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Newspaper

Winchester News

Location

Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America

Date

Oct 20, 1908

Page

5

Social notes from Winchester weekly gathering and travels

Spociax Mrs. Harry Strother entertains the Euchre Club and the Forty-two Club on Thursday. Several residents visit relatives in Lexington and Louisville while others depart for Florida for the winter. A girls basketball tournament is announced at the college with Crescent Five and Kentucky Cardinals slated to play.

Harry Strother Theodore Phillips Florida Phillips Benton Sara Goodloe Benton Lexington Jane Gaiickill Hugh M. Meguior Robert Willis Crews Rash Clay City J. M. Rash Lou Raiff Ben Myers Owingsville Clay Buckner Paris Joe Croxton Susan G. Anderson Tennessee Kezina Seabee John H. W. Halloway Katherine Sandusky Florrie Smith Robert Wallace Oscar Johnson I. A. Shirley Massie Johnson Indianapolis James Waits Henry Owen William French Charlie McCord Mary All Mt. Sterling Cox Middlesborough Mary V. Miller Crescent Five Kentucky Cardinals Lemons Tigers Ernest van Arsdel C. V. Bridwell John Oxis Bailey Shelbyville Bertha Nichols W. A. Beatty M. J. Tyler

Lena Rivers to Play at Winchester Opera House

Miss Beulah Poynter headlines the Lena Rivers production at the Winchester Opera House with a Broadway cast. Critics across the United States and Canada praise her as a leading star who has drawn audiences totaling over a million in major cities. Tuesday night show announced.

Winchester Opera House America Lena Rivers

Fine Venison From Angora Goats Sold by Gilbert & Botto

Slogan announces slaughter of Angora goats and readiness to supply venison. Gilbert and Botto publish date October 20 1921.

Gilbert & Botto

Bandlow Testifies In Contempt Proceedings Against Gompers

Bandlow and other Cleveland labor leaders gave depositions in the Washington case where Buck Stove and Range seeks to hold President Gompers and AFL officers in contempt for printing the We Don’t Patronize list after an injunction. Bandlow, business manager of the local labor paper, said the list appeared despite the injunction and called it a war between capital and labor with the National Manufacturers association and others shaping politics and nominations.

Cleveland, O Robert Bandlow Cleveland Washington Buck Stove and Range Company of St. Louis Gompers Ms Federation of Labor American Federation of Labor Bandlow National Manufacturers’ Association van Cleave Post

Blaze Engulfs Colonnade at Jamestown Assembly Grounds

A major fire on the Chautauqua assembly grounds in Jamestown New York destroyed the Colonnade the principal business block valued at fifty thousand dollars The blaze also ruined the US post office Taylor s printing office with the November edition of the Chautauqua and several shops bringing total losses to about one hundred twenty five thousand dollars.

Jamestown N. Y United States Post Office Taylor

Kidnapped Woman Returns After Night in Barn

Huntington L L Oct 20 Mrs Abbie Meer longola was twice kidnaped by two men and kept prisoner in the woods. She hid in a barn overnight while friends searched the surrounding woods and returned to her sister in the village in a frightened and dazed condition unable to give a connected account of the ordeal.

Huntington, L. L Abbie Meerlongola

Black Hand Threats Target Moody Church in Chicago

Police report two Black Hand letters threatening to blow up Moody church were received by acting pastor Rev. A. C. Dixon in the past week. Demands called for $1,000 left in a cigar box on the church porch. detectives watched for suspicious activity but no one appeared.

Chicago Moody A. C. Dixon

District Meetings Called by Independent Telephone Association

Notices were sent for the annual district meetings. District 7 meets in Lima on Oct 27, District 3 in Zanesville on Oct 29, District 1 in Cleveland on Nov 5, and a joint meeting of Districts 5 and 6 in Dayton on Nov 6.

Columbus Independent Telephone Association Lima Zanesville Cleveland Dayton

Chief Whitaker Suspended in Dayton Police Probe

Dayton Ohio October 20 Chief John C Whitaker head of the city police department and secretary treasurer of the Ohio Police Chiefs association since its formation was suspended by Mayor Burkhart pending a safety board hearing on twelve charges including intoxication on duty conduct unbecoming an officer and use of profane language.

