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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1907
Page
3
Nearly completed stone foundation six room home with front and back porches on a 60 by 219 foot lot. An attractive property on Virginia Avenue which is expected to become a premier residence street. Great value for the money.
The memoir recounts Opie P Read and J Warren’s early Scottsville venture the Scottville Argus and their press seizure by a sheriff. It traces Read Warren and Reed’s moves to Carsice and Conway Arkansas, Chicago fame, and Read’s start at the Franklin Patriot under editor Andrew W Kelly shaping his writing craft.
The Elizabethtown News argues mail order houses hurt rural retailers and would be helped by a parcel post reform. It urges merchants to cut ties with jobbers supplying mail order firms to keep local shops alive.
The Sun notes medical scientists agree life limits are far below potential with modern knowledge. It cites the 50s as a critical decade for longevity and urges careful self care, presenting Electric Bitters as Nature’s best helper after age 50, a tonic claimed to revitalize the body.
The Courier Journal reports Justice Cortese of Paterson was killed when an infernal machine exploded in his office. Despite grievous injuries he provided an ante mortem statement to aid police, delaying medical care to finish his testimony. He urged relentless pursuit of culprits.
An ad explains heart weakness as a failure of nerves and muscles causing palpitations and chest pain. It promotes Dr Miles Heart Cure with testimonials from Belding Michigan and promises a refund if the first bottle fails to help.
A writer suggests cleaning a dirty white fur rug by washing in a tub with soap powder, rubbing soap into the fur, beating the rug, then drying early on a windy day in the sun for a lovely result. The method emphasizes thorough washing and sun exposure.
An old expression touts regularity of the sun and the liver with Dr King's New Life Pills. The ad promises reliable bowel regulation, sponsored by Haydon & Robertson pharmacists, price 25 cents.
Harrodsburg Herald reports the grand jury returned five indictments against the Southern Railway Company for failing to provide separate coaches for white and colored passengers between Harrodsburg and Burgin. The Cincinnati Southern Company faces an indictment for maintaining a nuisance by trains moving at dangerous speeds through Burgin, endangering pedestrians. Burgin residents testified over seven days of grand jury sessions.
Wm M Dietz editor of the Otsego Journal Gilbertville NY proclaims Dr King’s New Discovery the most popular remedy for coughs and colds. He says it cures lung and throat diseases and an honest guarantee from Dent & Robertann Drug Store promises satisfaction. Price 1.00 with a trial bottle free offered.
In Owingaville Kentucky on February 22 Dave Crouch while plowing John Coyle’s tobacco bed uncovered a buried egg that contained a live turkey. The egg lay about four inches under sod in an old orchard where the turf had not been disturbed for two decades. The live turkey is on display there.
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