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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1905
Page
2
A farmer and local merchant advocacy reel urging town papers to educate subscribers against mail order catalogs. It warns of wealth flowing away to distant firms, harms to local commerce, and calls editors to publish editorials, report swindles, and send marked copies to M L Corey of Angus Indiana for compilation.
Six inmates convicted at the term remain jailed in Kentucky due to Frankfort prison smallpox precautions. Local authorities vaccinated them and will transfer to Frankfort once readiness is confirmed. Howard Booker gets two years for breaking into a dwelling. William Green one year for breaking into a storehouse. Wm Hill Joe Rose and Sophia Rose two years each for voluntary manslaughter in the Boston killing. Nannie Taylor five years for the same charge.
An old copy of Confession of Faith of the Presbyterian Church, once owned by John Park and later passed through Alice Schroeder and Harry S and Eliza Park, arrives in Elizabethtown from Chicago. Notes by the original owner fill blank pages.
Real estate agent G C Wharton of Springfield toured Bardstown with buyers and completed the sale of John Riley’s farm to James Tobin of Washington County. The Tucker farm near Bloomfield realized Wharton a $2000 profit. Fire at Monroe Indiana destroyed two structures.
Classified note offers saddles collars and trace chains at reasonable prices. Includes mention of a good saddle suitable for a mare and invites interest from buyers seeking affordable equestrian gear.
Store offers the largest and oft complete line of collars at low prices. Shoppers are urged to visit for affordable options across sizes and styles to fit any need or budget.
Hayden's Trace Chains reports a firm metal link project claim about durability during testing. The note mentions a focus on sequence integrity and resilience under stress, aiming to show that the chain holds despite repeated trials and bearing weight.
Poem fragment in dialogue between a speaker and Florence Percy about yearning for motherly lullaby. Addresses aging, memory, and comfort with lines of sorrow, care, and angels rocking to sleep. Includes author attribution and faded punctuation.
A head on collision between two freight trains on the Louisville and Nashville at Penick Kentucky killed fireman Judd Anderson and brakeman Charles Merriman and injured engineer Clarence Ryan. Thirteen cars including a mule car were destroyed with heavy loss of coal coke and merchandise.
Four miles west of Sonora a mill operated by Charles Bland uses an underground spring that bursts from a cliff and runs above ground for seventy five yards before vanishing. The mill, rebuilt last summer after years of neglect, has ground grain since then using the water’s steady supply all year.
Miss Pauline Morton, second daughter of the secretary of the navy, is described as one of the season’s prettiest debutantes in Washington. An eighteen year old graduate of a fashionable seminary, she is hailed as a likely belle at many Apollo balls.
A Bennettsville resident shares how Electric Bitters rebuilt her vitality after a torpid liver caused weakness and decline. She reports immediate help and fuller strength, claiming the remedy restored her vigor and brought lasting health benefits.
Archibald Stewart, promoter of the Tobacco Growers Association, denounces powerful trusts and Standard Oil backed lenders. He says Metropolitan Trust Company balked at a $5 million loan contingent on a $500,000 cash bonus, amid New York influence, forcing the group to seek funds elsewhere.
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