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Newspaper
Winchester News
Location
Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1908
Page
8
A Baltimore oyster firm offers Fancy Prunes and Peaches with per pound prices of 12 1 2c 15c and 20c for Prunes and 15c and 20c for Peaches along with Extra Fancy Apricots at 20c per pound Fresh shipments arrive four times weekly and all orders receive prompt attention.
In San Francisco a twenty round title bout between Stanley Ketchel of Grand Rapids and Bill Papke of Kewanee is shaping as a blood battle. Papke earned praise for a Labor Day KO of Ketchel in Los Angeles, while Ketchel vows hard training for the November date. Toledo news also notes J W Kern's vice presidential campaign sweep through Ohio with stops from Continental to Toledo.
Paducah Kentucky reports Deputy U S Marshal Elwood Neel returned from Marshall and Ly on counties where he served papers on seventy two defendants in a 25000 night rider damage suit brought by Nat Frizzell a negro in the United States Court Neel says negotiations are under way for a compromise in this and two other suits arising from the Birmingham raid and expects settlement He will next serve in Caldwell Crittenden and Lyon counties in a 100000 suit brought by Henry Bennett now in Paducah but originally in Louisville with eighty seven defendants involved.
Mr E Renaker forms a partnership with Gilman of Lexington to operate a poultry business. Gilman owns a modern storage plant and ships thousands of turkeys and other poultry annually to Eastern markets. They source birds from across Central Kentucky.
Wired communication from Western Union to Autorium notes return handling by Mr. Jos. Martin an expert on 11 2 21.
The Aero Club of America elected a directorate including Joseph C. McCoy Courtland F Bishop Helen Forbes Samuel H Valentine and Charles J Edwards McCoy became president Forbes first vice president Valentine second vice president Alan R Hawley third vice president Edwards treasurer Augustus Post secretary and Charles H Manly consulting engineer.
Columbus Ohio residents Milo Devore at 554 Starr Avenue were found dead with the odor of gas. Devore his wife and their 13 year old son Charles were motionless in their beds after neighbors could not wake them and forced entry revealed the victims.
Akron police investigate after John Vickers finds a baby skeleton wrapped in an old skirt in a thicket on a vacant lot. A neighbor recalls a young woman with a living baby acting suspiciously near the site two months earlier.
Miss Louise Voet, injured in the Neave building fire at Fourth and Race, Cincinnati, died at her Newport residence. She leaped from the tenth floor to a five story lower roof, suffering a skull fracture.
Philadelphia Nov 3 Swarthmore College athletic committee authorized to permit the college to play six or seven baseball games at least. Football future plans not discussed.
Aloys Ame hain, 16, died at Mercy hospital after being shot in the stomach by friend Claude Woodruff during a rabbit hunt. Ame hain forgave Woodruff on his deathbed, absolving him of blame.
Gallipolis Ohio November 3 Former Sheriff V P Switzer a Civil War veteran died suddenly at age 62 He had remained active in state politics and public service through the years.
Philadelphia area reports a tragic accident when 16 year old Lawrence Maple shot and killed his 11 year old playmate Charles Kerwin while firing at a cat in the Bryn Mawr yard.
A short aphorism-collection item cites Epictetus noting that mastery over oneself grants freedom, presenting a reflective, motivational line.
A civil war era dispatch from Camp Nemo in Samburg Tennessee reports Col Tatem ordering guards to halt three times before firing and to shoot to kill if advance continues. The scene shifts toward Union City as unrest grows and wire service lines may be cut.
Col. N. H. Witherspoon cut his hand while fixing concrete near a barbwire attachment last week. The injury, though painful, is improving and he expects to use the hand in a few days.
More than 150000 dollars in insurance covered nineteen Belmont stables horses sent to London aboard the Minneapolis. Fair Play carried 50000, Octagon and Six Oclock each 30000. Some may race in England or France, others head to stud duties.
A small audience attended The Power of Love Monday night. Miss Marian West led as the unsophisticated wife of a millionaire, with splendid costumes in the final act. Her restrained response to her husband drew applause, though the piece needed more energy overall.
A seaside promenade scene contrasts the natural arm leg swing with a reflection on human motion and balance. The author notes a rhythmic crisscross in arm leg movement and muses on altering this pattern to avoid hindering progress, likening it to amending the phrase arms and the man to arms legs and the man.
The oldest and best institution in the county is the Winchester Rolle Mills. Why not use home flour the best made. Kerr Perfection and White Pearl flour has no equal. 10-12-1f.
A quotation asserts that injustice is a core element infused into creation to forge strong beings, attributed to Werner von Heidenstam, reflecting on moral meaning and human resilience.
Tom Sullivan suffered a serious knee fracture during a scuffle with Joe Frasier in a North End saloon on Monday afternoon. The kneecap broke into several pieces.
The Modern Woodmen met in the Odd Fellows Hall Monday night with 36 present. After taking obligations the Deputy Head Consul installed the officials: Robert C. Prewitt Consul Chas C Todd Adviser and M S Massie banker Roy S Smith clerk A degree team and uniform rank to be organized from younger members.
Direct Western Union wire moves to the Auditorium raising questions about returns and next steps for the financial arrangement.
E Renaker, agt, seeks turkeys for Thanksgiving and Christmas sales. Prices quoted prior to sale. Office at W C Taylor & Co Stockyards on Broadway. Phone 53. Address East 74. Collects turkeys from November 6 to 17.
A protracted meeting will begin at the Main Street Methodist Church on Sunday November 22. Pastor Rev. O J Chandler will be assisted by Rev. Wm B Ricks of Bowling Green Ky.
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