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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1909
Page
2
Practical notes on feeding, storage, and barn hygiene for hens and cows. Tips include no smoking near dairy, turnip sowing, potato crate prep, and careful egg and stock marketing. Guidance covers ram selection, barn lighting, pasture rotation, chick range, salt in feed, and ventilation for healthy flocks.
An Illinois expert notes shell formation can occur independently in egg production. Meadows larks are valued for insect control, worth about $1 per acre to farmers. A practical grower discusses thinning apples to improve fruit size. A lime soil treatment experiment suggests combining lime, barley, alfalfa, and clover to test soil readiness.
Washington NC resident W R Lipscomb recounts his brothers long battle with consumption. After trying many doctors remedies he healed with six bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery, now a proven cure for lung ailments. Available 50c and 1.00 with trial bottle free, guaranteed by Haydon and Robertson.
Captain N R Christie of Penick reports a bold attempted highway hold up Friday near Springfield on the Perryville pike. A negro assailant tried to seize his reins, but Christie used his cane to deter the thief as the horse spurred away. No injuries or arrests cited.
A testimonial letter asserts Dr Miles' Nervine cures epilepsy fits and St Vitus dances by strengthening the nervous system. Allison of Mooreville reports improvement after two years of epilepsy and doctors’ treatments, urging others to try the medicine. The advertisement directs readers to consult a local druggist and obtain the product from Dr Miles Medical Co, Elkhart, Indiana.
A poetic reverie invites a return to river creeks and Cedar Run childhood scenes, imagining barefoot walks, fishing, and pond memories. It shifts to a satirical note on civic life and printer economics, ending with a quippy editor’s verse about sustaining newspapers and readers.
Mr J H Mayes spent last week with his son L L Mayes of Aliceton in Prathers Creek area.
A Church at Mackville notes the President aiding orphans in Macon Georgia. Mrs Laura Best and Mrs Ida Coyle visited Mrs G H Christerson. The industrial and Orphans Home reports nine years with Electric Bitters aiding stomach and bowel troubles. Miss Margie Christerson and Miss Liz Kent visit. Mr Parkley Harmon allegedly attempted suicide but improving. Local residents and students shown in recent community gatherings and school opening with Miss Nannie Hilton teaching.
The editor missed the lecture at the First Baptist church by Rev. Mr. Newman due to an inability to patch trousers. His remarks centered on the Holy Saga with a hometown psalm banner.
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