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Newspaper
Winchester News
Location
Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1909
Page
4
The American battleship fleet sailors touring the world saw many sights and share tales for home. In this scene they gather at the Sphinx, playing ball and running races around the grand relic of antiquity and enjoying a lively visit with the famed monument to early civilization.
Mrs D B Goodwin visits brother Dr James Jeffries in Ford. Mr and Mrs John L Bosley visit Silas W Gaitskill in Montgomery county. William McCarney attends aunt’s funeral in Paris. Cecil Parks in Covington. Mrs Slack from Cincinnati on business. Miss Katherine Welch of Mt Sterling called for illness of sister Mrs W W George, who has recovered. Mary White visiting Lexington. London and W H Seaton of Louisville guests of McCarney. Lottia Rogers of Mt Sterling en route from Millersburg visits Mrs Walker Neaster. James Jeffries of Pineville and Lolla Harper of Mt Sterling visit Mrs Walker Lancaster. John Poynter in Lexington on business. Mrs Reine Middleton ill. Schuyler Blackwell and Willis Blackwell of Lexington attend funeral. May Scott tripped, broke her limb. E L March of Lexington in town on business. Mrs John Parker of Ewing and Mrs W S Slicer and son visit Mr and Mrs G W Moore and return home. J W Patton improving after five weeks with la grippe and rheumatism. Tom Allen returns from Ohio. Friends glad Mrs Jeff Sutherland can be out. Frances Nelson returns to Louisville after visit with Mrs Buford A Tracy. Myra Duke returns to Maysville after visit with Mrs Gus A Brooks. Grace Appleton of Lexington visits Friday. Ed Jouett and Margaret Spicer charming guest of Minnie Bell Hall of Georgetown returns home. W Z Eubank spends Friday in Mt Sterling. Herring and Gano Kelley of Georgetown visit town. Mrs J H Cooper ill. Ila Rounsavall returns from Texas and Mexico trip. B F Cockrell of Mt Sterling is guest of friends here.
Morning services at 11 with the Exultation of Christ and evening service on Christian Consistency. Sunday school at 9 and Christian Endeavor at 6:30. Evening service starts at 7:15. Preaching by Rev. C. E. Crafton. Steengers invited to attend.
Morning prayer at Emmanuel Episcopal Sunday morning at 10 45 a m All who desire to worship God are cordially invited to attend.
Rev. C. A. Tague, Conference Missionary Secretary, will be at the Main Street Methodist church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Pastor Rev. O. J. Chandler will preach in the evening on The Evil Effects of Unbelief. Sunday school begins at 9:45 and Epworth League meets at 6:15.
Regular services at the reading room Sunday morning at eleven and a testimonial meeting Wednesday night at seven. The public is invited. Sunday March 7, 1909. Subject Man. Golden Text Give instruction to the wise man and he will be yet wiser. Proverbs 9 9. Responsive reading Ecclesiastes 8 1 9 11 12. The public is invited to visit the reading room open daily.
Regular services Sunday at 11 a m with a sermon on Christian Steward ship and an evening sermon at 7 p m titled A Vital Question Unanswerable Dr Porter preaches both services Sunday school at 9 30 a m Mid week prayer meeting is held Wednesday at 7 p m The Lord's Supper will be observed at the eleven o'clock service Everyone is invited to all services
Ex Alderman Frank J Dotzier 380 pounds ate 275 oysters 8 1/2 pounds steak 12 rolls 11 cups coffee three pies while Jack Gossman 315 pounds 210 oysters six pounds steak nine rolls ten cups coffee three pies and Jack Probst 320 pounds 190 oysters 12 pounds steak ten rolls six cups coffee four pies competed. Referee Peter Balvado awarded $50 to Dotzier as others watched then rushed to a restaurant hungry.
The piece explains how Icelanders preserve pedigrees tracing to ninth century Vikings, noting a republic spirit, extensive cousinage, few surnames, and the patronymic naming system. It gives examples like Thorstein Algier sson and Sigurd Thorsteinsson to illustrate the lineage style.
Hugo Wood cites Collier's reflection on aging and awaiting sorrow. The speaker laments growing old and the looming days of disappointment, likening life to Lear clutching Cordelia and pleading for more time. It contemplates toil, danger, and the desire to delay the evil days.
The text contrasts Hindu Muslim, Punjabi Bengali, Sikh Brahmin and other caste divisions, noting deep friction and lack of cohesion. It credits Britain with enabling labor and trade under modern conditions by softening rigid caste lines in limited areas.
A Philadelphia Record item recalls a neighborhood incident in which a woman buying a dozen eggs found one bearing a farmer's name and address. She wrote, received a reply, and the farmer joked he hoped she did not eat the egg since he had written on it a year earlier.
