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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1906
Page
3
A company states it does not raise coal prices on rumors of a miners strike or railroad block. Prices go up only when the actual cost advances, and the increase is described as fair. The speaker emphasizes paying cash.
A 13 year old boy acts with courage when a drug wholesaler named Wilson drives into a flooded creek near Hayes ford. The youth frees the horse, helps Wilson to shore, then rescues the buggy and case with help from locals. The episode ranks as a dramatic display of youth bravery amid peril.
Marion County reports Mr Wm W Spalding elected secretary of the Kentucky County Attorneys and County Judges Association at Olympian Springs. His address on State and National Bank Taxation was praised as a key feature of the meeting. Also, C A Bosley received notice of a patent for an adjustable burial slipper and plans to market it soon. A poultry yard incident near Rickets involved a coon killing three chickens leading to erroneous reports of a negro killing. the coroner was summoned but did not respond.
H L Stanley of Bruno declares he is the luckiest man in Arkansas after his wife’s health, plagued by years of coughing and lung bleeding, improved with Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption. He reports her quick response to one bottle and full recovery after twelve, with money-back guarantee. Ad repeats pricing and a subscription note for The Sum at $100 yearly.
President Roosevelt endorses the Carnegie spelling reform movement and orders the Public Printer to use reform spellings in all White House documents. The Branger Mathews committee lists 1000 reform words and will update lists as reforms occur, affecting official correspondence and future department printing. The Springfield Sun reports on local option battles in Washington county, praising the banishment of saloons. Dr King's New Life Pills advertised as malaria remedy at Haydon's drug store.
An old advert claims nerve force governs body functions from brain to heart and digestion. It urges using Dr Miles Nervine to rebuild nerves, asserts lasting health through nerve strength, and cites Dr Miles Service and Anti Pain Pills. The readable fragment hints at a Pittsburgh origin and demography.
Humanitarians in Paris protest the delay of a German woman Bloemer's execution. She recently bore a child in prison, and the stay to nurse her infant ends only when the child can be safely separated. The case recalls Terror-era leniencies for expectant mothers.
James Shafner of New Hope escaped last Friday evening from the jail here. He learned to work the cell slide, slipped past Jailer Mann, and fled toward Gilkey Run turnpike then Balltown. A $50 reward is offered for his recapture with the sheriff confident of quick arrest.
A fragmentary excerpt of William Ross Wallace’s verse extols the hand that rocks the cradle as shaping the world. It praises women’s divine mission, motherhood, and the influence of mothers on infants and society, with recurring imagery of nurturing and universal blessing.
The LaRue Herald notes hard fought local option battles in Washington and Nelson counties as the whisky element spends heavily to line up saloon support. It praises The Springfield Sun for its evenhanded stance amid press criticism and urges readers to subscribe for 1.00 a year.
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