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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1910
Page
2
A fragment from The Springfield Sun highlights light chatter on April farm produce, jokes about an aviators' crashes, theater hats, a Brooklyn two headed child, skyscrapers, and other assorted items. It references Lord Kitchener praising West Point and a curious tale of German humor followed by deportation.
About 1,000 delegates attended the German-American State Alliance convention in Louisville. Officers elected include Sebastian Weisbach as President and William C. Beckmann as first vice president. The group supports temperance, seeks public school physical training, and reports 6,472 members with Dayton to host the next annual meeting.
Danville Kentucky reports that the General Education Board with a 53 million dollar endowment from John D Rockefeller plans to send agents to Kentucky. One advisor will assist in establishing county high schools and another will aid in improving elementary schools. The move follows years of correspondence and aims to support the new school law.
In Frankfort Kentucky night riders in the dark patch alarm militia circles. Gov Willon and Adjt Gen Johnston decide to hide troop movements as the ambushing of Milton Oliver expands the case. Willson offers $500 reward for arrests and convictions of intimidation or witness threats.
Miss Nelle Carson, 32, one of Scott county’s wealthiest women, marries Alfred Crouch, 18, a farm hand from Estill County. Crouch moved here two years ago when his father was a federal prisoner for moonshining. They plan a honeymoon in Estill County.
Captain Barney Duffy and salvage corps narrowly escaped death when their fire response auto collided with a street car at Third Avenue and Broadway in Louisville. The vehicle burned to ashes and several people were severely bruised, with Duffy shaken but alive. In Cincinnati Lieut Bean orders naval recruiting offices in Lexington Kentucky and Athens to close due to light enlistments, Central office to absorb remaining workload.
The General Education Board founded by John D. Rockefeller with capital of 32 million dollars donated 75000 to Central University of Danville at a New York meeting. Transylvania University in Lexington received 50000 dollars. other Kentucky institutions did not gain funding.
Veteran financier Henry Clews delivers the chief address at the Group Seven Kentucky Bankers association convention held at the Country clubhouse. Capt. John H. Leathers and J. W. Gayle address on bank collection issues. J. R. Downing and J. K. Helm speak on assets and legal matters. President Utterback also speaks. Welcome addresses are given by James K. Patterson and W. C. Davis. The Lexington Clearing House hosts a luncheon. Group Seven leadership and committee members are named.
Louisville authorities reveal a body found in the cellar of St Johns Catholic School is identified by Alma Kellner's uncle Frank Fehr as the missing eight year old daughter of Fred J Kellner. The corpse shows months of exposure with a missing limb recovered elsewhere in the same cellar. Alma vanished December 8 after waving goodbye to her mother before attending services at St Johns Church. A former janitor's wife was arrested as an accessory to murder, and the husband is being questioned. Funeral rites occurred at the undertaking establishment with cousin Frank Fehr in attendance.
The Bell circuit court erred in Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co against Albert Setzer's administrator. The appellate court reversed the $30,000 death award. The Franklin circuit court affirmed the $8,000 judgment for G. B. Massive, administrator.
The state board of valuation fixed the Louisville Lighting and Louisville Gas franchises at prior values. Kentucky Heating was raised by 100 900 and Louisville Railway franchise set at 10 500 000. Education trains planned between Louisville and Danville Cincinnati and Danville Harriman Tenn. for agri campaign. The 16th annual State Federation of Women's Clubs session closed with a reception. Officers elected include President Mrs James Leech of Louisville and several vice presidents, plus secretary Mrs Morris Bartlett and treasurer Mrs R Hutchcraft.
Middlesboro business leaders push a $1000 budget to host the Kentucky Press association from June 20 to 25. Events include a welcome by Mayor Helburn and city keys, hotel receptions, mine and Pinnacle Cumberland Gap excursions, Pineville hospitality, and a grand ball at the Middlesboro hotel. Women will host a reception at the Elks home.
Louisville reports a hit by a ret wire caused the death of Ernest C. Simona, 24, a Bellman for the telephone company. In New Albany, Lawson E. Tarlton, brother of Jerre L. Tarlton, died suddenly in Chicago. his body brought for interment in Lexington. Lexington notes a possible state racing commission meeting to reconsider John Marklein’s chairmanship, with Clay seeking views from members. Henderson reports the killing of B. W. Ebelen by Mrs. Ebelen, jealousy cited. servant Mattie White fatally wounded. Louisville recounts a convention closing as Fred R. Drake of Easton, Pa., heads the organization for a year, with many members touring Mammoth Cave. Frankfort covers protests by Kentucky Heating Co, Cumberland Telegraph and Telephone Co, and East Tennessee Telephone Co against franchise valuation raises. Lexington adds that Dr. George A. Hubbell of Transylvania and Columbia University becomes president of the Lincoln Memorial Institute at Cumberland Gap, Tenn.
Fire in the Hilda apartments on South Second Street in Toulsville Kentucky caused panic among residents in pajamas robes and bed coverings. Escape blocked by burning stairs as flames spread from a room occupied by George Zell who tried to throw burning items from a window. Fire department aided tenants to safety. In Frankfort a collision with a telegraph pole wrecked an automobile driven by James Mallon of Harrodsburg injuring five, including Mrs McMennsey who suffered a skull fracture. In Louisville an Ontario owl car crashed into a switch and a wreck car, injuring seven others.
Lexington Ky Judge Henry H Barker of Louisville will become president of the University of Kentucky after his eight year term on the Kentucky court of appeals ends Jan 1 1911. Barker's wife Mrs Barker will join him in Lexington early next year as he plans to elevate the university to a premier state institution. He is 59 a University of Kentucky graduate and former city attorney and Jefferson circuit court judge married to Katherine Meriwether with no children.
Friends of the Y M C A in Frankfort and across Kentucky celebrate raising twenty six thousand dollars for a new Y M C A building. The total came from many small gifts with none over a thousand, driven by a hundred member committee led by M Williams who managed press and publicity. A praise meeting followed the final contribution as workers recounted the campaign.
Ashland reports two drownings after a raft incident on the Ohio River as William Jackson, 26, attempts to save Miss Simpson, 16. Separate items note a $250,000 Green River dam appropriation struck from the rivers and harbors bill, a Presbyterian convention urging swift anti shippable hemp legislation, and regional farming remarks on hemp cultivation, wheat yields, and anticipated harvests.
In a brief comic note Acer Smith quips on marriage menacingly difficult to wed yet easy to obtain. The bon mot contrasts two personas, The Real Wrench and Hard Up, highlighting social humor about wives in a historical press item.
J Fish and Bila M Fish of Mt. Vernon Kentucky report their three month old daughter suffered severe scalp eczema. After trying doctors with no relief they used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. Within two weeks scales shed hair regrew and the child recovered fully after five weeks of regular use. Date Oct 12 1999.
A child nicknamed Little Johnnie is frightened into avoiding the attic after nurse tales of a dreadful ghost lurking under the eaves. He whispers to a friend that there is an old ghost in their attic, prompting a curious exchange about the haunting.
A humorous ad copy touts Easy Task soap as cleansing antiseptic using borax cocoanut oil naptha and taunts about marriage in Paris. The piece ridicules infidelity with a joke about leaving a wife.
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