Winchester's Past and Its Future Prospects
By W. M. Beckner, the piece recalls Winchester fifty years ago as a small town without railroads or a modern school, with rough streets and limited news. It traces postwar growth via turnpikes, railroads, waterworks, a graded school, and business development, ending with a call to sustained public spirit for a prosperous future.
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Winchester
Hickman Street
Mt. Sterling
Paris
Lexington
Boonesborough
Lexington Turnpike Company
Fairfax Street
Lexington Avenue
Paris Turnpike
Ashland
Kentucky Central
Fayette County
Clark
J. D. Simpson
Paducah
Bowling Givden
Newport
Kentucky
Kentucky Wesleyan College
John E. Garner
J. H. Evans
Old Building Association
The
Democrat
Sun
Sun-Sentinel
New Telephone Exchange Opens for Public Inspection
The Maple Street exchange will be ready for use mid month with a public inspection day set for Thursday November 5 1908. Officials praise the single operator switchboard and rapid service though occasional faults may occur.
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Maple Street
Gta
Central
Children Born in Workhouses A Thousand London Births Yearly
A report notes about a thousand children are born each year in London's workhouses, highlighting harsh conditions and the scale of child birth within the poor relief system.
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London
October term opens for Clark county Fiscal Court
The Clark county Fiscal Court begins its October term tomorrow at 9 o'clock with County Judge J. H. Evans presiding. No docket items have been announced beyond routine business for the term.
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Kentucky
Clark
Clark County
London Fog Forty Years Ago Described in Illusion World
A fragment recalls London fog from forty years past as a world of illusions and phantasms. The excerpt comments on fog described with exaggeration and a diluted resemblance to a pease pudding texture.
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London
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Kentucky Wesleyan
W. M. Beckner
Cincinnati
Houston & Dawney
James Simpson
B. F. Buckner
Bush
T. S. Tucker
George Smith
J. H. G. James Flanagan
W. D. Whitaker
John Taliferro
J. W. Harding
E. S. Drouett
J. W. Parrish
Parker Artist
H. Taylor
I. M. Riffe
Big Sandy
Stephen French
Red River
John Goff
William Franklin
Muddy Creek
A. L. Haggard
Howard Hampton
Wilson Owens
Aourt
John B. Wilgus
John C. Breckinridge
Knoxville
Elizabethtown
Ariumph
Kentucky Union
Met
Opera House
Ctober
Mahan & Jackson
All Stars
Keith & Proctor
Vaude
Ville
Fiscal Court
Royal Baby Plate
Winn Furniture Co
People’s State Bank
J. L. Brown
J. M. Hodgkin
L. B. Cockrell
Success Magazine
R. c. Peacock
New York
Charolles
Mies
Macon
France
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