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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1908
Page
6
In Shepherdsville Kentucky a writer urges moral renewal in Bloody Breathitt County. He praises mountaineers as Americans with coal and timber riches, notes church scarcity, and details the Soul Winners Society’s work across Eastern Kentucky.
An advertisement promotes interior and exterior paints with color cards and prices on request. It lists paints oils brushes glass and related items and provides the Louisville Kentucky address 215 West Market Street.
In McLean County Kentucky a vein of white coal was discovered on a farmer's land near Wrightsburg. The owner plans to form a company and open a slope mine. A Madisonville minister who recently returned from mountain revival services brought specimens showing the mineral is white and very light and leaves red ashes like a wood fire with no soot or cinders.
The ferronniere a headband with a central forehead jewel dates to ancient times with a late fashion resurgence in America in the 1800s. Mrs Earle notes its European sixteenth century popularity and possible Egyptian Jewish links. Leonardo da Vinci’s La Belle Ferronniere may reference Lucrezia Crivelli.
Sparrows notes show farmers delaying work due to bad weather and tobacco crops as the main surplus crop. Reports of sickness and several deaths in the past month with some recoveries. Mentions sales of hogs and tobacco crop deals with local buyers and a barn fire near Leather's store. Montgomery dies at eighty with family survivors.
A garbled report from Kentucky discusses medical aid in a cholera outbreak. It mentions Dr Weathers and possible remedies like Beteboe and Renedy, but text is unclear about actions or outcomes. No clear date or location beyond state.
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