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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1907
Page
2
Uncle Jack writes of antebellum days in Willieburg recalling pumpkin pies and ginger cakes at log-raisings, wheat reaping with the sickle, treading floors, a hand mill, and straw cleanup. He recalls corn huskings or husking bees, old Virginia songs, a little brown jug, and orderly, nonviolent gatherings among Black and white participants.
Receiving Tobacco Cadiz Kentucky May 16 never in Cadiz history has so much tobacco come to town last week four prizing houses handled about 1 500 000 pounds for the association and at least 1 000 000 more expected during this period farmers pleased with prices ranging from 86 25 to 10 per hundred storage house sales rapid move to establish a local sales court next season Trigg county may be the strongest association county in the Black Patch with 95 to 98 percent pledged to the association
A Lexington meeting on the 24th reported 72 000 acres pledged out of an estimated 138 000, about 52 percent. The following day acreage rose toward 80 000 as planters finalize their totals. Harrison county led in percentage, Clark near it, with Carroll near the top though not all reports in. Scott shows the largest pooled acreage at 5 500 acres, followed by Owen and Harrison.
A Brooklyn woman writes to the New York Tribune on why many American girls remain unmarried. She argues economic pressures from department stores and wage competition push women into factory work and service roles, suggesting merit should decide who works, not sex. The piece ends urging subscriptions to The Sun.
Why is Bryan popular the piece argues by comparing him to Theodore Roosevelt. Both figures are praised for patriotism honesty and determination. The article credits Bryan with guiding reforms that Roosevelt thenImplemented into law, noting their mutual influence and shared principles.
A Westfield Iowa note by G M Clark praises Dr King’s New Discovery for rescuing him from deadly lung illness. He credits the remedy with stopping a dry cough after one bottle and cured his coughs, promising cures for lung complaints with a trial bottle offered.
A long list of Springfield area land and property offerings with numbers 3 through 60 Plus notes on houses, tobacco land, barns, and water features. Various farms range from 6 to 10 miles from Springfield, prices per acre from 15 to 80, and several city lots and farms with multiple dwellings, tobacco barns, and orchards.
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