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Newspaper
Winchester News
Location
Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1908
Page
7
Busy builders often run short of lumber supplies due to unreliable dealers or small stock. The Winchester Lumber and Mfg Co promises efficient service by supplying thoroughly seasoned hard and soft woods, lath, shingles, and hardwood flooring, ensuring ready stock for any contract.
A note on saving money by choosing well finished interiors. Emphasizes seasoned, sound design and value in selecting furnishings and finishes.
Missouri coal mine inspector R S Thomas cites hardy Bevier miners who start young and work into old age, claiming coal mining sustains health. Veterans recount strong lungs, low consumption rates, and years of steady work despite dangers, with water near towns absorbing coal soot shaping illness resistance.
A retired merchant in a large city argues that the boldest thieves travel across the nation seeking quick plunder. He notes many affluent women engage in petty thefts, often claiming kleptomania, while stores expand sales staff to deter theft, making shoplifting harder for clever perpetrators.
Mrs John Barnum of Winsted Connecticut endured three apparent deaths in a week. Declared dead after long coma she revived twice, was nearly embalmed, and finally died at Falls Village aged 76. Undertaker I P Hornbeck prepared the body for burial after the final passing.
Montgomery Alabama newspapers report the death of Rose Skipper in Moneraville under strange events. He claimed to meet his dead father who warned of a dying business as Skipper prepared to wind up affairs. He traveled to Greenville to pay for a grave, returned ill and died despite medical care leaving a wife and several children.
Dispute over a planned church social at Rawson split a congregation. A minority prayed for rain to postpone the event, and nearly two inches fell, delaying the social. The Epworth League supported the effort.
A Massachusetts proposal would raise the legal workweek for women to 56 hours from 54, but it delays implementation until 1910. Clubwomen vow to press to improve conditions for women and children in the interim.
Efforts are under way to save the historic north entrance steps of the old Sixth Street railroad station in Washington before demolition. The steps, once used at the Indian Queen tavern, have been trod by every president, making their preservation a civic concern.
Booker T. Washington at the National Educational Association convention in Cleveland is praised for eloquence by a clergyman. Washington replies with a southern minister story about a head at the vestry door reporting a church fire and the minister urging waking the congregation.
Popely declares his baby is bald, insisting the child will have hair someday. The rival laughs, mishearing the claim as the baby already has hair. The playful exchange centers on a bald baby and future hair.
The article surveys proverbs and social attitudes toward women in historic lines, noting masculine authorship in matrimonial maxims and the harsh view of female tears. It cites lines about women’s place and the telltale phrase about goosefoot tears, contrasting older views with practical modern sensibilities.
A Scottish courtroom moment features Miss Jane denying specifics with wit. When asked her age she declares she is 50 then 60, and she refuses to reveal marriage prospects while taunting the counsel over his persistent questioning.
In Sharpsburg Kentucky on October 20 a town volunteer crew gathered for a turnpike project. County candidates attended with teams and good will. About 167 workers completed a quarter mile of gravel road and prepared another quarter mile for gravel, saving an estimated minimum of 350 dollars.
The article notes that heavy lichens on Madeira’s stone streets make them slippery, allowing sleighs to be used year round. It emphasizes the unusual reliability of sleigh travel despite the climate.
A quotation on gossip describing it as smoke from dirty pipes and a sign of bad taste by those who spread it. attributed to George Eliot.
A hyphenated list asks why settle for partial baths and scattered comforts when a full bath tempered to suit you can be enjoyed each morning. It questions why rely on bottled water or distant filters for kitchen and laundry needs and why tolerate germ filled cistern water. It proposes a reservoir filtered plant south of the Ohio River and urges replacing a dry yard with green grass and flowers to cut street dust. It argues the home offers everything for health and ease and rebuts money as the barrier, naming economy and enterprise as the path to better living.
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