Mansfield Mill Purchase Sets Stage for New Milling Firm
The Mansfield flour milling property on Pendleton Street was sold Monday to McEldowney Matlack and Woolcott for 25000 dollars. The buyers will run the new milling business separately under their supervision, with inventory begun. Directors appointed a nominating committee for January elections and planned a January smoker and February banquet.
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Mansfield
Pendleton Street
Messrs. McEldowney
Matlack & Woolcott
8. P. Kerr
Main Street
Police Court Counts Some Burglary and Weapon Cases
Bob Ellis colored was tried before Judge J H Evans Tuesday morning on burglary and sentenced to 30 days in jail. He reportedly stole a quart of whisky from saloon keeper Robert Profit at Union station Saturday afternoon. Wilton Jones and Will Smith were tried before Judge F P Pendleton Monday night and fined 25 dollars and ten days in jail for carrying concealed weapons. They traded weapons in front of the court and then hid the pistols after the deal. Officer Madigan saw the exchange and arrested them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Ellis
J. H. Evans
Ellis
Robert Profit
Union Station
Wilton Jones
Will Smith
F. P. Pendleton
Jones
Smith
Madigan
Farm sells 21 acres along Four Mile Pike for 40 an acre
Howard Watts auctioned 21 acres owned by the Gordo heirs on the Four-Mile Pike. The land sold Monday to Thomas Bowman at a price of 40 per acre, figures tied to a former commissioner Stok ley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Watts
Stokley
Thos Bowman
Delegates named to attend Good Roads convention
Judge J. H. Evans designates Clark county representatives for the Louisville meeting on December 28 and 29. A Renick, H P Thompson, S W Pursley, A H Hampton and R R Perry to attend.
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Judge Evans
Louisville
Clark County
J. H. Evans
Good Roads
A. Renick
H. P. Thompson
S. W. Pursley
A. H. Hampton
R. R. Perry
Husband Beating Case Leads to New Arrests
Geo. T. Pendleton, colored, was arrested Monday night on a breach of the peace charge. It is alleged he habitually beats his wife and has been arrested before but acquitted. This time the wife had witnesses and will prosecute before Judge Pendleton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. T. Pendleton
Pendleton
Commercial club canvasses city for shoe factory workers
The Commercial club directors on Monday appointed J. W. Chambers Frank Murphy and E. C. Smith to canvass the city for up to 50 girls and women to staff a shoe factory planned for the area. A factory representative visits Friday to review progress on labor recruitment and potential location depends on meeting the target.
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Commercial Club
J. W. Chambers
Frank Murphy
E. C. Smith
Thanking Mr C H Bowen For Christmas Gift To Staff
The paper office staff express sincere appreciation to Mr C H Bowen a popular jeweler for a large basket of fruits and candies sent with Christmas greetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ofice Force
C. H. Bowen
Narrow Escape From Death at North Main Saloon
A serious shooting affray was narrowly averted in Mr Hughes saloon on North Main Street Monday night. Ab Dunham and a young man named Grant Edgington quarrelled. Dunham tried to shoot Edgington but a bystander caught the pistol and the bullet struck the floor. Dunham was arrested by Officers Boone and Rice.
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Hughes
North Main Street
Ab Dunham
Grant Edgington
Dunham
Edginton
Edgington
Boone and
Rice
Wrestler Suffers Severe leg injury at livery barn
Mr. Phil Parrish foreman for Mr. J. A. Hughes was badly hurt Monday night when his feet slipped during a wrestling bout with Walter Ecton in the livery barn office. His right leg broke in two places and was set at home. He is resting easy Tuesday morning.
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Phil Parrish
J. A. Hughes
Mr. Parrish
Walter Ecton
Washington Street
Odd Fellows elect new officers for six months
At the regular weekly meeting of the order of Odd Fellows the following officers were elected to serve for the next six months J. O. Piersall N G James A Boone W G J W Stapleton secretary John C Allen financial secretary C B Stuart treasurer F H Jackson W A Owen and Walter Bean lodge trustees Barring titles the read text notes officer assignments for the upcoming half year and names of key officers in the lodge
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of Odd Fellows
J. O. Piersall
N. G
James A. Boone
W. G
J. W. Stapleton
John C. Allen
C. B. Stuart
F. H. Jackson
W. A. Owen
Walter Bean
Lodge
Christmas for Poor Children Hampers Homes with Food
Captain and Mrs Frazee of the Salvation Army in this city led a charity effort Sunday morning delivering baskets of substantial food and candy to 50 needy families after a weeklong subscription drive for Christmas dinners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Frazee
Salvation Army
Indian Youth Ends Life After Heartbreak in Camden
Wm. M. May 21, a full blooded Indian, committed death by his own hand on a Christmas eve. slashed his throat and stabbed himself with a penknife given by his fiancée Elsie Staley near Eighteenth and Federal streets as holiday crowds passed. He died two hours later at Cooper hospital after confessing to gifts given to Miss Staley and a quarrel over their engagement.
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Camden
N. J
Wm. M. May
Eighteenth
Federal Streets
Cooper Hospital
May
Elsie Staley
Heroism of a 16 year old rescuer in Chesapeake Bay
In Norfolk Virginia on December 27 a 16 year old named Addie Parkerson helped save five men from an icy Chesapeake Bay rescue. A dory carrying seven men capsized in a northwest storm. Two men, St Clair and O Connor, drowned. Parkerson alerted rescuers and, with four men, launched a boat to pull the survivors from the surf. She was soaked to the skin but ensured the rescued were cared for before returning home to change.
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Norfolk
Chesapeake Bay
Addie Parkerson
Dory
Dark Kingdom
St. Clair
O’connor
Miss Parkerson
Harlem gamblers feud erupts in dynamite blasts
New York December 27 police say a feud among Harlem gamblers culminated in two dynamite explosions. No further details were provided in the readable text.
