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Newspaper
Winchester News
Location
Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1908
Page
4
The notice indicates mail matter of second class entered at the Winchester Post Office. It records the designation of mail as second class and its handling location for processing.
A fragmented ad lists durations of one year six months and one month with a combined price of three dollars and a half dollar fifty cents per period.
A car at moderate speed frightened a horse hitched to a surrey with four people in front of the office. An unused streetcar car blocked the street, making a turn impossible. The writer urges the company to relocate the car or create a side track to restore public street use.
In Winchester this morning a leading businessman reported taking copies of the first issue to Jackson and distributing them to Breathitt County merchants. The paper plans agents in small towns along the L and E railroad to extend coverage and boost Winchester retail trade.
Berlin reports the second American balloon in a Sunday race from Schmargendorf over the North Sea faced disaster. Manned by N H Arnold and Harry J Hewitt, the craft veered inland, then drifted to sea. after an hour of fighting waves they were saved by a coast guard. An earlier wireless message noted lost ballast and the rescue. In Delaware, a Forge blacksmith died at work after collapsing in his shop.
In East Liverpool Ohio William H Taft drew a massive audience in the steel and iron district. He defended tariff protections for American workers and shared his labor experiences. A Taft special derailment caused a half hour delay but caused no major damage amid a tri state rally.
The Democratic national committee claimed President Roosevelt offered Daniel J. Keefe a commissioner general of immigration post in exchange for Keefe leaving Gompers and the AFL. Keefe reportedly said he would vote for Taft.
W J Bryan continued his Nebraska tour in Wahoo with most Democratic candidates as he addressed large farmer audiences. He attacked Taft and Hughes, argued for bank deposit guarantees, and noted good crops result from soil fertility and favorable weather despite Republican leadership.
Passenger trains from Winchester listed by line include C O Mast Bounp Nos 26 20 28 and BBG 04 with morning and evening departures. C O West Bounp Nos 5 23 and 9 31 show varied daily and Sunday services. L N South Bounp Nos 29 9 31 offer morning and evening trains. L N North Bounp Nos 34 10 provide daily and Sunday runs. L E East Bounp Nos 2 4 include afternoon departures. L E West Bounp No 1 daily Sunday and morning options.
Vice Chairman Hudspeth of the Democratic national committee releases a tally showing states that would give William Jennings Bryan 261 electoral votes. States listed include Nebraska Indiana Ohio West Virginia Nevada New York and the solid south with a total of 261.
New York Oct 14 Chairman Hitchcock of the Republican national committee announced Representative W S Bennett of a New York City district as chairman of the speakers bureau in place of Mr Dupont who resigned There was an executive meeting at national headquarters discussing the political situation Senator Crane of Massachusetts joined department heads Chairman Woodruff reviewed Greater New York registration figures predicting Bryan and Chanler cannot win without surpassing 100000 majority in the state.
Detroit on October 14 reports President Daniel J. Keefe of the longshoremen's union rejecting a New York Democratic claim that he was offered the post of commissioner general of immigration in return for backing William H. Taft.
Secretary Loeb refused to issue a statement after being shown the state quarters in New York noting the charge would likely be addressed today at the White House. Daniel J. Keefe and Patrick H. Morrissey visited the president on October 8.
Police seek suspect after a daring jewel heist on Euclid avenue. A man jumped from the Adams Express wagon’s seat with a satchel of diamonds and jewelry valued in the thousands during the rush hour while the driver briefly left to call a clerk at a jewelry store.
Rich vein of copper ore believed found on the Haas farm in eastern Logan county. Samples sent to a Cleveland assayist. The article notes that Indians in pioneer days made copper ornaments here but would not reveal the mine’s location.
Goldsberry Mo October 14. D C Seaman a farmer called his two sons aged 40 and 12 to the district school and shot the elder dead and mortally wounded the younger before killing himself. The motive remains unknown.
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