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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1904
Page
7
The Springfield Sun and Farm and Fireside together offer one year for $1.00 with Farm and Fireside issued twice a month and illustrated in each issue. A new cash subscriber to the Sun will receive Farm and Fireside free for one year.
Glasgow Times reports a Kentucky bill from the last legislature to submit the secret ballot issue to voters via a constitutional amendment. Proponents argue both ballot forms have flaws, while the public must decide in November 1905. Separate items note Daniel Moore’s 25 year manslaughter sentence in Meridian, with Judge Cochran emotionally delivering the verdict.
Special correspondence notes President Roosevelt told a Louisville delegation that without an extra session he may travel to Louisville next summer after a San Antonio reunion and a Colorado hunting trip. He would decide plans based on Congress. The piece also covers sea level canal debate, Alaska affair talk, a courthouse disruption anecdote, and local crime notes.
A derailing dialogue of vows and refusals in a New Year scene contrasts a pledge to choose one girl with a wary reply. Meanwhile, Frankfort, Kentucky reports W. P. Walter planning a move from Lexington to open a daily morning paper in the capital after the new year, with his printing plant to follow.
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