Tobacco Sells High In Kentucky Warehouses
In GTON and surrounding districts tobacco fetched strong prices at three city warehouses. Blue Grass Tobacco Company led with 29 cents a pound for a 17,000 pound lot, averaging 18 1 4 cents. Growers' Warehouse sold 45,000 pounds with top 25 1 4 cents and lows around 12 cents, average 17 1 2. Shelburne's handled 10,000 pounds at 17 cents average as bidding rose and scraps rose to 11–14 cents.
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Gton
Blue Grass Tobacco Company
Bur
Shelburne
WEW Party Rules of the Democrats
Democrats in Kentucky set to elect precinct committeemen November third Saturday 1908 under rules adopted at Lexington last June. Precincts elect one member each, with county and district conventions ensuring tellers and vote counts. vacancies filled by county chair. Committeemen serve until successors chosen. Meetings organize county and legislative district committees.
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Kentucky
Lexington
State Central Committee
State Central
Cork-armed maker earns trust in artificial limbs
A cork leg wearer argues that a manufacturer with a cork limb is better suited to supply artificial limbs. He says customers favor vendors who wear the device, trusting they understand comfort and fit. He notes ads often claim the limb is built by someone wearing one, a compelling sign of expertise.
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New York Sun
An Admiral's Stories At the Admiralty
A Strand Magazine excerpt recounts admiralty anecdotes about political appointees. One lord reacts to a disaster report with a note condemning the officer’s language, while another civilian lord questions charted distances to rescue castaway sailors, learning two inches on a chart equates to about 4,000 miles at sea.
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Admiralty
House of Commons
London Strand Magazine
Boone Portrait In Oil By Chester Harding
The sole life portrait of Daniel Boone was painted by Boston artist Chester Harding in June 1820 at Flanders Callaway’s Missouri home near Marthasville Warren County. Rev. James E. Welch aided Boone during the sitting as he leaned against a bed rail, too frail to pose unaided. The finished work hangs in the Kentucky state capitol at Frankfort.
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Daniel Boone
Chester Harding
Boston
Missouri
Flanders Callaway
Boone
Marthasville
Warren County
James E. Welch
Aikman Welch
Gamble
Harding
Frankfort
Kansas City Star
The Slowworm Legend and Its Truth
The London Globe explains a legend about the slowworm breaking into pieces and surviving. It notes the creature is timid and when captured it tightens its muscles to a rigid state and will snap like a dry twig, with only the upper portions surviving the ordeal.
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London Globe
What the Jury Thought After Melbourne Assault Trial
During a trial for assault in Melbourne a club rail ax handle knife and a shotgun were shown as the weapons used. The assaulted man defended himself with a scythe revolver axe ork chisel hand saw and a dog. The jury said they would have paid a sovereign each to see the fight.
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Melbourne
Dainty Combinati Laughs About Mysterious Artist
A clipped remark from the Cleveland Leader quotes an uncle joking about a so called aesthetic artist. He says the artist smokes chewing tobacco from a 92 rubber pipe and claims his health is Melicut, asserting the odd habit with humorous disbelief.
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Dainty Combinati
Uncle
Feller
Cleveland
Prosperity week idea born in California for any town
An article advocates adopting a prosperity week to boost home trade. Originated in Los Angeles in November 1908, it urges buying local products and patronizing local merchants to curb mail order competition. It envisions a townwide exhibit of home goods and services, with booths for butchers bakers and manufacturers, demonstrating local production and revitalizing the economy.
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California
New England
Los Angeles
Chamber of Commerce
Frank Wiggins
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
The Billboard Fight across cities and nations
Pleasing progress in curbing billboards is reported from London Paris Berlin Honolulu and many foreign cities. U S municipalities enact stricter ordinances against billboards with no relenting or allowances for greater billboard presence, per Los Angeles dispatch.
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London
Paris
Berlin
Honolulu
United States
Los Angeles
Homemade kneecaps for children from suit cloth
A 19th century suggestion advocates sewing knee pads from leftover suit cloth to match each outfit. Interlined with chamois and bound with bias fabric, the pads would stay in place with elastic strips and patent glove fasteners, reducing repeated sewing and improving comfort.
A NURSE SHOULD KNOW: Home care tips for the ill
Practical nursing advice from a historical view promotes orange juice for weak patients and typhoid fever, warns against overfeeding, suggests eight to nine hours of sleep, and notes quiet evenings aid recovery. It covers appetite, hygiene, and cautious bathing, including sponging with alcohol and water to lower fever, and avoiding ice cold baths for rheumatism or heart weakness.
Ironing Lace Tips From a Craft Column
A period tip advises placing lace or embroidered muslin on a fine board covered with several layers of flannel and no muslin on top. The flannel cushions the fabric and helps garments look nicer than ironing with standard methods.
You Cannot Answer These Questions
A numbered list argues for home comforts and modern conveniences. The speaker promotes full baths, in-home water from a faucet, filtered cistern water, green lawns, and a dust-free street. It frames lack of money as not the issue but a lack of economy, enterprise, and initiative.
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Ohio River
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C. F. Attersall
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Lexington Avenue
Winchester
Winchester Railway, Light & Ice Co. Incorporated
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Grant Witt & Co
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the News By Mail
Winchester Tailoring Company
M &C
H. McKinney
Allan & Murphy's
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