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Newspaper
Winchester News
Location
Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1908
Page
8
An advertisement promotes a new line of dried fruits and asserts reliability of a Baltimore oyster firm with fresh shipments four times weekly. It promises prompt attention to all orders and suggests avoiding unnecessary medical costs by choosing食品.
The Commission on Country Life appointed by President Roosevelt will visit Lexington on November 4 to hear public input on improving rural life. The hearings target farmers teachers business people and others with open country ties and will map plans for further study. The commission includes L. Bailey Henry Wallace Gifford Pinchot Walter Page.
The Farmers' and Shinpers' Stock Yards shipped six carloads of cattle Saturday to Swift and Co in Chicago. W. B. Glenn shipped one carload of hogs to Richmond Virginia. H Hodgkin shipped one carload of hogs to Cincinnati Ohio. Reese and Robb shipped one carload of hogs to Cincinnati Ohio.
Jacob J. Kern Democratic candidate for State's Attorney filed three suits in the Cook County Superior Court seeking 100000 dollars each against William Randolph Hearst and others. Kern asserts the actions arise from editorials cartoons and stories in Hearst controlled papers that attack his character.
The oldest and best institution in the county promotes home flour with Kerr Perfection and White Pearl flour claiming no equal. The ad notes Winchester Roller Mills and urges use of their flour products.
Letters and cleaning of monuments done at cemetery. Terms reasonable. 11-2-6t.
A London man intervened to stop an enraged husband from assaulting a woman. in the ensuing incident the wife discharged a shot at the aggressor and later filed the Samerite road record.
Fayette County voters approved local option liquor prohibition under the Rose law by 1 358, in Washington C H the dry majority was 183, leaving only one saloon in the county located in Octa.
P Shelly O'Ryan a member of the Chicago board of education and a notable figure in Irish public life during the land league agitation died at his home in Chicago aged 47. Born in Ireland he served a prison term there for political activities.
Dayton Ohio November 2 Charles W Chamberlain longtime secretary of the board of trade and a thirty third degree Mason died at his home after a brief illness Funeral arrangements were not early announced.
A Belton Texas cotton compress and 10 000 bales of cotton were ruined by a Halloween fire. In Indiana a man fatally shot his wife during a hawk hunt accident leading to his apparent suicide attempt. The War Department seeks 2 606 110 dollars for coast artillery port bar racks and quarters. Munny Island near Cordova is named for a navy wireless station site on the Alaska coast. The Santiago Cuba custom house cornerstone was laid in a grand ceremony. The Japanese army in Korea begins withdrawal after recent actions.
In Barnesville Ohio a 12 year old son of Chancy Carpenter was killed instantly when he was run over by a B and O freight train while attempting to steal a ride on the freight.
Stray Stories recounts public confessions and penances in white sheets. Hartree confessed immorality at All Saints East Clevedon in 1882, but no sheet was used. Earlier cases occurred in Ches ter St Bridget’s 1851 and a 1849 Ditton church in Cam bridge, with varying public access.
A. L. Parrott, famed Texan ranger, faced a sniper during a southwest Texas chess game in 1875. A bullet shattered the board near his head, but Parrott calmly noted the vanished knight and declared Check, preserving his life.
Versailles Kentucky November 2 The Central Kentucky League will organize within a week or ten days. Four towns Nicholasville Versailles Georgetown and Harrodsburg will field teams with no salaried players and all players considered home men. No Sunday games will be played. A meeting to elect officers and set the schedule will open around June 15. The venture aims to boost amateur baseball locally.
Miss Sallie Martin, about 30, living in southern Trigg County, Kentucky, died after her clothing caught fire while washing near a pond. She reportedly ran toward the house in a panic, but her clothes and hair burned away, and she died within hours despite efforts to save her.
Western Union office wires to Auditorium. Returns will be taken by Jos. Martin an expert on 11 2 21.
Large crowd witnesses destruction of remaining walls of the old Christian Church on Court Street after fire. Crews rapidly clear away brick remainings as the site is leveled.
A marriage license was issued this morning to Henry R Lucas of Middletown Ohio and Cordelia Salander of this city. The ceremony is planned for Wednesday morning at St Josephs Catholic Church in this city.
A Philadelphia dinner recounts Bishop Potter describing Walter Landor a poet who loved flowers yet in a fit of anger threw his cook from a window into a bed of roses. The tale ends with Landor lamenting roses as the cook suffered a broken leg below.
A Syracuse Journal note reflects on the difficult path to achievement, framing progress as a battle against rival failures and setbacks in pursuit of goals.
A brief description highlights a rabbit's wide field of view. The text notes the animal's gaze encompasses the broad horizon, emphasizing its keen light and expansive awareness.
Passenger trains leave Winchester with multiple east bound and west bound services. East bound items include No 24 Daily, No 26 Daily Ex Sunday, No 28 Daily, and No 34 Daily. West bound items include No 10 Daily Ex Sunday, No 32 Daily, No 28 Daily Ex Sunday, and L and E No 1 Daily Ex Sunday, No 3 Daily.
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