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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1905
Page
2
The Elizabethtown Mirror reports cabbage snakes are mythical after a reader saw a small pink worm in a cabbage leaf. The piece condemns fake sensationalism by the Mar writer and local editors, noting widespread damage to cabbage sales and public trust from such hoaxes.
Danville Kentucky February 2 The Boyle Circuit Court grand jury adjourned after returning forty six indictments against Standard Oil Company charging peddling oil without license and selling uninspected oil Cases continued to April term Residents complained of poor oil quality and county attorney Price led the inquiry Twenty indictments also filed against Wiedeman Brewing Company for violating local option law Indictments against Louisville and Nashville railroad total ten making next term expected to be highly eventful
In a letter to Chief of Detectives Desmond, Celestine Barton, first wife of Lord Barrington, urges swift execution of her husband, jailed at Clayton under a death sentence for murder. She rebuts his alleged criminal record, calling him a convict, burglar, and villain who would seek to escape. She asks Wake up, you folks of St. Louis, rid the world of a viper.
John H Champion aged 84 died last Sunday at Shaker Bend from old age related causes. Funeral services were held Monday at 2 p m from his residence with interment in the family burying ground. Also a note on avoiding strong medicines for rheumatic pain promoting Chamberlain's Pain Eater as a relief in topical use. Sold by J L Haydon.
The passage mixes Henry W. Longfellow verse with a Kentucky news item. Arvie Follis, fourteen, daughter of the late A F Follis, was bitten by a mad dog at her Scottsville home near Petroleum. The dog then bit Andrew Foster. both victims were taken to Franklin for treatment with a mad stone to their wounds. The dog was killed on site.
Danville Kentucky February 2 Citizens of Perryville express elation over an electric railroad prospect. They plan a Saturday meeting to appoint committees and push steps to secure the line from Burgin to the Cumberland river. Local leaders hope a future national park at the Perryville battlefield may encourage government support.
The article critiques a flood of self help literature arguing that inner willpower and self discipline alone raise health wealth and happiness. It warns against hypnotism and external faith and emphasizes personal struggle faith and patience as the path to progress. A separate note reports a fire at East St Louis causing an estimated $265000 in losses.
We report a harsh winter, heavy snow beneficial to wheat, and six weeks of continued cold. Local news covers moves, marriages, illnesses, births, farm notes, dog law call, and Bully Brown's buckskin breeding update at the Gay Farm Pisgah highlighting its prominence in saddle-horse breeding for national figures.
Dr Hatchett and wife visited his brother Rev H P Hatchett of Fairview Sunday. Ivan Carey bought a cow from G W Keeling for 17 dollars. L P Johnson visited his mother at Johnsonville Sunday. Herbert Prather and Maude Cheatham were married at Rev H P Hatchett home Sunday. Prof Ivan Keeling started a subscription school at Rockbridge Monday. James Drury and wife of Ashbrook visited relatives here Saturday. Born to Marion Ryan's wife last Friday a twelve pound boy. Mark Dedman and family were the
D C Burke, Bradfordsville postmaster, was injured while coasting with friends on a hill near Bradfordsville. His sled overturned and his right leg was broken about midway between knee and ankle. Two children burned to death at Parkersburg, West Virginia.
May cause his death. John Moore foreman on the mash floor at the Kentucky Distilleries and Warehouse Co. suffered a severe arm injury near the shoulder after a shaft incident. A physician treated him promptly, but his condition remained critical and death was feared.
Two local obituaries report James Clemens of the St Thomas neighborhood dying after a pneumonia illness at about fifty, leaving a wife and several children. Leslie Grigsby of Fairfield area dies aged about 29 after a lingering illness of consumption. An American squadron reportedly sailed from Luzon to maintain neutrality in the southern waters of the archipelago.
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