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Newspaper
Winchester News
Location
Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1908
Page
4
Public notice from The Winchester News Co. provides mailing and publication details including office location on South Main Street and daily except Sunday, with pricing terms of $3.00 and $1.50. The item appears as a printer’s or newspaper notice record.
Carlisle Kentucky city council adopted an ordinance requiring itinerant peddlers to secure a license of 300 dollars per year or 50 dollars per day to sell dry goods clothing hats caps boots or shoes on city streets or within limits. The prior license was 10 dollars per day.
H. H. Gross argues in a New York Tribune letter that federal bond support for highway construction is constitutional and needed. He cites post road language, historic precedents, and economic savings from better rural roads, urging a larger national debt to fund improved highways.
Clark B. Tanner states as circulation manager of The Winchester News that the daily press run on November 2 1908 is 1200 copies. He swears to the affidavit before a notary on the same date.
The article lauds Taft as next president if he lives to March and notes Republican national gains while Kentucky closely backs Democrats in Winchester Clark County and the 10th District. It praises Taft’s character and service, reflects on the News’s election reporting effort, and pledges honesty and improvement.
The News' Enterprise reports praise for its effort to place the first full election news in Winchester and Clark County homes. The paper notes the election story published was the standout item of the day.
The Winchester Democrat issues an election day edition to publish results promptly. Special Deputy O M Flynn of this city is appointed Special District Deputy Grand Master of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows lodges 32 44 72 190 283 and 349. Grand Master is Hon John G Carroll.
A noted remark on hypocrisy and social scale contrasts. The author contrasts contempt for the rich purse with the envy and risk of becoming rich, noting human character's strange contradictions and cautions against arrogance.
A young doctor extols the dignity of his profession while an older doctor speaks little of dignity and takes no medicine in a concise reflection from the Atchison Globe.
A fund is collected in Maysville to prosecute Rev Harry E Roseberry for eloping with 16 year old Carrie Mastin. Roseberry, a married former pastor of Sardis M E Church, remains jailed in Chattanooga while Mastin lives with her Wilmore parents. J H Heuchens, Sardis Bank cashier, handles subscriptions.
In Denver, November 4, Father J. A. Ryan aided a church panic during Mass at St. Leo's when altar decorations caught fire from a candle. He calmly ordered calm, beat out the flames, then resumed services. The priest had previously earned fame for heroic acts at Chicago's Iroquois Theatre fire.
Bishop Vincent lauds Memory Hymns for preventing memory decay after school. He compares deposits to savings banks yielding dividends as memories are stored in the brain’s chambers, highlighting enduring cognitive benefit from practice and study.
An editorial notes a move away from garish carpet bedding in parks toward restful lawns and natural layouts. It urges simple, well-placed borders, warns against borderless paths, and stresses edges between water and greenery to preserve scenic calm across public spaces.
The piece argues for grouping street trees when parkways permit rather than strict uniform spacing. It urges expert planning for whole blocks, promotes uniform parkway treatment with grass or verbena, and links consistent planting to neighborhood cooperation and the vision of a city beautiful.
A subdivision cuts a stone walk around a wide tree beside a sidewalk. After years a family planted flowers where the circle stood. Now a man nearby planted a tree for his daughter to see daily. Many praise small acts that improve a neighborhood.
Reports from Baraset sub division near Duttapuker describe a 25 foot date palm that stands upright by day but leans toward the ground with sunset heat. Eyewitnesses offer pujaés to the tree, believing a god resides beneath, while the earth beneath remains solid and undisturbed. TheLondon Telegraph notes locals flock to witness the phenomenon.
A Baltimore American style note toys with absurd apple tallies from Eve and Adam. It ends by stating both figures combined reach 81,896,864 apples, a humorous puzzle rather than a factual tally.
Authorities in Alsace Lorraine show tolerance by hoisting a French flag at the Hotel de l Union Strasburg to greet the arrival of a syndicate of French grocers. Last year the flag joined with Belgium Italy and Switzerland for regattas. this year the French flag alone marks the occasion.
Mrs Doyle recalls a snowstorm scene that felt authentic while her husband borrowed a snow shovel between acts, adding realism to the performance.
Andy Linton of Vancouver British Columbia has built about 5000 boats, earning the title as Canada’s oldest boat builder. He plans to reach roughly 6000 with one final cruise. He does not build ocean liners, but crafts for gold prospectors and fishing smacks, averaging one boat per day for 25 years with a small sawmill and a few workers, handling most finishing himself.
A local politician recalls returning from a convention and needing time to form his own views after serving as a delegate. The remark highlights the influence of convention experience on personal political thinking.
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