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Newspaper

Winchester News

Location

Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America

Date

Mar 29, 1909

Page

3

Impersonator and Lectures for Winchester Society

Society notices describe Mr Gilbert Atlee Eldridge appearing March 31 under Ladies Aid Society, with a versatile recital of humorous to sentimental pieces. Also Kentucky Wesleyan Lecture Recital by President Taylor at courthouse April 6, proceeds aid charitable Methodist causes. Includes Two Views of Marriage poem with satirical lines on marriage and women.

Gilbert Atlee Eldridge Ladies Aid Society the Christian Church Eldridge Ladies’ Home Missionary Society M. Kk. Church South Winchester Kentucky Wesleyan Wédeay Taylor Pres. Taylor Prof. Dalgety Leland Haines Glover Williams Walter Larrimer

Little Colonel Readers Stage Imitation Sweetheart Show

The Little Colonel Readers presented an amateur performance of An Imitation Sweetheart on Saturday afternoon at Miss Julia Gaitskill's Lexington avenue home. Miss Ida Walden sang between acts. The event was a success, raising a neat sum for charity, followed by a luncheon.

Julia Gaitskill Lexington Avenue Ida Walden

Social notes and gatherings in Owingsville area

Miss Catherine Hughes hosted a Cooking Club gathering on Saturday with a buffet lunch after games. Guests included Marie Bloomfield, Gertrude Bloomfield, Virginia Baldwin, Mary Frances Ogden, Dorothy Porter, Elizabeth Stewart, Ora Gaines Allen, Kathleen Earp, Mayme Scrivener, Rosalind Stevenson, Fannie Combs Scott, and Elizabeth Beckner.

Catherine Hughes Marie and Gertrude Bloomfield Virginia Baldwin Mary Frances Ogden Dorothy Porter Elizabeth Stewart Ora Gaines Allen Kathleen Earp Mayme Scrivener Rosalind Stevenson Fannie Combs Scott Elizabeth Beckner

Spring Luncheon Among Jonquils and Narcissus

A South Maple Street gathering features an attractively decorated home with jonquils and yellow narcissus arranged in antique silver pitchers and bowls. Twenty guests enjoy a tempting luncheon in a relaxed afternoon as needlework pauses and guests revive the lost art of conversation.

South Maple Street

Carlton Guy to star in The Cry Baby at the Opera House

Carlton Guy, famed comedian and multi talent, headlines The Cry Baby at the Opera House on Monday night. He is also a farmer producing prize apple orchards, rivaling Indiana’s Apple King James Zion, and plans the next season with manager C. W. Mercer.

Carlton Guy Opera House Mr. Guy Guy James Zion Independence Party Indiana Kentucky Pennsylvania Ohio Illinois Missouri C. W. Mercer

Uncalled For Letters List Names and Postmaster Note

A list of names appears with titles and roles including Alexander Hirman Anderson Mrs Lane Barnett Milton Cunningham A Frank Gus Hampton T S Kirk Mose Kratzer Mary Miss Lizzie Pace Rev Thomas Miss Myrth Will White and Postmaster R R Perry. The items resemble a postal forwarding or dead-letter listing from a historical issue.

Union To Blame Operators Say Union To Blame Operators Say

New York March 29 coal operators reject recognizing the United Mine Workers as official. cite the 1902 strike commission and say no changes have been adopted. They warn that a unified miners’ group could let bituminous operators raise wages and hold up coal supply.

New York United Mine Workers of America Committee of Seven United States Strike Commission Operators’ Commission Mine Workers’ Committee United Mine Workers

Rounding Up Swindlers In Chicago Dir ads gang seized

A group of fake directory magazine and commercial guide advertisers is being rounded up by private detectives hired by the United States Directory Publishers' association. The swindlers are said to have cheated merchants in Chicago and elsewhere out of about $100,000 over the past years.

Chicago United States Directory Publishers’ Association

Taft Deluged With Invitations For Summer Visits

Washington notes that President Taft faces a flood of invitations to visit communities and speak across the nation this coming summer. He has not fixed plans though a western Pacific tour and Alaska side trip were once considered. The Taft family plans a decision on a summer home, Manchester-by-the-Sea, near Boston, with no engagements set pending Congress session length.

Washington Taft Pacific Alaska United States

Britain's stance on Castro landings steady at port

London March 29. The British government has no active interest in Cipriano Castro’s movements and is not pursuing any plan to land him at Port of Spain Trinidad. The foreign office will await developments and remains unconcerned for now.

Castro London Cipriano Castro Venezuela Port of Spain Trinidad Foreign Office

Johnson Demands Fighters Hurry in Jeffries Bout

Chicago March 29. Johnson says he will face James J. Corbett if Jeffries does not give a definite answer within ten days. Corbett Johnson conference produced no terms beyond a Melbourne cable request to fight in November. Also in New York a man named Aquilla Chase shot himself after submitting a long obituary notice at Herald office. In Mexico City a fire destroyed valuable documents including the 1811 constitution and 1821 independence act at the chamber of deputies vaults.

Jeffries Corbett Chicago James J. Jeffries Jack Johnson James J. Corbett Johnson Melbourne Australia New York The Herald Aquilla Chase Daniel Chase Salmon P. Chase the Treasury Lincoln Broadway Herald Square Chase Mexico City Chamber of Deputies Chilpancingo Eturbide Mexico

Baltusrol Golf Clubhouse Burns Near Summit

The Baltusrol Golf clubhouse, three miles from Summit, was destroyed by fire. Several club members and servants escaped in scant clothing. The structure cost about 100000 dollars and the links hosted many famous matches. Found Dead In Woods case follows. James Appleby, 66, Massillon official in the coal miners' organization, was found dead in a wooded area. heart disease listed as cause.

Newark N. J Baltusrol Golf Summit Baltusrol Massillon James Appleby Coal Miners’ Organization

Geauga Printing suspends Middlefield Times in Middlefield

Chardon Ohio March 29 Geauga Printing company announces the suspension of the Middlefield Times a paper established in 1885.

Chardon Geauga Printing Company Middlefield Times Middlefield

Four Greeks die of asphyxiation in Chicago boarding house

A West Side Chicago boarding house tragedy leaves four Greeks dead from asphyxiation. The report also notes a Seattle marriage of Miss Allen Gladys Emery to Gunjiro Aoki, a Fort Worth student prank on university campus, a Des Moines mother killing her two children and herself, a Joliet Illinois Steel plant explosion fatalities, and Prince George resigns as crown prince of Serbia.

West Side Chicago Allen Gladys Emery Archdeacon Emery Diocese of California Gunjiro Aoki Seattle Wash University of

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