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Newspaper
Winchester News
Location
Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1908
Page
8
The ad promotes a line of dried fruits to avoid unnecessary medical bills from impure foods. Fancy Prunes cost 12 1-2 to 20 cents per pound, Fancy Muir Peaches 15 to 20 cents per pound, and Extra Fancy Apricots 20 cents per pound.
Treasury Department informs John W Langley that site selection for the Winchester Public Building Washington DC proceeds slowly due to many authorized sites and few agents. An agent is examining Missouri sites now and will move to Kentucky after completing Missouri work.
LEXINGTON Oct 17 Early this morning a stable of the Kentucky Racing Association was destroyed by fire believed to have started from cigarette stubs. A two year old filly and a carriage horse owned by W. J. Young, plus two mules of the Association, were burned along with harnesses hay and straw. The blaze consumed the stable nearest the city’s south track.
Lixington Oct 17 R L Nash of Mansfield Stock Farm sold to Jack Splan a yearling for 1000. The sale follows Friday’s trotting stock trades boosting the market this year. W A Bacon of Paris sold to George Loomis of Minneapolis a yearling for 700, noted as one of the best sales of the meeting. The colt, by Jay Bird out of Lucy Jay, traces to Bettie Brent 2 10 as a three year old, with Puella 2 29 as second dam.
Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Phillips depart Tuesday to spend the winter at their Clearwater home. This marks their twenty-first consecutive winter in Florida. Mr. Phillips has long suffered rheumatism and chooses the south for his seasonal stay.
Elder F B Srygley from Nashville Tennessee arrives Saturday night to begin a series of meetings at the Church of Christ on Sunday, inviting locals to attend.
Mrs R N Roark announces an 800 prize to the Kentucky school district that creates the best Model School. The plan requires a two room building with two teachers an attached or separate manual training and domestic science space and strong sanitary conditions grounds for gardens and playgrounds plus interior equipment like desks maps a library and good ventilation lighting and heating. districts must describe current condition and pledged effort to reach Model School standards.
Morning services at Presbytery Church led by Rev. William Cumming at 1 o'clock with the sermon A Divine Commission to Every Man. Evening union services for organized charities at 7 30. Additional 11 o'clock services by Rev. O J Chander and by Rev C E Craften. Other 11 o'clock services by Rev J J Porter and by Elder J W Harding and Elder F J Srygley. Episcopal Church has no Sunday services.
The War Fiscal Court met at noon and adjourned until Monday with little business. The appropriation for county road upkeep was raised from 1200 to 1500 dollars. E C Kissenger was reelected keeper of the County Farm for the coming year.
An Italian proverb warns that if you become a sheep, wolves will prey. The saying emphasizes vigilance and self-assertion as a safeguard against danger.
The Clark County Democratic Club meets at the courthouse to discuss campaign plans and review committee reports. Precinct committees will receive instructions for neighborhood campaigning, and the speaking committee aims to arrange speeches by prominent Democrats, including a possible talk by Bourke Cochran of New York.
A disastrous morning fire in New Castle Indiana destroyed more than twenty buildings. B. V. Prior and his wife perished. Mr. Ira Froh was in town en route from Louisville to Mt. Sterling. Miss Pearl Allen returned from Lexington visit. Mrs. J. A. Harding from Bowling Green arrived to visit relatives.
The White House has long been a haven for an array of pets from wild to domestic, with gifts from abroad including a Arabian zebra and two ostriches from King Menelik of Abyssinia. The Roosevelt family enjoyed ponies and even a Mexican double yellow head parrot prized by Miss Alice, while many animals are housed at the Zoological Park in Washington.
A humorous scene unfolds at a winter White House reception where livery stable workers scramble to deliver countless carriage orders. A driver quarrels between two bosses over which minister to fetch, causing confusion before a clerk redirects him to the Rochambeau minister. The episode ends with laughter and restored order.
