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Newspaper
Winchester News
Location
Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1909
Page
4
The Winchester News, an independent paper published by The Winchester News Co, is listed with office on South Main Street Winchester Kentucky. The paper is entered as second class matter November 28 1908 at the Winchester post office under the act of March 3 1879.
The notice lists carrier delivery options for one year at $5.20, with four weekly payment options via office or collector. Mail delivery offers twelve months at unspecified terms, with a monthly rate of $3.00 and a half year option at $1.50, all payable in advance.
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The Democratic primary discussion highlights a push for a strong, responsible city government. Citizens are urged to support a clean, respectable ticket and vote with conviction Tuesday. The piece stresses adherence to results and a liquor-free, orderly contest among candidates and voters.
Reading from a fragment, school officials press Winchester on school conditions and required reforms. The issue centers on state education standards and the impact on nal rooms and school operations.
The article calls for a forward looking, impartial approach to building a joint high school for Winchester and Clark County. It urges ample grounds, modern facilities for twenty five years, and a curriculum meeting future needs. It emphasizes broad local support from school groups, clubs, and officials.
The desk notes an expected 25 percent increase in barley tobacco acreage from 1906-07, warning such overproduction is unwise. It cites the trade law of supply and demand and argues pools by trusts or growers may affect prices briefly but not permanently. The Society of Equity should focus on preventing overproduction. Clark County will see little more than the usual acreage.
Foods and liquors can release deadly poisons from their containers. Acid fruits cooked in copper or zinc pots pose special risks. A hunter became ill with mineral poisoning after brandy in a silver flask dissolved copper from the container.
A Kentucky physician argues in a paper that whisky intensifies snake bite venom. The stance is presented as expert testimony and urges appeal to top authorities in North Carolina for validation.
J A Swenson of Watertown credits Bucklen's Arnica Salve with saving his leg after ten years of eczema and failure of 15 doctors. The advertisement claims effectiveness for skin eruptions eczema salt rheum boils fever sores burns cuts and piles. 25 cents at Phillips Drug Store.
The excerpt from the London Daily Dispatch extols the thinker as the true ruler of the world. It claims he provides all things from clothing to morals, including policies and religion, shaping daily life and guidance.
The fragment hints at reflections on value and time, noting that people take long to decide what matters and what is valuable. It reads as a fragmented editorial or contemplation about perception and choice without clear events or names.
The Arctic sealer endures a hard life with dense fog, cold rasping winds, and relentless blizzards. Sleet and rain follow, leaving crews soaked and weak, as dampness and cold sap even the stoutest constitutions.
A Moroccan taunts the French with whistling on a Casablanca railway line causing tribal anger. Arab riders charged the workers after the locomotive toot alarmed the natives. Rifles fired to restore calm as the dispute escalated.
A five year old boy, dressed by his mother, resists punishment after refusing to join a boys scraps fight. He explains that he informed the other boy he was not ready to fight and that the boy was already seated on him. Delineator.
A humorous line about a New York professor who reforms troublesome youths through piano music. The speaker notes that some pianos also need reforming as much as the boys.
The party authorizes J A Hughes to seek the mayoralty pending Democratic committee action.
A Winchester candidate campaigns for mayor awaiting Democratic party action. The report notes party backing being pivotal to election prospects and outlines potential implications for campaign strategy.
Judge F P Pendleton runs as a Democratic party candidate for City Judge pending party affirmation. The note highlights his nomination status and campaign ambition amid local elections.
J W Rupard opposes the Democratic party action as Woodson M Cord runs for Chief of Police subject to party machinery.
A candidate for Winchester City Collector seeks support from the Temocratic party. The filing notes party assistance as a key step in securing the city post, with campaign aims tied to local fiscal oversight.
An ad proclaims Dr Kings New Life Pills kill a merciless killer described as Appendi citis by preventing its onset. The pills claim to stimulate digestion to avert constipation and related ailments. Available for 25 cents at Phillips Dragstore.
Rear Admiral Charles Thomas Hutchins U S N tired and returned aboard the La Touraine after months in Europe with his wife. He says the around the world battleship voyage showcased U S naval power and noted no machinery failures, no docking of ships, and all vessels in good condition returning to the United States.
President Roosevelt issues a proclamation calling the senate to an extraordinary session at noon March 4 to receive communications from the executive including likely nominations for cabinet officers.
Eight Democratic Tennessee senators who fled to Kentucky to avert arrest have abandoned plans to return to Nashville. They will stay in Hopkinsville until the general assembly adjourns, under surveillance by an assistant sergeant at arms. They say their aim is to stop Republican participation in electing Democratic primary election commissioners and may remain away for a year if needed.
