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Newspaper

Winchester News

Location

Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America

Date

Dec 30, 1908

Page

8

Winchester Welcomes Colored Teachers Assn Meeting

The Girtieth annual meeting of the Menu Colored Teachers Association convened at the Opera House with many white attendees. Mayor Hughes welcomed the group, praising the city’s progress and the local colored school system as a model, while noting prior reforms that supported black education and broader civic ties.

Girtieth Menu Colored Teachers Associatem Opera House Star Daiy Weime Tsken Mayra J. A. Hughes Hughes Ed-Gins Colored State Teachers Association Winchester Bayer Eitimen Caoteway EsseciaGon

Ida Taylor Weds Dr. James Butler at Oak Hill Tenn

A wedding notice from Oak Hill Tennessee announces Miss Ida Taylor weds Dr. James Albert Butler. The couple is described amid background notes on the Butler family and local social circles.

Castellane Custody Judge Denies Father Contact

Paris court rules Count Boni de Castellane’s three children stay with mother Princess de Sagan. The ruling bars the children from leaving the continent without permission.

Fhe Paris Count Boni de Castellane Princess de Sagan Continent Permisson

Redd Daughter Found Dead From Bullet Wound

Miss Margaret Allen Redd twenty four, daughter of Col. Richard M. Redd editor of the Farmers Equity Journal in Lexington, was found dead with a bullet wound near her heart. A revolver found on a wall in her brother's room is believed to have caused the death in an accidental shooting. She was noted as an attractive, skilled horsewoman and was a first cousin of Mrs. Margaret Warren of St. Louis who died recently.

Lexington Margaret Allen Redd Richard M. Redd Farmers’ Equity Journal Margaret Warren St. Louis

Marked for Death Ailing Woman Recovers with King’s New Discovery

Mrs A C Williams of Baer Ky credits Dr King’s New Discovery with curing a graveyard cough and lung troubles after doctors failed. She gained 58 pounds and fully regained health. The medicine is advertised as a world healing record for coughs colds and lung throat diseases, with trial bottle free at Phillips Drug Store priced 50 cents and 1.00.

Aia Phillips Drug Store

Errors Alleged in Public Printer Office Investigation

A Kentucky inquiry into the Public Printer’s office is near completion. It reports glaring errors and overcharges amounting to several thousand dollars, with results to be released in a few days.

Frankfort

Electric Bitters Offer Cure for Stomach and Liver Ailments

Medicine advertised as a universal remedy promises to purify blood, tone nerves, and restore vigor. It claims benefits for stomach and liver troubles and malaria, with a money back guarantee if it fails, and advertises at Philips Drug Store.

W. C. Kiestler Halliday Fleetrie Philips Drug Store

Slaughter Sale Of Buggies Harness Robes And Blankets

A carriage repository and harness shop announces a ten day sale starting on the 31st. It lists buggies harness robes and horse blankets among stock with prices to attract early buyers as the business converts the old church building for offices.

Consul Cheney Among Victims

Consul Cheney is listed among the victims as the report continues from page one. The article notes the incident and identifies the consul among those harmed. Further details are awaited in the continuation.

Cheney

Swallowed by the Sea Makes Navigation Hazardous

A fragment highlights sailors' peril as the sea swallows vessels leaving navigation nearly impossible at night and dangerous by day, prompting warnings for mariners along the coast.

Roosevelt Sends Sympathy to Italy Over Southern Italy Earthquake

President Roosevelt via the state department dispatched a message to King Victor Emmanuel expressing horror and sincere sympathy from the American people for the earthquake disaster that struck southern Italy and Sicily.

Washington Roosevelt State Department Victor Emmanuel Italy Sicily

Deaths and Funerals Emma G Gregory

Funeral services for Mrs. Emma G. Gregory to be held Thursday morning at 10 o clock at Westendale conducted by Rev J H Mace Neill. She died Monday night at her daughter Mrs H H Hail's home in the city.

Emma G. Gregory H. H. Hail Waetdellee J. H. Mace Neill

Aid Flows to Italy After Calamity From Allies and Neighbors

Steamers with doctors and workers reach Messina from Catania as nations extend help. Britain France and Russia dispatch warships. relief funds start. ships and trains move south with supplies. Rome Milan Florence Naples and other cities send provisions police and firemen. M Tittoni expresses deep emotion as ambassadors offer sympathy.

Messina Catania Italy Great Britain France Russia Rome Milan Florence Naples M. Tittoni

Hundred Tourists Reported Dead in Messina Hotel Trinacria

Refugees from Messina say there were 100 foreigners in the Hotel Trinacria when disaster struck. The hotel, a leading tourism hub in Messina, was obliterated and located on Via Garibaldi.

Palermo Messina Trinacria Via Garibaldi

Devastation in Reggio and Bagnara After Torpedo Attack

A torpedo boat reports both Regio and Bagnara reduced to ruins. Bagnara, with 10,000 residents, has all inhabitants dead. 1,000 are dead overall. The cities face total destruction as they return to Palermo.

Rome Palermo Reggio Bagnara

Messina Earthquake Toll Reported Near Sixty Thousand

Dispatches from Palermo and Rome report Messina casualties diverging from 12,900 dead with many still buried under rubble. Rescue limits hinder recovery as telegrams warn total deaths may reach 75,000, underscoring the disaster’s scale.

Rome Palermo Sicily Messina The Tribuna

Panic Grips Palermo After Slight Seismic Shock

A minor earthquake shock in Palermo on December 30 caused widespread fear with residents fleeing to squares and open spaces to spend the night.

Palermo

Star Bargains Draw Huge Crowds This Week

Crowds flock to the Star sale starting today and running through Saturday night January 9. Edge the sign for the best bargains as shoppers hurry to the event. An incoherent fragment references a resident chased from his house and a shotgun incident with a doctor, but no clear linkage to the sale.

STAR

Mount Etna Activity Triggers Panic in Cantania

Cantania Sicily reports Mount Etna showing strong detonations and heavy smoke seen from the crater. Local observatory director links activity to recent Calabria Sicily earthquakes, though a major eruption is not expected. phenomena accompany seismic disturbance and panic rises.

Cantania Sicily Mount Etna Calabria

Earthquake Rewrites Messina Straits Reported by Navigators

Palermo reporters say the Messina straits have been transformed by the quake. Navigators describe the waterway as twisted and many villages and forts along the straits veiled or ruined. light houses have been damaged.

Palermo Straits of Messina

Deathquake Shocks Hopkinsville in Kentucky

A minor earthquake rattled doors and windows in Hopkinsville Kentucky on Sunday evening. A man approached his cellar with a pistol after hearing a noise. The quake lasted several seconds and was linked to a visible meteor that crossed the sky moments before the tremor. The event also produced a long gaseous trail over the city.

Hopkinsville

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