Bibles for Chicago Hotel Bedrooms Initiative
Six thousand Gideon Bibles will be placed in Chicago hotel bedrooms to encourage reading. Not chained down, any stolen book will be replaced and charged to the guest credit, with delivery set for 3 pm on year’s final day. The movement is led by the Gideons, a Christian traveling men’s association. Background context notes a planned year end distribution.
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Chicago
Gideons
United States
Thee
Santa Claus charity visit reaches 200 homes
Two hundred homes were visited by Santa Claus distributed by Associated Charities Saturday afternoon. The Fraternity building served as headquarters with two automobiles and one survey loaded with toys, candies, nuts, and useful articles, and it was late when all homes had been reached. See Royse & Boone before buying your feed. We handle the best in town.
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Santa Claus
Associated Charities
Fraternity
Association
Royse & Boone
Bucklen’s Arnica Salt Heals Winter Ailments
Winter brings frost bitten toes fingers and rough skin but Bucklen’s Arnica Salt relieves burns boils piles cuts and sores. A trial convinces its great healing power available for 25e at Winchester Drug Company.
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Bucklen
Arnica
Wichester Drug Company
The Vulture's Claw Rural Life Novel Review
A critical look at C F Wimberly's The Vulture's Claw set in Central Kentucky during the Civil War era. The reviewer finds the regional detail unreal, notes typographical errors, and questions the atmosphere yet acknowledges occasional engaging scenes and six photo cuts.
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Muldrough
Kentucky
Threader
Saved from awful death by King’s New Discovery
A Fayetteville man recounts his sister’s near fatal consumption and recovery after using Dr King’s New Discovery. He praises it as the best medicine and notes it cures coughs and bronchial troubles. Trial bottles are free with guarantee from Winchester Drug Company.
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A. D. McDonald
Fayetteville
N. C
Winchester Drug Company
The Auditorium Picture Theatre Daily Showings
The Auditorium Picture Theatre offers continuous performances daily from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. and 7 to 10 p.m. Music by Miss Feld and illustrated songs by Mr. Fred Dakin. New pictures and new songs every day.
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Miss Feld
Fred Dakin
Healthful town through women's clubs effort
In the General Federation of Women's Clubs a health department program is led by Mrs. S. S. Crockett of Nashville with divisions in food sanitation school hygiene tuberculosis and state seals. Mrs. Lafon Riker of Harrodsburg chairs Kentucky efforts urging clubs to form or join health departments and collaborate with health officers to keep streets, buildings, and laws clean and enforced. Each person should aid in keeping his town healthful.
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General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Health Department
S. S. Crockett
Nashville
Hell For Sartin Notes
Bud Dismukes recovers from an eye injury suffered during a Turkey Neck Creek housewarming. Alf Oldum sightings and courting stories unfold while editor Eli Bowers visits Crab Orchard. Ras Barlow moves back to Hog Wallow as stock dwindles, leaving only a yellow coon dog.
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Bud Dismukes
Si Howard
Turkey Neck Creek
Alf. Oldum
Alf
Eli Bowers
Crab Orchard
Eli
Ras Barlow
Georgetown plant seeks receiver as Allen runs for oversight
Georgetown Kentucky December 24 Mr L S Allen manager of Georgetown Electric Light Water Gas and Supply Co will seek receivership for the company to be argued before Judge Parker in Lexington Monday by attorneys for William Forwood who has a $3500 damages judgment the company cannot pay Allen is endorsed by nearly all interested and backed by the city council which wants contracts protected through the receivership effort
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Georgetown
L. S. Allen
Georgetown Electric Light. Water, Gas and Supply Company
Red Star coal marketed by Royse and Boone
A brief note states Red Star coal is the best on the market sold by Royse and Boone with a dated reference 12-5-18 implying a catalog or advertisement from that period.
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Royse & Boone
Shorthand course and feed supply ad card
SHORTHAND Standard Phonography taught by individual lessons at J C Lary 234 S Highland Street Home 737. See us before buying. Also a Christmas line of pictures at Winchester Paint and Wallpaper and a food line from Per Company 12-10-1.
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Winchester Paint & Wall Paper Company
J.C Lary
S. Highland Street
Hom
Winchester Paint & Wall
Winchester Roller Mills Promotes Home Flour Quality
The Winchester Roller Mills claims to be the oldest local institution in the county and urges using home flour. It touts Kerr perfection and White Pearl flour as superior, noting they have no canal.
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Ecounty
Winchester Roller Mills
Kerr Perfection
Classified Advertisements Pricing Note
Advertisement rates indicate a word for a single insertion two cents a word for three consecutive insertions. Each additional insertion costs ten cents a word per month. Scattered insertions are billed per word per insertion. No charge below ten cents and no charge on books under twenty five cents.
Attractive two story rental listing with multiple homes
Handseome two story residence of 10 rooms with modern conveniences and outbuildings, best location. Price 40 dollars per month. Modern residence of 7 rooms furnished with bath and gas. Start housekeeping for 30 dollars per month. We offer a number of small cottages for rent from 10 dollars per month and up.
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H. Chenault
Z. T. Sellers
R.L. Earle
Sec
Treas
B. F. Buckley
Dan W. Scott
The
Central Kentucky Tobacco Warehouse Co
Opp. State University
S. Upper
Lexington
Louisville Tobacco Warehouse Company
Bourbon County
Central Kentucky Tobacco Warehouse Co. (Incorporated
Winchester
Shirley
C. A. Edgarton Mfg. CO
Main St
Shirley, Mass
Nun H Martin Coal & Supply CO
Central Y. M. C. A
Loop District
Brown-Proctoria Pharmacy
Chas. A. Hosey
Prop
Charities
Current Book Review
C. F. Wimberly
R F. Fenne & Co
New York
Providence
Marie Thompson Daviess
Selina Sue
the Bobbs-Merrill Co
Indianapolis
W. B. King
Aspornes
Benson
Solomon
Dora
Claude Osborne
C. Henry
W. W. Fawcett
Doubleday, Page & Co
N.Y
Henry
Anne
Kate Crimble Sharber
Paul M. Meylan
Bobbs-Mervill Co
Ajoy
Rafe
Mammy Lou
Emmy Love
Rebecca
Sunnybrook Farm
Tommy
Grace S. Richmond
Chas. M. Relyea
N. Y
the Auditorium Picture Theatre
Hell
Fire Insurance Co.'s
W. T. Ogden
Church OF Christ
J. W. Harding
Fairfax Street
Ke Soe
McEldowney Builiding
East Tenn
Buckner Street
Powell & Dawson's Stable
South Main Street
Broadway
French Avenue
Robbins
City
Nice
Lewis R. Hampton
Winchester Commercial Club
McEldowney Building
H. C. Bedford
College Street
Eod
Southern Megazine
Clark B. Tanner
Postoffice
O. K
W. W. Bush & Company
Insurance
Pendleton
Bush & Bush
Lew
McKidawney
M. Stevenson
S. Malin St
Waller Bean
Phillips
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