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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1905
Page
2
Directory style excerpt lists names and dates for court events. It mentions a third Monday schedule and May spring session, with various surnames and initials, indicating upcoming civil or criminal calendar entries.
A nostalgic poem frames labor, dawn to night, honoring workers sowing in harsh soil. It contrasts toil with glory, noting kingship of labor and the quiet pride of builders shaping stately homes, while visions of wandering streams and calm forests linger beyond the walls.
Secretary Taft releases his letter to John N Blair stating the administration aims to retain the Philippines indefinitely to develop prosperity and self governing capacity. He notes the question of self rule will likely be settled by a future generation.
Miss Minnie Etheridge dies at Samuels after a long illness aged about 19. Burr H. Shawley of Boston dies after pneumonia in his 65th year, survived by wife and son. Mrs S S Bishop dies at Bloomfield after Bright's disease aged about 8, daughter of Geo. of Chaplin, wife of S S Bishop, former Nelson County sheriff. she leaves husband and two children.
Engage readers are urged to keep digestion healthy with Electric Bitters. The ad cites Isme Brown of Bennetaville Ohio and a wife named Mrs Haydon claiming recovery from dyspepsia and torn liver after using Electric Bitters, with a promised guarantee by a local druggist selling the product.
The Kentucky country editor is a powerful community guardian and public opinion shaper. He praises churches and schools, chronicles weddings and funerals with care, and sends reports to relatives afar. Despite faults, rural editors sustain civic virtue and loyalty, linking home life to broader progress.
In Fire Creek West Virginia March 20, two blasts in the Red Ash and Rush Run mines killed at least 24 miners. Ten rescuers perished in Rush Run. Names and details given for several victims include Andrew Weir Charles Tones Sr Will Coon Clayton Mosley Perry Wood Holly J Wiall Thomas Allen Clarence Allen Clarence Jackson Steve Nugi and others. Rescue attempts followed the first blast as gas halted entry. Hundreds visited the sites as power houses and crowds remained.
Charles J. Hiinka, president of Hiinka Brothers, shot and killed his brother Frank Hilinka in their Chicago offices and then died by his own hand. Found dead hours later with a revolver near his right hand, suggesting he killed Frank and then killed himself amid profit disputes.
Very Rev C J O Connell cleared and improved the original Catholic cemetery near Bardstown Kentucky. It holds the dust of Bardstown's first settlers, including Anthony Sanders who founded ground for St Josephs College and donated land for the cathedral site. Sanders arrived in 1797 and lived near Arch Street. He was a respected early citizen.
Fine animals report Tom and Lud McCay of Cox's Creek purchasing the stallion Hugh Reka from Mr. Smith of Lexington for 550 dollars. The saddle and harness stallion is joined by the purchase of the black jack John Caldwell from Hoke and Duncan of Bloomfield for 500 dollars.
Chicago Alderman Shenick credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for helping him recover a voice and win a council seat amid a overheated campaign. He praises its effect on throat and lung affections and notes local availability through C J Haydon?y in Chicago.
President Corey announces annual report to 67 500 shareholders detailing a 92 167 000 drop in gross earnings from 1903. Despite higher efficiency and lower expenses, depreciation, and a January dividend, the year ends with a 7 300 000 surplus decrease. Conversion of 7 percent preferred stock to 5 percent bonds saves 5 184 000 in dividends.
The article notes praise for Mansfield in three plays seen in Louisville and lists the debating society officers: Mary Hayden president, Mary Lampton vice president, W. F. Simms secretary, Hood Cunningham sergeant at arms. It discusses attitudes to marriage and obedience, mentions Professor Stallings’ illness, Emma Nunan as popular teacher candidate, new enrollments, and a reflective close on the school year and coming summer.
A brief, fragmentary piece muses that health mirrors money with the idea that thinking about illness links to wealth and value, though the text is incomplete and ambiguous. It hints at a metaphorical comparison without a clear conclusion.
Mr. James Crutchfield aged about 96 years was seen in town yesterday driving a man of fifty. He is a veteran of both the East and Civil wars and lives near West To atal. The Standard Oil Company has been denied the right to lay a pipeline from Peoria County Kansas to Indiana.
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