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Newspaper
Winchester News
Location
Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1908
Page
4
State Synod Opens Three Day Meeting in Winchester
The State Synod of the Presbyterian Church begins a three day session in Winchester Tuesday night. About 150 ministers and leading members will attend and the event aims to leave a favorable impression of the city. Discussion will include potential control of Central University. Local Presbyterians will host the visitors with help from nonmembers if needed.
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State Synod of the Presbytian Church
Ion
Winchester
Kentucky
Central University
Presbyterian Church
Appreciation for Winchester News First Issue
The newspaper thanks readers for the warm reception to its first Monday issue. It asks indulgence for early mechanical errors and typographical slips as staff adjust. Committed to improvement, it plans to add features and meet citizen expectations.
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Winchester
Campaign opens in Kentucky with speeches across the state
The presidential race begins in Kentucky as Democratic speakers tour many towns while Republicans prepare for Judge Taft. The campaign proceeds without personal attacks and with high character nominees on both sides. Voters and business leaders aim to avoid panic and focus on routine affairs as tension rises.
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Kentucky
Speelbinders
Judge Taft
W. R. Hearst
Boston Woman Seeks Divorce Over Husband's Whisky Habit
A Boston woman seeks divorce claiming her husband drinks 60 gallons of whisky monthly, a figure likely exaggerated but suggesting why liquor consumption appears high among this sober people.
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Boston
Rochester
Happiness and Beauty in Everyday Life
A compact reflection on how happiness acts as a natural beautifier, brightening skin tone and interest in others while fostering a sharper mind and clearer intelligence, suggesting inner joy shapes outward appearance.
American women’s fashion gains polish in New York stores
Ellen Terry in McClure’s Magazine notes a shift in American dress. She observes chic demi-toilette styles, neat walking gowns, and a universal white waist worn by both rich and ordinary shoppers on Fifth Avenue, with prices from 75 cents to 50 dollars.
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America
Ellen Terry
McClure
New York
Fifth Avenue
Expert Opinion on Handling a Mad Elephant
Uncle Josh and Bill Bunk discuss methods for calming or restraining a dangerous elephant. They mention tools like long handles or shawl straps and note mixedTrainer practices, with a dismissive remark about sending the trainer to the mad house.
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Josh
Bill
Sallers
Love as a form of madness in youth and beyond
Scientists compare love to madness and a harmless form of dementia. The article notes love brings happiness and envy while the world smiles. it says wild transports are common in youth, fading with age as people become more matter of fact, yet many women still recall their first wild love affair.
Episcopalian Hood Confusion Sparks Oxford Debate
Garden City man recalls Bishop Burgess noting an Oxford hood at a service. A second Oxford man nods, prompting another bishop to declare the wearer not entitled, joking that he merely sports a tie on his back. The exchange ends with a light verdict: call it a false hood.
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Bishop Burgess
Garden City
University of Oxford
Oxford
Why She Worked
A humorous Punch cartoon caption shows a woman explaining she works hard to avoid mischief and to save up a fine from a magistrate who warned of a 40 shilling penalty for pushing her husband. The dialogue satirizes domestic discipline and financial penalties.
Hitchcock Optimistic on Republican Prospects in Midwest
New York October 13. National committee chair Hitchcock reports improved outlook for GOP wins in Ohio Indiana and Illinois. He cites absence of earlier apathy and says Nevada will vote Republican next election aided by leaders providing supporting figures.
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Middle West
New York
Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Chicago
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Nevada
East Youngstown prank ends with fire and arrest
John Reagan of East Youngstown was arrested for assault and battery after he exploded a box of gunpowder behind Annie Dhest as she hung clothes, nearly causing serious injury. Several men witnessed the joke, and flames were extinguished with effort. Reagan said he wanted to see the woman jump.
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Youngstown
John Reagan
East Youngstowas
Annie Dhcest
Reagan
Autopsy Sheds Light On Ora Lee Murder Case
Wadsworth Ohio October 13 county officials pursue a solution to Ora Lee’s murder with an autopsy to determine motive. Guy Rasor, her lover now jailed in Medina, is suspected. Blood prints found inside a coat pocket will be tested against Rasor. A 32 caliber bullet was recovered from Ora Lee’s head.
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Wadsworth
Ora Lee
Guy Rasor
Medina
Marshal Bricker
Rasor
Girl Accidentally Killed by Shotgun Discharge
In Sciotoville Portsmouth Oct 13 Ethel Miller age 9 was accidentally shot and killed when a shotgun left in a boat discharged while she rode with her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Charles Fultz. Coal from a sandbar allegedly fell on the gun triggering the blast.
