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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1908
Page
8
An advertisement asserts direct-from-manufacturer orders save dealers’ profits on Arnold buggies. Promises best materials, a twelve month guarantee, and customer testimonials from Danville Harrodsburg and Stanford Kentucky praising durability, service, and value.
Wharton and Tapp with Roblitt and Bishopp of Springfield Kentucky also Brown and Peters and Crume Brothers of Lebanon Kentucky are requested to call upon the above gentlemen and examine these buggies.
In a Chicago Daily News item, a young couple, the girl in a brown veil and a man in violet hosiery bearing college colors, argue about time and commitments. They quarrel over punctuality and miscommunications then reconcile, walking together as fate supposedly unites them.
A ten acre Davison county tract owned by E. Hanson yielded a freak artesian well with a 125 degree hot water gusher in Edgemont style, now emitting a steady whistling sound and wind driven gas. The four inch bore shows sand in flow and gas escapes forcefully from a capped elbow, prompting belief of an underlying oil or gas field in central South Dakota.
In Ontonagon county, Michigan, a 40 acre tax sale drew two bidders Deen L. Robinson and Michael Garbi. Robinson won by offering an extreme fraction of the land to cover the 1905 taxes, a bid Garbi called an ap swap.
In St. Louis, storekeeper Parris faced judgment from Justice O Halloran after a case over 27 dozen suspenders. Rosenbaum sued for $79.38 for goods bought faulty rubber by Farris of 610 South Fourth Street. Witnesses compared suspenders in court. the justice ruled against Parris and ordered the full amount. Constables seized the suspenders under attachment.
Washington Dennis Horigan linked with the United States naval observatory is noted as perhaps the oldest weatherman in the United States. He has tracked weather for 51 years, observing every three hours since before the weather bureau's founding. He served since 1857 under President Buchanan, later working with numerous naval officers and scientists.
A wave of black mice has caused about 250000 in damage in the Carson River valley. Alfalfa fields are devastated, potato crops ruined, and shade trees stripped. Government agents are in the field using strychnine to combat the infestation, with reports of the plague spreading from Humboldt county to Genoa.
London reports a first-ever export of penguin eggs to Leadenhall Market. Messrs Sprig & Sons received 6 000 eggs from the Cape government in a careful culinary experiment. The eggs are larger than hen eggs and taste like plover.
A boy taunts another about a new suit costing two dollars. The counter boast says his suit cost one dollar less. The reply quips that if the other had paid one dollar less than his own, the suits would have cost nothing.
A dialogue on staging a new musical comedy prompts the manager to note the production promotes Punko cigars while another show promotes Harmless Amusement breakfast food. The exchange argues happiness versus misery in taste.
John Blair recovered his missing wallet containing $135 in gold after 24 years of plowing the same field near Townaite Payette county. Blair kept watch for the coin and this week his plow unearthed the bright, clean gold in a small heap.
Subscribers free column lists numerous rural ads. J T Watts of Parksville offers 15 milk mice cows. Dee Riley sells a good milk cow. Sherman Martin advertises a good milk cow. C L Grundy offers 50 food shoots. C Brady has 500 to 800 bushels of corn for sale. W P Hatchett lists 45 head of young steers. A L Perkins offers a 3-year-old milk cow, third calf.
The Washington Circuit Court in Kentucky sets a commissioner’s sale in the equity action Sarah Settles versus Graey Settles et al. The notice outlines execution proceedings and sale terms as part of the court’s equity jurisdiction.
A physician urges Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a home remedy for piles and rectal issues caused by constipation. testimonials from H M Miller and H N John claim long-term relief with easy natural daily bowel movements and no need for surgery. The ad notes availability at The Red Cross Drug Store.
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