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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1909
Page
2
An offer lists a sideboard priced at 25.00 with mail order details from the maker gre Hale Off Th Or By Mail B17. The ad notes four freight payment by the seller.
Mrs. Thomas B Spalding lost forty one young chickens in a fire that damaged a wood shed near her home. A separate item notes the death of Lee Borders at Peoria after a fall from an elevator. Other notices include a fatal pneumonia case near Loretto and a local wedding in Jones Fork.
A Fort Edward man climbs Bald Mountain to a neighbor with asthma and uses Dr King’s New Discovery. The medicine relieves the neighbor’s asthma quickly and also cures his son’s lung trouble. Advertises the product for coughs hay fever grip and whooping cough with trial bottles and a guarantee.
A Georgia country newspaper notes Sunday meeting day with a gospel tone and a large heathen collection. A sawmill exploded Tuesday night, burning in smoke and flame, injuring a man who lost both head and leg. The piece ends urging better roads and safer plans.
Notice advises poultry raisers to feed fowls a preventive tonic R4-11-44 to cure cholera gapes koup canker and limberneck. Sold at 50 cents with guarantee no cure no pay. Distributed by Haydon Robertson and Red Cross Drug Store with a booklet available.
The heirs of Nathan Ross in Boyle and Garrard counties decline any claim to diamonds and cash found under the hearth of the abandoned Ross homestead near Paint Lick in Garrard county. H S Hensley, who bought the farm, reported the discovery during demolition, totaling about thirty thousand dollars. The treasure is believed to have belonged to Mrs Nathan Ross, noted for keeping large sums at home and distrust of banks during guerrilla times.
The ad touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a cure for Sour Stomach Constipation Indigestion Biliousness Jaundice Sick Headache Chills and Malaria. Haydon and Robertson report unprecedented demand and claim a 25 cent price.
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