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New York
Harlem
Bombs Explode Within Minutes in Harlem Vestibules
Early Sunday two bombs exploded within five minutes of each other in Harlem houses on One Hundred Sixteenth Street. A black taxicab seen near the first blast is the only lead, reported by a policeman. The blasts shattered windows at a social club and a dance hall, sending residents into a panic as a second, more violent blast followed nearby. The sites are near a club raided recently by Deputy Police Commissioner Driscoll, who had said gamblers funded $15,000 to kill him.
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Harlem
Onehundred
Sixteenth Street
Driscoll
Murder case shocks Shitvish colony in Cleveland
In Cleveland on Christmas morning Paul Fador is accused of clubbing his wife Anna Fador to death. Neighbors and a four year old daughter Mary witnessed the crime scene and described the drunken assault. The child testified to Coroner Boesger that the father beat the mother, then slept briefly before attending church and mentioning the death. The case is under police hold.
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Cleveland
Anna Fador
Magee Street
N. W
Paul Fador
St. Nicholas
Fador
Mary Fador
Boesger
Factor
Kress Set for Wednesday Open for Annual Inventory Sale
Unusual preparations mark Kress as they plan their regular annual inventory sale starting Wednesday December 28 at 1 o clock. The store will close to the public Wednesday forenoon while staff assemble bargains in all departments to open promptly at 1 pm. Left over holiday goods and slightly damaged staples will be cleared out before the inventory.
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Kress
Democratic primary tensions in Kentucky progress
Waiting for developments in the Kentucky Democratic row ahead of the May 27 state primary, politicians anticipate a memorable campaign. Ben Johnson challenges the McCreary machine while Col. John K. Hendrick and Ollie James prepare to speak out, with Bryan possibly backing. Factional fights threaten the administration as Treasurer Farley and Attorney General Breathitt strive to keep peace.
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Frankfort
Ben Johnson
McCreary
John K. Hendrick
Ollie James
Democratic State Executive Committee
United States
Col
Wm. J. Bryan
Nebraska
New York
Ohio
State House
Farley
Breathitt
Reports of awful famine in China
New York dispatches say famine in China has affected 3,000,000 people and $1,000,004 is urgently needed for relief. Rev Arthur J. Brown, head of the foreign missions committee in the U S and Canada, released a Shanghai cablegram noting famine in Kiang Su and An Rui provinces and massive relief efforts by both government and people.
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New York
China
Arthur J. Brown
Committee On
Boards
Societies of Foreign Missions
United States
Canada
Interdenominational Committee
Shanghai
Kiang Su
An Rui
Missionarie
Missionary Aid Urgently Sought in Shanghai Cable
A district reports relief shortfalls and an Interdenominational Committee in Shanghai requests missionary cooperation with generous Chinese to raise and distribute funds. A million dollars is needed and aid should continue until May with urgent appeals to missionary societies church papers and Christian Herald. The cable notes the combined population of the two provinces named is 37,650,549.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interdenominational Committee
Shanghai
Christian Herald
Legal Fight Over Eddy Estate To Challenge Christian Science
The American Sunday Morning reports Mary Baker Eddy’s will leaves the Mother Church as residuary legatee with an estate near 3 million dollars. Her heirs George W. Glover and Dr. E. J. Foster Eddy plan to contest possession, aided by former Senator William F. Chandler and other lawyers. They anticipate legal maneuvers under Massachusetts law and a potential suit against Christian Science as against public policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Sunday Morning
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Christian Science
Mother Church
Candler
Eddy
Massachusetts
Wreck near Bucyrus Kills Six and Injures Six
Six people died and six were injured in a Pennsylvanian railroad crash on the Ft. Wayne division west of Bucyrus Ohio near Nevada. The collision of passenger No. 15 and eastbound express No. 48 hurled a wreck of engines and sleeping cars into Christmas mourning. Fireman Connelly said Engineer Craig died suddenly at the throttle possibly causing the crash. Two trains collided and the night was filled with cries and rescuers. The dead included four railroad workers and two passengers. two of the injured are critical but may recover, others not in danger.
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Bucyrus
Ohio
Ft. Wayne
Pennsylvania Railroad
Nevada
Connelly
Ind
Craig
Ten Civilians Executed by Insurrectos in Mexico
Ten civilians hostile to the revolt were executed by insurrecto forces in Chihuauita Mexico. One judge among the victims. Gen Navarro’s position near Padermales remains under siege but not deemed precarious. Reinforcements are en route as government troops approach Guerrero.
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Chihuatilla
Mexico
Navarro
Padermales
Brandon
Mexican Herald
War Office
F. A. Sommerfield
Sonora
Guerrero
Swango Springs Case On Trial
In Wolfe county circuit court a jury hears damages claims by H H Swango against J S Rittenhouse over water use at Swango Springs. Swango seeks 5000 dollars after prior court rulings upheld his right to spring water. trial concerns only damages.
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Swango Springs
H. H. Swango
J. S. Rittenhouse
Wolfe County
Wolfe
Hazel Green
Rittenhouse
Swango
Circuit Court of
Court of Appeals
Subscriptions Due Prompt Payment Urged by The News
The News warns subscribers in Winchester that unpaid balances on rural routes and mail subscriptions will be cut off after the first of the year. Delinquent readers are asked to visit the office on a town trip to settle dues, as post office rules forbid mailing a daily paper to those behind three months.
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Winchester
Post Office Department
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Geo. Tomlinson
Jeff Q. Stewart
B. R. Jouett
Sihose Tho
MR. C. H. Bowen
Phil Parris
ODD Fellows
Young Indian
Wast
Kae Ne * i
Peacemakers
General Navarro
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