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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1906
Page
8
Genial notes from Sycamore Valley record housekeeping on a farm bought from E V Sails and visits by Lizzie Crow and Hester Noel. Obituaries mark the deaths of Mamie Jane Coulter, 80, and Uncle Cal Suttles, 81, with interments in Hillsboro cemetery and services by Rev W E Sutherland and Rev J A Sims.
In Brooksville residents plan to start plowing soon after finishing tobacco bed burning last week. Mr. George Harlow visited his brother James Saturday night. Sleet Pinkston and wife visited her father Henry Settles Sunday. Mrs. T. E. Wilson visited Mrs. A. C. Pinkston Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Jane Coulter of Hillsboro neighborhood died at her home Wednesday from cancer of the liver. Her remains were buried at the family burying ground in Hillsboro. Sympathy is extended to the bereaved family.
Local events report visitors and visits among residents including Sallie Kimberlin, Mattie Crane, Nan nie Christerson, G T Mays, and J M Russell. Market actions note Red Squirrel gelding sale for 140 dollars and sow with pigs sold for 28 dollars. Weather and farming updates mention wet conditions, crop prep, wheat and grass health, and hopeful fruit crops. An domestic testimonial praises Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets for dyspepsia and constipation. Sold by Blue Grass dealers.
Route 1 resident Will Clorhents offers Black Manorca eggs at 16 for 75 cents. Campbell Sprind advertises a black mare and a mule colt. J Hamilton from Route 2 lists cattle for sale. Listings mention tack and a stallion or horse for sale, with prices per item.
Miss Agnes Hines returns from Mackville after two months at school. Mr Ofmaby Shewmaker of Harrodsburg visits relatives. Zora and Judith Monery with Zelma McElroy. Sabe Coulter and wife visit Shields family. Jesse Noel visited several days. Rev A Simms to preach fifth Sunday at 11. Rufus Shewmaker buys a horse from Coleman Settles. C W Oder of Fenwick visits Sunday. Mrs Hines in Macken business near Tatham Springs. Death of Mrs James Coulter aged eighty, burial here last Friday. Sympathy offered to family. Chamberlains Salve recommended for skin disuse at skin itch and burn.
An early 20th century stallion advertisement offers Happy Beau a 1906 season at a Frederick area stable on McIntire and Fredericks Pike. Details include price ten dollars to insure a living colt, lien on service, payment on foal or mare disposal, and care disclaimer. Describes Happy Beau as a dark chestnut sorrel, 15 hands, weight around 1,050, with references to lineage and promising two-year-olds. Stockmen urged to visit farm to view three colts of Happy Beau.
At the same time and place a dark brown jack named Dewey stands for breeding. Dewey is 14 hands high with good points and bone and has proven himself a first-class breeder. Mares or jennets pastured for $2 per th.
Fancey Boy stands west of Cardwell at eight dollars to a colt or stallion with good flesh and my Nick Wat. Fancey Boy is a very successful show horse. First dam Pete Gold dust, second dam Vonmoltke, with line to Carpenter's Denmark and Seal. Money conditions stated, season money due, notes on care and safety accompany. Call in Kentucky for details.
Ben Patchen will start the season at the farm of Mrs. R F Parrott located two and a half miles from Springfield on the Mackville pike, marking the opening of activities.
Ben Patchen is a bay 16 hands high by Mambrino Boy Jr. and dam Satinette, with own brother Chicadee and relations including Mambrino Patchen and Green Mountain Maid in a storied line. The colt combines blood from two top sires and three dams, with notable descendants and brood mare connections.
Sunshine Chestnut Stallion by Red Leaf, bred by R E Goddard, Harrodsburg KY, now owned in S field, will season 1906 at Fair Ground stables under L D Baker. Described as a superb breeding sire, full brother to Glorious Sunrise and Glorious Sunset, with lineage to Madam Wood and Nat Wood and a 16 hand dam. Mr Goddard notes sorrel pair sold for 3700 dollars and praises the mare’s quality.
A farmer offers a jack for stud at 15 hands high with a guaranteed foal. Care will be taken to prevent accidents but the owner is not responsible for any occurences. Payment due when the colt is foaled or sooner.
Waco Dare Jr No 1162 in Vol 3 Nrm headlines a fine uniform breeder, with colts among the best in the Lone Lone Waco Dare will perform at Walker's Heights Stock Farm four miles west of Springfield on Bloomfield Pike. Pedigree traces to Chester Dare and King Denmark with multiple dynastic lines. warns of a text full of genealogical data and unverified sentences.
Farmers busy breaking and sowing tobacco. W T Gibbs travels to Loaleride for new goods. Mrs d W Sutherland and Myrtle visit relatives in Anderson County. H E Tatum spends day with J W Shirley in Litsey. Mrs John Brown returns to Louisville with her mother Mrs A B Wells. Krestus Derringar visits sister Mrs Jerome Warner. Alvin Foster in Louisville. Ezra Gibbs of Anderson County. Lince Faurlie Showmaker turns eighty eight at son B Showmaker home. Mrs Clay Fertel sells house at Mackville and buys Ann Burton’s place and plans to move.
Local notes report Phoebe Harlow opening a millinery shop at this place and Coral Trent passing through last Saturday en route to Cornishville to establish a store. The issue records deaths, illnesses, and community news including visits, new goods, and prayer meeting attendance in Deep Creek and nearby areas.
List of letters remaining uncalled for at the Springfield Post Office for the week ending April 11 1906. Names include Miss Anna Brown Mrs Butler Otho Carr John W Davis Mrs N Frye Miss Kate Peters Miss Dessie Moore Weekly Hichard Wilson and W A Wark plus two others. Postmaster confirms items awaiting collection and directs recipients to inquire.
J. Egleston of M. Town recounts his wife and he both suffered a severe winter illness described as the worst kind of grip. He mentions aching knees and joints, sore muscles, and eye issues, and notes a domestic dealer in Blue Grass aided by a double dose.
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