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Newspaper
Winchester News
Location
Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1908
Page
4
The Winchester News Co publishes daily except Sunday with office on South Main Street. It is entered at the Winchester Post Office as second class mail matter.
A short item lists subscription rates with six months and one month options and provides a new phone number. The note appears in a Friday October 23, 1908 issue.
We thank Mr Warren Elkin for the cartoon on today's first page. He formerly worked with the Hagan Gas Engine Company and is now with the Hukle Engine Company of Lexington. His talent is evident and more cartoons are anticipated soon.
The piece lauds Tennessee Governor Patterson for offering a $10,900 reward to catch night riders who killed Captain Rankin and for visiting Union City to oversee the case. It argues such courage should inspire Kentucky officials and calls for public health reforms in schools to replace shared drinking cups with individual ones, citing germ risks. It notes Winchester schools as relatively efficient and urges schools to lead a broader movement.
The Mt. Sieriaz Gazette reports officials move to enforce game laws. Judge Hazelrgg will appoint fifteen wardens to protect quail as community funds raise rewards for convictions. Marion Freniel, a young farmer, confessed to killing game and was fined five dollars plus costs.
A leading magazine discusses the long effort to curb communal drinking cups. Doctors and medical groups pushed reform with little success, but sustained campaigns finally influenced schools nationwide to adopt changes in drinkware policies.
The News begins a regular International Sunday School lesson feature. It will publish Fridays in the city edition and Saturdays in the country edition. The paper hopes readers will appreciate the addition and may add more features over time.
The Winchester News, a six column eight page independent daily serving Winchester and Clark County, Ky., opens under editor W. A. Beatty. The Anderson News predicts strong local support for the creditable venture.
A large tobacco barn owned by prominent farmer John Marston on the Richmond Pike burned at 1 AM. The blaze wiped out 2100 bushels of wheat valued at 1.05 per bushel, 20 tons of hay, two self-binders and other machinery. Loss estimated at 3500 with no insurance. cause unknown.
The American Tobacco Company agrees to buy one million pounds of McLean county tobacco from the American Society of Equity. Prices hovered near $9 per hundred. The signed contract will go to New York officials for ratification before deliveries start at Calhoon, Sacramento, and Livermore.
Classified column item noting available wants and requests for readers. Includes simple asks, contact instructions, and brief terms. No sensitive details provided.
Major W L Sibert of the Panama Canal Commission urged sticking to locking and damming the Ohio River rather than reservoirs. He argued forests do not affect river stages and linked river improvement to Panama Canal traffic. W K Kavanaugh urged united action by waterway groups and possible bond funding. George W Theiss cited nearly 1 million dollars in lost payrolls and 7 million dollars in idle property due to Ohio River neglect and unnavigability.
Postmaster General Meyer changes the rules on enclosing higher class matter in lower rate mail, enforcing penalties only for wilful violations. Previously fines applied regardless of intent, totaling about 66,000 dollars yearly, with 90 percent due to ignorance often affecting women children and the poor. It notes 1600 cases tied to the James town exposition, all by children.
William J. Conners leader of the Democratic state committee accuses Republican organizations in upstate counties of padding registration rolls by 10 000 to 20 000 names. He says a state law committee led by former Judge Alton B. Parker will oversee election integrity with about 500 attorneys and special deputies to ensure ballots are honestly cast and counted.
In New York on October 23 Dr Irving J Cook a young local physician chose suicide over trial for manslaughter in a criminal practice case. He drank a poisonous dose at the Waldorf Astoria and left a sealed letter to his wife with a brief note asking her not to take the affair hard.
Oscar S Straus secretary of commerce and labor missed a Chicago speaking engagement due to a voice failure. He cited infirmity and could not travel to address the gathering.
Richmond Tigers defeated Winchester Giants 18 to 0 yesterday afternoon at Witherspoon Park. The first touchdown came in eight minutes and the home team never approached the goal. lineup for Winchester includes Shackelford and Peniston among others.
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