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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1909
Page
8
Local families share weekend visits across Happy Hollow and neighboring areas. Visitors include the Shields, Kaye, Armstrong, Coulter, Hanby and Crow families, with numerous Friday to Sunday calls near Willisburg Chaplin and Polin. Church services announced for Hillsboro on the third Sunday. community mourns the death of Mrs. Addie Goff.
Emma Adams Fenwick visits Mrs. Ella Montgomery in Springfield. Lloyd Fenwick and spouse travel to Springfield Thursday. Robert Milton visits father in law George Warren of Perryville Friday night. Pearl Fenwick and Leslie Bottoms stay in Mackville Tuesday. Hume hosts J E Harm Sunday. Ethel Rogers visits friends in Tatham early week. Elvin Yates family with Sam Goodlett Saturday Sunday. Walter Mord and Hartford Logsdon of Canary visit Edgar Anderson Sunday. Will Fenwick visits cousin Edward Fenwick in Canary Saturday. Jennie Litsey visits sister J Brewer Saturday. J E Graves couple in Springfield Thursday. Hattye Milton and Christine spend Saturday afternoon with Nannie Fenwick. C W Adams and family visit Kent Rogers Sunday. J B Menwick in Springfield Sunday. Verna Rogers at Tatham Friday.
Miss Annie Gregory of Pleasant Grove visits Miss Lillian Leachman. Mrs Ed Birch calls on Mrs Richard Devine. Miss Frances Litsey stays with Miss Jennie Leachman in Springfield. Henry Reed guests Mr John Leachman. Cal Showmaker visits daughter near Texas. A daughter born to Mrs Columbus Grimes. Tiny Reed visits Miss Mattie Tobin in Texas. Mrs Mattie Dragoo and Lizzie Reed visit Springfield. A daughter born to Mrs John Janes. Mrs Ora Merritt and children visit Ella Litsy. Sue and Bertha Edgerton guest at John Janes’s.
Advertisement claims Electric Bitters strengthen stomach, liver, kidneys, and blood, invigorating the whole system for a vigorous body and sharp mind. Promoted as essential for the weak or sickly, priced at 50 cents and guaranteed by Haydon & Robertson.
Notices urge Sun subscribers to inform the paper when stock and related ads are no longer needed so advertisements can be discontinued. Excludes sales or rental ads for individuals and directs items to other departments at low rates.
Multiple listings include H S Litsey offering a 3 year old male jack and English Maple trees, Mrs J S Martin selling eight Rhode Island Red eggs, Mrs J S McElroy Black Minorca eggs, Mrs K Creger breeding chickens, A C Kimball Plymouth Rock eggs, Ora Crume 400 bushels of corn, Mrs Sam Tucker Rhode Island Red eggs, W A Clements black Minorca roosters, L A Burns Elmer Yankey hay, J L Ball a 3 ton mare, W H Leachman white seed corn, Richard Riley seeking a jack, W P Merritt Boone County White Seed Corn at 2 per bushel, A L Perkins locust posts.
A. F. R. Wollaston reports from Nairobi and Naivasha that British East Africa demands a capital of at least several hundred pounds, making permanent settlement unlikely for poor men. He warns sleeping sickness spreads with increased travel and colonization, risking a gloomy economic future.
Washington honors war veterans by naming forts in Oahu Hawaii after senior officers. Fort De Russy at Kalai Fort Ruger at Kaphou Fort Upton at Queen Emma Point Fort Frank on Carabao Island. Batteries honor de Russy Walker Randolph Harlow Greer Crofton Koehler among others.
Margaret Lee, dubbed the "chicken incubator baby," rose from two and a half pounds at birth on April 13, 1908 to twelve pounds after ten months in a Minneapolis incubator following a shortage of proper infant equipment. She will soon be returned to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E M. E. Lee of Mankato.
The Buyers Guide extols advertising firms as enterprising, creditable businesses worthy of community confidence. The editorial lauds their stamps of reliability and urges support from readers with money to spend.
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