Hustling for the Diamond Stick Pin In Local Club Race
A lively push among workers and businessmen to win a prized diamond stick pin offered by President Bowen. Vying contenders include M. D. Royse J. W. Chambers F. C. Murphy G. Lee Wainscott and others. Real estate and trade in town rise as the contest heats up with a “down hill pull” to secure the pin at the first council meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Club
Bowen
M. D. Royse
J. W. Chambers
F. C. Murphy
G. Lee Wainscott
H. V. Scrivener
Jeff Stewart
Winchester Club
J. T. Stokely
Auditorium to Open With Summer Garden and Moving Picture Show
After a month of work at the Auditorium the building is nearly ready for a dual use. A steel ceiling spans the space and a central partition will separate the summer garden from the moving picture area. The projector arrives Thursday and electrician D B Scobee expects to ready it by Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. B. Scobee
Young Kentuckian Killed in New York Scene
Morning Side Park murder scene leaves police hunting for the identity of the occupants of a flying automobile that killed Inwood Trimble, a 13 year old son of R J Trimble of Kentucky, as investigators press on amid unceasing work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Inwood Trimble
R. J. Trimble
Morning Side Park
Busy Week for the Farmers Ahead of Spring Planting
The region reports a busy week as ground is prepared for spring crops. Hemp and oats sowing will begin soon while corn ground waits until mid April. Wheat benefits from warm sunshine, promising a banner year despite last year’s drought. Peach buds swell though peach blossoms arrive next week and strawberry prospects look poor after last summer’s drought. Canvas covers dot tobacco beds and grazing will be scarce. corn yields expected to exceed average if the season stays favorable.
Gunner on battleship visits Winchester
Mr. James A Laughlin of Springfield Kentucky visits his cousin Maurice Stroud. He served as a gunner on the battleship Vermont during a world cruise and returned with relics and pictures from ports visited.
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James A. Laughlin
Springfield
Maurice Stroud
McLaughlin
Vermont
The Advertised Merchant Serves You, City Buyers
The piece argues that merchants who advertise work for customers by staying competitive and transparent. It contrasts progressive advertisers who meet live competition and offer bargains with non advertising merchants who seek less customer attention and favor. It emphasizes the buyer benefits and ongoing testing of value.
Impersonater to Perform at Winchester Opera House
The First Christian Church brings Gilbert A. Eldridge a famed impersonator to the Winchester opera house Wednesday night. He tours nationwide with a versatile repertoire from humorous to sentimental roles including Mrs. Wiggs, Josiah Allen, Julius Caesar, and characters from Sienkiewicz, Dickens, and Barrie.
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First Christian Church
Gilbert A. Eldridge
Opera House
Eldridge
Winchester
David Harum
Julius Ceasar
Mrs. Wiggs of the
Cabbage Patch
Josiah Allen
Shiplock
Samantha Allen
Enoch Arden
Sienkiewicz
Dickens
Barrie
Large Lamb Sale Claimed Among Clark County’s Best
Mr J L Brown sold 400 lambs to Mr W M Robb at 6 14 cents each with delivery on June 15 and July 15. The sale is described as one of the largest and finest lamb transactions ever made in Clark County.
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J. L. Brown
W. M. Robb
Clark
Clark County
May Visit Berea in May and Lincoln School Endowment
Berea leader President Wm. Goodell Frost visited from the East and expressed optimism about completing the four hundred thousand dollar endowment for the Lincoln Memorial School for colored people. Frost met with President Taft in Washington and invited a May Memorial Day tree planting visit. Winchester Camp No. 82 Woodmen of the World reports increased activity with four new candidates, twenty membership applications, and plans to move to larger quarters. A Uniform Bank will be discussed at the next meeting with a smoker planned after Friday’s gathering.
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Frost
Taft
Wm. Goodell Frost
Berea
Lincoln Memorial School For
Berea College
Washington
Kentucky
Lincoln
Winchester
Woodmen of the World
Order
Perry Made Custodian Of Site For Post Office
The Secretary of the Treasury appointed postmaster R. R. Perry custodian of the site for the postoffice building to be erected in the city. Debris from the old church and the residence of Dr. Shirley must be removed before any government work proceeds.
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Secretary of the Treasury
R. R. Perry
Shirley
The Office and the Fool Colbert Quote
A Colbert quip notes that when a king creates an office Providence immediately provides a fool to purchase it. It reflects on political power and the drive for office, juxtaposing royal creation with satirical folly.
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Colbert
Census Blanks Mailed For April School Census
County Superintendent C A Tanner sent trustees county schools census blanks Monday. Trustees must take a census of all county schools in April under the new law. The census must cover both white and colored schools.
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C. A. Tanner
Sixty Three Suits Filed Since Last Term of Court
Clark Circuit Court opens its April term with about sixty three suits listed. Cases include Mrs Daily vs L and N Railroad over racial seating and $5000 damages, Street Car Co against Belton Owens over a fatal horse incident seeking $1000, Dr W Miller vs Willis Golden over a tobacco crop contract with damages and loss totaling $1120, Mrs Susan G Anderson vs T M Hampton for $4591.64 rent, and George Grey v R R Perry featuring an unclear petition from a self represented colored plaintiff in a cross state building association matter.
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Clark
Daily
L. & N. Railroad
Elkin
Winchester
Belton Owens
Central Kentucky Traction Company
Main Street
Dr. W. Miller
Willis Golden
Golden
Four Mile Pike
Susan G. Anderson
T. M. Hampton
Motor Hose Wagon Expected Soon For Fire Dept
Firemen expect a motor hose wagon, with arrival hoped for Monday or Tuesday and no later than midweek. Councilmen Hackett and Dinelli seek a temporary room near the engine house to test it. The old wagon will stay until the new unit proves satisfactory, then be moved to the engine house.
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Hackett
Dinelli
Scobee
Fairfax Street
North End
Looks That Are Deceptive in Poker Piques Readiness
A Philadelphia Record observation notes that a vacant gaze at the poker table is a deceiving sign. The piece warns players not to trust the quiet seated opponent who often hides a strong hand.
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Philadelphia
Exoneration Steps In Before Executn of Mrs Farmer
Mrs Mary Farmer, executed at 6 14 am in Auburn New York, left a statement she hopes will exonerate her husband who stands death row for the murder of Mrs Sarah Brennan in Brownsville. Notary public and Father Hickey witnessed the proceedings as she prepared the formal statement.
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Auburn
N. Y
Farmer
Mary Farmer
Sarah Brennan
Brownsville
Father Hickey
Opium import ban to curb illicit drugs begins April first
Washington reports that after April 1 opium and any mixtures containing opium may not be legally imported into the United States or its territories except for strict medicinal use. The Treasury Secretary issued regulations defining opium to cover all forms under this restriction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
River Flood Drowns 30 in Poland Dam Collapse
The Vistula flood swells over riverside villages with 13 flooded settlements. Near Demblin a dam failure destroyed nine miles of rail line and three villages, resulting in about thirty deaths and widespread devastation.
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Warsaw
Vistula
Demblin
Redom
Explosion roasts man and injures another in Florida
West Palm Beach March 29 a reservoir explosion occurred after an automobile ditching. James Abrams was roasted to death and G C Barco suffered serious injuries.
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West Palm Beach, Fla
James Abrams
G. C. Barco
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