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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1907
Page
3
Merchants in Jewell Iowa deny plans to cripple mail order houses by luring catalogs and ads to nonbuyers. Local dealers plan to meet distant competition squarely by adopting the mail order approach: catalog research, matching price and quality, and offering reasonable profits. They aim to outbid mail order leaders with goods for goods and terms for terms.
Excitement rose in Boston last week as three unfamiliar black men appeared in the area. They lodged at an old house on Laney Stark’s farm, with two resembling a killer in Fayette county and another wanted for murder in Lancaster. Sheriff Vittitee, Deputy Hag an, and John Phillips chased them to the knobs but lost the trail after a day of hunting.
Kentucky Standard reports that local option petitions with 246 signatures from Magisterial District No 4 covering Bloomfield precincts 9 and 10 and Chaplin precincts 8 and 18 were filed in County Court. An August 31 1907 election will decide sale or no sale of liquor district wide, following a prior dry result of about 235 in last September’s county local option vote.
In a Friday night windstorm at Mr. Ike Scott's place, tents used by Mr. W. J. DeBaun's camp housing African American workers and mules for a county turnpike project collapsed. Panicked workers fled into town, fearing dynamite kegs while the calm mules remained steady, aiding the rescue.
Woolever, a famed LeRaynville merchant, states Bucklen's Amica Salve cured his piles twenty years ago. The salve also heals sores wounds burns and abrasions and is sold for 26 cents at Haydon and Robertson's drug store.
In Bardstown Kentucky a frame stable near C R Barnes's warehouse burned last Saturday at about five. John Barber owned, rented by I W Linder. A negro boy named Carl Banks was charged with setting the fire and held to answer to the October grand jury after waiving examination. Bail set at 300. Reward of 100 previously offered. Citizens fear lynching amid a wave of barn arsons and urge pursuit of culprits.
CampbellsvilleKy June 12 H C Wood prominent Campbellsville lawyer and respected citizen died at his home at 12 30 this morning after a long illness Funeral services set for tomorrow at the Baptist church with interment at Brookside cemetery He served in local offices and led the County Democratic Committee He also presided over Russell Creek Baptist Academy and is survived by his wife and two sons Merlin and Chandler
An article by George Leland Hooter in Country Life In America urges meticulous rug care. It compares rugs to thoroughbreds, detailing daily dusting with the nap, sprinkled moist sawdust every third day, weekly outdoor airing, and gentle tapping. It describes expert cleaning steps including vacuuming, washing with olive soap, rinsing, and a two shower sequence, followed by rolling and three days of air drying before storage.
T. J. Barrett, a chief proprietor of Pears' soap, asserts advertising is the best commercial investment. He notes Pears' $15,000,000 spend and states that advertising consistently proves its value as fashion changes. He cites spending $630,000 in one year as paying off, urging good goods and ample advertising for ambitious businessmen.
A New York Times style note explains razor use and care. It urges proper stropping and honing, warns against hurried cleaning, and promotes the sawing motion for shaving. It contrasts amateur and barber methods and provides steps to true an edge with cold water stone and careful honing.
The Chestnut Hill Baptist Church in Philadelphia was urged to adopt modern advertising methods. Rev Dr Albert C Applegrath said churches must advertise like businesses to maintain interest, using newspapers bulletins church literature and attractive venues. He compared church outreach to the theater’s appeal and urged speaking with friends about church activities.
A fragmented meditation on walking as mental and moral refreshment cites Sydney Smith Rousseau and Rousseau like figures. It notes outdoor exercise as virtue enhancing and comments on professors needing endurance plain clothes and an eye for nature. It hints at women's knowledge of walking and broad quotes about virtue through simple activity.
A list of fair dates across Kentucky with city names and day spans. Entries include Crab Orchard through Bardwell, noting start dates in July to September and durations from three to eight days. Some spellings and punctuation are inconsistent, reflecting OCR text.
Abraham Br. of Winterton New York had heart disease kidney trouble blood poison and stomach and liver trouble before trying Electric Bitters. His wife urged the remedy which restored his health. One bottle was more effective than five doctors. Guaranteed to cure blood poison weakness and stomach liver and kidney complaints Higdon Robertson druggists 50 cents.
A hotel keeper, describing boarders, notes women are easier to appease when dissatisfied while male guests voice bitter, oftenunreported criticisms. She says men are harder to soothe and harsher in remarks, leading to more lasting upset. Kansas City Star.
Cleaning matting requires salt and water as the best medium. Shake the matting to remove dust, then wash with a solution of a table spoonful of salt per gallon of cold water. Use a cloth barely wet to lift dirt, then dry with a dry cloth. Stains not removed by water may be rubbed with alcohol.
A century old remedy instructs mixing powdered alum and sugar of lead in warm water then soaking cloth for twenty four hours. The guide promises the cloth will stay color and texture intact and resist heavy rain exposure.
An archaic health blurb explains nerve force powers brain, heart, digestion, and kidneys. It endorses Dr Miles Nervine to strengthen nerves and restore vitality, urging readers to use the product for renewed health and better sleep and appetite.
Property listings near Springfield and Mackville detail multiple tracts with acreage, dwellings, tobacco barns, stock barns, fences, water, timber, and bottom land. Prices range from 15 to 85 dollars per acre, with several tracts featuring river bottom land and substantial tobacco potential. Names of numbers and locations indicate rural farm offerings and varying distances from Springfield.
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