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Portsmouth
Ethel Miller
Scioteville
Charles Fultz
Record high Louisville registration reported
Official figures show 51,696 residents registered in Louisville during the past week. Democrats 23,922, Republicans 18,555, Independents 9,255. white voters 41,270 and colored voters 10,426. It is the largest registration in Louisville history.
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Louisville
Quail Smuggling Lead to Record Fine in Tennessee
Nashville October 13. R F McMurty of Sumner county received what may be the state's largest magistrate court fine. He was fined 50 dollars per quail for attempting to dispose of 50 birds before the season opening, totaling 2500 dollars.
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Nashville
Tenn
R. F. McMurty
Sumner County
McMurty
Tennessee
Cretan Parliament Votes Union with Greece
In Canea Crete on October 13 the Cretan parliament formally votes to unite the island with Greece. Moslem delegates are reported absent from the session.
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Greece
Canea
Island of
Crete
Fires and accidents hit Melmore and beyond
The Melmore business section near Tiffin Ohio burned, losses about 20000 dollars. Mrs. George Collier, wife of a California rancher, drowned after falling into a wine vat. Martin Conly Jr of New York died crushed under a wrecked car. Harry K. Thaw must return to Mattea Wan asylum for insanity. Frank McBride is hospitalized in Washington D C with three head wounds from an altercation with Rush George.
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Melmore
Tiffin
George Collier
Occidental
Cal
Martin Conly, Jr
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Matteawan Asylum
Frank McBride
Washington D. H., C
Rush George
Duty on films imported into India set at five percent
Moving picture films imported in India are liable to a duty of five per cent ad valorem.
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India
Ad Valorem
Taft Talks to Large Crowds in Ohio Campaign Tour
William H. Taft spoke to crowds across seventeen Ohio towns from Cincinnati to Akron. He defended his labor rulings, claimed labor prosperity under his decisions, and cited improvements in the American Federation of Labor and related unions. Taft highlighted his Panama Canal service and denounced Bryan’s injunction claims.
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Akron
Ohio
William H. Taft
Cincinnati
Foraker
Bryan
Zanesville
Cambridge
Mr. Taft
Mr. Bryan
Mr. Gompers
Belmont
Taft
Panama Canal
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Daniel J. Keefe
International Longshoremen and Teamsters
Child Kidnapped in Broad Daylight in Chicago
Eight year old Margaret Frances Mitchell heiress to 250000 dollars was abducted in sight of a police station as three men in a car grabbed her from her grandmother Mrs. Caroline F Mitchell. A country wide search is underway and authorities suspect the child was driven out of the city perhaps toward Sparta North Carolina.
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Chicago
Margaret Frances Mitchell
Caroline F. Mitchell
Sparta
N. C
Insolvency Claim Against Mexican National Sugar
The Wast rick Engineering company of Louisiana asks the Trenton court of chancery to appoint a receiver for the Mexican National Sugar Refining company alleging insolvency and stating that the firm’s assets and liabilities are indefinite.
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Trenton
N. J
Mexican National Sugar Refining Company
Wastrick Engineering Company of
Louisiana
Court of Chancery
Boy with Bullet in Head Survives Dayton Shooting Incident
Dayton Ohio October 13 15 year old Esburn Hanson remains in satisfactory condition after being struck in the head by a bullet from a boy shooting for fun near Central Theological Seminary. The injury occurred as Hanson peered from behind a tree in the woods. doctors report a good chance of recovery.
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Dayton
Esburn Hanson
Central Theological Seminary
No Woman Objects to "Grass Widow" Label
The text defends the term grass widow as an old and honored expression meaning widow by courtesy arguing it derives from the French grace and should not be considered disrespectful.
Giant Moth of Brazil Measured at Thirteen Inches Wingspan
The gray and black Agrippina moth of Brazil reaches a wingspan of 13 inches, noted for its large size and distinctive coloration. The discovery highlights Brazil's diverse lepidopteran fauna and raises interest among entomologists and naturalists.
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Brazil
Former Senator Clark backs Bryan in business forecast
Former Senator William A. Clark of Montana said he would aid in electing Democrat William Jennings Bryan. He argued Bryan has a united Democracy behind him and criticized opponents predicting a business panic if Bryan wins, saying Roosevelt has already disturbed business conditions.
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Chicago
W. J. Bryan
William A. Clark
Montana
Clark
Mack
Bryan
Roosevelt
Belmont Fares Defamation Suit By Freit For 100000
A New York jury awarded August Belmont damages of 100000 after a brief 30 minute deliberation. John H Freit, a jockey, claimed Belmont libeled him by listing him in the Racing Calendar as quitting his job without cause and for not tipping his hat properly to Belmont during a salute.
