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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1908
Page
5
Dr G T Burton resident dentist offers tooth extraction without pain and crown work as a specialty. All dental work strictly first class. Office in Hagon Block upstairs, Springfield Ky.
Local notes list Christmas displays at Leachman & Campbell with silk petticoats skirts waists and handkerchiefs for the season. A B H Begsey to sell stock at his farm near Texas on Tuesday Dec 22. A moving picture show at the Opera House by Star Amusement Co of Louisville. Church ladies plan Christmas sale on Dec 23 24. Lost and reward notices. Estate notices and executor names. New boiler and large smoke stack at Springfield Water Works.
Round up of weekly personal news. Residents and visitors include Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Simms in Louisville, Dr. Chas. and Dr. Will O Connor with Greg Edelen, plus many others visiting family and attending local events. Bright mentions of illness and travel punctuate the list.
A collage of Christmas wish letters from six to ten year old children across Willisburg Springfield and nearby towns in Kentucky dated December 1908. The notes request candy oranges nuts dolls toy pianos engines carts and various toy tools with many children mentioning siblings parents and hometowns.
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