Disinfecting skin injuries with hydrogen peroxide is highly valued for its germ killing action. It should be applied to pin pricks and minor wounds promptly, as these small injuries can harbor deadly contaminants and require immediate care.
The six day go as you please race starts tomorrow night in Madison Square Garden with about two dozen top runners from nations including the United States, England, Ireland, France, Canada, Italy, Holland and Greece. Prizes total 5000 dollars as teams pace and relay to beat the 770 mile record set in 1902. Mixed teams and entries from Indians Igoriotes and Hindoos add exotic competition.
About 50 mine workers union representatives met with National President Lewis to arrange a conference with anthracite operators. He said negotiations are pending and not for public disclosure. The conference will be at Reading Terminal in Philadelphia starting Thursday March 11 at 11 a.m.
In Nashville on March 6 Kerr of New York and Jones of Georgia fought under Tennessee’s new boxing law at the Vendome theater. The eight-round bout ended in a draw after a fast back and forth match. Cyclone Thompson of New York defeated Mickey Gannon of Pittsburgh in a ten-round bout at the National Athletic Club, knocking Gannon down late in the tenth. the bell saved him from a knockout.
New Orleans March 6 Freddie Welsh of England defeats Ray Bronson of Indianapolis by knockout in the thirteenth round of a scheduled twenty round fight at the West Side Athletic Club.
Washington dispatch reports United States District Attorney resigning rather than aid Justice Department efforts to bring Delevan Smith and Joseph Pulitzer to Washington for trial on criminal libel tied to Panama canal and railroad publications.
Elton Baldwin confessed to the prosecuting attorney that he killed his aged mother two miles from Sauga tuck countryside farm. He said fear of being charged with burning their barn drove him to strike her with a hatchet while she slept.
The will of James Stoll, contested for three weeks in Lexington Kentucky, was sustained by nine jurors. Stoll, a noted turfman and distiller, left an estate valued at about $500,000. The contestants argued he was insane when he drafted the will.
A New York jury awarded the United States government 134,116 in damages for unpaid customs duties from the American Sugar Refining company after weighing charges of mis weighing sugar imports.
Albert T. Patrick asks the Brooklyn appellate division to overturn his death sentence for the 1900 murder of William Marsh Rice. He claims a colossal conspiracy tainted his trial and that Governor Higgins lacked authority to commute to life without consent. Decision reserved. brief due in two weeks. Assets concealed claim follows regarding Herman Keck Manufacturing in Cincinnati.
Washington March 6 Captain W H Mathews of the fifth precinct was shot and killed at his desk by Patrolman Collier who entered firing five shots two skull wounds. Collier was arrested by Lieutenant Sprinkle and gave no reason for the deed.
Washington March 6 Permanent headquarters for the National League of Republican Clubs will be established here to keep 3800 clubs and 1,200,000 members active year round. The plan was approved at a meeting of national and state officers with over 100 leaders who worked in last year’s national campaign, representing nearly every state.
Piqua Ohio March 6 W H Walburn 52 senior partner of Walburn and Riker St Paris near here the largest pony carriage manufacturers in America was found hanging in his barn by his son Roderick
Liverpool May 6 Sixteen men drowned early this morning when a coffer-dam used for a new dock at Birkenhead flooded. Three men were rescued from the wreckage but badly injured as the site suffered a deadly accident.
Washington reports from Central America say Honduras remains quiet while rumors of trouble in El Salvador are linked to tensions with Guatemala and Nicaragua.
Washington reports Oscar S. Straus secretary of commerce and labor in Roosevelt's cabinet has been offered the ambassadorial post to Japan by President Taft and has accepted.
The corpse of Frank R. Williams a traveling salesman from Omaha was found beside Illinois Central tracks in Sioux City on March 6. Police believe he was murdered and are investigating the case.
The Meat of N. W. A. Merdale in Columbus has been elected secretary of the National Dental Manufacturers association. R. Mead Shumway was hanged at Lincoln for murder. Roosevelt plans Africa hunting voyage on March 23. A four-year-old boy from Weston was frightened to death by a large dog’s play.
A card expresses thanks to friends for loyal support in the recent election and states no malice toward opponents. Signed W. C. Hoskins with a date mark 3-6-1.
Mr. Martin Bailey and Miss Carrie Neal were married by Elder James W. Harding on March 5 1909 at Jeff Neal’s Clark County home.
An account describes the English House of Commons seeking air through floor gratings while air also comes from a spot over the Thames. A member jokes about what passes inside versus outside, noting the urban riverfront scene and the stifling chamber contrasts.
The Turkish navy maintains equality of rank between sea service and land ranks. Officers on warships hold the same rank as on land, with the captain's position equivalent to a lieutenant colonel and proceeding downward in the same hierarchy.
A family thanks neighbors and friends for kindness during illness and death of father Schingler Blackwell and notes appreciation for courtesies from the First Baptist Church members.
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