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Newspaper
Winchester News
Location
Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1908
Page
5
Local retailer touts Hart Schaffner & Marx suits and overcoats as the best values in town. It promises top fabrics and models, fresh season ideas, and strong customer value with every purchase.
A column of society items, editorials on newspaper work and public notices, plus a long roster of social events. Mentions deacon Jones illness and death timing in a joke, a Bowling Party, Thanksgiving food talk, and various visits, travels, and births. Also reports on Theater and club activities, appointments, and local residents’ movements.
Logan's sick and families move as J M Aldridge and Alley Watts rent farms to successors and plan Winchester relocations. Mrs Ellis Noel and three children are very ill while Willie Ragland improves from typhoid. Brown Bradley visits Ragland, W R Locknane ships cattle to Cincinnati, Allen Osborne buys dairy gear, and cattle sales of one hundred head at four cents a pound are recorded.
A new line of Hand Wrought Brass items arrives including Candle Sticks Smoking Sets Fern Dishes Desk Sets Book Racks and other pieces. The store promotes them as delightful Christmas or wedding presents.
Mr and Mrs Reuben Tipton hosted guests from Tuesday to Wednesday at the residence of J M Aldridge. Married at J M Aldridge home Mr Wack Burgher and Miss Mollie Jones. We wish them a long and happy life.
The oldest and best institution in the county promotes home flour made at Winchester Roller Mills. Kerr Perfection and White Pearl flour are claimed to have no equal.
Justice John M. Harlan visits Governor Willson in Frankfort during Thanksgiving. A reception for the city’s Negroes is planned for next Tuesday in Willson’s private office, signaling a shift in Kentucky politics amid Harlan’s popular stance on school integration and his dissent in the Berea College case. Delegations from eastern Kentucky cities are expected.
Dr William B Reeks of Bowling Green Ky will inaugurate a two week series at the Methodist Church beginning Sunday November 22 with daily sessions at 10 39 in the morning and 7 30 in the evening The evangelist is acclaimed as a fine preacher and music will accompany the services All are invited to attend.
Chocolate cream and divinity cream offered as fresh treats at Kidwell’s Drug Store with plain cream also available. Note date 11 19 21.
Mr. Arthur H. Phillips of Clay City returns from a northern Wisconsin hunting trip. He reports plentiful game and a very enjoyable time during the excursion.
Three thousand feet of moving pictures will be shown at the Opera House with two performances at 7 30 and 8 15. Admission is one cent.
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