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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1907
Page
5
Dr J M Burton offers pain free teeth extraction and crown work as specialties. All dental work is first class at his Springfield Kentucky location in the Die in Hagon Block upstairs.
A Georgetown Kentucky reader thanks the Springfield Sun for temperance coverage and praises Washington county's soil, schools, and religious life. He urges avowed reform, notes saloon opposition, laments Georgetown College’s absence of local students, and endorses a strong Catholic and Baptist community under leaders like Dr J J Taylor and the Ram eys, urging parental responsibility for schooling.
Local notes advertise cloaks at half price from Robertson Graybrooke Co and fur sales. Real estate agents promote rentals at Peoples Bank Building two rooms, heat and utilities included, and a 135 acre property sold to Bailey Bros for 3750 dollars. Public notices mention board adjournment, Springfield transfers, and Dr J C Mudd office hours. Farms for sale listed by W T Ewing Real Estate in Harrodsburg Kentucky.
Mr. W. S. Gibbs of Wollisbang has purchased the farm of Mr. R. H. McElroy near town on the Springfield and Leba non pike. Gibbs will move to the farm as soon as it is vacated by McElroy.
Mr and Mrs G B Cunningham welcome a fine daughter born Sunday night and both mother and baby are reported doing well. Livery firm ownership shifts occur as Boblitt and Bishop buy L T Brown’s interest in Boblitt Brown and Bishop, and Brown buys F T Cox Co meat market. Dr J H Lampton endures weeks of severe hand pain from a rust wound, underwent surgery to scrape bone, with hope of recovery but possible long-term finger damage.
I have bought the Meat Market of F. T. Cox & Co and will continue the business at the same stand. I invite friends to visit. I will keep the best meats lard and all that a first class meat market handles. Cash terms.
City Marshal Grace is recovering in his Walton Hotel room after illness. Friends express hope for his full return to health as he shows marked improvement.
Mackville society page notes Miss Malynia Wycoff visited Springfield. Miss Mae Birch and Mr Lawrence Walker visited Danville relatives. Miss Jappa Barnett visited Dr W T Barnett. Dick Noel and family moved to town. Hyatt sisters opened school with good attendance. Several residents attended events in Springfield, Bowling Green, Harrodsburg, Stanford, and Stanford. Community members remain active with church and school life.
Mr John D Hays sold a four year old mare to Sidney Gordon for 135 dollars and James A Wall sold a twelve year old horse to Richard Cutsinger for 100 dollars. Crooke and Curran sold tobacco to Moss at ten cents a pound and T B Fisugher delivered tobacco to Moss at thirteen cents. A severe storm caused minor damage with fences blown down. People and travels noted include visits by Miss Fairye Lyddane, Bro Benight’s sermon at New Hope, and residents moving or returning from Bloomfield Louisville Maple Hill and Springfield.
Attendees at the U. S. of E. meeting in Springfield last Saturday included Mrs Ruth Green who is ill. Mr W H Boblitt, recently moved to Hardin County, is pleased with his new home. Miss Ardia Wall returned from a three week visit in Louisville and Indiana. Guests at Mr and Mrs Emmett Settles last Sunday were Otis Settles and wife of Louisville, Mrs Josie Settles, Mamie Lillie Emma Pile, George Mann and Charlie Setes.
Practical guidance for horse boarding farms emphasizing care and stable conditions. Advice covers Babcock milk testing, seed quality, threshing and seed testing, and the need for clean seeds. Notes urge improved dairy herd selection, field harvesting by night with acetylene, and efficient labor use with larger horse power.
A stream of personal notices records residents and visitors: William Spalding and J. W. Lewis in Bardstown on business, Dr R C McChord and Rev W H Williams in Lebanon, Mrs A R Shultz in Louisville, and Leon Allen traveling to Louisville for schooling. Others visit Lebanon, Bardstown, Louisville, and Lexington for stays, meetings, or to attend schools and business. Several attend Cumberland Telephone Company events, state colleges, or accompany relatives.
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