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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1910
Page
3
In schools and homes a clean lavatory is urged to prevent contagious skin trouble. The ad promotes Restnel Medicated Shaving Stick and Realnoi Soap with Oletment as remedies for pimples and irritation, noting physicians’ approval and free literature from Restel Chemical Co, Baltimore. A humorous anecdote about John McLean and an Irish man follows.
A vintage ad urges readers to try Pape's Diapepsin for quick relief from indigestion gas sour stomach and stomach discomfort. It claims five minute relief and a 50 cent cost, noting the remedy digests any food without fuss and suits many stomach ailments under various names.
The statewide canvass by the election board shows Democrats winning by about 26,722 votes. District results list Dem candidates with leading margins over Republicans across all ten congress districts and several appellate districts, reflecting broad Democratic gains statewide.
In Kentucky petroleum areas activity remains solid with good weather aiding drilling and lease development. A standout November find is a twenty five barrel well by Pennsylvania operators in Mt Pisgah, above district averages and among the best recent completions. While new capital is scarce, established firms push development and total completions and new output compare favorably with last autumn.
Frankfort court reversed a ruling in the Hospital College of Medicine case against H A Davidson. Davidson paid or gave notes for a chair before the merger with Louisville Medical College and accepted a professorship in the new institution, so he cannot complain the merger ended the original contract. He must pay the remaining notes, originally totaling $3,000.
Prankfort M C Rankin, commissioner of agriculture, issues the score card for the Kentucky Corn Growers association. Exhibits at the state corn show in Lexington require ten ears, matured and husked, stored dry. Membership costs 50 cents annual, free for boys under 18. best twelve samples advance to national show. Send name to George Roberts, Lexington, to receive premium list.
Dr. Thomas B. McCartney of Lexington spoke on the purpose of secondary schools and Prof. Milton Elliott on possibilities of the high school as Ashland District Educational Association members closed the meeting with committee reports and new officers elected: M. A. Cassidy Lexington as president H. C. McKee Frankfort as first vice president J. S. Johnson Paris as second vice president Miss Mattie Hughes Paris as secretary and treasurer. The group adjourned to meet in October in Lexington.
Louisville reports a preliminary move toward comprehensive road improvement. A special committee proposes a bill to create a state highway commissioner with two assistants, four year term, plus a 5 cent tax levy per $100 of property. Counties seeking state aid would apply to the commissioner.
Kentucky reported 4,186 corporate tax returns from a 21 million special excise tax. State tax receipts totaled over 250 thousand dollars with capital stock listed at 361,068,752.81 and bonded and other indebtedness at 283,794. The net income figure cited is 22,849.29, with the remainder of figures provided in the source.
John Reesor, a farmer near Vine Grove, barely escaped attack by two wildcats after he heard his dog barking. He fired from his gun, killing one cat. the second leaped from the tree and charged his companion, but the dog helped drive it away.
The Wendling murder case continues with Mrs. Cora Muena of Hume Missouri a milliner who aided the crew that aided Wendling in capture expected to testify as a chief prosecution witness. She says publicity ruined her business forcing her to sell out. Education department begins mailing teachers copies of a Library Bulletin listing the 1000 best books for school libraries. In Kentucky citizens fund partridge stocking plans move forward Fayette county to stock with Hungarian partridges. The court of appeals rules Emma Thomas administrator case decides property escheats to school board auditors seek state claim asserting sovereign rights of the state.
Farmers Institute announces county farm meeting schedules across four districts in Kentucky with towns and dates from November through December. Directors C S Kirk W T Kane John G Bighr and lecturers W L Proctor George P Rogers Amos Hall and others named.
A jury found James Herron not guilty in the murder of Fred Daugherty, a neighbor with whom he had a Christmas Eve dispute in 1908. Herron had been in his room all day as the trial concluded.
The Mayfield jury sentenced Dick Moore to five years in the state prison for the murder of Jease Cooley on April 3, 1909, after Moore had earlier received eight years at a prior trial and was granted a new trial.
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