filed with the post office as part of mail service procedures.
The Mews announces there will be no edition published on Christmas day. Readers are advised to check back for the next issue after the holiday.
The Santa Claus Association in Winchester says it has all the money needed and will brighten about 150 poor children this Friday with visits from Santa. The informal city group has ten years of Santa work, soliciting no funds yet always providing gifts. A Christmas stamp sale also promotes TB relief and neighborly charity.
The country shows a strong Christmas season with December trade ahead of 1908 and the year overall better than 1907. L. & E. plans a spring depot, signaling eastward extension to open new markets and patrons, as tobacco money eases farmers' troubles and 1909 looks promising.
The notice urges shoppers to buy locally in Winchester for Christmas. It argues that home merchants offer better prices and stock than Lexington or out-of-town stores, and asks residents to visit downtown early, buy small bundles, and support local taxes and merchants. It emphasizes considerate shopping for overworked clerks.
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis reports only about 15 000 beds for all consumptives nationwide, while estimates show 600 000 living cases and 200 000 deaths yearly. Advanced cases need far more beds, with isolation key. expanding beds could halve deaths and save 100 000 lives annually.
London Kentucky reports a deadly clash between officers and African Americans at Artemus mining town. Officer Brooks and a Black man named Foley were killed, another officer Robert Smith fatally wounded, with others injured as armed groups exchanged fire during a roundup of alleged robbers. Posses hunt the escaped suspects amid high tension.
Two year old Nellie Darnell daughter of Mr and Mrs L P Darnell Carlisle avenue Lexington fell into a grate fire while playing near it and was badly burned. She is in critical condition at home suffering intensely after the accident Monday. Her clothes caught fire and were quickly wrapped in her mother's skirt to extinguish the flames. A physician was summoned for aid.
The Burns Johnson boxing bout in Sydney is set for Saturday December 26 local time, meaning sports fans in Winchester will learn the result on Christmas Day. Both fighters report peak condition and strong mutual hostility. Burns leads in betting, Johnson opposes R L Baker as referee.
Lexington Ky December 23 Col Milton Young prepares to go to Calgary Alberta Canada on Christmas Day to study conditions for potential investments in Calgary business property and nearby farming land If he chooses Alberta investment he will abandon plans to resume thoroughbred horse breeding in the Argentine Republic.
Canal completion projected by 1915 with official notice on progress. Excavation since American control totals about 60 million cubic yards, about one third of the work. From 1908 to November 1914 roughly 31 million cubic yards were removed, nearly 37 million more this year, averaging 36 to 42 million cubic yards annually.
Carlisle Kentucky December 23 Col John W Powling editor of the Nicholas Advocate and a leading local newspaper man has shown improvement after a possible stroke at his office He is recently able to be at work though partially paralyzed on his left side indicating a touch of paralysis and his friends held cautious hopes for recovery
Resilvered by Williams and son, the expert mirror plate is now located at Jones-Lawrence Paper Company in Winchester Kentucky. Available in your city from December 19 to 24 with contact Old Kentucky phone 295.
A Democratic Party announced candidacy for Circuit Judge in the Twenty-fifth Judicial District covering Clark, Powell, Jessa mine and Madison counties. The statement notes the race is subject to party action.
The Catching Hotel in London Kentucky was sold today to the First National Bank for 25000 dollars. President R M Jackson closed the deal and plans convert the building into an office block. Built in 1891 by W B Catching the hotel is a well known Eastern Kentucky landmark and will cease operating as a hotel soon.
J Smith Hays receives authorization for a formal notice. The announcement confirms the individual’s name and intent to communicate official information. No additional details provided in the readable text.
A 3000 feet program of good moving pictures screens Friday and Saturday nights at the opera house. Don’t miss the best shown yet. Tickets ten cents.
Leo F Zelinski of 68 Gibson Street Buffalo New York reports using Bucklen s Arnica Salve once daily for two days to remove a severe cold sore He claims the salve heals all sores and notes it is sold under guarantee at Phillips drug store for 25 cents
Henry H. Hall advertises a sale offering assorted china items on a special table for ten cents each.
A Christmas tree event at Broadway Baptist Church in Winchester invites residents to give a penny for each year of the church’s age, now nineteen. The card requests attendees bring pennies and notes Rev. R. French will preach on Sunday, December 27, 1908.
H. D. Colerane was appointed administrator of the estate of Henry A. White, deceased, on Wednesday morning.
A faded notice warns about a risky procedure linked to a surgeon removing a commendix. It touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as painless, claims relief from constipation headaches biliousness and malaria, priced 25 cents at Phillips Drug. Local coal dealers announce Christmas day closures and urge orders by Thursday.
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