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Newspaper

Springfield Sun

Location

Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America

Date

Apr 10, 1907

Page

7

Graddy assets exceed debts in Versailles deed of assignment

Versailles Kentucky and Louisville report on William T. Graddy who assigned property to his brother in law for creditors. The estate valued around 30 000 with 200 acre home farm 70 and 90 acre tracts and interests in two other farms entailed to his children. Neighbors Turpin and Roy figure in a related stabbing case with Roy killed by Turpin who surrendered citing justification. L N earnings show February gross 3 729 142 up from last year but expenses up 241 576 yielding a monthly net drop of 45 356. Eight month net earnings rise 327 429 over last year.

Versailles William TL. Graddy Hardin Field Graddy O Turpin Dade Roy Roy Turpin Louisville

Fear of burglars grips Louisville woman buried after death

Mrs Catherine Otter 25 was buried from St Cocllas church after being burned in an abandoned schoolhouse eight miles west of New Albany. Once attacked by burglars who broke into her home, her mind waned, and she spoke of burglars continually as authorities report a long, troubled case.

Louisville Catherine Oter Otter New Albany Bouse Lafayette Township

Wife beater killed in Kentucky coroner’s inquest

Paducah Kentucky reports Milliard McCawley saloonkeeper and former river pilot shot dead at his stepson Fred Trout’s Brookport home after beating his wife. Coroner’s jury rules justifiable homicide. Another item notes a turpin stabbing incident in Harbourville Kentucky following a dispute at William Turpin’s residence near Avis in Russell County.

Paducah Milliard McCawley Brookport Fred Trout McCawley McCawiey Tt Fe Harbourville

White Louisville Woman Paid By Railway In Compelled Ride

Mrs Luella Thurman was paid 3500 by Southern Railway after being ordered to ride in the negro compartment on a train between Louisville and Harrodsburg. She had sued for 10000. a jury verdict of 4000 was reversed on appeal and the matter was compromised.

Lexington Luella Thurman The Southern Railway Co

Single Casket Holds Two Infants In Paducah

Mrs Essie Ricketts and Mrs Edward Marshall lifelong friends will bury their infants in one casket. The siblings aged 14 months apart died of pneumonia on the same day under the same roof. One child died at seven o'clock the other at three. Bodies were shipped to Hopkinsville for burial.

Paducah Essie Ricketts Edward Marshall Hopkinsville

Pencil in Pocket Fractures Kentucky College Principal

Prof H Clay Smith principal of the young Indies department at South Kentucky College suffered a fractured rib when a lead pencil in his pocket was driven into him as he reached over a chair to retrieve a jotter he had dropped. In Louisville, Martin J. snail general manager of three traction and lighting firms promised wage increases effective May 1.

Hopkinsville H. Clay Smith Young Indies' Department South Kentucky College Louisville, Ky Martin J. Snaull Louisville & Southern Indiana Traction Co Southern Indiana Traction Co Northern Railway & Lighting Co

Interurban workers wage rates set for first and second years

Tormen and conductors on the inter urban Ines are to receive 20 cents an hour during the first year and 22 cents after that period. Motormen on the lines outside of New Albany and Jeffersonville will be paid 17 1/2 cents during the first year and 19 1/2 cents in the second year.

New Albany Jeffersonville

Stilettos and Bullets at Italian Labor Camp

Ashland Ky three are dead and one dying a woman after a night of heavy drinking led to a knife and pistol battle at a labor camp on the Guyag river eighteen miles from town. Tony Sodario Sebastiano Puchelli exchanged blows and a 12 inch knife. Shots wounded Betti Sodario and Frank Pirelli. one Italian killed. others arrested or subpoenaed.

Ashland Guyag River Aquor Huntington Tony Sodario Sebastiano Puchelli Sodario Puchelli Betti Sodario Frank Pirelli Parkersburg W. Va Tralian Tralians

Opposition collapses for Louiaville railroad post

A. T. Siler faces no opposition for the Republican nomination as Louiaville selections indicate rivals withdraw. W. T. Black J. T. Patrick and I. R. Bryson say they will not oppose and have withdrawn. The April 20 county conventions and April 24 Mt. Sterling district convention are set, with Siler as current district board member. Meanwhile legal notes report a new trial appeal in the Charles Tuck and Jim Moore case and a 14 year sentence for Tom Wir the mat painter in Bowling Green.

Louiaville A. T. Siler W. T. Black Barboutaville J. T. Patrick Magoffin County I. R. Bryson Nicholas County Siler Mt. Sterling

Rheumatic Pain Balm Brings Quick Relief to Sufferers

Chamberlain's Pain Balm provides fast relief from rheumatic pains aiding sleep and rest. The remedy claims many have been permanently cured and is sold by reliable dealers in the Blue Grass region.

Chamberlain

Rescue at Sea Saves Ten From Four Masted Schooner

A violent Northeast gale drove the four masted schooner Bossart off course and ashore near Nags Head North Carolina. Ten crew members including two women were rescued by coast guard crews led by Capt Etheridge after a dawn surf landing. The vessel bound from New York to Wilkins DC ran aground in heavy breakers. all crew members were saved, with Captain Pletcher among the rescued. Another schooner Laura J Sprague was ashore off Cracoke Inlet with six to seven crew members.

Norfolk Etheridge Nags Head N. C Ala Bossart Virginia Carolina New York Wilkins D. C Coast Guard Urip Pletcher Nags Laura J. Sprague Pierce Marblehead Mass Cracoke Inlet N.C Lfesavers Old Dominion Standard Thomas W. Lawson Cape Lookout Lawson Standard of Ca

Murder confession tied to double tragedy near Sycamore Pond

Mrs Victor Riley of Douglas County reports her husband fatally shot himself after confessing to killing Harvey Obert of Springfield. Riley claimed he shot Obert near Sycamore Pond, moved the body to the water, fed rocks to its head and feet, then died by his own hand to conceal the murder.

West Plains Victor Riley Douglass County Sycamore Pond Riley Harvey Obert Springfield Moive Obert

Falling walls kill six in New York fire and chaos

April 8 fire at Metropolitan power house in Harlem 145th Street and Seventh Avenue killed seven firemen from Engine Co. 81, including Capt. John Ryan, as walls collapsed. Property loss from Met Co. reaches at least 1 million dollars. trolley system paralyzed. Separate brief items report an ex president of Guatemala stabbed to death in a streetcar accident in Mexico, a wealthly cattleman’s suicide in Helena, a Venezuelan president’s relapse, a wreck in Christopher, VI injuring crew, two women drowned in El Paso reservoir dam break, and a baby rescued at the scene.

New York Metropolitan Power House 145Th Street Seventh Avenue Engine Company No. 81 Walla John Ryan Lax Metropolitan Co Upper Harlem

Cleaning Furs and Castile Soap Jelly Tips

Home fur cleaning guidance covers white furs from ermine to chinchilla with sun airing pounding on rattan sticks. It details sand and furrier sawdust baths, cornstarch finishing, and careful handling, plus making Castile soap jelly and cleaning silk handkerchiefs with methylated spirits in a period tone.

Washington Times Alaska

Clubbing Rates in The Sun and Courier Journal

A fragment notes clubbing rates and listings for The Sun and The Louisville Times, including reference to The Sun and the Daily Courier Journal dated for one year. The text shows mixed newspaper titles and pricing phrases in a brief clippings context.

the Sun and Daily Kentucky State Journal The Sun Louisville, ‘Times Daily Courier- Journal Sun and Journal

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