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Newspaper
Winchester News
Location
Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1908
Page
8
Receipts and shipments at Cincinnati Union Stockyards show cattle 597 head receipts 4655 shipments 714 head. Prices range steady to weak with steers and cows varying by grade. hogs active with higher values for heavy and light lines. sheep and lambs slower with lighter gains.
Cattle receipts around 000 steady to strong with Reeves and Texans trading near 3.40 to 4.70 and calves from 5.50 to 7.75. Hogs receipts about 28 000 and prices 5 0 to 6 2 with light to heavy runs 5 25 to 6 20. Sheep receipts about 15 000 and market steady with natives 2 50 to 4 60 and yearlings 4 20 to 5 00.
Chicago November 12 wheat futures eased from a new high for May and matched yesterday’s peak for December. Profit taking pushed prices down while corn held steady oats fell. provisions firm as trading closed.
About 300 Democratic voters in Boyle county sign a pledge urging county candidates and the Democratic County Committee to meet on Saturday November 14 1908 at the courthouse 230 pm to adopt methods preventing money and whisky in the primary and to advance clean politics in Kentucky.
A Renaissance style maxim claims worldly gain ties to loss and vice versa. It argues wealth loss spares trouble, loss of honor frees envy, illness reduces pride, and suggests adjusting the balance to see little real loss. The piece emphasizes restraint and philosophical acceptance.
Be sure to attend the grand opening Monday November 6 at The Curve Dry Goods Co. A promotional event invites shoppers to explore new stock and take advantage of early offers. The notice emphasizes location and date for community participation.
State Senator Jack Chinn is expected to announce a bid for the Legislature. He cites a desire for a legislative inquiry into the penitentiary and says Kentuckians, especially women, would march to Frankfort to demand prison reform if they knew the horrors behind the walls.
Sunday school at 9 30 a m with J H Harris as superintendent. 10 30 prayer meeting. 11 a m sermon by Rev G Turner from Psalm 2314 ist verse. 7 p m devotional exercises. 7 30 sermon text Matt 19 17 theme Come to Jesus at C B F Hall and pastor’s sermon at 11 a m.
Editor calls for full disclosure of a police court ruling on minor liquor sales. He argues saloonkeepers may be held liable only if they directly directed sales to minors, cites Judge Benton instructions, and denounces a Winchester ordinance fining minors for entering saloons. He notes seven of nine establishments allowed underage purchases and pledges to defend youths and press repeal.
C H Bowen C E Bush and Ben Bartlett joined the Ford lodge Friday night to help install the new uniform rank. They assisted in putting on the work and were active throughout the night as thirty six members were initiated.
An old Winchester Kentucky advertisement promotes Mansfield's Best Patent flour from Mansfield's Flour Mills. It guarantees every sack and credits Mr Lilly. The ad implies quality and widespread use with a dated offer.
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