Winchester's Role in the Tobacco Fight
The tobacco movement prospered with Winchester leading the push. The Winchester Commercial Club organized farmers, sent 600 letters urging attendance, and helped establish the Burley Tobacco Society with headquarters chosen at Winchester. Officials praised Winchester’s early support and foresaw success with the club backing the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
Chas. Hanna
Winchester
Hanna
Winchester Commercial Club
Burley
Commercial Club
Kentucky
Cus
Tobacco Movement
Burley Tobacco Society
Louisville
Cincinnati
Lexington
Maysville
Commercial Club of Winchester
Special Meeting for Men and Boys Sermon at Baptist Church
Dr. J. W. Porter of Lexington will deliver his famous sermon The Great Supper of Death on Sunday at 3 p m at the First Baptist church. The address is said to be the most powerful discourse ever delivered to a body of men and all men and boys are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Porter
Lexington
First Baptist Church
H. C. Baker
Ford
Jno. Sanders
Clay City
Green Dodge
Daisy Lee Clarkson
Hampton
G. Silas Frazier
George Bell
Burns Avenue
Abraham Lincoln
America
Littile
Frank Taylor
Cincinnati
E. S. Taylor
Broadway Baptist Sunday School
First Baptist Church At
W. O. Harner
Thomas Lewis
Bettie Wilson
Mt. Sterling
Chas. Pervine
Henry Black
Ida Haydon
R. B. Woodford
Maggie Barber
Etta Jacobs
Clintonville
William Howard
Versailles
Bill Turner
Chicago
Frank Leland
Dr. Lane
Ed. Duncan
W. Walnut Street
Thomas Trumbo
H. A. Steward
Joe Gardner
Paris
Tour Robinson
J. Fisher
D. D
Mr. McGuire
John Jackson
W. O. Harper
Dayton
John
AFL session halts over litigation and jail remarks
Denver, November 20. The AFL convention devoted its session to the president’s report. A vote defeated a push to disregard injunctions by 11 272 to 3 576 while a Gompers aligned modification passed. John Mitchell warned judges may jail leaders, saying he would accept judgment and fines. New proprietors advertise barber shop.
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Denver
Colo
American Federation of Labor Convention
Gompers
John Mitchell
Mystery in San Francisco Chest of Wolf Eyes
Giles Dudley arrives in San Francisco to aid Henry Wilton in a secret task. A murder suspect, Doddridge Knapp, known as the King of Pine Street, appears as Dudley pursues clues and banks, while a dangerous employer presses him to act and a violent night unfolds.
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Giles Dudley
San Francisco
Henry Wilton
Dudley
Wilton
Giles
Heaard
Henry
James Dudley
Doddridge
Bank of California
New England
Anglo-Californian Bank
California
Sansome
Pine Street
Poddridge Knapp
Doddridge Knapp
Coogan
Montgomery Street
Colored column notes on prominent figures and events
A long recap highlights African American leaders, business ventures, church activities, and community notices. It mentions Gracia Elizabeth Sympson birth, Hon. C. C. Caldwell relation, G. W. Carter mining in Guanajuato, Rev. W. O. Harper's visit, a Norfolk doll factory, and various local ministers, schools, and gatherings in Louisville and surrounding areas. The piece also covers illiteracy context, night schools, and upcoming sermons, meetings, and baptisms with multiple named individuals and places.
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Seo. Sympson
Gracia Elizabeth
C. C. Caldwell
Helena
Ark
Deany
G. W. Carter
San Antonio
Texas
Guanajuato
Mexico
W. O. Harper
Dayton
Holmes
Nashville Negro
H. A. Boyde
Geo. Boone
Carrie Lee Gratz
Nee Keen
Ohio
Preston Taylor
Christian Church
Mt. Sterling
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Louisville
Board of Education
Grand Rally and Reopening of Clark's M. E. Church
The event on Sunday November 22 invites all pastors and congregations. Services include preaching at 11 a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. with Rev P T Garvin Paris Ky morning, Rev H W Simmons Lexington 2:30 p.m., Rev D R Hickman Lexington 7:30 p.m. Epworth League at 6:30 led by Miss D E Tyler. Sunday School at 9:30 with J H Harris superintendent.
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E. S. Taylor
H. Nutter
D. D
Paris
Nutter
God
Clark
M. E
P. T. Garvin
H. W. Simmons
Lexington
D. R. Hickman
Epworth League
E. Tyler
J. H. Harris
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Broadway Baptist
T. Timberlake
Cole and Johnson
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Hippodrome
Winchester Lumber and Manufacturing Co
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