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Newspaper

Springfield Sun

Location

Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America

Date

Jun 23, 1909

Page

8

Valley Hill Local Notes and Social Snippets

Miss Annie McDowell of Danville spent the weekend at the home of Mr and Mrs Palmer Grundy. Turner Derringer, confined at home for weeks due to a serious attack of la Sipps, showed improvement. John Snider returned home after a week with relatives in Nelson county. Tatum and Brown shipped two carloads of stock to Louisville last week. Mrs Andrew Wilkerson and mother visited relatives at Palm Friday. Miss Nelle Foster of Loutaville was the guest of her aunt, Mrs Benedict Jones. Mrs Chas Lewis and daughter Miss Maney of Litsey visited relatives Sunday. Lillian Derringer is convalescing after pneumonia. W B Moran was a guest at Cedar View Sunday. Tatum was in Willisburg on business. Miss Ruby ONeal was guest of Miss Mary Brown Sunday. G C Donnahue was in Louisville purchasing a Case threshing outfit. Mr and Mrs I L Jones of Spring Garden visited Thursday. The L N continues improving the depot lot, with new improvements appreciated by the public. Sem Walker, a well known local character, fell from a door drop and broke his left arm. Dr Beam set the limb. Continued wet weather and scab cut the wheat crop to about half yield. some hogging down discussed. Rain and wind Sunday night damaged wheat and rye fields. Several attended the St Catharine lovings exercises Tuesday. program well received.

Annie McDowell Danville Wend Palmer Grundy Turner Derringer John Snider Nelson County Tatum & Brown Louisville Andrew Wilkerson Palm Nelle Foster Loutaville Benedict Jones Chas. Lewis Miss Maney Litsey Lillian Aia W. BR. Moran Cedar View Hah. Tatum Willisburg Ruby O'Neal Mary Brown G. C.donnahue I. L. Jones Sem Walker Beam St. Catharine

Deep Creek community notes and sale results

Last Saturday’s household sale of Mr W B Elliott drew a large crowd and everything sold well. Local attendees included Maggie Coyle Laura Milburn Logie Milburn and Grover Elliott. The Macabees from Perryville held a decoration at departed fellowmen’s resting places with a large crowd present. Sickness persists with Mrs Coyle and Mrs Elliott among the ill. Oda Coyle and Mr Newton Bradley visited, and several families planned moves.

W. B. Elliott McGoiness Nevada Mackville Christian Church Maggie Coyle Laura Logie Milburn Grover Elliott Anderson Holderman Henry Ide Elliott Tatham Springs H. P. Hatchett Perryville Old Deep Creek Chas. Coyle John Elliott, Jr Coyle Elliott Wm. Grover Elliott Maggie Bigge Wycott Annie Raybourn Oda Coyle Johnnie Elliott Adam Eliott Boyle County Newton Bradley Mercer County B. Elliott J. H. Elliott Adam Elliott

Elopment of Oda Coyle Ends In Jellico Marriage

The couple Mr Oda Coyle and Miss Lucretia Carpenter both of this place eloped to Jellico Tennessee on Thursday night, took a midnight train from Gravel Switch, reached at 4 am, were escorted to a pastor and wed within fifteen minutes. They returned that night to a large welcome from friends. The bride is daughter of Henry and Mrs Carpenter. the groom son of Benjamin and Mrs Coyle, both prosperous local farmers. Wishing them happiness and prosperity in matrimony.

Oda Coyle Lucretia Carpenter Jellica Tenn Jellico Henry Carpenter Benjamin Coyle

Diabetes Fatal Claims La Center Railroad Commissioner

McD Ferguson state railroad commissioner from the First district died at his home near La Center Kentucky from diabetes and malarial fever. Born May 16 1858 in Montgomery County Tennessee he lived much of his life in Ballard County and served in the legislature before being elected railroad commissioner in 1903. He left five children and his wife who had died seven years earlier.

la Center Ferguson Tal 5 Jr Montgomery County Tenn Ballard County Equitable Life Insurance Company Ballard Carlisle Garth K. Ferguson

Campaign for better schools in Kentucky rally hills

Obituary notes for Ferguson family of Ballard County and relatives. Funeral planned at First Christian church Paducah with interment Oak Grove Cemetery. The State Whirlwind Campaign for better education will hold a Springfield rally Monday June 23 with Hon Lafon Allen and Prof Geo Colvin among speakers. Efforts urge attendance by trustees teachers parents and pupils to push for better school houses terms and grading. Additional notes cover rural social items and local tributes with mention of Kentucky Star Flour.

Kentucky Springfield Lafon Allen Louisville Geo. Colvin Washington County McHenry Rhoads Owensboro Texas Mackville Freedom Church

MACHEVILLE Community News and Arrangements

Farmers prepare harvest as tobacco prospers and wheat suffers from pests. Miss Ethel Turner returns from Indianapolis to stay. A large crowd attends a Christian church program, with proceeds about 63 dollars for the M E church and Perryville. Visits and guest lists follow, including Mrs. Reice and Mrs. Anderson. Electric Bitters praised for women's health, cited by Mrs. Rhine vault of Vestal Center New York.

Rhinevault Vestal Center N.Y Jaydon & Robertson’s

Still Maintains He is Innocent

In St Louis in June 1890 Robert L Hayes a baker from Lebanon Kentucky was arrested at the post office while claiming a decoy letter tied to a hoax threat against Wabash Railway trains He maintains innocence naming C A Warren as the man who sent him He is 27 born in Lebanon and has lived in several cities as a baker He says he has an old mother and friends in Lebanon but would not want her to know of the arrest Meanwhile an unrelated ad fragment promotes Arnica Salve and Dr Kings New Life Pills with generic medical claims

St. Louis Robert L. Hayes Lebanon C. A. Warren Hays

Kentucky Fair Dates 1909 Kentucky Pairs schedule list

The Kentucky Pairs dates for 1909 are listed across multiple towns with durations of 2 to 8 days. Notable venues include Louisville for the Kentucky State Fair and Lexington for Blue Grass Fair, with many towns in between such as Stanford Henderson Georgetown and Danville. The list also notes a general remark about remarkable cures or troubles and a local drug ad publicité.

Kentucky Stanford Henderson Georgetown Lancaster Madisonville Winchester Danville Blue Grass Fair Lexington Taylorsville Uniontown Harrodsburg Lenterfield Lawrenceburg Barboursville Brodhead Shepherdsville Ewing Shelbyville Springfield London Florence Frankfort Hardinsburg Glasgow

Local Farm Classifieds Report Free Ad Column

Readers are urged to notify when stock is sold to cease ads. The column lists numerous farm goods for sale including 1000 bushels of corn, tobacco beds, setting eggs, pure bred chickens, and farm equipment. Multiple sellers from Springfield to Lebanon advertise corn, eggs, tobacco beds, and animals with prices and contact routes.

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