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Newspaper
Winchester News
Location
Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1908
Page
4
Published by The Winchester News Co. Incorporated office on South Main Street Winchester Kentucky entered as second class matter November twenty eight nineteen hundred eight at the post office under the Act of March three eighteen seventy nine.
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The Winchester News argues outdoor advertising faded but the daily paper boosts local ads. It notes merchants push for home newspaper advertising, citing greater reader reach and town prosperity. The piece urges merchants to support the paper’s advertising program in the new year.
The piece denounces the Beach Hargis acquittal by an Estill county jury and laments a pattern of acquittals in high profile murder trials. It calls for brave, fearless jurors and condemns influential defendants escaping punishment, urging reform of jury service in Kentucky.
The News will not overspend advertisers and aims to align paper profits with merchants’ gains. It asserts an experimental era has ended, pledging to grow with Eastern Kentucky and Winchester, expecting a decade of rapid development and the paper’s role in that rise.
A historical note laments Kentucky’s jury system while urging the selection of brave, fearless, honest, incorruptible men. The text argues that until juries can be filled with such jurors, Kentucky will be seen as having the poorest and worst enforced criminal laws.
Mat Young, who fatally shot Deputy Sheriff Logan Young, was arrested Sunday with his uncle’s help and jailed. He claimed self defense and said he believed officers planned to kill him. he will be tried for lunacy as funeral services for Logan Young are set.
Sydney reports focus on a Jeffries comeback to fight the new champion Johnson. Promoter Hugh McIntosh plans a Rushcutters Bay bout and offers a $50,000 purse to lure Jeffries from retirement. Johnson, in good shape after Burns bout, awaits vaudeville earnings. Burns suffers facial injuries but remains fit.
Amoy reports natives at Tunguan twenty miles north of Amoy were ordered to stop planting opium poppies. They refused, a riot ensued, one officer and ten civilians were killed, and 500 troops were dispatched to Tunguan to restore order. Authorities vow to enforce the anti opium edict.
Dr. Richard A. F. Penrose, father of U S Senator Boies Penrose, died at his Philadelphia home of pneumonia at age 82. A noted medical writer, he graduated from Dickinson College and the University of Pennsylvania medical school and served as a professor there for 26 years, with ties to multiple hospitals and charitable institutions.
Cleveland dispatch reports plans to invite the English government and Canada to join in a 1913 Peace Centennial at Put-in-Bay commemorating Commodore Perry’s 1813 Lake Erie victory. Ohio committees seek joint exposition, aiming to strengthen Anglo American ties and promote peace through a grand peace carnival and industrial exhibit.
The holiday tournament at Pinehurst North Carolina kicks off the winter golf season in the south. The main event is the midwinter medal and match play tournament set to begin January 11, with clubs hiring northern experts to maintain greens and a busy schedule of tournaments and interclub games anticipated across southern states.
Washington dispatch reports that if leaders from both parties can influence President-elect Taft, a tariff revision special session will be convened soon after inauguration. Taft aims for a brief session and adjournment before heat worsens, aligning with the plan discussed by several lawmakers.
Congressman John Dalzell of this city withdraws from backing George T. Oliver in the Pennsylvania legislature race to succeed Senator Knox. Dalzell announced his candidacy was dropped in a Washington letter to Oliver.
Sheridan Wyoming December 28 the body of John H Taylor mayor serving his fifth term was found in a clump of bushes a mile north of town after he had been missing for several days officials believe he froze to death in the icy weather a tragic end to a long city leadership.
Samuel McCredie aged 42 was found dead in his kitchen on December 28 in New York. Police suspect murder and have detained his wife and son Harry, 21, for investigation.
Geologists assemble for the twenty first annual meeting of the Geological Society of America to study Earth age and formation. Discussions include Europe s oldest man discovery and Iowa finds of mammoths horses and other ancient fauna highlighted by Professor Samuel Calvin of Iowa.
