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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1910
Page
5
Lebanon residents mingle in Springfield visits and send greetings from Louisville Louisville and Bardstown. Friends travel to Harrodsburg Perryville and St Louis while Misses Simms and Rodman Thurman return for schooling. A church hymn closes with reflections on life and loss from Danville Advocate.
In Locust Grove a daughter Mary Blanton Birch was born to Mrs. Ed Birch. Mrs Nannie Bobbitt visits Lebanon then returns home. Will Merritt plans Springfield move. Harvey Leachman and wife visit parents J P Leachman. Clyde Gibbs visits Ed Birch. Fred Simms of Cornishbyville guests George Moore. Laura Brewer wife of J P Brewer dies after pneumonia. funeral at Willisburg led by Rev J A Sims. burial in Fairview cemetery. Chamberlains Salve advertised for sores and chapped hands.
Scrap book humor recalls Henry E. Dixey and John Stetson misreading a joke about Michael Angelo and a theater scene. The anecdote shows Dixey, Stetson, and Haverly failing to catch the humor, with playful quips about the painter’s name and its mispronunciation.
The Valley Shill reports an extremely cold January day in 1910 with a thermometer at 14 degrees below zero. It lists local trades and family visit notes including Moran selling corn, Derringer moving farm holdings, Goatley and Reed family visits, Yancey leaving for Springfield, and cattle and tobacco sales in the community.
An advertisement claims Chamberlains Cough Remedy cured a severe bronchitis attack. It touts safety for children and adults and notes availability at The Leo Haydoy Drug Co.
The community confirms Altes Wright remains the local blacksmith, reemployed for the ensuing year by W. T. Stigall. Dignitaries praise his skill, noting he is the best ever and a valued presence in the shop.
Mr Robert Thompson and families along with Dee Showmaker and family visited Mrs Maggie Thompson Sunday. Miss Eva Shewmaker hosts visits by Gurtia Pinkston and Ving Thompson. Erastus Bishop and Leslie Hupp visited near Mackville. Ellis Harlow and wife visited Sutter’s father. Nannie Hupp and Eve Shewmaker called Sunday. Everett Hale visited Lonnie Shewmaker. Humes and wife visited Mark Shewmaker. Ed Yocum and family called on M B Yocum. Nettie Fowler and Coroa Coulter left for Springfield to attend school. Frank Ash moved to the lag lot Black and Johnson.
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