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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1907
Page
5
Dr J M Burton resident dentist offers teeth extracted without pain and crown work as a specialty. All dental work strictly first class. Located Springfield Kentucky floes im Hagon Block up stairs.
Local notes recount lost items a watch fob with initials G W L, stray jersey cattle, and a two bushel stick with lines. Weddings, sales, and farm changes mix with church notices, a Montgomery Garissins marriage, and business shifts including Haydon selling hardware interest and McElroy buying the Boucut Farm for 356 acres at 61.30 per acre.
W J Graham of Cardwell bought driving hares from Lee Sanders for 140 dollars. W H Littrell sold seven yearling steers to Camden and Hatchett for 34 cents per pound. E T Parkin sold a black mare to W G Simms for 115 dollars. The First National Bank reported a six month dividend of 5 percent, 5 percent to surplus, and earnings of 6909 dollars, over 13 percent on capital stock. Willie Green fractured two ribs at the skating rink but prognosis remains hopeful. Springfield Lodge officers were elected. Maud Yaste died at Cornishville aged about 21. Robbers hit Sing Davisons confectionery. cash drawer emptied but no goods stolen. Christmas trade reached record highs for Springfield merchants. Opera House skating and fall entertainments planned. Mr Kelly to stage winter events. Today’s semi annual Peoples Deposit Bank statement shows rising business since 1889, with a 5 percent dividend and 2000 dollar surplus.
A long list of visitors and residents in Springfield is recorded, noting localers from Louisville, Bardstown, Lebanon, and beyond. Names include Dr Glen Wood, Mr and Mrs Hamilton Merimee, H P McChord, Mrs T C Campbell, Wathen Simms, J H McChord, Mabel Williams, Emma Nunan, C F Haydon, and many others. The notes cover holidays, illness, travel, and social visits, with several returning to their homes after Christmas and New Year gatherings. A brief mention praises Dr Kings New Life Pills and notes a temporary post office mail distribution change affecting merchants and residents.
Amos F. King of Port Byron New York says Bucklen's Amica Salve cured a leg sore that plagued him over 90 years and left him feeling eighty five. The ad asserts guaranteed cure for all sores by C J Haydon druggist.
To dissolve partnership the sale will occur at the Hog Run farm, one and a half miles from Booker and Pred erickatown. Items include 76 acres of land, 150 barrels of corn, a cow, hay, implements, saws, a hog, wagon, buck boards, furniture, and about 10 000 pounds of tobacco. Sale begins at 10 o'clock. Oder and Hines. Col. R. B. Whayne, auctioneer.
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