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Newspaper
Winchester News
Location
Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1908
Page
4
The Winchester News notes its status as an independent daily printed at South Main Street with mail matter second class status and publication by The Winchester News Co Incorporated.
The Winchester News lists delivery by carrier at 10 cents per week and offers pricing in mail options with one year and six month terms. Additional details on monthly rates and payment terms are indicated in the notice.
Clark B. Tanner sworn as circulation manager reports daily run of 1425 copies for The Winchester News on November 9 1908. Notary J W Poynter witnessed the oath.
The piece condemns Speaker Joseph Q. Cannon as reactionary and pro‑trust, urging Republicans to vote against him in the coming elections. It notes Taft’s tariff reform pledge and mentions Fowler of New Jersey and Burton of Ohio as possible challengers aiming to unseat Cannon if sufficient backbones stand up.
At a Monday meeting the Winchester Associated Charities chose permanent officers and formed a Committee on ways and means. The group aims to systematically investigate the condition of the poor and needy, addressing a long standing need for organized relief.
The King’s Daughters Elks churches and societies support a new Associ ated Charities plan to organize relief as city growth demands. The aim is to create a major ongoing mechanism to help distressed cases this winter and in future years.
The official tally shows Maryland distributing its electoral votes six for Bryan and two for Taft. A total of 242 votes are required to elect.
A Winchester News reader writes from Muncie Indiana asking that the newspaper be sent to that city. The letter praises the paper and notes the sender has grown used to its delivery, hoping for continued success of the Winchester daily.
A meeting opened in Broad way Baptist Church with Rev. H Nut ter D D of Paris Kentucky and Miss Minnie Locke of Owensboro Kentucky leading the service. The city is divided into districts with Christian workers active in each area. Interest is rising and Miss Locke leads the women’s group with high expectations.
The Winchester Giants face the Richmond Lightweights in a Wednesday afternoon football game at Evans Park starting at 3 p m Admission is 15 cents. Evening activities include dancing and skating at the Hippodrome from 7 30 to 12 with 25 cent admission.
The Juveniles No 34 present an entertainment at the U B F Hall on Saturday night the 14th. Refreshments and dancing offered. Admission ten cents.
Albert Plaut who drafted the medicinal chemicals schedule for the Wilson tariff urged Ways and Means to cut duties from 25 percent to 15 percent to curb domestic price fixing and protect consumers. He also suggested removing quinine from the free list and setting a 15 percent rate.
San Bernardino California November 11 a series of earthquakes in Death Valley and nearby districts unsettled miners and prospectors forcing mass exodus. The strongest shock occurred Wednesday before daylight causing bunks to shake equipment scatter and livestock stampede. Samuel Lawrence reported daily rumbles for three weeks as crags in Funeral range appeared ready to topple.
In Denver the American Federation of Labor unseated the Flint Glass Workers’ delegates by a near unanimous vote after a dispute over jurisdiction with the Glass Bottle Blowers. T. H. Rowe led the fight for admission, with John Mitchell supporting exclusion and Gompers calling for union harmony.
At the central district Anti-Saloon league session in Des Moines the group adopted sympathy resolutions for Mrs. Carmack wife of the late Senator Carmack shot in a Nashville duel. National Superintendent P A Baker praised Carmack for his temperance work calling him supremely noble and a poor man.
Jacob Sikkema, 32, shot his wife twice and killed himself in a drunken frenzy in Grand Rapids Michigan. A six week old baby in the room survived. The wife has slight chances for recovery.
John Menniker Heaton calls for penny a word cablegrams and end to cable monopoly. He advocates buying out cable companies at market price by governments and a European postmaster general conference followed by a hemispheric rate plan and a later conference with American postal authorities.
Worcester note reports General Samuel Chamberlain aged veteran of the Mexican Indian and civil wars died at St. Vincent's hospital from infirmities of old age.
A still explosion at the Tidewater Oil plant in Newhook New Jersey kills one man and injures three others. Governor Harris orders Major Elmer Blizzard of the Fourth Ohio regiment placed on the retired list. Toledo high school pupils reform as social clubs after dropping fraternity ban. President Castro of Venezuela urged to travel to Europe for health reasons. Barney Keys, animal trainer, is killed at his Birmingham Alabama home. his wife and a grocer are held for investigation.
B M Griffs of Eaton lost in the Ohio supreme court after challenging a $5.25 phone bill. He pursued the case through all state courts claiming poor service, and the court upheld payment plus costs and fees.
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