This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 32 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Winchester News
Location
Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1908
Page
3
Instructions describe using shell and white of one egg per quart of stock to clarify clear soups. Process includes preparing eggshell powder, beating into whites with water, adding to hot fat-free stock, stirring to coagulate impurities, straining, and removing grease by chilling and lifting a fat crust.
Ripe cucumber sweet pickle method uses seven pounds of ripe yellow cucumbers, sliced and packed. Prepare a half and half boil with vinegar and water, add salt, then drain. For syrup, use cider vinegar to sugar ratio of three and a half pounds sugar per pint vinegar, plus spices. Hot the cucumbers in syrup, then drain cool and pack in jars. Optional raisins. Ready in a few days.
A traditional chutney method combines apples or gooseberries with raisins garlic red peppers and gin ger and dates. Simmer until tender bottle while hot and store for a year for best flavor though it can be eaten immediately if needed.
The article advises ivory care using benzine to brighten small ivory ornaments and piano keys, with denatured alcohol as a cheaper alternative. Dip items for ten minutes, scrub crevices with a toothbrush, and keep rags barely damp to avoid pushing dirt into cracks and harming wires.
Readers learn to make coat and shirt waist hangers by cutting hoops from half barrels and folding cambric or fancy fabric over them. A strong loop in the middle suspends the hanger, giving a crease-free garment hang.
A traditional steamed suet pudding made from flour sugar raisins and milk with soda folded in. Bake or steam in two small molds until firm and serve with a lemon sauce.
Crocheted luncheon mats become a popular sign of thrift and activity. Households showcase handmade sets as a testament to industrious summer cottage efforts.
Testimony showed Ray Lamphere threatened Mrs. Belle Gunness and her children, aiming to prove a motive for attacking the woman. Witnesses cited love affairs and threats. defense contends Gunness acted from fear and possibly killed the children and herself by poison and arson.
The Ohio State Treasurer's Office closes after the death of W S McKinnon at his Ashtabula home. An administrator must be appointed to settle his estate before public business resumes. McKinnon, 56, longtime official and former speaker of the house, died of Bright's disease. A funeral is planned in Ashtabula with state officials attending.
Governor Harris in Columbus appoints Charles C. Green as unexpired treasurer for McKinnon. Green, previously cashier under McKinnon, will assume duties immediately but will conduct business through banks until the estate executor or administrator arrives to count funds and inspect records with the state auditor.
New York reports the writer Broughton Brandenburg under indictment for larceny over a Cleveland article sale. He was arraigned, pleaded not guilty, and the trial is scheduled for November 30.
Traffic agents from major trunk line and central freight associations met in New York to debate a proposed freight rate increase covering all commodities except coal coke ore and limestone. Executives show differing views and the new schedule may be published late in the month. Officials aim to have classifications ready by December first to allow 30 days' notice to the interstate commerce commission and implement the new rates at the start of the new year.
Chicago November 1 W C Brown senior vice president New York Central lines told F W Upham that the nations railroads have agreed to a 3 percent freight rate rise. This replaces the threatened 10 percent increase that provoked shipper protests months ago.
Officially announced in Washington that charges of pernicious activity during the campaign against John A. Merritt collector of customs at Niagara Falls New York and Archie D. Sanders collector of internal revenue at Rochester New York were not sustained by the investigation and the cases are closed.
In a letter to Ohio comrades J M Dalzell known as Private Dalzell announces he would accept the Ohio senatorial seat if offered. He states he is not seeking election but would faithfully serve if chosen and claims a corruption free half century record despite attacks.
Receiver B A Worthington in Cleveland has issued 1 820 000 of receivers certificates with 6 percent interest redeemable after one year. Total authority allows 1 859 000 to be issued. Funds to be used for improvements. The issue is reportedly bought by eastern financial men.
Justice Harlan of the United States Supreme Court denied plans to retire stating he has not authorized any statement about retirement. He said he will inform the public when he decides to quit and presently sees no reason to leave the bench.
A large portion of the AFL session in Denver focused on the electrical workers union dispute. The committee proposed seating F. J. McNullty P. W. Collins F. W. Fay and denying credentials to H. W. Potter H. W. Sherman and J. J. Reid. It also urged a special convention in St Louis on January 19 1909. Both factions agreed to resign beforehand to start fresh.
Cleveland on November 1 Mrs Barbara Billek mother of Herman Billek collapsed upon learning her son was once again sentenced to hang. She suffers heart trouble and asthma and her survival is doubtful. The condemned man's letter repeats his claim of innocence, ending with a plea to his mother about his impending death.
