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Newspaper
Winchester News
Location
Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1908
Page
3
In a brief scene from Youth's Companion, Mrs. Holliday notices her soiled shirt-waist while Mrs. Greenough admires silk attire. Conversation reveals sympathy for travel and a husband who favors home evenings, ending with a quiet resolve and a final farewell.
The essay discusses how forms of address evolved from Master to Mister and Mr. to Monsieur in French usage. It notes that Master was once respectful and now mainly for boys, while Monsieur shifted in public documents, and M stands as a particle alongside Mr in modern usage.
The death of Gen Sir Redvers Buller recalls a tale of Lord Salisbury who, nearly blind, rejected a king's photograph with the remark Poor Buller. Yet Buller remained idol of his troops despite failures in the South African war and brief command tenure.
In Paris a new street noise alarm for bicycles explodes in popularity. A miniature tambourine struck by a wooden hammer on the front wheel spokes creates a loud clamor. A shop sold well over one hundred in eight days amid noisy urban living.
In the Dutch abbey at Middleburg the bells ring every quarter hour except when Queen Wilhelmina visits, for the queen sleeps poorly and cannot endure nighttime noise.
A local ad extols Stein-Bloch & Co. suits and overcoats as stylish yet affordable, with hand tailored craftsmanship and fabrics like cassimeres cheviots and worsteds. The copy touts an air of prosperity and good taste for all ages and both conservative and lively shoppers, noting London Cold Water Process shrinking preserves cloth life.
Alton Illinois celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the 1858 Lincoln Douglas debate starting Wednesday and lasting through Saturday. Home-coming day Thursday features the debate proper with Adlai E Stevenson among speakers. Fridays Old Settlers day and Saturdays political day include Gov Willson of Kentucky, former Mayor Seth Low of New York and Senator Jeremiah Sullivan of Iowa.
Miss Beulah Poynter notes Southerners are peculiarly clannish about amusements and favor plays set south of Mason Dixon. She credits self dramatization of Lena Rivers for its success and recalls Mr. Tim Murphy's Carpetbagger tours. She praises regional taste and the toll of a touring actress life.
The Breathitt News notes a flurry of exchanges among Roosevelt Bryan Haskell Hearst Kern Sherman Debs Graves Hughes Taft and Bruce Marcum. Debates and challenges spread across figures while editors admit the barrage leaves reporters rattled.
Mrs. Anna G. Abelson, wife of Rabbi J. I. Abelson, briefly led the service in his absence. The Jewish Tribune notes it was the first instance of a wife taking her husband's pulpit role and she made a favorable impression according to reports.
The gathering reports the largest attendance yet with delegates from twenty three nations. Included are enfranchised women from Australia New Zealand Finland Norway Wyoming Colorado Utah and Idaho.
Mrs Julia Ward Howe stands as the most distinguished fraternal delegate to the General Federation of Women's Clubs Biennial in Boston representing the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
At the International Woman Suffrage Alliance convention in Amsterdam delegates decided the next congress will be held in England. The session is under discussion in the meeting city of Holland.
A humorous note from the Atchison Globe advises not to feel flattered by a pretty girl’s smile until one is sure she holds no amateur show ticket in her pocket.
The Lexington Herald urges supporting home industries to keep trade in Lexington. It notes merchants are improving stores and that money spent here boosts local employment and banks. It opposes advertising from Louisville or Cincinnati that diverts Lexington trade and asks Winchester to adopt the same policy.
The Winchester Roller Mills, described as the oldest and best institution in the county, urges use of home flour stating Kerr Perfection and White Pearl have no equal. ]]>
Lady Henry Somerset reports that 2584 different petitions for woman suffrage have been sent to Parliament, signaling widespread activist demand and organized campaign activity with many signatories from diverse groups.
Mr. Haney Hunt sold three mules to Beard and Mann of Lexington for 585 dollars in a local livestock sale.
Mr. Young reports the tide is very good south of the L and he arrived this afternoon.
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