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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1909
Page
5
Dr T Burton, resident dentist in Springfield Kentucky, offers painless tooth extraction and crown work as a specialty. All dental work described as first class. office located in Hagon Block, upstairs.
Local items report sales of buggies wagons and fencing, hay offers of Timothy and Clover, hides and furs market, a child’s death from pneumonia and funeral at St Rose cemetery, a fourth annual horse sale set for February 20, moves and sales of residents homes, a grocery business assignment, Baptist church trustees buying the Mayes property, a successful dissolution sale of Mudd Bros with cattle horses mules and farm implements sold at good prices.
Six presidents and their wives in costume will be featured at the Lincoln and Washington birthday party hosted by Mrs Sam Shewmaker in Mackville under the Ladies of the Christian church with supper 25 cents. Auction reports from Lebanon county court day show prices for cattle horses and mules. The Sun notes small town crowds due to bad weather and promotes nightly entertainment at the Opera House with moving pictures songs and vaudeville shows supervised by G H Ward with 5 and 10 cent tickets.
The article outlines seed selection and seed cleaning before sowing as the foundation of a successful tobacco crop. It discusses bed preparation methods, including fall burning with brush and wood, and favors modern burning that saves wood and labor. It notes burning depth to destroy weed seeds, and advises burning beds when ground is wet or frozen for even growth and easier transplanting.
The article emphasizes burning weeds from tobacco plant beds to prevent delays in transplanting and yield loss. It warns that neglect in bed preparation leads to a late, inferior crop and reduced weight per acre, urging use of a plant-bed furnace to ensure thorough weed destruction.
Mrs. Walter Seay of Nelson county hosted Mrs. J. E. Goatley Monday. Mrs. Moran and Mrs. Reed visited the ill Mrs. Williams at her mother Mrs. Mitchell’s near Hardesty. Jeff Goatley will move to Kansas to locate permanently. Frank Elery moved to Moran’s farm to raise a crop this year. O. D. Hatchett entered hardware business in Springfield.
E S Lopez of Manilla New York a carpenter says Bucklen's Arnica Salve has saved him from suffering and money by healing severe cuts Burns sores ulcers fever sores eczema and more. Haydon Robertson sells it locally.
Local brief lists visits and movements of residents: Craycroft and McIntire family in Meade county, Bertha Haydon visiting Katherine Spalding in Lebanon, Hundley in Lebanon, Wharton in Louisville, Mary Gleason returning from Louisville, F R Neale in Louisville, Selecman visiting Litsey in Lebanon, Morrison O Nan returning from Louisville, E D Lake in Louisville on business, Byron Croske heading to Florida, Edelen resigns as bookkeeper with Cunningham Duncan, Lillie Simms replaces her, J J McCabe visiting Louisville, L D Baker and Laura Baker returning from Bloomfield, Lester Gibbs resigns from Peoples Deposit Bank, Haydon Marks and Frank McCabe in Louisville, T Scott Mayes to Louisville for Seelbach stay, R F McElroy in Lebanon, S H Thurman in Louisville, John W Lewis visiting, W H McCawley returning to Louisville, J C Shader in Louisville, Ida McClure improving after illness, Miss Knott visiting Cornelia Burke in Louisville, Burke hosting Knott, George Cheschier returning to Louisville, Moore and Handy of Sherman, Texas arriving to visit McElroy and Thompson.
Mr James Trent of Willisburg visited town yesterday. Rev W H Williams and J F Pettus were in Louisville Tuesday. Miss Rose Hilpp returns to Lebanon after weeks with the Hatchetts. Mrs George Edelen visited Lowsville and daughter Mrs Herman Hayes. G C Wharton attended the Craik Steele wedding in Lowsville Tuesday. Misses Johia Parrott and Susie Pope plan a Louisville visit. J Rogers Gore and family left for Hodgenville then will move to Louisville for journalism. Dinwiddie Lampton of Springfield promoted to Assistant Superintendent at Prudential Insurance Louisville office.
The text notes lace selling at 200 dollars an ounce, ten times gold, a trousseau over one million, a Paris furniture chair with gold forelegs, Dutch birth customs with lace pins, Italian early spectacles bans, Charlemagne's asbestos tablecloth, and then lists newspaper prices for the Springfield Sun and St. Louis Courier-Journal.
Springfield visits dot Happy Hollow as neighbors including Keeling Shields Hanby and Sutherland travel between Willisburg Taylorsville and Chaplin. Death of Marah Settles child from croup noted with burial at Wilksburg. Families plan moves to Fairview and vacated homes as local residents spend time with relatives.
Albert Hayes, a 25 year old man from the mountains, operated a traveling liquor trade in Harrodsburg until a trap was sprung. He carried a quart bottle, sold drinks, then refilled it for more customers until authorities witnessed the exchange and arrested him as others in town allegedly imitate the practice. Hayes faces trial Saturday.
A notice states the seller has disposed of their interest in Thompson Bros store at Litsey and that all accounts must be settled by March in blade or by 0 aE, with collection action by an attorney for books at the store.
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