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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1905
Page
4
The article notes no governor bid yet by Hon. C. C. McChord but praises his work as Kentucky Railroad Commission chair. It highlights significant savings for shippers through lower freight rates and asserts the public will recognize his duties and potential future candidacy when announced.
A mood against loafers grows in Kentucky with those lacking visible means of support being called thieves. Grand juries plan decisive action this fall as authorities push for rapid prosecutions and stricter enforcement.
The Harrodsburg Herald illustrated supplement notes Swiss colonies organized across sections of the state as a potential fix for labor scarcity. It argues that hundreds of idle workers must choose between starvation, jail, or workhouse, and honest labor.
A Kentucky Gazette column decries summer idleness and urges public work records to curb beggary. In Frederickstown news, Dr Shauity visits Danville, Father Pieters in Pewee Valley, Miss Annie May and Rose Osborne guide strong public schooling, and Miss Bessie Auberry dies at fifteen during a visit near Botland.
A pistol dropped and discharged fatally wounds Bessie behind the ear. Dr. Hamilton and a priest rush but fail to save her as she dies within minutes. Neighbors express sympathy for Mr. Auberry, widowhood, and burdens on his eldest daughter, amid a tight-knit community note.
The Mount Zion column notes an unusual sick list with Mrs Ollie Hays removed to St Anthony's Hospital Louisville for an operation and recovering. Other items include visitors and travels of locals, a teacher at Springfield, and the death of Mary Ellen Hall of Louisville while visiting family.
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