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Newspaper
Winchester News
Location
Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1908
Page
4
The notice lists post office mailing terms and rates including daily delivery except Sunday, second class mail, and payment options. It references Winchester Post Office and weekly or advance payments for various durations.
The fragment lists pricing for notices including daily and weekly frequencies and time-based discounts. It shows rates such as one time per edition and weekly continuities, with time discounts of 10 percent for 3 months and up to 33 1 3 percent for one year. It notes per line and body type rates for reading notices and pure reading news headings at 7 c and 15 c respectively.
A 1903 Winchester notice urges early holiday shopping at local merchants. It argues Winchester offers wide stock, lower prices, and cheaper travel than Lexington, Louisville, or Cincinnati, plus support for home businesses and community prosperity.
The News announces a new L and E edition route to towns along the Lexington and Eastern railroad with 3:05 p m delivery east. It already serves Clay City Dodge Stanton Jackson and other points and aims to surpass 2 000 circulation as carrier service grows in Mt Sterling Ford and Winchester. The Winchester advertiser gains affordable ads with broad reach via the paper.
Justice John M. Harlan and Governor Augustus E. Willson visited Transylvania University in Lexington on November 24. They were greeted by President Crossfield and other officials, spoke about the alma mater, and attended a luncheon hosted by General Wilbur R. Smith. The party included Dean William T. Capers and Mgr. James A. Curry, with Harlan a 50 year alumnus of the Transylvania Law School, as the university resumes the original Transylvania name after 44 years.
Benjamin Taul died Saturday afternoon at his home on South Main Street from heart disease at age 77. He was a longtime local resident who lived briefly in the Southwest. Survived by a widow formerly Miss Sallie Hampton. Burial was in Winchester cemetery with Rev. Richard French officiating at the grave. Pallbearers included J. W. Poynter and others. honorary pallbearers listed Phil Hodgkin Jr. and several judges.
Akron Ohio November 24 Congressman Richmond P Hobson asks President Roosevelt to rescind orders recalling the U S fleet from the Pacific He accuses the President of interfering in San Francisco affairs while noting presidents have refused to intervene in local matters even amid assassinations He warns a fleet withdrawal endangers the coast and national security
In a federal anti trust trial Rockefeller testified that Henry M. Flagler and Samuel C. Todd, not himself, conceived the Standard Oil trust. He acknowledged effort to locate missing stock transfer records with government counsel Kellogg. He noted that early in the industry two railroad executives held stock in the oil combine and spoke of retiring from business since 1891, focusing on the Brotherhood of Man.
Hamilton Kentucky Nov 24. The trial of Russell alias Buck Cottongame for the murder of Farris Arnett on Labor Day Sept 7 opened amid a large set of witnesses from feud districts where both men formerly resided.
In Jackson Mississippi on November 24 Will Anderson a black man suspected of being Will Mack the black man accused of assaulting 16 year old Miss Myers at Pelahatchie was killed by a sheriff s posse near Prandon after he failed to halt when ordered Governor Noel had offered a 500 reward for Mack s capture
Governor Deneen cites Illinois livestock board findings and prohibits importations of cattle from New York Pennsylvania and New Jersey due to reported foot and mouth disease in those states.
The Lamphere murder trial in Laporte Indiana is close to final. Defense evidence argues Mrs Gunness was alive July 9 and presents an alibi for the fire scene. Lamphere will not testify. Investigators question a signed letter and a Walker Street address as notoriety seekers.
Cleveland officials say New York and Pennsylvania quarantine due to apiarious fever makes Cleveland a major livestock distributor. Cattle sheep and hogs in transit to Buffalo and eastern markets are arriving here for storage until the quarantine ends. A possible drop in Cleveland meat prices may follow if the quarantine remains lengthy.
Puritan Coal Mining and Stineman Coal Mining of Cambria County filed suits in the U S circuit court against the Pennsylvania Railroad company alleging discrimination in supplying cars and seeking damages totaling 338 606 dollars.
Captain Gus Cramer keeper of the Toledo harbor lighthouse and his assistant Fred Delaney suffered burns when a can of alcohol exploded while lighting the fog signal. In dense fog they left in the lighthouse launch, drifted for eight hours in Maumee bay before medical help could be found.
From the Tombs Morse and Alfred H Curtis, both convicted on National Banking Law violations as officers of the National Bank of North America, spoke through cell bars on November 24 while Curtis remained free on a suspended sentence.
Washington dispatch reports Chairman Payne of the house Ways and Means Committee sent a telegram to Andrew Carnegie in New York City requesting his appearance this week, preferably Wednesday, to supply information on the iron and steel industry and tariff schedules.
Justice John M. Harlan of the United States Supreme Court was the guest of honor at Transylvania University in Lexington. It marked his first visit back to Alma Mater in over fifty years.
Three hundred strikebreakers arrived at Pensacola Florida to work on the Louisville and Nashville docks guarded heavily by authorities. Fire damaged the Star block in Rock Island Illinois causing about seventy five thousand dollars in losses. Charles W Grasty former owner of the Baltimore News purchased a half interest in the St Paul Dispatch. President Roosevelt accepted an invitation to speak before the Royal Geographical Society in London around April 1 1910. Tafts plurality over Bryan in Indiana official returns stood at ten thousand seven hundred thirty one.
Dramatic adaptation of Mary J. Holmes novel by Lem B. Parker screens Friday matinee and night. The four act six scene staging follows the well known plot, promising pathos and humor for readers and theatergoers alike.
The theater scene anticipates full houses for the romantic drama The Lily and The Prince featuring Mildred Holland. Carina Jordan's production promises medieval allure, Lucrezia Borgia era settings, and religious touches for a splendid evening.
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