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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1908
Page
3
A readable fragment collection from The Commoner includes Eliza Cook’s quoted poem about a mother’s armchair and memory, plus brief notes on Hog Cholera remedies, a vicar and boy exchange, Hartford Herald editor Geo. D. Prentice, and a Prentice quotation on earthly life. The items mix verse, jokes, and notable names from mid-19th century discourse.
The speaker contemplates beauty that is no longer seen by us and wonders about a realm where color never fades and stars lie like islands. They describe beautiful beings as fleeting shadows whose memory survives, lingering in our hearts forever.
In columned notices, representative business men guarantee statements and prices. The announcements emphasize merchant reliability and an assurance to customers from trusted local traders who back their advertised terms.
A lottery style puzzle offers a $5000 grand prize and a song book of 50 songs. Participants must place digits 1 through 9 in a 3x3 grid so every reading yields the number 15, with each digit used once. Send solution with name and address. winners notified by mail.
The snippet recounts Senator Carmack’s tale of Mose a Tennessee laborer who prefers arrest and jail money over steady work. It contrasts gendered dining at a boardinghouse with women receiving fewer prunes than men, prompting critique of discrimination in meals.
The piece cites J Cyril Crowley noting the phrase silly goose marks ignorance and that no bird, including geese, demands more patience to shoot with gun or camera. It mentions flocks feeding on open ground varying in size, highlighting the observer’s cautious approach.
A fragment quotes Country Life praising guards around grazing flocks as sentries with erect heads alert ears keen to movement, calling them true descendants of Rome’s ancient preservers.
A hotel clerk warns that guests without baggage usually must pay in advance. Uncle Jes Struckitt agrees, producing a $1,000 bill and declaring payment ready as the clerk awkwardly notes the baggage is satisfactory.
The exchange notes that Old Jorkins left his son little from a vast fortune and that habit influenced his act of disinheriting. A bartender pun underscores the lineage joke, suggesting the heir’s fate mirrors his father’s past.
At a banquet the first guest compliments a speaker as entertaining yet slow in delivery. The second notes the speaker is a self-made man who began life as a messenger boy, in a light exchange about social ascent and public speaking.
In a brief exchange, Mia Torkins recalls her husband receiving a bookmaker’s praise at the races. The bettor called him “old sport” and said he was a good loser, reflecting encouragement amid defeat.
A friend speaks of a six month burden of illusion and a suggestion to marry the woman in question. Tom sighs as the other person questions the path forward.
A 1908 Bardstown notice proclaims AYDON Druggists cure R 4-11-44 for cholera gapes roup canker and limberneck in chickens at 0 price. One drop on a chicken’s bill kills worms and relieves instantly. Claimed by WiLL Coomes and promoted by Ayden’s Drugstore.
Advertisement lists discounted subscription options for The Sun, The Courier-Journal, The Louisville Herald, and The Post. Offers include yearly rates and combinations for varying access to The Sun and affiliated newspapers.
A compact list of various newspapers and periodicals including The Sun, Bryan's Commoner, Weekly Courier-Joy, Louisville Herald, Nashville American, Cincinnati, Atlanta, St. Louis papers, New York World, Home and Farm, Breeders' Gazette, Farm and Fireside, and other farm and review titles. The fragment suggests a catalog of periodicals available or referenced in a historical clipping.
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