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New York
August Belmont
John H. Freit
Freit
Mr. Belmont
Bryan Talks 10 University Boys at Lincoln Lecture
W. J. Bryan addressed the state university in Lincoln Nebraska October 13 defending public campaign funding transparency and Roosevelt support for Taft. He attacked Governor Hughes Republican tariff positions and used epigrams to stir student cheers. He took votes on campaign fund publicity and direct senatorial elections.
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Lincoln, Neb
The
State University
W. J. Bryan
Hughes
New York
Roosevelt
Taft
Bryan
Gavel Missing After Transmississippi Congress
A silver-mounted gavel given by the Daughters of the Confederacy of Louisiana to the Transmississippi Commercial Congress is missing. Searches of the pavilion and the secretary’s headquarters yielded no trace, though all delegates were contacted by phone. The gavel was carved from a magnolia tree at Chalmette battlefield where Jackson defeated Pakenham in 1812.
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San Francisco
Transmississippi Commercial Congress
Daughters of the Confederacy of Louisiana
Arthur Francis
Congress
Chalmette
Jackson
Pakenham
Two Transvaal Students Arrive at Cornell University
Ithaca N Y Oct 13 Two bright young men from the Transvaal who recently won government scholarships to study agriculture in American universities have arrived in this city and entered Cornell University. They are P Neidling and A Faure and both hail from Pretoria. Both graduated from Cape Town university and were among many who took the scholarship examinations.
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Transvaal
Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell University
P. Neidling
A. Faure
Pretoria
Cape Town University
Liberal party to notify Tapp Maddock in Chicago
The Liberal party will officially notify Sidney C. Tapp for president and John Maddock for vice president in Hull House Chicago on Tuesday evening October 20 under Liberty and Cosmopolitan societies. Charles J. Moore of Atlanta will preside and deliver the nomination speech.
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Atlanta
Sidney C. Tapp
John Maddock
Liberal Party
Chicago
Hull House
Liberty Societies and
Cosmopolitan Societies
Charles J. Moore
Tapp
President Declines Pittsburg Campaign Speech
President Roosevelt told Congressman Barchfeld that speaking in Pittsburg would be carrying coals to New Castle. He said no stump speech is needed since the district he views as entirely safe for Mr. Taft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Barchfeld
Pittsburg
New Castile
Taft
Turkish Gunboats Arrive at Salonika Then Sail to Samos
Turkish cruiser Mejidieh and three torpedo boats arrived at Salonika in European Turkey on October 13 and proceeded toward the island of Samos. Samos sits about 40 miles southwest of Smyrna and is the nearest Greek island to the Turkish coast, paying an annual tribute to Turkey.
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Salonika
European
Turkey
Meijidieh
Samos
Smyrna
Asia Minor
Husbands for Convicts in New Caledonia
French female convicts may marry chosen convicts or other men through a government arranged process in New Caledonia. Eligible young prisoners sign to marry and settle there. the governor provides transport and an outfit, with a ticket of leave on landing at Noumea. Marriages are arranged by the colony's governor from a pool of suitable men.
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New Caledonia
Noumea
Pompous Politician Becomes Assistant Secretary
A townsman named Hiram earns the position of assistant secretary, drawing pride from locals while an elder recalls their earlier amusement at the news.
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Hiram
Jess
Two Eyes and Eye Weakness in Voltaire Insight
The quote asserts that having two eyes yields no real advantage as one eye reveals good things and the other reveals evils. It notes many people shut the first eye while few shut the second, explaining why some prefer blindness to seeing all they must see. It praises the one-eyed who lack the evil eye only.
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Voltaire
Tolerance and free speech in society
Buckie argues for vindicating individual liberty to act and speak freely, asserting society benefits from greater freedom of speech and writing as a principle for both communal good and personal dignity. The piece frames tolerance as essential to civic life and honest discourse.
Worthy of His Metal
A Penny Illustrated caption quotes a concertline duel between a knightly singer and a grumbling bachelor. The comedian remark about opening a sardine box with a pocket knife adds a playful clash of bravado and wit.
The Bachelor Cynic Quote Thorns Conversation
A witty quip from the Atchison Kansas Globe notes that talking with a newlywed couple is tougher than talking with someone scheduled for hanging tomorrow. The remark captures a sharp social observation in concise humor.
Careless Conversationalists Breaks in Conversation
A tongue in cheek observation notes that awkward pauses follow when a topic is dropped. The piece traces conversational leads to dropped subjects and the social stumble that results.
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Bachelor Cynic
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