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Newspaper
Winchester News
Location
Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1909
Page
2
The Winchester News presents an independent daily paper note for Winchester Kentucky listing publication details and post office handling under March 3 1879 act.
Payable at office or to collector every week. Mali Delivery bus year payment terms shown. Payable in advance noted for the month. Seeneees 25 appears as an OCR fragment.
Rates listed for display per inch with various edition frequencies and time frames. Discounts apply for longer commitments including three months ten percent six months twenty five percent and one year thirty three and one third percent. Reading notices priced per line with business notices in body type and reading heads at fifteen cents.
The piece urges early oiling of Main Street and neglected sections near the Lexington and Eastern depot to reduce dust, save goods, and improve travel. It calls on the Fiscal Court to fund oiling of county roads, arguing well-oiled streets attract visitors and aid farmers around Lexington and Fayette.
The Commercial Club launches its annual drive to add new members and collect dues with a diamond pin prize offered by President C H Bow en for the top recruiter and highest dues collector. The club aims for 600 members and stresses broad civic effort across Winchester and Clark County.
The editor notes Danville and Winchester are undergoing spring cleaning with Mrs Garner’s chairmanship. He jokes about John Garner accused of many things but not sleeping. Housewives urged to tidy yards sidewalks and alleys now. The editor acknowledges his wife’s role in recent sodding of the yards.
Carlton Guy, star of The Cry Baby, appears next Monday night March 29 at the opera house. The play features a western Cowboy drawn into a refined York State family setting in a wholesome, natural comedy with Mr. Guy delivering a sympathetic performance.
The boy from Henrietta, Pa, suffered five years with eczema and a doctors verdict of poisoned blood. His mother credits seven bottles of Electric Bitters with a complete cure, claiming relief from eruptions, eczema, salt rheum, sores, blood disorders, and rheumatism. Phillips Drug Company guarantees the 50 cent remedy.
The oldest and best institution in the county, Winchester Roller Mills, urges using home flour. Kerr perfection and White Pear flour are claimed to have no equal.
The Mennonites arose from four sects of Dutch Flemish and German Baptists. They derive their name from Menno Simons a Catholic priest who led Anabaptists around 1537. Simons born 1492 died 1537. His True Christian Belief appeared three years before his death. After his death the movement divided and altered creeds.
A woman contrasts dining with a man in the little blue kitchen to dining at another table. She notes his habits, from feeding his ear with a spoon to wiping fingers on the cloth, and questions whether it matters. The tone reveals humorous social observation.
In New York City Carnegie Hall hosts an international peace festival by the Peace Society of New York. The event features city singing societies and soloists presenting national music and costumes. Wu Ting Fang and Andrew Carnegie will speak briefly as ambassadors and legations gather in Washington.
Henry T. Hunt, prosecuting attorney of Hamilton County, filed in the circuit court quo warranto proceedings to oust the Union Gas and Electric company from Cincinnati and annul its charter. He alleges unjust rate discrimination for electricity and various gases and that the corporation engages in businesses not specified in its articles of incorporation.
In Scranton on March 24 the tri-district anthracite convention organized committees to set policy as delegates weighed a new agreement with employers. National President T. L. Lewis urged unity and cautioned against a strike unless a new issue emerges. Delegates indicated they are not prepared for a strike, while some pledged to follow leaders.
Santa Fe New Mexico March 24 Governor Curry says he will not release Taft telegram and will stay in office after the president urged him to remain and expressed confidence and support. He cites hundreds of messages from supporters urging him to reconsider.
The president announced Henry A. Wise will be United States district attorney for the southern district of New York, to succeed Henry L. Stimson, whose resignation was accepted.
Willie Hoppe won the third block of an 8.2 billiards match in St. Louis by 400 to 192 over Charles Peterson. The March 24 bout adds to Hoppe's series lead in the event.
Archival records for 25 years were destroyed by a fire that consumed the chamber of deputies building in Mexico City. In Chicago a Mrs. I. N. Newberger was fined 100 dollars and jailed 10 days for shoplifting. In New Brunswick New Jersey Frederick Lang was hanged for murdering his niece Kitty Gordon who refused his marriage. The Australian commonwealth moved away from plans to build a Dreadnought for Britain. Maurice Barnier second captain of the steamer La Savoie was arrested in New York for smuggling 2500 dollars worth of diamonds.
At Daytona Beach on March 24 the seventh annual Daytona races opened with one bicycle, one motorcycle and two automobiles. Fogler of Brooklyn won the bicycle dash in 30 1-5 seconds. Louis Strang lowered the 200 mile stock car mark to 1 34 01 5. David Bruce Brown set a new amateur mile record of 33 seconds flat. William Wray Jr. shaved his motorcycle record to 45 seconds.
