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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1910
Page
3
A collage of eclectic items from a 1910s era paper includes duels in France, Abdul Hamid’s fortune, birds in parks, the Panama joke trade, and alarms about cannibal islands. It chronicles curious incidents, finance notes, and social mischief with varied personalities and places.
The Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church hosted the June 20 wedding of Theodore Roosevelt Jr and Eleanor Butler Alexander. Col Roosevelt attended with family and guests, including bridesmaids and a maid of honor. The couple will honeymoon at Sagamore Hill and later tour to San Francisco where Roosevelt will oversee firm interests.
A note under Forest Conservation discusses household chores and wood gathering as a domestic cue. Prodding Pete asks a housewife if she is willing to chop wood for dinner, while a Pinchot supporter notes the exchange. The item reads as a playful travel script fragment from Boston.
Middlesboro prepares for the 41st annual Kentucky Press Association meeting June 20 to 25. Secretary Daniel Bowmar of Versailles outlines a full program with receptions, balls, papers by L. Littrell and J. Wakefield, excursions, and officer elections.
Kentucky court of appeals upholds Mason Circuit Court ruling fining United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co. $150 for failure to pay a state license. Opinion holds attorneys furnishing reports for guaranty companies are not agents for buyers or sellers and cannot invoke interstate commerce exemptions.
The Kentucky Court of Appeals reverses a McCracken County ruling in Walter v. Dorian, holding that mayor and sinking funds officials of second class cities have no power to deposit funds or control the sinking fund. It states that outgoing treasurers must turn over all funds to successors and that treasurers may deposit funds in the city depository and change depositories as allowed by law.
The Kentucky State Grange will meet in Winchester for a three day session October 25 to 27 with about three hundred leading farmers attending. Secretary Hampton of the Commercial club has coordinated with Master F P Wolcott. Wolcott notes desires for low round trip rates and a suitable hall for open and secret Grange work, praising Winchester as the state's most hospitable convention city.
Georgetown Kentucky reports Dr J R Snell of Louisville has struck a four foot vein of zinc and another nearly as large as silver after purchasing J Branham and George W Adolytte stocks. In Mayfield Kentucky a fire destroyed a large frame tobacco barn with about 10000 dollars of tobacco owned by W B Cochran and Clarence Brown. The McClain house, uninsured and valued at 1500 dollars, also burned though insurance likely covers the tobacco loss.
In Glasgow Kentucky near Wells in Warren County the Wells family narrowly escaped death when an oil well pumping engine house ignited and burned to the ground during the night. Neighbors rushing to the home found the family sleeping soundly and safe despite the blaze.
Danville Ky report confirms that an old box of gold coins found in the Dix river near Kings Mill traces to a Civil War era bank robbery. E Flaig recalls a Nicholasville bank raid and posse pursuit, with a deathbed confession leading to the river drop. George Kellar discovered coins at Kings Mill, suggesting the riverbed holds more treasure.
Lexington reports that Frank Dewitt Talmage son of Rev T Dewitt Talmage will tour the Kentucky mountain districts next month preaching in remote settlements. He was inspired by Rev Edward Guerrants Soul Winners Society work and pledged to visit missions in July following Guerrants Philadelphia lecture.
The Alpha Company No. 45 Knights of Pythias hosts a Fontaine Ferry Park picnic this week in Louisville to raise funds for travel to the national encampment in Milwaukee in August. The Louisville unit will compete in maneuvers and aims for the grand prize. Elizabethtown: Hardin County Fair’s 26th annual exhibition August 23–25 with higher prize money and three new $100 saddle and harness stakes. Louisville: Kentucky Bankers Association holds its next annual convention September 11–15 in Louisville, set by the executive committee.
A California woman recounts severe kidney pain during a critical period of womanhood. She credits Doan's Kidney Pills with a permanent improvement, endorsing Foster-Milburn Co. as the seller. The ad frames coffee as harmful and promotes Postum as a healthier alternative.
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