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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1909
Page
2
Sycamore Valley reports a well attended spring school taught by Miss Margie Bonta. Rev A C Pinkston filled his Hillsboro appointment and plans to start a Sunday School first Sunday in April. Local residents, trades and family news include sales of horses, a farm transfer, births, and farm life notes amid tobacco season preparation.
Marion County reports the deaths of Perry Mills at seventy in Leba non and Daisy Burnside Hoffman in Louisville after brief illnesses. A trial of Robert Green for assault was dismissed for insufficient evidence. Warrants issued for selling whiskey in Lebanon target Pete Williams Jim Thompson Prec Lancaster Charlie Mitchell and Joe Hamilton. Dr R T Hodgen survived a stair fall with only bruises and will be out soon.
Fort Edward resident Alex Benton climbs Bald Mountain to a neighbor’s home to treat asthma with Dr. King’s New Discovery. The medicine allegedly relieves a severe lung condition and other ailments, with a one dollar trial bottle offered by Haydon & Robertson.
Military authorities will immunize troops in army camps by vaccination with volunteers invited to participate. A panel of eminent physicians led by Brig Gen Robert M O'Reilly recommends the measure to prevent typhoid fever, noting historic battles and peacetime protections. The program has seen 15 000 treated with success and no adverse outcomes. The move aims to reduce typhoid in mobilized regiments and garrison posts.
Rev T M Elliott arrives as pastor of St Pauls Gainesville moving the church to Green street and launching an aggressive ad campaign. He uses dodgers, a page in the local press, and promotions about services to draw larger congregations than ever before.
A worker at a cold storage plant in Saginaw Michigan found a two dollar bill nesting in a sparrow’s nest during repairs. The bill was redeemed at a bank. Akron reader P W Hunsicker recalled a similar Easter Sunday sighting in Saginaw and wondered if the bird had been given the bill.
New York Mrs George W Applegate reports a remarkable hen that has laid 130 eggs since December 3. The bird remains modest while Mrs Applegate notes 12 eggs in one nest at sundown and seven more in the night. The hen continues steady production with 12 eggs the next day, though she shows a drooping air for not laying more.
Fire caused by crossed wires in the attic destroyed the Seventh Street station at Seventh and Water yesterday afternoon, with losses around 50000. The blaze spread rapidly as workers fled, a clerk and a man named J H Smithson helped warn others, and officers quickly raised alarms. Fire crews from most city companies fought the blaze, with the building eventually engulfed.
Readers learn Hall's Catarrh Cure is a constitutional remedy that cures catarrh through internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. The advert claims a $100 guarantee for any case it fails to cure and urges sending for testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. Pills for constipation are also recommended.
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