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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1909
Page
5
Advertisement for dental services stating all work is first class with offices in Bagon Block upstairs in Springfield Kentucky.
Local notes list hay for sale including 50 tons Timothy and 60 tons Clover hay by L A Burns and Elmer Yankey of Springfield, and Kentucky Star Flour promotions. Burgderfer's Opera House show Feb 26 benefits Graded School Improvement Fund. remarks praise Clarence Burgderfer. Also cattle sales, cobweb social, motor notices, and a warning to settle debts with E C Cox assignee L A Burns.
Short wartime era kitchen verse advises cooking adjustments by tasking readers to resume simple undertakings. It suggests feeding animals and preserving meals while implying a return to routine chores and domestic labor. The piece uses practical, rustic imagery to fill idle time.
Village residents and visitors are listed: Mr. and Mrs. Otho Hatchett move into West Main Street. Lena Hope and Fannie Best return from Perryville. Mrs. Ben Spalding’s family heads to Lowshille for an operation. J. F. Simms hosts Lebanon visitors. Various locals and guests are noted, including Wakefield, Robertson, McGill, Mullican, Morgan, Boblitt, and others, with court, business, travel, and illness updates.
At Middle Creek Kentucky a broken rail on a sharp curve nearly wrecked a heavily loaded train. Three trains were halted after local youths Vernon Perry Garland Perry and Noble Perry notified authorities and flagged the tracks. The Louisville police and state troops traveled on the third train.
Dangerously ill at his Maud area home is Peter Shehan, one of the county’s oldest and most respected residents. Kidney trouble and his advanced age render recovery unlikely, and daughter Mrs. R C Boblitt has been summoned to his bedside.
Mr Joe Thompson, living near Texas, received word of his father in law Chas Donohue's death. Donohue lived in Texas County before moving to Oklahoma. Remains will be shipped for interment. No cause given. believed sudden.
A caller urges a candle blown out as a Grandpa and Tommy act in a domestic scene. The ad touts Bucklen’s Arnica for boils fever sores eczema and piles priced at 25 cents at Haydon & Robertson with a claim of universal healing power.
Notice announces the sale of the Thompson Bros store interest at Litsey and requires all accounts to be settled by March 1. After that date, unsettled accounts will be turned over to an attorney for collection. Books at the store.
Orchard Grass bought and sold with highest prices paid. We supply farmers with any grade of this seed. CunNINGHAM 4 DUNCAN.
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