The Sun Promises Honest, Non Mud-Slinging Journalism
In its first issue of the year The Springfield Sun declares it will be a Democratic paper with no deception or mud-slinging. It aims to educate readers, deliver county news, and grow to 2,000 subscriptions by January 1, 1906, inviting readers to let The Sun into their homes fifty-two times in 1905.
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Sun
Washington County
The
Acre
Scribers
Springfield
South
Georgia
A Plain Duty by The Sun on county newspapers
The Sun argues that no county paper does more for the people than one that promotes local enterprise and general welfare. It celebrates the mutual benefit between press and community, pledging support to efforts that aid town and county, and contrasts independent press stances with other papers. Also notes the Louisville and Lexington Heralds on editorial independence and a Southern cotton burning scheme to push prices higher.
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Washington County
Sun
Louisville Herald
Lexington Herald
Bryan
Herald
Commercial
Cot ton to bum and earth-shaker fears in meager tales
A garbled column weaves political banter, fires, and social woes. References to cotton farmers facing trusts, coal disputes, and Christmas crackers mix with local gossip. It notes Editor D M Duncan seeking Democratic nomination in Meade county, a tragic child death from whisky, and assorted town movements and visits.
Desperate Romance Lands Clown in Jail Thirty Days
In Mobile Alabama a young clown kissed a girl against her will and a judge sentenced him to thirty days in jail. The lighthearted tale underscores the era's strict views on consent and public morality in a small courtroom drama.
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Mobile
Ala
Michigan governor candidate Ferris urges girls delay marriage
N W Ferris, defeated Democratic gubernatorial candidate in Michigan, advises young women to avoid marriage until they can support themselves, framing financial independence as a prerequisite for matrimony.
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N. W. Ferris
Michigan
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Springfield Sun
Rogers Gore
Odds and Ends
Robertson Bros
Springfield, Ky
Lexington
D. M. Duncan
Brandenburg Messenger
Meade County
Dave
Coal Trust
Ferris
John Jacob Astor
New York City
Bashaws Station
Fennick
C. W. Oder
Jane Logsdon
W. F.logsdon
T. P. Kelly
Squire Duncan
Harrodsburg
Margaret Smith
J- B. Fennick
A. K. Rogers
H.M. Moss
Will Nalley
Peon
Adams
Raywick
C. M. Tumey
Lou Barber
Wallace Adams
Mitchelburg
Ada Fennick
Canary Is
Anna
Myrtle Logsdon
Ella
Ema Adams
Kewanee
Ills
Sanford Logsdon
Steve Begley
W.G. Adams
Herman Purdon
Leon Bradsham
Texas
Our Town
Blanch
Sam Shewmaker
Wilbur Peters
McElroy Bros
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