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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1906
Page
8
Dr. J. M. Burton resident dentist offers painless tooth extractions and crown work as a specialty. All dental work strictly first class. Office in Hiakon Block Springfield Kentucky. 1 page wide advertisement.
Local items include Hagan Bros promotions on 5 cent counters for 2 cents and 25 cent deals, plus shipments by O'Brien Peters Co and ice cream and fruit jar sales. Notes cover rainfall benefits, tea grasses, telephone box rent dispute with Harrodsburg, protracted Baptist meeting outcomes, per capita figures for 1906-07, and school projections. Also listed are housing, land sales, an auto link between Springfield and Lebanon, a death notice, cemetery and street paving plans, and church conference dates.
A Texas Sunday afternoon local option meeting drew a large crowd despite heat and poor air. Judge Thurman spoke for over an hour and a half to an attentive audience, praising anti liquor positions and warning about coming “tracts” from Wall Street and whisky houses. Many young men attended, and most attendees favored the local option, with only one voter still undecided after the talk.
Prof B E Atkins president of Le gal College in Russellville orders 250 copies of The Sun for use in the local option fight. The meeting at the courthouse draws attention as Rev Hambleton returns from six years in Japan with his family and prepares to preach. An evening gathering of colored residents debates local option with Prof Williams giving a compelling talk on alcohol and its effects. Letters awaiting at Springfield Post Office include Forrest Cooper and Miss Margaret Foster among others.
Long list of visits trips and illnesses in Washington county. Residents include Mr Gwin Marks returning from Clearmont Mrs Charles McIntire and children visiting Meadcoun Mr J W S Clement visiting his mother Mrs E S Clements and many others in Bardstown Lebanon Danville Loretto Louisville and Owensboro. Luther Burns gravely ill city marshal J J Grace granted two weeks vacation to Tatham Springs.
J F Perkins of Willisburg spent Sunday night with T Perkins and traveled to Lawrenceburg with other Perkins relatives. The Gardner boy broke his arm at the elbow. Sanders Norton took in a carload of lambs. E T Perkins bought a 4-year-old horse for 100 dollars from Elvin Perkins. J F Reynolds and E T Perkins sold a 3-year-old horse in Lawrenceburg for 265 dollars to J W Glass of Mt Eden.
William and James Burke of Henderson Kentucky were seriously injured in an automobile accident in Detroit Michigan.
A local shop announces new summer stock including hats for boys and a fresh line of belts and fans. The sale features summer novelties offered at cost to attract shoppers.
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