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Newspaper
Winchester News
Location
Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1909
Page
2
The item records the Winchester News Co publication details, office location on South Main Street, Winchester Kentucky, and postal registration notes indicating second class matter and a March 3 1879 date.
Weekly due amount five dollars and twenty cents payable at office or to collector each week. Daily entries indicate ongoing collection schedule with open status and periodic remittance arrangement.
Advertising rates listed for various durations and frequencies including daily, weekly, and monthly placements. Rates per line for reading notices and business notices are noted with specific percentages and per sentence charges.
The piece urges Kentucky voters to approve a constitutional amendment to empower the legislature to enact equitable road laws. It argues good roads will boost church attendance schools farmers markets and overall social life, and advocates cooperation among authorities and parties. Government aid is framed as imminent.
A discussion on reading ten minutes daily to gain a liberal education via a five foot shelf. a space could hold about three fourths of the Hundred Best Books selected by Lubbock and Harrison. Substantial literature rather than best sellers, including Greek drama, Latin poets, Cervantes, Shakespeare, and more, to strengthen minds enfeebled by current fiction.
A reader notes that repeated readings of classic novels reveal deeper public interest in affordable reprints than bridge luncheon chatter suggests. The remark argues that cheap libraries reflect a genuine popular appetite for books and culture.
S. BUSH advertises lighting services and electrical equipment offerings in a compact notice.
The Winchester Theatre presents Strongheart on Thursday, March 18, a comedy drama by William C. De Mille. It has enjoyed three years of strong success and earned wide critical praise for its wit and charm.
When Harry D. Carey wrote Montana he drew on years on his Montana ranch to capture the West. The plot blends honesty, lawlessness, humor, and a love story with fresh scenery and grand effects. The production arrives at the opera house Saturday with matinee and night showings.
The drama Lena Rivers based on Mrs Mary J Holmes novel will be staged Tuesday March 23 at the opera house. The production features colors from New York and Boston runs and highlights a barefoot Lena and Granny leaving Slocumville for a southern home with a strong company led by Burton Nixon.
The woman notes how in a quaint setting the man shifts from shy to bold as he eats. She observes his dining manner, contrasting the intimate little blue kitchen with a public table de hoté, and questions whether it matters.
The Winchester Baseball Club of the Blue Grass League is dubbed the Collegians by peers. Other towns assign nicknames like Pioneers Distillers Thoroughbreds Lawmakers Millers. Winchester aims for pennant in 1909.
Paris Kentucky March 18 Frank P Clay a prominent Bourbon County citizen died at his Georgetown Pike home in his ninetieth year Born October 26 1819 he was the last survivor of a noted family His father a Revolutionary War veteran married in 1842 to Susan R Wor nal
Dr William Jones aged 73 dies at his son's home in Columbus Ga after a career tied to General Robert E Lee and General Stonewall Jackson He earned the title Historian of the Confederacy His interment will be in Richmond Virginia next Saturday afternoon
No soldiers will be sent into the dark patch due to night rider outrages. Adjutant General Johnston said ten militiamen near Eddyville will be withdrawn today leaving four. State officials plan to let tobacco men settle their difficulties this year.
Mrs C C Mann returns home after time with Mrs Burk in Richmond. Miss Mary Mann returns from Winchester. Miss Aleen Roger ill but improving. Mrs John Mann and Mrs Enoe Kindred guests of Mrs Will Snowden. Will Mann visiting Clintonville. Mrs W E Florence to host social for Miss Carne Talvor of New Mexico. Born March 8 to Oliver and Mrs Arnold of Edina a son Charles Oliver. Miss Lelia Fielder and Miss Lille Skidmore visit Mrs Henry A Fielder. Woodie Fielder visits from Watauga Station. Mrs W E Little moves to Winchester. W C Little buys eight cattle at Richmond court day. Miss Lelia Fielder ill. Joe Fielder sells fifty barrels of corn at the crib for 3.50. Miss Cleo Eagle returns from visit to cousin Bessie Fluty. Preaching at Witherspoon school house March 20 by Rev Martin. Everyone invited.
Prof G P Simmons of Madison Female Institute resigns to accept associate presidency of Campbell Hagerman Institute in Lexington effective at term end. Board here has not named his successor.
A theatergoer heckles an actor during a performance, shouting about a five dollar debt owed to him, making the moment stand out amid the play.
The History of the City of Viterbo cites Covelluzzo describing a 1379 arrival of playing cards in Viterbo. The cards are said to originate from Saracen lands and are known there as naib.
A witty remark circulates about a cross-eyed boy who delivers a popular recitation. Onlookers tease that his gaze appears impartial as he meets the crowd, though in truth he cannot look any one person squarely in the face.
A simple routine suggests closing the eyes for five minutes every few hours to rest them and delay crow feet wrinkles. Short breaks may reduce strain and preserve skin around the eyes over time.
A brief, clipped scene describes Gaston bursting into a room with Alphonse and proposing marriage as a witness. Alphonse asks if a fight will occur, but Gaston replies that the aim is marriage, prompting an uneasy pause and a suggestion to apologize.
A reader asks six rhetorical questions about home comforts and conveniences. The tone suggests a promotional push for a comprehensive home service or system offering the bath, water, yard, and general improvements, implying benefits of modernization and enterprise over money constraints.
C F Attersall superintendent of Winchester Water Works Co announces on Maple Street and Lexington Avenue that the services are affordable and will be discussed in a forthcoming tell all.
A five year old Lorella listens as a visitor recounts riding 30 thrilling miles on a locomotive cow catcher. She asks if he caught the cow, turning a vivid memory into a child's curiosity. The Ohio State Journal notes a moment of playful memory and human warmth.
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