Captain A L Mueller and five companions survived a perilous ascent in the Ferris balloon America from Pasadena. Lost in the Sierra Madre mountains, they reached Mount Wilson’s Switzer camp on foot after a two hour flight covering under 15 miles direct. They endured a severe blizzard and were later aided by rescuers.
Major F H Brown, 54, a San Juan Hill comrade and friend of Colonel Roosevelt, died of apoplexy at the dinner table in Fort Thomas Kentucky shortly after Roosevelt sailed for Africa. Brown captained a Third Infantry company at San Juan Hill and later served in the Philippines with gallantry.
A man identified as Joseph Kent attempted suicide by hanging and was found suspended from a tree limb by a suburban trolley car crew. He regained consciousness after being placed on the car and struggled with his rescuers during the stop to assist him.
Dr Sarah Sievers, president of the Susan B. Anthony club in Cincinnati, asks Governor Hughes of New York to commute Mrs. Farmer's death sentence to life imprisonment. She argues the prisoner was not a free agent as a married woman and under her husband's influence in the murder.
Boston representatives from almost all tea importing and jobbing houses unanimously adopt a resolution protesting a tea tax in peacetime. The march list of signatories shows broad merchant participation and a united stance against the levy.
Toledo March 24 More than 200 delegates attend the annual convention of the Ohio Michigan Photographers Association in Memorial Hall in session today.
A guide on hosting an old fashioned quilting party with decorative table settings. It advices borrowing a quilting frame, tying quilts at the event, serving refreshments, and creating lavender and forget me not themed decor including lavender centerpieces, chintz accents, quilted place settings, and lavender ribbon guest cards.
The Woman's Republican club of New York unveiled a white marble tablet on Lincoln's birthday at Cooper Union New York. The tablet quotes Let us have faith that right makes might and cites a dedication inscribed beneath. The ceremony featured Rev C R Richards and was designed by Charles R Lamb for Mrs William Cumming Story.
A writer describes making a portable baby bed from a twenty four inch market basket lined with a soft pad and pillow. The basket is painted white with a light blue ribbon handle bow and becomes a focal point of travel. It holds all baby supplies for the day and can serve as a bed on trains or at stops.
In Baltimore a cardinal gently rebuked a social leader who pressed him for gossip on the Abruzzi- Elkins affair. At dinner he declined to become a society reporter, citing the burdens of his position and responsibilities. The hostess and guests noted his tactful restraint.
A practical hint describes fastening shields into waist areas of gowns with taffeta binding ribbon at each end and on the arms eyes to tie, saving time and effort, especially for wash gowns and those worn in warm weather.
Sanford Everman returned to Indiana after visiting. Milt Rose and Rosa Thacker wed here on Monday. George Powell relocated from Clay City to the Ware place. Uncle Ben Hall visits from Johnson City Soldiers Home. Ogden bought timber boundary from Chas Swope to make railroad ties. Andy Ledford ill with smallpox. Sam Everman moved to Elmer Thacker place. Rev. M M Roundtree went to Owen Chapel for a regular appointment.
Jeff Boone visited his parents Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Boone and attended church at Kiddville on Sunday. Mrs. James Finney shows improvement after illness. Nellie Rash started a spring school at Kiddville on Monday. Rev. George Shepherd from Richmond began a protracted meeting Sunday night. Mrs. Mary E. Rupard sold a small tract of land to Dr. C. M. Driver. Miss Florence Rupard, recently ill, is able to be out again.
David Prewitt is on the sick list. The child of Mr. and Mrs. W. 4H Klank ill but improving. Rev. J. N. Culton of Richmond stayed Friday night with J. & Jones on his Log Lick trip. Ray Walker of Winchester visited cousins Namcye Lane and Polly Mullins. Mrs. Mildred Henderson of Log Lick visited relatives here. Miss Mary Culton of Richmond guests Namcye Steven. Mrs. C. P. Robbins and three sons Loyd Lawrence and Jacob visited her parents near Winchester last weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Thacker of Winchester spent with friends in the neighborhood. Prof. John E. Lanter stayed Thursday night with J. Mullins.
Jonas R Bush of Winchester Ade Wetch of Hunt and J E T Jones brought car instruments and spent Saturday evening at the home of J S Jones. They furnished excellent music which was enjoyed by those present.
Millard Osborne spent Sunday with Berry Sams. Mises Flora Vaughn of Log Lick visits near Winchester. Ivy Ragland visits friends. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Witt stayed with relatives in Shelbyville and Lexington from Friday to Monday. Numerous locals including Grecie Tipton and the Greening family hosted visits. Everett Wells and Ben Burgher hosted Sunday guests.
A concise reflective line asserts that triumph belongs to those who truly believe in their own capabilities. It frames confidence as a decisive factor in overcoming challenges and achieving success.
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