Letters to Santa Claus from Springfield Ky
A collection of Christmas requests from Springfield and nearby, with letters from children aged four and under to Santa Claus. Children name desired gifts such as dolls, wagons, toy guns, trains, rocking chairs, and practical items like stoves, dishes, and a piano, with several children mentioning siblings and toofies.
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Springfield
Santa Claus
Ray
Bishop Lynch
Sue
Willa McElroy
Santa
Willie Ray Moran, Jr
Beatrice
Edith Elizabeth Boswell
Charles
Emma Spalding
Olivia
Grandma
Eleanor Clements
Olivia Clements
Sister
Donald Allen Campbell
Letter from M F Hetherington praising Springfield paper
M F Hetherington of Lebanon and Miami writes December 4 1904 praising the initial issue of a Springfield weekly. He commends its typography makeup extent variety and quality and says Springfield is a fine town with progressive public spirit and would be a pleasant place to live. He wishes success to Gore and the venture.
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Miami
Fla
Gore
Ager
Springfield
M. F. Hetherington
Prize Questions from The Sun Allegheny County Odds
The Sun offers two prizes for correct answers from readers. First correct answer wins a book, second a picture. Several readers sent in correct responses naming winners Tilda Boswell Julia Leachman and others from Springfield and vicinity.
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PIIZE
Tilda Boswell
Springfield Book
Julia Leachman
Springfeld
Sun Springfield Ky Prize Contest Rules
The Sun of Springfield Kentucky announces a prize contest asking readers to submit correct answers. Participants must place sealed envelopes with solutions in the Prize Editor box by noon Tuesday. the first two correct entries will win prizes as stated.
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The
Sun
Springfield
Rocks thrown at C and C train injure passenger at Lebanon
Four teenage suspects Allen Lamb James Smith Walter Smith and Rich Pruitt were jailed after a market street crossing attack on the C and C train from Lebanon to Greensburg left James H Ramsey of the Justice Department wounded in the right temple. Det Chappel and Ed C Thompson led the investigation resulting in felony charges. The incident follows a prior similar attack months earlier. A clothing ad follows.
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Lebanon
Greensburg
Market Street
James H. Ramsey
Department of Justice
Washington City
Chappel
Ed C. Thompson
Allen Lamb
James
Walter Smith
Rich Pruitt
Marks & Green Purchases 600 Acres Timber Near Clermont
The Marks & Green lumber firm buys cash timber on the Magruder tract of 600 acres near Clermont in Bullit county. It is the county’s largest timber tract with oak, poplar, hickory, beech and pine. Timber lies one to three miles from the railroad and the firm will move mills there immediately.
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Marks & Green
Magruder
Clermont
Bullit County
Death of Miss Marie Young at her father’s estate
Miss Marie Young died Monday night at the home of her father, three miles east, after throat trouble. She was 28, devout in the Catholic faith, and leaves a father and six brothers. Funeral services were held at 10 o'clock with Rev Father officiating. the community mourns the loss of a kindly, esteemed young woman.
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Marie Young
Miss Young
Mr Young
Christian
Leba non writer wins partial prize for story
Mr. Edwin Carlislé Litsey of Lebannon received $500 from Black Cat Magazine for the best story Abner Daniels Love Story. The prize totaled $1,500 with two other rivals winning $500 each. Litsey, a prominent South novelist and poet, is highly regarded in literary circles.
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Edwin Carlislé Litsey
Lebanon
Abner Daniels
Black Cat Magazine
Eitsey
South
Death of Mrs Polly Peter in Nelson county
Mrs Polly Peter died at her son Sam Peters home near Bards town on Saturday after general debility. She was 87, long a county resident from Mackville, later in Nelson county, a devoted Mackville Methodist and active in church work. Services were held at Mecavie with interment in the Peter cemetery. Sympathy extends to bereaved relatives.
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Polly Peter
Sam Peter
Bardstown
Peter
County
Mackville
Nelson County
Mecavie
Merchants of Springfield Promote Holiday Goods Display
The Springfield merchants invite shoppers to view their large displays of holiday goods. They emphasize wide selections and affordable prices, urging everyone to find suitable gifts for loved ones and to visit their stores for Christmas shopping. The text highlights numerous toys and appealing displays along with several local roadways directing traffic into Springfield.
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Macie
Springfield
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James Stewart Green
Rupert M. Allen
Springfield, Ky
Jack Barbour
Hertlein
Conrad Hertlein
Claus
Me & Bank
A. R
Bobbie Shultzip
Old Santa
the Knott Co
Springfield,ky
C.j.haydon
Town and Sun
Miami, Fla
Washington County
Marion Falcon
Sam Abellingfield
Iis
T. Irvin McElroy
Kentucky
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