Society Notes and Upcoming Events in Winchester
Invitations issued for December 3 by Mrs. William R. Thomas and Miss Thomas from 4 to 6 30. Euchre and Forty-Two events hosted by Mrs. George F. Clark. Kings Daughters bazaar set for December 10. Merchant of Venice performance on December 14. Local society updates include visits, travels, and moving notices across Winchester and nearby towns with multiple residents and relations mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Thomas
Miss Thomas
Town Social and Visiting Guests In Lexingto n
Local notes record guests and visitors from multiple states including Indiana Ohio and West Virginia. Notable mentions include Mr T E Beatty State College Miss Mary Bush Indianapolis and Mrs Carrie Buckner hosting a Bridge Club. Also several residents and relatives travel between Lexington Paris Versailles and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. E. Beatty
State College
Bud Allen
Mary Bush
Indianapolis
Ind
Frank Gilbert
Joplin
Fred A. Apling
Huntington
W. Va
Fred Braden
Portland
Herbert Lee Rice
Forest Shoals
T. D. Chenault
Lexington
T. W . van Meter
Carrie Buckner
Bridge Club
Messrs
Stanley Talbott
Clay McClure
Gay Prewitt
Prof
Dalgety
Atkit
Senna Robson
Mariterite
Hieatt
Sara Jones
Margaret Day
Harry Crawford
Hot Springs
Ark
Lester Witherspoon
Versailles
Warren Witherspoon
Brown- Proctoria
Will Hieatt
Georgetown College
Miss Lewis
Ann Duerson
Phoebe Lambert
Evelyn Buck
Paris
M. E. Price
H. A. Tandy
Anna E. Wilson
Maple Street
J. W. Porter
Mildred Thomson
Carr Calmes
John W. Yerkes
E. R. Riggs
Raymond
Princeton
Woodson Moss
Brown-Proctoria Hotel
Birth Announcements Note Two Daughters Born
A baby girl was born Wednesday to Mr and Mrs J Cornett and a daughter was born Thursday to Mr and Mrs John Quinn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Quinn
Church Services and Revival Schedules Across Local Congregations
The report lists multiple churches with Sunday services at 10 45 11 and 7 00 including Episcopal Rev F B Wentworth preaching on The Value of Christian Friendship at the Lexington diocese deaconry Elder Lawrence W Scott of Stamping Ground at Church of Christ with subject Assurance Rev J H McNeill morning service Do Not Weary in Well Doing morning sermon 11 00 Rev William Cumming evening 7 00 baptisms start Monday 10 30 and Washington Street Presbyterian 11 00 morning sermon The Christian and His House Prof W S Andersen Dr William B Ricks 11 00 and 7 30 solo by R O Moss in morning service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Church
F. B. Wentworth
Diocese of
Lexington
Lawrence W. Scott
Stamping Ground
Church of Christ
J. H. McNeill
Court House
J. W. Porter
William Cumming
Washington Street Presbyterian Church
W. S. Andersen
William B. Ricks
R. O. Moss
Celebration of tobacco growers victory in Carlisle Kentucky
In Carlisle Kentucky on November 28 thousands of tobacco growers from Nicholas and neighboring counties gathered for a joyous meeting. Cannons and anvils sounded as speakers celebrated the victory for living prices after the Burley Tobacco Society sold pooled 1906 and 1907 tobacco to the American Tobacco Company and other firms in Louisville last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle
Nicholas
Burley Tobacco Society
American Tobacco Company
Louisville
Boone and Carson families explored in Kentucky history
Lexington Kentucky November 19 1908 The News editor seeks posts from experts on the Boone and Carson families. The note outlines Kit Carson born December 24 1809 in Madison County and tracing lineages to the Boones including Dan iel Boone and his children. It requests living descendants and related families in Madison Clark and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
the News
Boone
Carson
Kit Carson
Madison County
Missouri
Kit
Lindsay Carson
Miss Boone
Daniel Boone
Daniel
Jamima
Flanders Calloway
Elizabeth
Fanny Calloway
Roonesboro
Susannah
Wm. Hayes
Fayette County
Ormie Hays
Rebecca
Philip Gee
Lavenia
Joseph Scholl
Clark County
Wm. Hays
Gee
Scholl
Schollsville
Scholls
Joseph Seholl
Boones
James B
Cumberland Gap
Kentucky
Clinch River
Virginia
Logan
Pittsburg
Daniel Greathouse
Israel
Blue Licks
Daniel Morgan Boone
Jesse
Nathan
Fayette
Point Pleasant
Kenowha
Maysville
Jacob Boone
Bourbon
Linvilles
Fayette and
Clark Counties
Hays and Scholls
St. Louis
John C. Freemont
Rocky Mountains
Hhis
Taos
New Mexico
Maria Josefa Jaramillo
Christever Carson
Ma Josefa Jaramillo
Antonio Jose Martinez
C. Carson
Linsey Carson
Rebecca Bevenson
State of
Francisco Jaramillo
Maria Polonia
George Bent
Cruz Padilla
Juan Manual Lucer
Jose Maria Valdez
Bevenson
Robertson
Kit Carson, Jr
Rebecca Robertson
Kentucky County
Madison
Stone and Puckett wedding in Iron Mound joins Stone family
Married November 19 at the bride’s home Mr Sam Stone wed Miss Annie Puckett with Esquire Elijah King officiating. A wedding supper followed and the couple later left for a reception at the groom’s home. Other items note patients including Gracie Stone ill and visits among family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amanda Stone
Ellen James
Luke
Bertha Howard
Josie
Minnie Stone
