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Newspaper
Winchester News
Location
Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1908
Page
4
The Winchester News Co announces publication details for its office on South Main Street and notes mail matter status under second class classification.
The article urges Winchester authorities to compel the traction company to fix a rain damaged Main Street track bed under its franchise terms. It notes poor condition and warns of closing the street if not repaired immediately while urging the company to honor its contractual promises.
The News Today boasts a daily and weekly reach in Winchester with 1,400 copies and broader rural circulation in Clark County. It claims the widest home delivery in the city, county, and rural routes, surpassing all other papers.
The News asserts it now reaches more homes and Clark county readers than any other paper. It claims wider rural route circulation and urges merchants to use its advertising columns to promote fall and winter goods. The notice hopes ad patronage will rise as merchants adapt to daily issues.
The traction company has upgraded cars and promises better schedules with shorter waits across the city. Repairs are underway to the roadbed between and around the tracks, though the space between remains rough as streets are fixed by the city.
The reckless New York financier Charles W Morse receives a fifteen year penitentiary term. His scheme to form a steamboat and ice trust and mis manipulation of securities helped trigger last year’s financial panic. This conviction signals accountability for the rich and poor alike and serves as a broad warning to financiers nationwide.
Rev G L Southgate preaches at Main Street Methodist Sunday 11 am. Dr Porter speaks on The Mission of Christ and His Church in the World. Evening 7 pm What Think ye of Christ. Revival meetings all week. Church of Christ holds 11 am and 7 15 pm services with Rev C E Crafton and Rev Wm Cumming also preaching tomorrow 11 am and 7 pm. Bible School 9 45 am. Evangelistic service each evening at 7 30. Everyone welcome.
Regular services at the reading room Sunday morning at eleven. Testimonial meeting Wednesday night at seven. Public invited. Sunday November 8 1908 Subject Adam and Fallen Man Golden Text Behold thou desirest truth in the inward parts Psalm 51 6 Responsive Reading 2 Samuel 12 1 10 13 14 Reading Room open daily
A compact reflection on how memory favors familiar faces and important contacts, noting that people rarely forget those who may be useful or influential in social or professional circles.
Charles W. Morse, imprisoned at the Tombs after a 15 year federal sentence for misappropriating funds of the National Bank of North America and falsifying bank books, seeks bail and a new trial. His lawyers win a writ to seek bail, but he remains jailed until Monday.
Washington reports that the Isthmian Canal Commission will keep Panama and Colon commissaries open for all workers despite merchant protests to curb operations. Colonel George W. Goethals said protests carry no weight and prices charged by merchants justify continued commissary support.
A north of Swan Lake Manitoba fire destroyed the Carey home. Mrs Carey five children and a Miss Gillespie perished in the flames. Mr Carey is badly injured and unlikely to recover. The blaze started when Carey lit the kitchen stove with coal oil. Other sleepers in the house suffocated.
Marysville Ohio November 7 saloon keepers in Union county closed doors under Rose county local option law. Sixteen saloons affected some men quit earlier and demanded Aikin tax refunds of 2 dollars 82 cents per day. They plan to shift to pool billiards soft drinks cigars tobacco and restaurants.
Miles of creek bottom lands near Boaz north of Mayfield burn as a large citizen posse fights the blaze all day. The flames threaten Boaz population over 300 and sweep toward Clark river bottom endangering Kaler town nearby.
A collision near the Grand Trunk railway yard in Bowmansville Ontario between a light engine and a stalled yard engine killed engineer Robert Rowe and fireman Authier. Fireman Young was scalded and one arm broken. All fatalities and injuries occurred on the light engine.
Marietta Ohio November 7 Hocking county election tally margins I R Rose Republican defeats Gillette Democrat by 1 vote for state senate from Ninth Fourteenth district Rose author of the Rose county option law.
Election results and milder weather boosted trade with strong gains in wholesale and manufacturing. Pig iron markets showed heavy activity as capacity and running time rose in many industries. Business failures numbered 205 for the week ending Nov 5, compared with prior weeks and years.
Charles F. Murphy of Tammany Hall asserts the organization remained loyal to the national ticket. He argues Bryan’s weakness caused Democratic losses, not Tammany treachery, noting Taft’s strength helped Hughes and citing other states with Democratic governors.
