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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1909
Page
8
In a lively improvised verse a speaker recalls Joe Bing cutting ten cords of wood and eight loads of hay in a single day at Lascomb's grocery store, with the same vigor credited to his effort and endurance.
A neighborhood notes numerous family visits and social calls across Happy Hollow and nearby areas. Highlights include Clifton Kidwell and family with Sol Kaya, Erastus Perkins and wife with Mrs. John Armstrong, and John Crow with daughter visiting relatives in Fairview. Attendees also reference Myrtle Armstrong, Zelma Crow, and Mrs. Royalty among others, plus several travels to Springfield and Tatham Springs. There are church and school announcements, crop reports, and local incidents such as an accidental hand injury and a gun mishap.
Wet weather keeps farmers behind. Misses Mary Taylor May Mayes Edith Trent visit friends. F M Hardin from East Texas stays with brother Russell Hardin. Spelling bee and ice cream at the Mackabees. Will Garney Ora Gray and Mat Hawkins visit J H Gray family. Sarah Trent visits sister Eva Crow at Tatham Springs. John and Mrs Hardesty ill. Ida Haydon starts school with large attendance. Della Louis visits Mollie Williams. Attended church services at Mooresville. Charley Trent at Tatham Springs hop. Egg price two dollars. James E Morgan sends thirty dollar check to Keilerstrass Farm near Kansas City. Peggy the hen valued highly. Five chicks sold to Madame Paderewski for seven thousand five hundred dollars.
Miss Clark Blanton of Bostar visits her sister Mrs Ed Birch. Frances Litsey is guest of aunt Mrs Nannie Bobbitt at Lebanon. Lillian Leachman visiting friends in Willisburg. Frank Logsdon of Indianapolis visiting uncle A L Litsey. Z P Leachman of Waterloo and Mrs Em Wilkon of Grundy Home spending week with J Leachman. Several attended supper at Willisburg Saturday night. Tiny Reed of Willisburg visiting her father's family. Mrs Ollie Moore on sick list. Annie Brewer and children of Stringtown spent weekend with sister Mrs Julia Leachman. George Bruner guest of Columbus Grimes. Mrs Tantie Reed visited sister Mrs Mattie Dragoo. W C Rogers and sister Lucy Rogers spent weekend with B B Leachman family. Mesdames Sallie Thomas Bettie Kayes and Pearl Hanley in Wilksburg Saturday.
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Illustrated petitions for pardon impress Governor Willson who ordered clemency for convict John Henry Cole a five year house breaking term near Eddyville. He is gravely ill and will die soon. Also pardoned Edmund Walker blind and decrepit on third offense and William Hannaford life felon under habitual criminal act. Will Dickinson’s life sentence for malicious shooting was voided if he returns to jail.
In Lebanon Enterprise reporting, James Tudder, accused of maliciously wounding Theo Spalding weeks earlier, was tried in county court. The court bound Tudder over to the next grand jury under a $250 bond. testimony was conflicting and the case proceeds.
The piece argues that frequent newspaper advertising attracts 500000 well to do readers who otherwise miss the store, citing a real case where a branch in a major city increased net profits from about $20000 to over $80000 after shifting focus from window and stationery to newspaper ads. It stresses consistent ad presence, warns against relying only on product quality, and urges advertisers to tailor messaging to readers.
Mackville notes a protracted meeting starting July 19 at the Christian church with all invited. A church supper raised about 34 dollars as a large crowd attended. School opened on July 12 under W 1, Hume as principal with E. D. Hume and Miss Beulah Thompson as assistants.
The document lists fixed 1909 fair dates across Kentucky towns with durations from 2 to 8 days. Cities include Stanford Henderson Georgetown Lancaster Madisonville Winchester Danville Lexington Taylorsville Uniontown Harrodsburg Lesterfield Lawrenceburg Barbourville Brodhead Shepherdsville Ewing Shelbyville Springfield London Florence Frankfort Hardinsburg Bedford Louisville and others, noting monthly periods from July through October and mentioning Kentucky Star Flour.
A cluttered column lists residents selling or advertising farm goods and stock. Notices include wants to buy oil and tobacco beds for sale, corn oats eggs and poultry related items with prices and quantities. Names and locations such as Springfield, Kentucky appear with contact notes and crate lines.
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