A vintage list offers affordable gift ideas for different family members. Suggestions include sleeve buttons and a leather box for the young man, dolls and skates for the girl, and baseball and paints for the boy, with a train set for the youngest.
Saturday offers include rub bers for 89 cents, with prices at 1.25 dollars and 1.10 dollars for selected items. Indicates promotional weekend discounts at Bloomfield's.
Clyde and Claude Elkin visited their uncle Ellie Hughes on the Mount Sterling pike over the weekend. James H. Thomson sold a hundred barrels of corn to the County Farm last week at three dollars per barrel. Mrs. Kirby Wills returns from Mississippi with her mother Mrs. Hart and sister Mrs. Henry Ramsey. Matt Gay Ramsey moved from Pilot View to the Chisholm house in town. Walter Thomson and wife visited John Thomson near Schollsville last week. Mr. and Mrs. Dillard Hughes and children visited Mrs. James T. Elkin from Sunday to Tuesday.
Mrs. P. B. Poer remains ill. Eliza Jones visits Poer. Eva Jones visits Carrie Poer. Mrs. Frank Taylor from Paris visits her mother Mrs. Pete Osborne. John Stewart's sister visits. Allene Osborne returns from Winchester after visiting Miss Rebecca Eckley. Dewey Peer visits Miss Clay Etta Brinegar. Bloomfield's offers $2.50 calf shoes for $1.89 Saturday.
Turkey buyers passed through offering 11 cents per pound. M B Parrish sold cattle at 4 cents. Emma Osborne dies at her home near here at about forty, on Nov. 12. She leaves a mother two sisters and a brother and many friends. Other items note visits from Belle Rice Gala Winchester Everett Lilly Lexington and J A Snowden, repairs by W Goolman, and turkey movement by I N Osborne.
Mr. Tom Hisle sold 50 bbls of corn to Chas Faulkner for 2.65 per barrel. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Chaney of Winchester visited Mr. and Mrs. Rupard. Jas W. Jones and wife spent the weekend with relatives at Pine Hill. Claud Lowe of near Paris visited here recently. James Stewart of Lexington is visiting relatives here. W R Stantope sold a cow to G W Lewis for 23 dollars. Turkeys selling at 12 1/2 cents. Mrs Amanda Adams returned home after visiting Madison friends. Saturday discount on all fine clothing at Bloomfield's.
Mr. Jones Engle and wife plan to move to Wapella Illinois. Visitors Included John Mann and wife Mary Mann Lelia Layton and others at Miss Cleo Engle's Sunday. Will Mann and wife in Lexington Monday. Wrnerspoon Chapel heard Rev Martin preach Sunday. W E Little sold three car loads of corn at three dollars per barrel. Miss Cleo Engle to Lernington for a brief visit.
In Elkin area notices, J R Lisle sold two cattle to John Reese at 4 14 per cent. Jim Bob Epperson sold four cattle to John Reese at 3 3 percent. Sam Hodgkin sold two hogs to Will Pace at five cents. P C Lisle sold two cows to John Daniel at 2 1 2 and 2 1 2 cents. James Eubank sold two fat hogs to Jack George at five dollars per hundred. Nannie Hardy sold a fat hog for six dollars per hundred. Eliza Baker of Lexington visited George Reed. Several locals hosted guests including J W Hill, Eliza Lisle, W J Lisle, Alice Hardy, Nannie Hardy, Dollie Christopher, Zeala Hisel, Roger Quisenberry, Marshall Prewitt, and others between weekend and Monday.
Saturday sale at Bloomfield's features work shoes marked down to 1.69, with prices listed as 2.50 and 2.25 prior. Limited stock, in-store only.
The Philadelphia Record reports Bill the lone chimp at the Zoo has gained a comb and brush for grooming. The young ape with a long brown coat wears a cap that reaches to his eyebrows and edges of his face. Keepers add daily combing and brushing, and Bill, while sulking at first, sits in gratification after the session. A collar and chain are provided as he learns to walk with his keeper through the gardens.
Fishermen for Western Fish Company hauled a 300 pound sunfish 15 miles off the Heads after a hard tug on the Farragut line. The five foot fish fought fiercely before being raised. Sunfish are uncommon off this coast, native to Japan, and the catch drew widespread attention along the waterfront.
Telegraph and telephone companies dig trenches in river beds along the Ohio to bury and protect cables after a drought exposed lines in the low water channel. Boys could play in the exposed canal, prompting costly preventive burying.
A New York Sun item notes mushrooms, costly in upscale restaurants like Delmonico's, are readily available in downtown and east side eateries. A boy works at a large table preparing them for spaghetti and dressings, with Grand Street offers 20 cents per order, showing little difference in preparation quality.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.