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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1907
Page
2
A kaleidoscope of local humor and gossip from Springfield includes mock verses about subscriptions, a joke about a young lady and a New York doctor, harsh opinions on crows and hypocritical folk, and vivid sketches of quarrels and daily life. Notable voices include H. M. O'Nan, Dr. Ray, and Marys.
An odd letter from a reader comments on the Thaw case stirring local interest. The writer cites scraps about elopement plans at Willisburg Mooresville and a preacher in Springgeld, plus a harsh joke about executing fools, reflecting rural newsletter humor and social concerns of the era.
A terse note urges calm and moral restraint with a playful if dark flourish. The speaker emphasizes steadfast virtue, rejecting worry as a harmful passion while uplifting loyalty and companionship as guiding principles.
A traveling salesman in Sagina advised Henry Croll Jr of Beaverton Michigan Hardware Co to use Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy for bowel trouble. The product cured him and he urges others to carry a bottle when traveling by steamship or canal boat.
Mrs Agnes Lewis of England is said to be the only woman to receive the degree of Doctor of Divinity in recognition of her work deciphering ancient Bible manuscripts found in a Sinai monastery. She is regarded as the world’s most famous woman Bible scholar.
Nolan, a Union lieutenant, visits the Lavalette plantation in Virginia where Rosalind Lavalette, a Confederate family member, helps him and earns protection for the house. Their brief romance ends when war forces separation, decades pass, and Nolan later meets Rosalind again in Washington, recalling memories from Charleston and Richmond.
The Helion light, credited to Professor Herschel C. Parker and Walter G. Clark, marks a major advance in electric illumination. Parker, a Columbia University physicist and noted climber, helped pioneer a silicon coated carbon filament offering high illumination with one third the power, while Clark, a San Francisco and Seattle electrical engineer, contributed a long span transmission conductor.
B D Lakes Bargains in Real Estate advertises numerous tracts near Springfield, detailing acres from small 2-bedroom homes to large farms, tobacco land, timber, water access, and multiple dwellings. Listings include prices per acre, nearby schools, churches, and rail access, with promise of easy payments and varied property types.
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