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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1910
Page
2
A collection of whimsical quips and social commentary from a Springfield page. It muses on weather forecasts, baseball woes, airships, potions of folly, and society’s foibles, noting humorous observations about progress, fashion, and worldly affairs with a satirical tone. It mentions a 16-ton shark near Seattle and a prophecy of indestructible aerial warships, all in breezy, fragmented prose.
Fifty thousand Knights Templar in ornate uniforms and drawn swords paraded Chicago’s streets on Tuesday August 3 as part of the thirty first triennial conclave. The grand encampment opened with divine service and drew about 50 000 spectators while 42 brass bands played for the procession.
Frankfort expects a heroic bronze Lincoln statue from A. A. Weinman at a cost of 15000 dollars. Gifted by J. B. Speed of Louisville, the statue will be installed in the new capitol rotunda by early October 1911 and dedicated with notable ceremonies.
Richmond Ky editor A D Miller as chair of Kentucky State Press Association committee to plan Press Day and Good Roads Day on September 15. He will select 25 state newspaper men to assist, listing included members from Richmond Lexington Danville Nicholasville and others across Kentucky.
Reports from the Green River district show the earlier damage estimate was too low. Farms lost crops and livestock including horses, cattle, hogs, sheep, and mules, with buildings swept away as floodwaters surge in volume and speed.
In Greenup Kentucky Chas Lusk charged with criminal attack on 12 year old Beulah Hamilton was slipped from jail to Grayson to avoid a lynching by a Russell mob. He was brought back for examining trial before Judge Womack and the case postponed to August 2. Lusk, father of eight, was regarded as a respected Roscoe citizen.
A Louisville meeting of the board of agriculture and related departments will review state fair matters. Franksfort notes include an escape attempt by four prisoners and typhoid fever cases blamed on milk. Other items report resignations, deaths from scarlet fever, fair outlooks, a senator's resignation, a circus accident, jailhouse suicide attempt, and various local appointments and legal actions.
A historical letter extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as helping a Minneapolis woman after illness. The ad claims vast benefits and offers Mrs Pinkham's confidential free advice in Lynn. The passage ends with a classroom joke about language usage.
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