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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1906
Page
7
A collage of remarks and snippets from Springfield talks and incidents. Notable items include a remark on a local hunting death by Tillman Thompson of Morganfield, political insinuations about Roosevelt and 1908, a Mayfield hanging scaffold, and sharp editorial jabs at public figures and press coverage.
Hon. R. C. Crenshaw of Christian county, a former State Senator and Western Kentucky Democrat, campaigned in town yesterday for the Agriculture Commissioner role.
Mrs Mary Hines and daughter stayed in Mackville while Maggie and Zora Montgomery visited Miss Maud Inman and Miss Eva Inman. J A Coulter and family visited Chaplin relatives. Ivan Keeling and sister Nannie saw sister Mrs J M Shields. John Showmaker and Maddenman visited Willisburg. C W Oder from Fenwick attended. Agnes Hines visited Panny Litsey as Thurman and Neikirk spoke to a large crowd urging county support.
Sunday at John Armstrong’s home Happy Hollow residents Settles Wall Wail Merritt and Hughes visit. Willisburg defeats Sharpsville 12 to 2 while local figures attend phonograph session and political speeches in Hillsboro and nearby towns.
A severe wind and rain storm struck this week causing notable crop damage. Nick Martin, visiting relatives, has returned home to Taylor Texas. Davis Crow from near Hillsboro visited last week. Miss Jappa Barnett is visiting in Lawrenceburg.
Local residents visited relatives from Illinois Ohio and Louisville. Obituaries note Fry Lake near Van Buren and Rev G W Burge both recent deaths. Rev E W Summers resigns after three years as pastor with farewell sermon. Temperance lecture announced by Rev Walden. Anti-Saloon League formed in North precinct Baptist church to support local option.
Farmers report fair progress in wheat threshing in Hardesty. Community updates mention visits by Mr. and Mrs. Gray and other residents, with plans for a temperance lecture at the Hardesty schoolhouse on Friday night August 10. The death of infant child of Mr. Arthur Moore is noted with sympathy extended to the family.
An old advertisement claims Bucklen's Arnica Salve cures cuts burns and skin irritations with testimonials from Mrs Grant and residents of Spritpeiagiong. The snippet mentions political candidate Harry Helm and C J Heyden but lacks clear context or full names.
A sequence of August gatherings in Nelson County towns including Bloomfield Bardstown Fairfield and Chaplin feature G W Young D D and C L Collins among speakers. Time slots range from 11 a m to 7:80 p m with multiple churches and schoolhouses hosting public discussions on saloon merits and prohibition.
Notice from Washington County Court directs the sheriff to open polls on August 25 1906 to decide if alcohol shall be sold or loaned in the county. Election officers in all precincts to register voters whose names are not yet recorded, with details of terms and duties.
A large Sunday crowd gathered to hear Judge JH Thurman at Freedom Church. W L Graham and family visited Nelson county this week. Local buyers traded ewes, horses, cows, and calves with Graham & Perkine and others, while hog prices hovered near scarce, around a few cents per pound.
The article notes summer bowel disorders in children and recommends a remedy named egeeego 8 Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It claims the medicine controls all types of bowel looseness in both children and adults and promotes subscribing to The Sun for $1.00 yearly.
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