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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1907
Page
5
A merchant reports an immense trade on hats over ten days and orders a large shipment for next Saturday. The store also offers a full line of baby goods and a large selection of pretty caps for in store viewing.
Notices on sales and offers appear from W P Lawrence and A C Kimball. A stray Duroc is reported at Canary with a reward. Local business notices list a Mackville two story house for sale and office hours for Dr J C Mudd. Public notices warn trespass on Electric Light and Water Company grounds and calls for debt settlement after fire. W Nally to organize A E L at several schools with W C McChord to address.
Mr and Mrs Palmer Goabley announce the marriage of their daughter Miss Ola to Mr J G Ferguson of Augusta Ga to take place at their Valley Hill home at 5 o clock on the morning of Wednesday June the 19th The May examinations for white teachers will be held in the Graded School building on Friday and Saturday this week Examinations for colored teachers will be on the following Friday and Saturday Mrs J M Smith reports unusual luck in hatching turkeys placing sixty three eggs under three hens with twenty one under each and sixty two turkeys hatched all living She buried barrels in the ground with earth and straw to keep nests moist
Rev and Mrs R E C Lawson entertained last night from eight to eleven with a formal yet simple reception at the manse The event celebrated the fifteenth wedding anniversary of the couple and drew several hundred guests including many Springfield women at the serving table and in the dining room Guests presented with cut glass tokens noted the generous hospitality and wide church representation despite a rainy evening
R. E. Noel of Louisiana advertises horses needed for a Saturday purchase. He seeks harness and saddle horses and will be in town to buy.
The commencement program lists diplomas to be presented by Louise Wediey Mary Haydon and Will Waters Jr The graduates Mary Lampton Leo Simms Lyman Norber perform vocal solo Where the Lindens Bloom and chorus Over the Meadows Fair with Adam Geidel The High School Chorus also appears.
Visit to Louisville for a death in the Lampton family and numerous short trips to Bardstown Louisville Winchester and Harrodsburg. Residents and visitors include E M Russell J W S Clements Lizzie Clements John Barber Emily Russell and others with moves to Hendersonville Bloomfield Richmond Covington and Oklahoma City. J W Moran Jr recovers from typhoid and writes from Valley Hill for the News Leader.
Inclement weather forces the High School picnic at Freder icktown to be postponed from tomorrow to next Wednesday.
Absent author records neighbors visiting Nelson county residents and family gatherings across Willisburg Maud and nearby areas. A large crowd is expected at Glenwood Park for the Burley Tobacco Association barbecue with Gov Beckham Congressmen and local figures listed among speakers in Frankfort on May 10.
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