Snow fell for 48 hours in Paris as a blizzard grips the country. Many deaths from exposure are reported while several inches blanket Alpes Maritimes and wintery conditions hit Cannes and Antibes. Other southern resorts suffer the cold snap's effects.
Five Chicago detectives assigned as President-elect Taft’s personal bodyguard journey to Washington. The team includes Sergeants Joseph Berry William Rohan Arthur McCarthy and Frank Murphy.
St Louis, March 1. The ninth suicide attempt by Mrs Elizabeth Lowery ended her life. She drank carbolic acid after bouts of despondency, having used poisons six times in three years, a razor once, and attempted hanging twice.
Charities receive close to 1,000,000 dollars from the will of Eugene Tompkins, the Boston theatrical manager, who died recently. The tale also notes legal study of Mayor Tom L. Johnson under Newton D. Baker, and other varied items.
John Junken, a self confessed slayer of Clara Rosen in Ottumwa on February 5, was moved from Albia to Des Moines for safe keeping amid heightened tensions. In a letter from cellmate Albert Evans of Missouri, Junken boasted of planning the crime in Ottumwa and of assaulting women, saying he would repeat the act if given a chance.
Washington reports clarified by Secretary Loeb that Miss Ethel Roosevelt is not engaged to Third Assistant Secretary of State William Phillipps. The White House released a firm denial calling the Boston rumor a pure invention with no foundation.
The Automobile Club of America sanctioned a proposed summer transcontinental race to run from an Atlantic coast point yet to be chosen to Seattle Washington, organized with the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition management.
Ten European competitors from France Italy Belgium Holland Ireland and England arrived aboard the Lucania for the international six day go as you please team race to be held March 8 to 13 at Madison Square Garden. They will train at Coney Island. The field also includes teams from the Igorrote tribe of the Philippines along with US participants including a military unit a letter carrier and an Indian team.
United Fruit steamer Heredia carrying 45 passengers and freight ran ashore at Cape Gracia bend, 15 miles from Nicaragua. All aboard reported safe. no transfer yet. The ship's double hull spared water intake. divers and wrecking gear rushed from Nicaragua to the scene.
In Atlanta on March 1, the Ladies Auxiliary of the Uncle Remus Memorial Association announced a fund drive to purchase Snap Bean Farm and present it as a public memorial to Joel Chandler Harris. They aim to raise money from children who enjoy Uncle Remus writings.
Richmond Ind March 1 The resignation of W N Trueblood professor of English at Earlham college is demanded in resolutions passed by a Friends church meeting at Dublin because he voted wet in the recent local option election resulting in the defeat of the anti saloon faction.
Pittsburg March 1 contends begin with individual and two man events in the American bowling congress tourney. Freestern Pennsylvania leads. three Toledo teams and several Pittsburg squads scheduled for night bowls.
The Winchester Roller Mills in Winchester Kentucky proclaims it is the oldest and best in the county and urges customers to use home flour Mansfield's Best Patent or M Lilly. Every sack guaranteed and Kerr perfection White Pear flour is praised as unequaled.
The passage reflects Frederick the Great likening himself to a pest-horse on life’s stage. He cites Epictetus urging correction of truth and laughter at falsehood. He dismisses critics who bark along the road as unworthy.
Mrs. Ida Soper of Big Pond Pa recounts nearly fatal lung trouble and failed remedies before Dr King’s New Discovery provided quick relief. She claims twelve years of cure and lists coughs colds sore lungs hem orrhages la grippe asthma croup whooping cough bronchial ailments as helped. Trial bottle free guaranteed by Phillips Drug Company.
In the last twenty years conditions have improved as people become more careful about food and drink. Cities are improving water supplies and sanitation as eff orts to provide better air quality spread in progressive communities.
List of unclaimed letters includes Aldridge Miss Eler Adams H B Alberti Ella Black Mrs Mary Brock Mrs Lucy Bell Mrs Addie Baker Mrs Eliza Barnes Miss Dixie Christopher W J Crawford Bruce Clark Mrs Pearl Colin Josh Eals C T Harp Master Frank Irvine Geo Jones Boyde Johnson Mrs Harve McKenney W A McCall Sterling Miller Luella Perden William R Session Jas Samuels Kittie Treadway Miss Winnie Todd Kittie F Winburn Henry Williams Jackin Watts Odie R R Perry Postmaster
A concise reflection notes that true great work stems from internal sincerity. It attributes to Lowell the belief that no person achieves remarkable deeds without deep inner honesty.
Ground floor gallery in Winchester offers enlarged portraits and framing services. Charles C. Jackson operates from Reed Building on North Main Street.
A list of county fair events with tentative dates across Kentucky counties including Clark Scott Blue Grass Bourbon State Fair Rockcastle Spencer Laurel Boone Lincoln Knox Ewing Shelby and others. The notice invites fair secretaries to provide confirmed dates free of charge.
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