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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1910
Page
1
A local man known as Will White was killed instantly by L N train No 18 near his home after reportedly sitting on the tracks while intoxicated. The death follows the earlier murder case of Carl Etherington, with crowds learning of White’s death after the train arrived.
Emanuel Medley of Louisville visits relatives here. Teresa Haydon and Greene of Daunt's Station visit Mrs. Helen Alvey. Lizme and Susie Murphy of Louisville visit parents Mr. and Mrs. Murphy. Wat Wheatley returns from Fredericksburg. Mrs. Mattie Clements improves after malaria. The Graves child seriously ill. J C Enos infant buried recently. Len McIntire and Paul Keene attend Chautauqua in Lebanon. Flora Keene to teach near Springfield. Mary Kell and Lucille Montgomery visit grandparents Blandfords then return home. Charley Montgomery of Louisville visits sister Mrs. Pile. Muscle soreness treated with Chamberlains Liniment noted.
Campbellsville beat Springfield 6 to 1 to win the Chautauqua cup after a best of three playoff. A large crowd from Campbellsville Columbia Springfield and Lebanon watched as Campbellsville opened with the early lead, Springfield replying only briefly. Jocko Colvin Shultz and Brown pitched for Springfield while Wilson pitched superbly for Campbellsville.
A satirical voice argues the rural farmer has evolved beyond the old hay seed caricature. It cites cash sales, credit purchases, government farming support, rural free delivery, and emerging conveniences that modernize farm life and reduce the old stereotype. It notes farmers now use pumps, engines, telephones for market reports, and face changing costs from urban rivals.
Women Grow Younger Parisian Sage, America's greatest hair restorer, guaranteed by The Leo Haydon Drug Co. to grow hair, stop falling hair, cure dandruff, and stop scalp itching. Not sticky or greasy, it leaves hair soft and handsome. Sold by Leo Haydon Drug Co. at 60c a large bottle, featuring a girl with Auburn hair on every bottle.
Newark Ohio July 9 about 500 residents joined in a mob that hanged Carl Etherington an anti saloon detective from a courthouse tree after a jail breakage. A grand jury was ordered to investigate and officials blamed lax county leadership for the tragedy. Etherington a Kentucky native was 17 and had confessed to killing William Howard earlier in the day. The event drew thousands who attended the funeral and expressed sympathy for Etherington's family amid calls for justice.
Leo Haydon's store markets ZEMO as a liquid treatment for infant and adult skin and scalp troubles including pimples, blackheads, dandruff, eczema, prickly heat, rashes, hives, ivy poison, and related eruptions. A money back guarantee backs claims of rapid relief and germ destruction with persistent use.
Thomas L. Rodgers of High Point North Carolina says a dream led him to a Rock House Cave in Hancock County Tennessee where he found a large copper kettle containing gold coins and Civil War artifacts beside a skeletal remains and a inscribed slate directing burial of the owner on a mountain summit.
The Kentucky Standard of Bardstown lauds Ben Johnson as a temperance advocate noting he has never tasted whiskey and has supported local option elections. It also credits him with voting for the County Unit law in the State Senate and aiding its passage, aligning with temperance advocates.
Locust Grove notes visitors and family visits as residents travel to Harrodsburg and Lebanon. Names include Will Fitzgerald and wife, Musa F. Litsey, Nannie Bobbitt, Caroline Jones, Sol Kayes, Zelma Lake, James Noe, Hugh Leachman, J S Yankey, Minnie Reed, Julia Leachman, John Peters, Greenith Peters, Ed Hardin, Mrs Marksberry, Loretto, Tatham, and Liteey brothers. A birth reported in Sol Kayes’s household.
A reader from Siler City, North Carolina, credits Bucklen’s Arnica Salve with curing painful piles after suffering distress. The ad notes the salve also eases burns boils ulcers fever sores eczema cuts and chapped hands and lists Haydon & Robertson as sellers priced 25 cents.
A critique of congressional appropriations uses the speaker's $5000 annual automobile upkeep as an example to show how small per person costs can mask wasteful policy. It argues that arguing for pennies per citizen hides broader excess, comparing tariffs and other perks to a sharing burden borne by all Americans.
Mr and Mrs J D Barker spent Sunday at Tatham Springs Miss Myrtie Perkins visited Miss Ethel Crumes Mrs S C Begley ill but greatly improved Miss Roxie Cissell and Leoni Graves guests of Edam Harmon Miss Parker Badgett and Sidney Smith from Cruse Roads visited Sunday Ethel and Verna Rogers were in Springfield Mrs Will Barker and children hosted friends Dolph Barrick party Maggie Smith opened a local school Mrs Mollie Thompson from Predrickstown stayed with her mother Diana Smith Attendees to the Lebanon Chapauqua Last paragraph discusses digestion and health mentioning Baty Secale and related products
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