John Williams
Alice Webber
Lottie Christopher
Fannie Williams
Tinker Puckett
Everman
Malinda Howard
Arthur Combs
St Combs
Josie Christophe
Sam Stone
Annie Puckett
Shannon Fielder
Sissie Stone
Esquire
Elijah King
Additions and Revival At Local Methodist Church
Reports list two additions to the Methodist Church after Rev. Mr. Ricks led revival services. The text notes ongoing services and multiple daily gatherings next week, with his sermon on the theme Thy Sins Will Find You Out and references to forgiveness for sin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Ricks
Methodist Church
Ricks
Achan
Saul
Cain
David
God
Local Notices and Social Updates from Mt Sterling
Mr G T Rolland bought cattle at Mt Sterling for 3 cents head on court day Mrs M E Murphy and son return from Cincinnati Hamilton and Ohio visits Clorine Lowry hosted graphophone music at Ira Wills home for Miss Lizzie Comb of Winchester J D Monroe sold cattle to George Anderson at 3 12 and 4 12 cents Miss Florence and Susie Bedford hosted by Della and Beatrice Rolland Sallie Ellen Wills recovering from chicken pox
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie
West Bend
T. L. Todd
Macon
Mattie Poindexter
Cynthiana
H. R. Payton
Mt. Sterling
Winchester
Hunt School House
W. S. Robinson
West Broadway
J. F. McDonald
East Broadway
Vine Street
W. P. Daugherty
A. S. Moore
William
J. B
Henry Domigane
Wades Mill
R. W. Hampton
Harold
Hampton
Amanda Hampton
Effie Kindred
Wades’ Mill
Elizabeth Powell
Richmond
R. N. Mansfield
Madison County
Nettie Wade
Fitel
W. J. Reed
Alabama Street
Carlisle
Worth Cratsey
Pilot View
Chas. Locknane
Crown City
Ohio
American Tobacco Company
Hazle Cottingham
Paris
John Kenna
G. T. Rolland
Court Uay
M. E. Murphy and Son
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Clorine Lowry
Ira Wills
Lizzie Comb
J. D. Monroe
George Anderson
Florence
Susie Bedford
Della
Beatrice Rolland
Sallie Ellen Wills
Local notes from Sycamore and area
Abram Renick shipped one car of show cattle to Chicago on Monday. L. B. Martin visited here for a month and returned to Kokomo Indiana. Jimmie Willie Brown left for Kokomo Indiana to attend school. Marshall Eades visits Richmond friends. Mrs. Snowden visits Mt. Sterling friends. B. D. Goff hunted in Laurel county last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abram Renick
Chicago
L. B. Martin
Kokomo
Ind
Jimmie Willie Brown
Marshall Eades
Richmond
Mrs. Snowden
Mt. Sterling
B. D. Goff
Laurel County
Rise and Shine Motto for Lazy Man Warns in Ethnic Dialect
In a passage attributed to Brother Williams in the Atlanta Constitution, the speaker urges action and warns that laziness leads to harm. He criticizes those who wait in the sun or rely on rest, arguing that the world has no place for the indolent and that such people end up hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brother Williams
Atlanta Constitution
Winchester guests visit Witt and Brookshire families
Miss Pattie Jones and Nancy Pharis of Winchester along with Millie Witt visited Ida Witt from Friday to Sunday. Ruth Bird Noel is much better. Mrs. J. L. Witt spent Friday with her daughter Mrs. R. H. Brookshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pattie Jones
Nancy Pharis
Winchester
Millie Witt
Ida Witt
Ruth Bird Noel
J. L. Witt
R. H. Brookshire
The Philadelphia Lawyer and a Dying Profession
A barrooms style reminiscence notes that famed Philadelphia lawyers seem to fade away. It recalls a century old quip that success in law depended on hiring a Philadelphia lawyer and jokes about the city’s scholastic hurdles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadeskia
Philadelphia
New York
Attractive Trifles and Gift Crafts from Ribbon
The article describes handmade gifts using green linen, ribbon, and perfumed materials. It outlines a mission photograph frame, opera bags, candle shades, ribbon cases, utility wall or travel cases, and a sewing kit with pockets. It also suggests name cards and decorative figures as gifts.
College Flags Crafting For Christmas Gifts
College flags are easy to make with care and precision. Cut letters from stiff cardboard, trace onto felt, and cut with a sharp knife. Mount on felt with a light coat of photograph paste and couch edges with silk strands in the matching color.
Ice behavior under freezing conditions described
The text explains how ice does not stay fixed below freezing and cannot be heated above the melting point under ordinary conditions. Ice cools to the ambient air temperature in winter, warms as the air warms, and reaches its melting point where it changes state.
Also Mentioned on This Page
George F. Clark
Kings’ Daughters
Merchant of Venice
Don’torget
James Benton
J. W. Ogden
First Christian Church
First Baptist Church
J.’ J. Porter
First Presbyterian Church
Washington Street Presbyterian
W. H. Polk
Iron Mound
Gracie Stone
T. A. Ogden
Thos. True
Milton Conkwright
J.C. Everman
Thos. Ogden, Jr
Wm. Swope
J. T. Quisenberry
John Fritz
L. & E. Railway
Hattie Swope
Lou Swope
Dick Everman
White Hall
Sallie Hutson
Samai
Lhe
Dr. Wilberforce
DODGE
Locknane
Ediie Witt
J. L
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