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Newspaper
Winchester News
Location
Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1908
Page
5
The article recalls a festive evening in Lexington with costumes and awards, notes the quiet wedding of Fred Blackburn and Carrie Prewitt at the Phoenix Hotel, and details visits of local residents. It also reflects on public attitudes toward drunkenness and the perils of intemperance among men and youth.
Mrs Lizzie Dudley and Miss Annie Dudley visited Frankfort this morning. Mrs Matt Adams and Mme Hiddinga, a guest, travel to Frankfort for a few days. Mrs Adams once lived there and friends will greet her in her old home. They return to Lexington Monday for tea hosted by Mrs Kate Adams Milward. Mrs Katherine Cook has returned to Millersburg after visiting Mrs Bowden on Maple Street. Miss Ethel Garner will visit Mme Hiddinga in Washington for Thanksgiving and then New York before the Inauguration in March. Miss Mary Belle Field Miller returned from Richmond. Mr Tom Luxon of Lexington was in town. Mr G D McCullum was in Richmond. Mrs Callie Besuden lies seriously ill at Rev Richard French’s home on Boone Avenue.
The revival at the First Baptist Church is nightly crowded with attendees. Dr Porter of Lexington preached from Paul Before Felix with Acts 24 25, warning of procrastination in choosing salvation and urging immediate acceptance of Christ. Felix trembled once but delayed, while the sermon challenged public opinion and personal motives amid the looming judgment.
A reflection cites Xenophon on praise as the sweetest sound, examining how deserved and undeserved honor shapes public esteem and personal virtue.
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