William Jefferson Powell, heir to half a million dollars and a Baltimore society claim, has been sentenced in Los Angeles to 180 days in the city workhouse on a vagrancy charge.
Willemstad Curacao Dec 28 Political exiles return to Caracas at President Gomez call to unite parties. The steamship Zulia brings 18 former prisoners many held eight years. General Bello aboard notes inmates freed then reimprisoned. Exiles receive Calypso ovation. one common enemy named as lost prestige.
The American Sociological Society opens a three day meeting in Atlantic City with eight sessions starting today. Noted presenters include Professor E. A. Ross of Wisconsin Professor W. G. Sumner of Yale Director S. N. D. North of the census bureau Dr Edward T. Devine of New York and Charles P Neill commissioner of labor.
State hears additional testimony in the Reelfoot lake outrages case with three more witnesses to testify about the Rankin killing. The defense plans to start presenting evidence later today or tomorrow morning.
Fred Henderson admits killing Deputy Marshal Magruder of Higbee on December 18 and says he traveled from Centralia to Mexico after holding up the Chicago and Alton station agent there. He is now under arrest.
New York announces the private wedding between Miss Beatrice Mills and the Earl of Granard set for January 14 at the bride’s father Ogden Mills home in New York.
A large blaze in Oneonta New York on December 28 destroyed the Arlington hotel and seven other buildings in the business district, risking the entire downtown area and causing an estimated loss of 100000 dollars.
Claus Spreckels dies at 80 in San Francisco. Beach Hargis murder trial ends with a hung jury and discharge in Orvene Kentucky. Admiral George Dewey turns 71 at his Washington home. Moscow police, including Chief Baron Cotte, die in battle with revolutionists.
Canadian runner Tom Longboat set to race in a marriage themed event with Miss Maracle as his companion. He recently joined the Anglican church and will later face Dorando in Buffalo, then Alfred Shrubb in New York with a potential meeting of Shrubb Dorando Hayes and Smallwood in a forthcoming marathon.
In Fairmont West Virginia on December 28 Oscar Hart ignited a cigarette stump near a bottle of mine powder causing a blast. Hart and three Belleview youths were severely burned and several others injured by flying glass. Names include Hart Laughlin Sidwell Smith Wilson and others with facial arm and head injuries.
In Reno Illinois Ruby File was killed and Noah File wounded when John and George Willeford shot them in the File home kitchen while preventing harm to Samuel File. Ruby was killed three hours after being shot in the temple. Noah was hit in the right cheek and is expected to recover.
Samuel Vilasanvich of Clarksville near Pittsburg was shot dead by an unknown man who visited his residence. Four suspects have been arrested though no motive is known.
Helsingfors Dec 28 One of the periodic expulsions of Hebrews is under way in Finland. Thirty Jewish families, long residents, are ordered to emigrate at once. The senate holds the right to issue six month residence licenses renewable at its discretion.
Paris December 28 France maintains a waiting attitude toward Venezuela with recognition possible if President Gomez’s government endures. Senor Gaul, en route to Europe to secure a settlement, may be received if he presents proper credentials.
Samuel Rodinsky, a dry goods store owner on Pleasant street and a local saloon operator, was fatally shot on his doorstep. Police found a black mask cap and jack nearby. two shots were fired, one through the left temple. Robbery is believed the motive.
The article notes widespread unemployment and destitution in London and Glasgow with many shipyards closed. Thousands of men are out of work along the Tyne and other shipbuilding centers, reflecting a grim Christmas period.
Rev. R. P. McDonald, longtime rector of St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Toledo, has accepted a call to serve at the Church of the Epiphany in Chicago, succeeding Rev. John Henry Hopkins, DD, and leaving Toledo after ten years in the post.
A large furniture warehouse owned by M. W. Strickland & Co. and its contents were destroyed by fire in Dallas on December 28. Loss estimated at $60,000 with partial insurance. Cause of the fire undetermined.
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