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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1905
Page
3
A reader note lists cost and exchange prices for school books at Haydon’s Drug Store. The notice references theState and various book titles available for purchase or trade, indicating pricing details and availability for students and educators.
Realty listings offer 360.166 acres near Anseed Station at 42.17 per acre, a nice improved farm at Bardstown Junction for 4000, and several stores and trading points in Washi county and surrounding areas. Contact T Ewina Real Estate Agency Harrodsburg Kentucky for details.
A fragmentary verse asks about who first prospected Portland and what makes Augusta, Philadelphia, Providence, and other U S cities notable. It playfully inquires about historical figures and places such as Boston, Mississippi, Chicago, Seattle, Tampa, Tombstone, Texarkana, and more, mixing questions about wealth, fortunes, and origins with exclamations and regional references.
Mooresville reports threshing and tobacco cutting to begin soon. An ice cream supper at Fairview schoolhouse this Saturday Aug 12 benefits the school. Brother Adkins preached to a large gathering. No more preaching at New Hope church until September 1. Tom Hardin near Baker is ill with typhoid fever. Camp Ground church closes with several additions. Mrs Milton Mattingly dies last week. remains buried at Bush Grove. Two more local children sick with flux. Locals may attend Aliceton camp meeting this week. Mr Palmer Chesser and family visited near Rock Bridge. Will Buckman’s mare died after pasture accident. A recent rain blessed the area.
R B Montgomery a longtime local figure died at home after a period of ill health. His passing prompted condolences from family and neighbors as friends gathered for the funeral. Surviving him are his wife and eight children including Alex Montgomery Price Montgomery Lena Montgomery James and Frank Montgomery Pattie Blandford and Mary Belle and Louise Montgomery. Visitors from Bardstown Meade county and Louisville were noted as well as community gatherings and travels among residents.
The Shelby Sentinel comments in favor of restoring open and fair voting by voice. It laments secret ballot adoption since the new constitution and urges waking voters to support open balloting. Also reports multiple local incidents in Kentucky including a scalp injury, a veteran killed by a train, canal and Mammoth Cave access progress, a damages suit, an inquest verdict, a fatal fish bone infection, and a death in Campbellsville. The note concludes that current state governors are country editors.
Kentucky Standard reports Ben Johnson’s automobile, valued at about 1600 dollars, burned in the street before People’s Bank due to a gasoline line leak. Damage estimated around 100 dollars as crowds gathered in the incident. The note also records the death of Hon. John W. Alexander, former Mason county representative, at Maysville.
The Louisville Times endorses a first time Home Coming Week to be celebrated in Louisville next spring and then annually. It praises Kentucky for its enduring loyalty of Kentuckians to their mother State and predicts Louisville’s future growth and prosperity. The piece argues homecoming will benefit Louisville and Kentucky, with a sincere welcome for returning residents.
A letter urges focus on a capable Kentucky woman who can design plans and build a four story cake, bake pies that impress inventors, prepare exceptional dinners, and possess practical skills like darning socks and mending rents, praising her varied talents and trades.
Marion County report shows Captain W. H. Sweeney going to Louisville Tuesday to be sworn in as chief deputy to the Surveyor of the Port and to begin his duties. He will take a civil service exam on August 23. Messages arrive of a sister's death in Chaplin Kentucky and of Mrs. Will Walker's death near St Marys. Senator Contra denies his father will resign from the appellate bench. Judge Cantrell is recovering at Hot Springs and may miss the next court session due to health.
In a stormy Montgomery session W Eubank was removed as road supervisor leaving the office vacant as county finances showed the turnpike fund overdrawn by 156 dollars with no money on hand. Vouchers are held and suits threaten if funds are not forthcoming, prompting sensational disclosures and expected court battles.
Ed Searce a Black man ran his horse over two year old Bessie Bryant, daughter of Leander Bryant, in front of his home. The child is painfully but not fatally injured. Mob violence ensued and the man was jailed to avoid a lynching. The enraged father attempted to kill Searce. Governor Vardaman ordered additional troops to reinforce quarantine soldiers on the air coast.
The Kentucky Health Board proclaims that, with health authorities and all citizens cooperating, Kentucky will keep its doors open to refugees fleeing yellow fever from southern districts. Officials assign railway conductors and ship captains as inspectors and require daily reports of passengers from infected areas, plus fumigation of through coaches at terminals. Citizens must remove nuisances and drain potential mosquito breeding sites to reduce disease risk.
The clipping notes severe liver and stomach illness warning that grave trouble looms unless proper treatment is found. It cites Mrs John A Young of Clay, N by name and references a medicine for weak women. It mentions railroad stations in Louisville for suspect cases.
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