Whitaker Dayton John C. Whitaker Ohio Police Chiefs’ Association Burkhart Board of Safety

White girl assaulted by man jailed in Bellefontaine

Wallace Heathcock a Black man is jailed in Bellefontaine Ohio on a charge of assaulting Miss Lizzie Roger a white woman returning home at night. She identified him at her home after the arrest and a struggle tore sleeves from her waist before she freed herself.

Bellefontaine, O Wallace Heathcock Lizzie Roger Heathcock

Aged Man Drowns Self in Muskingum River

The body of 70 year old Jacob Best was recovered from the Muskingum river at McConnelsville Ohio after he had been missing since Friday. Relatives suspected self harm due to his odd behavior and the river was dragged near his home.

McConnelsville Jacob Best Muskingum Best

Edict Abolishes Opium Monopoly in China License System Adopted

Peking reports an imperial edict announcing the government has abandoned its monopoly on opium sales and replaced it with a license system. The move marks a shift in control over the lucrative trade and aims to regulate production and distribution through authorized licenses.

Peking

Multiple Local Tragedies and Incidents Reported

One man was killed and six seriously injured when two Kansas City streetcars collided. An Atchison Topeka Santa Fe engineer was killed in a Braddock Kansas collision with a freight. twenty five passengers were injured. Henry F E Crout of Baltimore died at a theater. Roosevelt to act as associate editor of Outlook after Africa trip. A failed attempt to kill a sweetheart precedes Margaret Lisk case. James White died by suicide in East Liverpool. A sheriff’s posse pursues Matt Hill, an escaped murderer in Geauga County.

Kansas City Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Braddock Kan Henry FE. Crout Club Baltimore Roosevelt Outlook Margaret Lisk James White East Liverpool Geauga County Matt Hill

Deaths and Funerals Notice for Mrs Laughlin

The body of Mrs. E. M. Laughlin, who died at her daughter Mrs P C Wheeler's home in the city, was taken to Shreveport Louisiana for burial. The body was moved to Lexington via the C and O Railroad and will be transferred to the Southern to Shreveport.

Sirs. E. M. Laughlin P. C. Wheeler Shreveport Lexington

Men’s Bible Class Reorganized at First Presbyterian Church

The Men's Bible Class conducted at First Presbyterian Church by Rev. Wm. Cumming will be reorganized Tuesday night. The class has been undenominational with representation from all churches. A cordial invitation is extended to all men to unite with the class.

First Presbyterian Church Wm. Cumming

Winchester Roller Mills Ad Promotes Kerr Perfection Flour

The notice touts Winchester Roller Mills as the county’s oldest and best and urges using home flour Kerr Perfection and White Pearl flour as unmatched products from the mill.

Winchester Roller Mills Kerr Perfection

Found keys in local ad prompt owner pickup

Found Bunch of keys. Owner can claim by visiting The News office and paying for this advertisement. 10-19-11. WANTED To rent eight room house gas and water centrally located Address B this office. 3 12-31. WANTED People who have rooms to rent board for sale or who want help to advertise in this column. 10-P-¢1. WANTED SEWING prepared to do all kinds of sewing Ladies shirt waists and childrens dress making a specialty Call at 234 Highland street MRS J C LARY. 10-19-1mo. FOR RENT House for rent six rooms water and gas Apply A H Syroston. 10-20-11.

Highland Street J. C. Lary A. H. Syroston

Reforming a Husband Is No Gift of Grace

Aunt Hephzibah warns that attempting to reform a husband seldom ends well. She cautions that changing him breeds resentment, while remaining unmade in love leads to perpetual self pity over an unsuitable spouse.

Hephzibah

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Art Henry Phillips W. R. Thomas Thomas Rebecca Gaitskill Miss Smith Abe Renick Hub Simpson Baby Robt. N. Bush Methodist Church London John A. Jones Berea Madison County T. L. Todd Cincinnati Emma Neil Pueblo, Col Lancia Shaw Winn Avenue W. A. Owen Grand Lodge Odd Fellows Bowling Green Joe Ecton Ecton Pike Alabama Street W. A. Atwell Carlisle J. W. Wheeler East Broadway Winchester Shirley Frazier Buckner Street Bama David H. Watts Saint Lawrence South Dakota Central Avenue Opera House C. H. Bowen New York Elia W. Haggard New York East Furs Battenburg Perrin Miss Bowen Clark County Clifton B. Ross E. M. Laughlin Atchison Globe
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