In New York on October 17 the government suit against coal companies and railroads heard Erie vice president G A Richardson, who also runs three Scranton district mines. He said tidewater price levels are set by New York sales agents and he cannot alter quoted prices. He did not explain the shared price uniformity among major coal firms.
G M Mallory, Chattanooga inventor, plunged about 50 feet in an aeroplane during a test run. The craft was partly wrecked, but Mallory escaped with slight bruises. His wife, witness to the crash, rushed to the scene with their baby, begging him to quit flying. He vowed to rebuild and attempt another flight.
National Chairman Mack, in Chicago to campaign for the Democratic ticket, declares the tide has turned toward Democracy. He travels to Buffalo then New York to assess the East, predicting Bryan will win both electoral and popular votes. He cites New York, Ohio, Indiana as Democratic and warns two weeks remain.
The defunct bank of C. S. Strong at Prairie Depot is reorganized and opens with Harry Lloyd as cashier. Strong assigned earlier, creditors agreed to take stock in a new bank after three days of court proceedings, and the probate court dismissed the assignment case.
A barn with tobacco farming implements and a two story house plus outbuildings burned in Dayton Ohio on October 17. Loss valued at 6000 dollars. A colored tenant lived in the house and lost all his furniture. Night riders are suspected, with Joseph Keyes and his tenant noted as out of sympathy.
Fremont Ohio October 17. Sandusky county grand jury indicted Leo Boner a prominent attorney and church worker of the city for petit larceny. He is accused of stealing corn from a field owned by Deputy Postmaster Harry M Day.
Dr J H Holmes returns from vacation visiting Washington and Richmond. Peter Bright to build a 900 residence in Kohkibasaville. Broadway Baptist Church held a sacred concert last Sunday night. Rev H D Colerane attends Baptist Women’s Convention in Harrodsburg aiding a 1545 00 gift toward Louis ville State University dormitory. Rev W H Huffman accepts call to Paducah. Willie F Fraser teaches at Georgia College for 45 dollars monthly. Rev E D Miller transfers to Flemingsburg, Rev H G Turner arrives. Evicted locals raise 700 for 7400 000 new Bere College, Winchester poised to gain. R O C Baker elected President of District Sunday School Convention. A 100000 Y M C A building rises in Washington. A negro bank opens in Chicago, bringing twenty such institutions. Edmund, Va. hosts three. Theacere Brent makes extensive repairs on West Broadway home. Robert Taylor completes foundation for 1200 house on West Broadway. R J Fisher returns from Madison County revival. Don Patridge completes 500 evidence on Olive Street. James Nichols bedridden with rheumatism. Winchester hosts eighteen colored in business. George R Gardner erects a family monument at White Cemetery.
The Board of Prison Commissioners awarded a $26,500 contract to Combs Lumber Company of Frankfort for a new chapel hospital and barns at the State Reform School in Lexington. The split is $15,000 for the chapel $7,500 for the hospital and $4,969 for the barns.
Rev. B F Wentworth of this city set out Saturday to launch ten day revival meetings in several mountain cities across the eastern part of the state. The Lexington Diocese of the Episcopal Church oversees the events.
The funeral of Mrs Elvira Ladd occurred Friday afternoon at three at her daughter Mrs H C Thompson’s residence on North Main Street. Rev C H MacNeil of the Christian Church officiated the services.
The oldest and best institution in the county, Winchester Roller Mills, urges using home flour. Kerr Perfection and White Pearl flour are praised as unmatched, with a note on 10-12- inch items.
George N. Kohlhass advertises custom men’s measure suits and overcoats priced from $18.00, dated October 12, 1931.
Winchester schedules show C O and E East Bourne lines with Nos 26 22 28 24 daily and Sundays. West Bourne Nos 27 25 daily or Sunday, times range from 6 22 am to 6 30 pm. L N lines list Nos 29 9 31 34 10 82 with morning and afternoon departures. L E East Bourne and L E West Bourne lines include No 2 and No 3 daily or Sunday service with varied afternoon times.
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