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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1907
Page
7
Mrs Sallie Crenshans camping in the Illinois Central depot at Paducah waiting five days for her husband from Carbondale Illinois. She refuses lodging and sleeps on a bench while depot attendants provide food. Her seven year old son stays with her. Authorities have not located the husband.
Lexington Kentucky reports Claude Marshall among five Sadleville railroad workers killed in railway accidents in the last month. Other victims include James Sullivan a conductor on the railway line.
Anton Graber died suddenly in a Covington alley and porter George Irwin alerted Dr. Nelson. Coroner W. W. Tarvin held an inquest finding death due to heart unease. Also from Kentucky news, “Uncle Jackson” Hines, 106, died while visiting Brandenburg. he was Kentucky’s oldest native and father of 15. In Louisville ex Governor Bradley reiterates he cannot run for governor. Kentucky Distillers’ Association to meet Feb 14 at the Galt House to discuss important matters.
Louisville headlines show Kentucky Retail Lumber Association members elect C. W. Roark as leader with George J. Tominson named vice president. Ron Taylor is secretary and Henry Koehler treasurer, both reelected. In Frankfort, the court of appeals upholds Lexington Brewing Co. v. Commonwealth ruling liquor sales barred in dry districts.
A Lexington grand jury returned 53 more indictments for fraudulent registration, bringing the total to 399 alleged illegal voters. Names were provided by T. T. Forman of J. T. Wilkerson’s advisory board.
William Gay of Jackson County obtained a marriage license to wed Sophia Gabbard aged 16 near the county line. On the way to the ceremony Gay was shot and killed. the motive remains undisclosed. In Newport Randolph Reuscher aged about was fatally injured after stepping into a westbound car. Drs attended. skull fracture reported. In Owingsville Pearl Hughes, a noted horse thief, was caught after stealing a horse from John Broadly and was returned to town.
A mother who keeps a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy on hand avoids uneasiness and anxiety as coughs colds and croup in children are quickly cured. It counter acts potential pneumonia and early use prevents attack. Sold by reliable dealers in the Blue Grass.
In Springfield Ohio on February 11, police after six hours forced entry into Patrick Kehoe’s Main and Penn street saloon and captured 28 loiterers. Officers battered five iron barred doors and cut a roof hole to surprise suspects awaiting arrest. A crowd of about 5,000 watched as attackers faced defiant loiterers who fled to attics and rooftops, with one man leaping between rooftops and telegraph poles attempting escape.
Mrs Mercedes Donovan wife of Eugene V Donovan a Memphis department officer was felled by an unknown attacker in a robbery attempt near her home while returning from a shopping trip with her three year old daughter and other children She died soon after. Arbitral treaty broken Nicaragua and Honduras dispute dissolves court in San Salvador after Bonilla of Honduras blocks accord. Westbound Wabash wreck in Forsythe Junction engine overturned engineer likely fatally scalded. Woolwich Arsenal explosion wrecks chemical works no lives reported. Kansas City assault suspect identified by Flora May Clark as her attacker. Captain Charles W Oldrieve claims world water crossing record Cincinnati to New Orleans 1800 miles in 40 days 45 minutes. Seven family members die in brewery fire at Morgenthal Steinbach eight others escape.
Oregon Island goats on Sauvie's Island in the Columbia River reportedly drowned during recent floods after being shot by duck hunters. The piece describes goats chasing shooters, the heavy lead in their hides, and a bizarre account of goats enduring the hunt until floodwaters forced them under. It also notes the Paris Academy reporting Ceratitis capitata flies appearing near Paris and threatening stone fruit crops, prompting entomologists to study the fly.
Physicians with national reputations warn that catching cold leads to pneumonia consumption and chronic throat and lung troubles. Preventive care is urged and Chi n g s op remedy is advertised as having no morphine and thirty years of reputation, sold by dealers in the Blue Grass.
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Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph announces changes involving Leland Hume and Amit Gav as part of internal leadership adjustments at Bee’s. The moves affect operations and vendor relationships across the network.
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