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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1905
Page
6
A Perryville beauty Effie Rainey deserts the man she loved, Sterling Ransdell, and waits at a livery stable with his horse until morning. Police later investigated a Kansas City ticket and arrival discrepancy as the young woman faced abandonment by the wealthy farmer’s son.
A fragmented Atlantic Constitution verse laments parting and longing. The speaker pleads for one last kiss and comfort as life fades, expressing a dream enduring beyond death and a desire for peaceful memory amid sea imagery.
Fragmentary OCR from a historical page mentions Port Arthur heroism, a mine, and figures such as Stoessel and Gefenler with garbled names. It hints at wartime events, a press roundup, and names like Aubol, Majer, and McD, but details are unclear. The fragment preserves names and wartime context without full narrative clarity.
Fragmented OCR text shows garbled phrases and unnamed individuals. It seems to reference a scene with locations like Whickre and Loraine and mentions a tense time around a beginning. No clear event date or outcome emerges from the readable segments.
Chairman C C McChord of the Kentucky Railroad Commission and vice chairman of the National Association of State Railroad Commissioners says Congress will grant the Interstate Commerce Commission power to set rates. He reports President Roosevelt is supportive and expects rapid action on traffic legislation. The Kentucky body supports rate making by the ICC and opposes a reviewing court without rate authority.
Kansas City jury panel proceedings halted when William A Rollins a black man summoned to serve on the Circuit Court jury was discharged after four days fees and no meals. When jurors were questioned about service Bella Jarman a quarter asked to be excused saying he could not serve with a seen six the import. The other jurors disagreed and the court excused Moline.
A narrator recalls The Big Bow Mystery as details emerge about a Park County Florida fire. John Kirby, his wife and four children perished in their home while the Little daughter of U S Marshal A D James dies suddenly. The tale links hauntings, locked rooms, and a deadly blaze to a real life fatal case.
Announcement from Marion Falcon lists the upcoming marriage of Miss Margie Ray to Mr. E. O. Duty. The ceremony is set for February 4, 1905, at the First Baptist church in Kosciusko Mississippi. Miss Ray is the daughter of Mrs. W. E. Ray of Simms, a noted resident of this region.
George Kinder of this county reports his great father Lace Kinder is the oldest man in Central Kentucky or possibly the state. The 104 year old Sharpsville resident, a Baptist member for 84 years, attributes health to a life of abstaining from intoxicants.
A fragment notes Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as a mother’s favorite with soothing properties and pleasant taste. It claims quick relief and suitability for adults. Also mentioned is the death of George E. Woodwan, a noted physician, in New York.
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