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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1910
Page
8
Last week’s Sun reports farmers catching up on hay with corn prospects fading to about 75 percent of average. Local residents, visits, medical updates, debts, and weekly weather and agricultural notes fill the column. Subscriptions and community signs of life frame this period’s village bulletin.
The passage advises that proper digestion and regular bowels restore a natural relish for food. It recommends Chamberlain's and Liver Tablets when digestion is lacking, claiming they aid the digestive organs and regulate function. Sold by all druggists.
The Great John Robinson's Circus will perform in Lebanon on Thursday August 11 and in Lawrenceburg on Saturday August 13. The grand exhibition features four rings two stages a half mile hippodrome and three combined menageries with a wild west show. A diverse troupe includes 60 cowboys 30 cowgirls and acts from Russia Japan and the Americas. Daily street pageant at 10 o'clock plus two shows in Lebanon on the named date.
A dated health ad touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin for relief of constipation and related symptoms in women. It claims regular bowel movement improves circulation, headaches, and nervousness, urging readers to obtain a bottle and test its effectiveness. The pitch emphasizes affordability and widespread patient satisfaction.
Mrs. Durham of Campbellaville visits her son Richard Durham. J. W. Funk hosts family and friends at dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Showmaker entertain. Funk and daughter Minnie enjoy an auto trip to Harrodsburg and Danville. Miss Ruth Claybrooke shops in Springfield. Evelyn Showmaker improves after illness. Mrs. Lee Durham hosts Richard Hatchett in Perryville. Ray Dugan of Bloomfield visits. Miss Bertha Grigsby hosts guests from Texas.
The Western Kentucky State Normal School offers an elementary agriculture course with practical work on the school farm. Teachers gain experience teaching the subject and young men pursuing farming as a life work have good opportunities. Course begins September 6 1910. Write for information to H H Cherry president Bowling Green Ky.
A recent ice cream supper at Mrs. S. D. Mudd's home raised a neat sum for repainting and repairing the schoolhouse. Miss Mattye Thompson of Louisville visited her parents. Several attended Mrs. Richard Kelley’s funeral. Charlie Mattingly and Miss Sallie Thompson of Bardstown visited Miss Minnie Clarkson. A Mammoth Cave trip party returned home Friday. Jettie Rudd returned from Nashville. Regina O Bryan and Margaret O Bryan, Sprit residents, were mentioned in the update.
Lewis Chamblin of Manchester Ohio recalls a near grave illness with a severe cough and lung trouble. After failed remedies, he credits Dr King’s New Discovery with restoring his health from 115 to 160 pounds and saving him for his four children from croup. The ad touts the medicine as infallible for coughs and colds and offers a trial bottle and guarantee.
By order of the Washington Circuit Court in May 1910 the administrator and trustees will offer for sale at the Springfield court house on the county court day at 2 PM a tract of land in Washington County on Wolf Pen waters. The sale is on credit six and twelve months, with bond and lien, and bidders must meet terms with approved security.
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