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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1905
Page
4
A St Louis Globe-Democrat writer advises that razors need rest periods to stay sharp. Alternate between two razors, avoid over stropping, and keep light touch on the strop. Rest a blade for three to four days if it dulls, then resharpening should restore its edge.
A guide to serving orange jelly by hollowing even sized oranges and filling alternating segments with jelly, then chilling. Also instructions for fashioning a safety pin holder from silk and satin ribbons, plus a gingerbread cookie recipe with eggs sugar butter milk and spices.
Guidance for amateur dressmakers on shaping long shoulder sleeves with ret tacks and pleats to fit armpit size, plus lace and embroidery options. Also includes a homemade Lake Camphor Cream recipe with camphor and wax for skin care. The cream is prepared by melting ingredients, adding camphor, cooling, and scenting with cloves and sassafras.
Captain Tarr sails from Martha’s Vineyard to the Pacific with his seventeen year old daughter Irene aboard the Harpoon. A romance blooms with mate Frank Bristol who proves essential during a violent Pacific squall saving ship and life. The captain’s response leads to a coveted pledge linking Irene’s hand to Bristol.
Miss Nora Cheatham visited Perryville last week. Hester Hall Artie Sutton and Oscar Shirley attended church at Mackville Sunday. Jim Wilson will leave for Chicago soon. Hellum Keeling spent Sunday at Hillsboro. Mrs. Della Carey and daughter Marjie visited her mother last week. Ethel Settles spent Monday in Springfield. Hester Nall attended a meeting at Tatham Spring. Mrs. A C Pinkston and her son visit relatives in Anderson county. Several from here attended church at Willisburg Friday night. Citizens hope the Elders hire a preacher for the coming year.
Local notes report Aunt Nancy Russell burial at an old family graveyard age ninety two. Residents from Pleasant Hill visit relatives, Beech Grove Sunday school organized, and Rev H P Hatchett called to Oklahoma for protracted meetings. Also a safety article on lime cargo fires and a schooner tragedy with a missing captain.
The Philadelphia Ledger argues that dictation via stenography harms clarity and force in writing. It warns that habitual dictation may erode individual thought expression, as handwriting once captured cogency directly.
A Prague printer used an inventive method to placate German and Czech language factions by printing one column upside down so each language had a front column on every page. A coroner’s jury in the Stanford case ruled the death unnatural and caused by strychnine.
The clipping lists grain and livestock prices and products including Wheat at $1.15, corn at unspecified price, Lard at 100 per pound, barrels of oil at $1.00, Bran at $1.00, Vinegar at low per gallon, Wool prices greasy at 14 4c, and onions and country produce with unclear figures.
Market report lists cattle grades including choice to prime shipping steers and heifers with mixed stockers and calves, hog and sheep categories with price ranges. Local notes recount rain delays, bridge debate, social visits, church events, and community remarks.
Nelson County farms for sale including 111 acres near Bloomfield with 5 room house, 80 acres tillable, 50 acres in wheat and 80 acres timber. Also listings for a planing mill and saw mill, 190 acres at 40 per acre near a railroad depot, and several other parcels with cottages, barns, and orchards. Agents ATKINSON Bardstown and STILES Springfield advertise financing and farm property across Nelson and adjoining counties.
Notice states Sam prepared to perform various trades including gun smithing filing saws furnishing repairing carving knives and related work at Marks and Green's Mill under Ed Lawrence.
Prathers Creek community members report on social visits and local happenings. G T Mays and Jas Low, recent grand jurors, returned home Thursday while Misses Whitehouse and Holderman visited Effie Edwards and Clel Whitehouse respectively. Farmers anticipate a light oat crop due to grass-seed planting and discuss a regional telephone line from Texas. Prentice and Matt Mays sold 5 000 pounds of tobacco to B D Lake at a fancy price and Dick Noel moved into Hanson Robinson’s tenant house.
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