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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1910
Page
2
A quirky assemblage of puns and curiosities touches on Halley’s comet, economist wages, back-to-the-farm sentiment, and humorous quips about ducks, birds, and motorists. It notes a sultan’s pearl riches, whimsical laws, and odd local tales from Milwaukee to Philadelphia, with satirical jests on bread wrappers and trout limits.
George Aufderheide, age 50, employed by J R Coppin of Covington, was killed when a horse drew a buggy out of control. As the wagon sped toward a telegraph pole, Aufderheide leaped to safety, struck his head, and died. Harry Brinkmann restrained the horse and alerted authorities. coroner James Wise issued a verdict.
In Toulsville Kentucky James R Dozier a bridge carpenter died after five hours from a self inflicted gunshot wound and Leta Greer Dozier died from wounds. The couple's motive emerged when a letter from Mrs Dozier to William L McGraw of Birmingham Alabama was found on Dozier's clothes.
Judge Shackelford Miller issued an opinion freeing William T. Kammerer of the First regiment who had been court martialed for missing inspection. Kammerer faced a $50 fine and a sixty day jail term before a dishonorable discharge. His lawyers argued militia members not in active service may only receive a small fine for missing inspections.
In Central City Kentucky Charles Martin a negro barber leapt from a freight train and suffered severe head and arm injuries. In the Illinois Central yards Joseph Dougherty a car inspector had his head severed. A telegram announced Kennedy Mains, 19, son of John T Mains of Bender and former UMWA president, was ground to a pulp by a Louisville bound freight train.
The Kentucky and Indiana Bridge Co a railroad joint owned by Southern B&O and Monon plans terminal improvements over the next two years with an estimated spend near six million dollars. A new 2.5 million dollar bridge will be built and the belt line will be double tracked in western and southern city areas. Funding will come from a 10 million dollar bond issue secured by a mortgage.
A deed filed in Hyden Kentucky records the Burtt & Brebb Lumber Co of Ford Clark county conveying 14 589 acres to the Greasy Fork Coal and Timber Co of Louisville. The $97 260 price is payable over one and two years. It stands as Leslie county’s largest land transaction in years, covering 64 tracts across Leslie and Harlan counties at a notably low price.
Obituary notes for J Edward McCarner former Lexington opera house treasurer in Kentucky. several county notices include Willson accepting W A Blackburns resignation as county judge and Carl Henderson named to the vacancy. Training firm S 8 Orfutt Co assigns debts. Habillties 40000 and assets half. Various reports from Georgetown Hopkinsville Lexington Carlisle and more detail local deaths, arrests, fires, and accidents across multiple counties.
High fashion critique by Julia Bottomley surveys the new social gowns. It notes draped skirts, marquisette over voile over messaline, nest of roses, and a shifting emphasis from the failed panier drapery to straight drapery with buckles. Lace bands, embroidery, Persian motifs, and Oriental silk designs enrich state gowns with chiffon coats over sparkling advances.
A model wears a blue striped dress with darker stripe trim. The princess panel fronts are sewn to wrapped seams. The skirt features large box plaits and a beaded fish-wife trim.
White belts in plain white duck and mercerized fabrics attractively priced. Small oval pearl buckles detach for laundering. Belts range from 18 to 40 cents for various widths and embroidery, with cheaper options at 25 and 36 cents for finer work.
A quaint guide explains making decorative hat pins from plain sealing wax. Form a red wax knob on a pin, harden, then coat with colored wax in desired shapes. Add streaks or circles for designs, and small touches of gold or silver wax for contrast. A few pins and sealing wax supply stylish pins at low cost.
A fragment from a French writer Marcel Boulanger offers guidance to girls on self presentation and health. It urges maintaining appearance, self control, posture, and exercise, warning against sloth and prolonged bridge play.
An eight year old Scholar identifies Pat O Rourke president of the Hodcarriers union as the teacher who climbed the ladder of success. A humorous old New Hampshire tale follows about a woman hating man who buys a coat three sizes too large after a tailor cuts seven yards of cloth for a standard fit.
The piece argues that shirt waists look best when laundered with Easy Task soap. It warns against cheap yellow soap that stains and praises Easy Task as the only soap that keeps fabrics white clean sweet and new looking. Prices are five cents a cake.
A preliminary bulletin from the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis notes the average cost per patient per day at thirty semi charitable sanatoria is $1.069. The institutions spend over $1,300,009 annually and provide more than 815,000 treatment days each year. The study suggests the nation could save at least $150,000,000 yearly if indigent consumptives were properly segregated.
A young clergyman, self-conscious in a rural church, asks a deacon for feedback after service. The deacon replies in homey style, recalling Tank Weatherbee's deer hunt where the hunter chased tracks all day in the wrong direction.
Bob, home from college, asks his father if he has worked hard for him all his life. The father, in retrospective musings, agrees with a trite reply and then quips that Bob should now get busy and work for himself. The exchange hints at shifting family labor and personal responsibility within a domestic life context.
A playful exchange centers on detecting a pickpocket in the act. The speaker notes a conditional exception, revealing a humorous or ironic twist about whether a detected thief would be arrested. The line hints at unintended consequences or personal complicity.
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