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Newspaper
Winchester News
Location
Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1908
Page
4
Publication details show The Winchester News published daily from the South Main Street office with mail handling through the Winchester Post Office as second class matter.
Fragmentary notice outlines payment options with weekly collection and advance terms. It mentions amounts like 5.20 and 3.00 and references payable at an office or to a collector. The text is garbled with repeated filler letters.
The notice lists advertising rates by edition frequency and time period. It details three months and six months discounts, with percentages for longer commitments. Also mentions business notices in body type and reading/news headings with a seven cent rate.
A 1908 note calls on residents to finish fall clean up, rake leaves, clear yards, and perfect streets. It urges councilmen and the city attorney to press the street railway company to repair paving between tracks and fulfill the contract, praising prior improvements and urging ongoing effort.
The article argues freight rates are only part of transport costs. improved highways save more money than lower rail charges. It urges Clark county communities to prioritize road improvements, noting current highways in the area are good but merit ongoing upgrades to benefit all taxpayers who haul goods.
Superintendent Crabbe leads a statewide eight day series starting November 28 to raise interest in education, explain the new school law, and push longer terms and higher teacher standards. Lecturers include Prof. McDonagie of Eastern Kentucky Normal School and Dr. Claxton of the University of Tennessee, with talks at the court house and Opera House in Lexington area.
The Lexington and Eastern Kentucky drive promotes the Christmas stamp by artist Howard Pyle. The stamp features holly and the Merry Christmas inscription and aims to fund the Red Cross effort to stamp out tuberculosis, urging careful spending to support the state’s fight against the disease.
Mr R A Scobee sells 192 acres in two tracts near Wades Mill on Stoner Creek at 80 dollars an acre to Mr Jack Carsner. Scobee owns four more farms to sell to the first offerer as he seeks rest and city property to manage due to ill health.
Local ad emphasizes spot cash pricing for groceries including fruits and vegetables. Promotes Howard & Humphries with a dated reference 11-28-31 and stresses no credit sales.
In Manila on November 28 Rear Admiral Sperry barred liberty men from the Atlantic fleet from returning to ships due to rough seas. Sailors were lodged at the local YMCA and Knights of Columbus halls while conditions improved. Coast guard vessels later ferried them back to their ships as officers missed a fleet reception due to the storm.
In Seattle on November 28 Hugh Mc Mahon manager of the American cafe was murdered in a residence front yard. His face was beaten, skull fractured, and a $400 diamond torn from a finger.
New York November 28 resolutions to create a permanent national tariff commission were adopted by the Merchants' Association of New York. The group calls for an early, comprehensive and thorough revision of the tariff.
Beginning today and lasting two weeks the International Live Stock exposition in Chicago unfolds as the largest ever, drawing breeders from the United States Canada and Europe to compete for prizes. Entries set records across cattle sheep horses swine and more with cattle 1239 sheep 905 horses 765 swine 258 total 3167. Delegates express disappointment over federal ban on cattle from Pennsylvania and New York due to foot and mouth disease.
Leslie Dudley Carter son of the late financier Leslie Carter and Mrs. Leslie Carter Payne filed suit to break his father's will. The will left the estate to the tesitor's siblings, citing the son's allegiance to his mother as the reason for disinheritance.
Indianapolis reports ballots mailed to locals for the United Mine Workers election with two candidates for president, T. L. Lewis and John H. Walker. The AFL delegates list includes former UMW president John Mitchell and ex secretary treasurer W. B. Wilson, now a congressman.
Columbus Ohio November 28 Senator James M Williams of Cleveland said he believes it is his right as putative lieutenant governor to preside over the sessions of the new senate until the term of lieutenant governor elect F F W Treadway begins January 11.
In New York on November 28 William Kallebrun fatally shot his brother Leo and his mother Victoria in the apartments of Mrs Kal lebrun. He fired five shots with deadly aim, causing both deaths.
Hon J Smith Hays announces candidacy for Circuit Judge in the Twenty-fifth Judicial District to succeed Judge Benton. He outlines duties of the office, stressing honesty fairness knowledge of the law and impartial administration of justice in a pledge to uphold equal rights for the poor and rich.
Born in Morristown Tennessee on March 7 1864 Judge Hays rose from a Kentucky mountains teaching career to a law practice with Col Dishman in Dishman and Hays. He later led the Bryan campaign in Kentucky s eleventh district delivering its largest Democrat vote in 1896.
In 1900 he canvassed Central Kentucky for Bryan and Beckham. By 1908 he handled congressional and presidential race tasks and organized the first Bryan Kern club in the state. He was prominent at the State Convention as a Democrat elector for the state at large. He comes from a long line of Democrats and is the first to seek public office.
Governor Harris announced the call for an extraordinary session will go out after the state election canvass, before December 15, with sessions set to begin January 4 instead of January 1. Republicans will caucus January 2 to choose a United States senator, with a single, all-encompassing agenda.
Havana reports the first step in concentrating American troops for evacuation with a detachment of marines from the Isle of Pines ordered to Camp Columbia on December 1.
Manila Nov 28 The coasting steamer Ponting carrying laborers from Narvacan to Pangasinan struck a rock and sank in a storm off San Fernando Union province More than a hundred were drowned with 55 rescued by the Vigcaya and 15 bodies recovered by a constabulary patrol Unknown if any Americans or Europeans were aboard.
The R G Dun weekly trade review reports a quick rebound from holiday and weather slowdowns with growing employment in leading industries. Mills closed over a year are reopening and plants on part time or force now operate in full, marking remarkable progress toward normal activity.
Mrs Barbara Billik mother of Herman Billik the condemned Chicago killer died at her Cleveland home after rapid decline following a distressing letter from her son. The final blow was believed to be the message from the doomed convict received recently.
The Canadian Pacific steamer Manitoba, earlier reported stranded off Whitefish Point, arrived safely at Sault Ste. Marie Ontario. The vessel endured a stormy voyage from Port Arthur but docked without injuries.
Belgrade reports that Montenegro has mounted a second series of heavy batteries on the heights overlooking Cattaro, the Austrian Hungary seaport in Dalmatia, and a key commercial outlet for Montenegro.
Chicago markets show cattle prices with steers at 4 69 00 and hogs from 4 09 to 5 90. Cleveland and Pittsburg list varied cattle and hog values. Cincinnati reports No 2 wheat at 1 07 and corn at 64 to 65 cents. Toledo notes mixed commodities and oats at 54 1 2 percent.
A summary of dry rot in corn explains how Diplodia maydis causes shriveled ears with yellowing husks and brittle kernels. The infection persists on old ears and stalks, spreads by overwintering spores, and can be reduced by removing and burning diseased ears, plowing and covering stalks, and prioritizing prompt control to prevent losses.
A Kansas convention of alfalfa millers reveals the industry expanding beyond growing crop to processing and selling culture. The Arizona station notes a new disk harrow tool with teeth to chop and turn the surface, aiding growth weed control and insect egg destruction.
Practical guidance on selecting sound apples for cider and soil fertility. It notes humus increases richness, manure loses phosphoric acid when exposed, and gives rough nutrient contents for a deep acre. It also mentions pegged figures for nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash, plus a stat on preserved tint horses.
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