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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1910
Page
2
A collection of whimsical clippings and jokes from The Springfield Sun touching on weather, innovations, rail travel, comets, Mars canals, and social quirks. It lampoons public figures and reports with a light, period newspaper voice.
President Taft endorses a bill to create a great forest reservation in Virginia North and South Carolina and New Hampshire arguing federal ownership of state forests is constitutional to preserve navigable streams. Support spans Virginia and Carolinas Democrats while some Southern Democrats resist federal overreach. The piece discusses leadership needs in Congress for advancing conservation measures and the looming tariff fight reshaping campaign messaging.
A modest frame shop near the White House served as Tad Lincoln’s toy refuge and Lincoln’s own source for gifts during the Civil War. President Lincoln and Tad visited Stunts Toy Shop, where the boy’s militia play and the president’s affection for a Waterloo veteran were part of daily life. Tom Pendel, a trusted White House aide, guided many purchases and tales of late-night shopping and solace after Ford’s Theatre news. The shop, founded in 1855 by Joseph Stunts, remained a enduring link to simple joys amid national turmoil.
A Lincoln anecdote recalls his tall stature and vanity as he meets a visitor three inches taller. The president jokes that if the other man ever sinks into a deep place he should be able to wade out, highlighting Lincoln's humor.
An advertisement claims a tonic by a “One Ounce Syrup Sarsaparilia compound” with Toris, whiskey, and boss as ingredients. It asserts availability from a wholesale house and that hundreds were cured pre published. It promises quick visible results and long term strength restoration.
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