The latest Missouri returns show Taft ahead of Bryan by 3,172 votes with 111 counties counted. Hadley leads for governor by 17,651. The legislature remains Democratic on joint ballot by four seats. All ten constitutional amendments, including initiative and referendum, appear defeated.
President Roosevelt attended the army war college in Washington on November 7 to hear Major General J Franklin Bell speak on Physical Culture. He introduced Bell and commented briefly, endorsing physical culture for desk workers and indoors confined military personnel.
Wade H. Ellis, former Ohio attorney general, arrived in Washington and took the oath as assistant to the attorney general. He succeeds Milton D. Purdy and will direct prosecutions for interstate commerce and anti trust law violations.
In Charlotte on November 7, William Graham a black man confessed in court to a criminal assault on 16 year old Pearl Tucker and was sentenced to hang on December 18. A militia guard stood at the courthouse during the trial and he is to be moved to the penitentiary to await execution.
Nov 7 report from Charlotte states John Cooper, University of North Carolina student and varsity football team member, died in Clinton after injuring his spine during September practice while tackling a dummy. The injury caused paralysis and led to his death.
The Duke of the Abruzzi told his aide that facts would end speculation about his rumored engagement to Miss Katherine Elkins. His valet has been ordered to prepare for a forthcoming journey as press rumor swirls.
The ad promotes filling a cellar with good clean coal to keep a house warm and inviting during winter. It urges readers to place an order today for reliable heat and a welcoming home.
Darwin describes how islands acquire forests by seeds carried in soil. A wood cock seedling grew from a dry earth clod placed under a bell jar after being kept three years, yielding 820 plants, suggesting seeds travel to distant islands by natural carriers and establish growth.
Over thirty million dollars from women aided causes with Mrs. Russell Sage giving the most after John D. Rockefeller. Her gifts include 2700 to fund Pascal Institute rent and free vacation classes in New York City and the Sag Harbor park gift. She resisted renaming Sag Harbor to Sage Harbor, insisting on the original name.
The scene unfolds by a dark pier where a man laments a failure that will darken his view of women. A young woman responds softly, urging him not to despair and offering a possible match at the Surf house before the conversation ends with a sharp question about money.
An English stone mason in upper Hoboken earns $3.40 daily, higher than in England, but a joke over a misread headstone inscription prompts the manager to dismiss him. The inscription aimed at a departed wife read A Virtuous Woman Is a Crown to Her Husband, but he allegedly shortened it to A Virtuous Woman is 5s to His Husband, prompting disharmony over the five shilling alteration.
Mme Guadalupe de Haro, a proudly Mexican descendant of the Montezumas, is in New York for a year and a half studying domestic science. She attends public and private schools and is now in the University of New York summer school, planning to bring the knowledge home to Mexico.
The season has fairly opened and crowds are attending the rink every afternoon, with lively activity and steady attendance as skaters enjoy the new schedule.
An up-to-date skating rink offers ample space and free lessons for learners in the morning or between sessions.
New York authorities announce the settlement of a weeks long taxicab strike. President H N Allen of the New York Taxicab company states the wage scale remains, current chauffeurs will be kept, and former drivers will be rehired as cars become available after individual employment applications.
Reno November 7 The statewide militia bill passed as an emergency measure after troops were sent to Goldfield to quell labor troubles last January. Voters supported the bill amid Democratic wins for U S Senate and Congress and other offices.
Democratic leaders in Columbus claim D S Creamer won the state treasurer race by 5 000 to 10 000 votes based on revised returns from 56 of 88 counties. The lead over the ticket below the governor in 42 counties suggests the official count may confirm his victory.
Washington reports three family members died from gas fumes in a kitchen stove accident. The victims are Mrs. Hebe Cutts Brennerman, her mother-in-law Cutts Brennerman, and their 18 month old child. Clarence L. Brennerman, a congressional library stenographer, returns home to find all three dead.
At Oxford on November 7, American Rhodes scholars captured two firsts and two seconds in varsity freshmen sports. R. B. Blake of Tennessee won the discus jump with 19 feet 4 inches. C. S. Spaulding of Arizona was second with 18 feet Sty inches. C. E. B. Putnam of Kansas won the hammer throw with 143 feet 5 inches, breaking freshmen records, with R. E. Blake also second in that event.
A poetic reflection contrasts heaven and earth, stating that nothing is more distant than heaven yet nothing is closer to earth, exploring spiritual distance and proximity in a concise, thoughtful line.
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