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Newspaper
Winchester News
Location
Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1908
Page
6
Friday night drew the biggest crowd of revival services with five additions including Councilman Pigg. Dr. J. J. Porter preached Sunday in Lexington and urged listeners to choose to will Christ, warning that indecision can condemn the soul.
An old Winchester Kentucky advertisement proclaims Mansfield's Best Patent flour from Mansfield's Flour Mills. It guarantees every sack and warns you cannot eat all the flour advertised as the best on earth.
Missouri Rep Champ Clark argues free lumber trade harms forests while Rep Boutell defends protective duties. Hearing before Ways and Means on wood schedules highlights forest preservation and revenue goals, with lumbermen backing tariffs to shield other protected industries.
Rev J Marshall Thomas and Al len Snowden of this city have just returned from a successful hunting trip in Madison county.
The Thanksgiving game is shaping up to be hosted here with a choice between University of Louisville or St. Marys College as opponent. St. Marys claims the state championship.
The Washington Street Presbyterian church holds a morning service on Gratitude and an evening sermon on the Threefold Force of Progress led by Rev. C. E. Crafton. An afternoon 2:30 Junior Mission Band meeting is open to all, with regular services at 11 each Sunday and a testimonial gathering Wednesday at 7. Public invited.
Pastor Reverend Wm Cumming will preach at 11 AM and 7 PM. Morning topic Seed Sowing and the Harvest. Evening Service The Last Invitation.
The sermon and service Sunday at 10:45 will be conducted by Rev. F. F. Wentworth Archdeacon of the Diocese of Lexington. Strangers will be cordially welcomed to the ceremony and worship.
Bible School at 9:45. Men’s Bible Class at 10. All cordially invited to attend.
Mrs. Mary Kissenger aged 81 died at her Bickner street home after months of infirmity due to old age. She lived in the city most of her life and was a St. Joseph parishioner. Funeral services were at St. Josephs Church conducted by Rev. W. B. Ryan, with burial in Lexington. Survived by brother John W. Murphy. Elijah Goff burial held Saturday at Mt Sterling cemetery after death near Indian Fields.
In Columbus Ohio on November 21 boys smoking cigarets allegedly started a blaze in the transfer barn of W. J. Davidson. The fire caused about 3000 dollars in damage destroying 21 tons of hay a transfer wagon and harness. Eighteen horses were in the stable but all were removed unharmed.
The Modern Woodmen of America hold weekly meetings at the Y M S Hall each Monday at 7 30. A Thanksgiving sale is hosted by the Mission Circle at T S Bush's store on Wednesday November 25. Proceeds support the First Christian Church.
In Butte Montana on November 21 a fire in the Northwestern Improvement company's No 2 slope drift at Red Lodge killed three miners and trapped at least 64 others in the deep, dangerous section of the mine. Twenty seven rescuers were pulled out in critical condition.
The Winnchester Opera House hosts a dramatization of Mary J. Holmes novel Tempest and Sunshine produced by W. F. Mann on November 27. Readers of the book will likely want to attend this new season offering.
Reports in official circles say Emperor Nicholas is slightly indisposed amid rumors he may abandon plans to walk three miles in St. Petersburg for the funeral procession of Grand Duke Alexis who died in Paris. The route would be lined by troops, but concern for the emperor’s safety remains high.
The Ladies of the Methodist Church announce a Thanksgiving market and Japanese display on November 25 in the storeroom beside Winn Furniture Company to raise funds for a Ministerial Student of W. C. The event appears in a 11-21-31 notice.
Frankfort Ky November 21 Official vote tallies from Kentucky counties exclude Johnson County where provisional figures are used The Democratic candidate leads with 24 4170 votes while Bryan receives 244683 The margin and exact counts are incomplete due to data gaps in the report detailing provisional totals and county results
Smoot and Ing announce new proprietors for the Brown Praetoria Barber Shop with a public call for inquiries. The notice is dated November 17, 1941.
Monday is county court day and a large crowd is expected as farmers seek further particulars of the tobacco sale.
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