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Newspaper
Winchester News
Location
Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1908
Page
8
A Baltimore oyster firm advertises reliable service with fresh shipments four times weekly. Fancy prunes sell at 12 1-2 to 15 to 20 cents per pound, fancy Muir peaches at 15 to 20 cents per pound, and extra fancy apricots at 20 cents per pound. All orders receive prompt attention.
In Kentucky at Titt MT. Sterling market the October court day drew a huge crowd. About 8 000 cattle sold with topweights around 1100 pounds at 4 10 cents, most cattle 3 to 4 cents per pound. Notable buyers included R L Kern, Lewis Rogers, and Charles Rose. Sheep traded at 4.5 to 5.5 per head. mules and horses showed softer demand. water and grass scarcity cited as a cause for large cattle shows.
Chicago scene recounts a violent confrontation after a fruit stand theft. George Papas sixteen, allegedly seized seven year old Eugene J. O'Brien by rope. A policeman broke into the home to intervene, finding the rope tied and the boy hanging over a transom.
An advertisement for George N. Kohlhass offers to make tailored suits and overcoats to individual measurements with prices starting at $18.00. The note appears in a period newspaper with a measurements focus.
Cincinnati stockyards report Oct 19 receipts cattle 1433 hogs 4579 sheep 450 with shipments 10 1823. Cattle mostly steady with varied prices for steers heifers cows bulls calves. hogs opened steady but closed slow and weak. lambs active and higher.
Chicago market notes show cattle receipts near 33 000 with prices ranging from 1 50 to 8 50 for calves and western steers. hogs about 32 000 with values from 3 00 to 5 95. and sheep around 33 000 with natives at 2 40 to 6 0 0 and yearlings up to 5 00, all markets mostly weaker by about 10 cents a unit.
The Chicago wheat market shows continued softness as futures trade within a narrow range. Prices move modestly with buyers cautious amid uncertain supply signals and market sentiment.
Frankfort Kentucky October 20 The Capitol Commission approved a burglar proof vault to store state papers and bonds. Bonds worth thousands of dollars held by insurance companies and foreign corporations will move from the State Treasurer to the Secretary of State for custody under the new system.
In Lexington on October 20, Mr H W Aldenberg a well known architect was found dead in his room at a boarding house on South Limestone Street. A coroner jury ruled death from a lung hemorrhage and said he died sometime Saturday after his body was discovered Monday afternoon.
Mr. Aldenberg designed the Brown-Preciesria Hotel the Citizens Bank building and the Elks Club building plus several homes here. He made many friends during his visits and all express deep regret over his sudden death.
Winchester enjoys varied music as two pipers perform bagpipe tunes. The tale recalls a Scotch patient in a hospital whose revival by bagpipe players coincided with other patients dying, inspiring notes on the instrument’s antiquity and cultural reach in Scotland and the Alps.
A Clay City reader writes from October 17 praising The News of Winchester Kentucky. He offers to help boost subscriptions and requests rate information by return mail, calling the paper needed and well regarded in Winchester.
Tom Reed a well known market man living in the north end was arrested Tuesday afternoon on a charge of being drunk and disorderly. Officer Ballard and three other men helped restrain him and he was taken first to the north end court house then to the jail.
W R Thomas B R Jouett and H H Phillips left Tuesday morning for Lexington in an automobile to attend the meeting of the Blue Grass Baseball League managers there.
J. W. and Harvey Hunt shipped six carloads of feeding cattle to 4H. Umphery and Company of Om ingdale Ill. bought them. The cattle averaged about 1200 pounds and sold for 4 to 4 1 2 cents per pound, the largest sale here since the drouth.
A Bloomfield sale offers seven ty five odds and ends men s suits priced from 16 to 18 50 for 5 with sizes 34 to 37.
Mr. F G Cornell of Eagle Casting Company prepares a unique Dutch style residence on French avenue's south side. The hill site offers river views and distant mountains twenty miles away. The square hip roofed building uses basement space and features a Cornell designed heater, with rooms arranged across three floors and ample closets.
About thirty Winchester residents traveled Tuesday to Louisville to hear Mr. Bryan speak and attend the State meeting of the Masonic Lodge. They will stop at Lexington and board a special train departing Tuesday afternoon.
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