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Newspaper
Winchester News
Location
Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1910
Page
2
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The article argues the need for a county unit to pool tobacco and for Clark County growers to send representatives to a Lexington convention on January 5. It warns that prices have fallen and that the American Tobacco Co. is likely to cut prices further unless a united movement and centralized sale negotiations are formed.
A plea to mail subscribers to settle pending newspaper accounts. The paper costs 12000 to 15000 dollars yearly to run, with over half of labor expenses in Clark county. Readers are urged to clear delinquent balances within three months to maintain an uninterrupted daily edition.
The speaker asks about preparations to receive a visitor who prefers orderly ship shape conditions. They mention potential work on the house and out-buildings, suggesting to obtain lumber and start immediate improvements, with an offer to help.
A fragment from a newspaper column discusses subscription payments in advance to avoid frequent notices, a legislator misidentifying figures, and chorus of political remarks. It notes New York Jockey Club funding to defeat anti gambling bills, voter buy plans in Adams county, Kentucky, and a pension bureau report that Civil War Union soldiers are dying at about one hundred daily.
A Buffalo resident A Schingeck at 647 Elm St. praises Dr King's New Life Pills claiming relief from chronic constipation when others failed. The ad lists benefits including biliousness jaundice indigestion headache chills malaria and debility. 25 cents at Winchester Drug Company. Royse and Poune offer coal at reasonable prices and invite customers to compare before buying.
A vintage advertisement touts HYOMET Hyomei inhalers and HYOMEL inhalant for quick relief from coughs colds and catarrh. It promotes 50e bottles and a lifetime HYOMEL inhaler set priced at $1 with a Buffalo NY mail offer and December paint sales at Winchester Paint.
A boiler explosion at an ice plant on Moorewood Lake near Pittsfield Mass on Thursday left thirteen men dead and many injured. Among the dead are Wm Dunn the engineer and Edgar Allen an employee. The victims are believed to include Italians and Poles.
A violent earthquake struck Elis on Thursday causing heavy damage to structures. Government aid has been dispatched. Elis lies on the Peloponnesus west coast, includes Olympia valley, with Pyrgos as its capital and largest town after Patras.
Nashville business leaders vote to create an industrial advertising bureau to promote the city. Committees report favorable results from advertising in other cities with figures showing factory gains and employment tied to campaign spending. Observers note Pensacola and Memphis data supporting ongoing, systematic publicity to keep Nashville competitive.
A brief note quotes J M Woods suggesting a husband buy his wife a buggy robe or a heater as a Christmas present, adding that he can use it himself. The line is dated Fri-9-3t and reflects a humorous or practical tip typical of the period.
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