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Newspaper

Springfield Sun

Location

Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America

Date

May 22, 1907

Page

8

Marion Falcon urges rural revival for national progress

The speaker warns that city wealth and population endanger the nation. She advocates decentralizing industry and trade, expanding farms and rural towns, better schools, roads, and communications. The talk urges youth to embrace peaceful battles for higher ideals and civic virtue in country life. Measles illness affects several local residents. U S E meeting drew a large crowd with Yocum Band. Local notes mention visitors, typhoid cases, and tobacco farming activity.

Marion Falcon

Planning the living room for functional decor

In the June Woman's Home Companion Charles Edward Hooper advises planning the living room as the largest space, keeping wall space for movable decor and using simple hardwood doors. He suggests choosing doors to fit openings, sliding for wide and swinging for narrow, and accounting for door swing to avoid wasted wall space and awkward turns.

Charles Edward Hooper June Woman's Home Companion

Most Beautiful Women in Kentucky Contest Winners

Courier Journal announces the three Kentucky beauties chosen from thousands of photographs in a three month contest. The selected trio will enter a national competition to be the United States’ most beautiful woman.

Courier-Journal Sunday Courier-Journal United States Kentucky Wits Courier-Journal Co Louisville

Mrs Fanny Whayne Returns From Louisville Visit

Miss Fanny Whayne has come home from Louisville where she stayed several months with her sister Miss Hattie Whayne. No services were held at Bethlehem or Napier due to the absence of Pastor Rev. R. L. Purdom.

Fanny Whayne Louisville Hattie Whayne R. L. Purdom Bethlehem Napier

Local social notes from Blincoe and nearby towns

Mr J E Osborne and wife return to Louisville after visiting relatives. Mrs T M Cutsinger of Woodlawn visits sister Mrs J W Burnette. Ida Filiatreau recovers from illness. Mrs Josie Cushce improves. Leona Newton visits relatives near Lebanon. Rosa Burnette returns home with nephew Joseph Humphrey after visits in Lowsville and Highland Park. Orie Cambron, now in Louisville, spent weekend with parents. Marie Blandford and Agnes Clayton hosted by W E Blandford. Lounette Burnette visits aunt Mrs Cutsinger at Shady Rest. Annie and Rosa Osborne of Fredericktown visit Edith Newton. Mamie Williams and son George of Enid, Oklahoma visit William Brent family. What is wrong with the Sparrow and the Owl.

J. E. Osborne Louisville T. M. Cutsinger Woodlawn J. W. Burnette Ida Filiatreau Josie Cushc Leona Newton Lebanon Rosa Burnette Joseph Humphrey Lowsville Highland Park Orie Cambron Marie Blandford Agnes Clayton W. E. Blandford Lounette Burnette Cutsinger Shady Rest Annie Rosa Osborne Fredericktown Edith Newton Mamie Williams George Enid Oklahoma William Brent

Muldrugh Hill Notes and Local Ball Scores

Muldrough Hill notes list social visits from Mrs Eatha Coulter and family with Hillsboro and Poortown connections. Poortown beat Willisburg 15 to 7 in a local ball game. Hillsboro is set to host Poortown next Saturday. Various family visits and church attendance are recorded among the Shields Coulter and Hardin households.

What to do in Dyspepsia

An old wartime style article promotes Dr Caldwell's Esra Repain for dyspepsia. It claims indigestion causes health issues from sour stomach to weight loss and asserts the remedy cures dyspepsia with repeated use. It cites Harry F. Keator as a soldier who benefited and urges readers to buy from local druggists.

America Caldwell Harry F. Keator Santiago Caldwall

Pleasant Grove social notices read like a village ledger

Mr Leo Scannell of Louisville visited John Polin Jr over the weekend. Dr Will Leachman’s brother died in Louisville, prompting a call for M G Leachman. Mrs S C VanArsdale rents a home after visiting Harrodsburg. Miss Mabel Price of Springdale stayed with Miss Lavenia OConner. Dr J H Hopper and wife were summoned to Perryville for a mother’s death. Edd Litsey attended Canary Sunday. H M O Nan was here on business. Mabel Price, Lillian VanArsdale, Nannie Thompson attended the Willisburg pallbearers. Nat Thompson returned from Harrodsburg. Mrs E J Pinkston and children visited her mother at Willisburg. Miss Ellen Gregory to return from Beaumont College Thursday. Frank Willett spent Sunday with his parents. Joe Wycoff was in town a day last week. Sara and Richard Reed visited Mrs D A Kelly near town. W A Thompson bought a young mare from R M Thorp, price not stated. Tom L Funk of ? visiting his uncle Thomas Duncan. Mrs Walter Thompson is out again. Nancy Pinkston visited town last week. Belve Leachman was in Logville Monday.

Leo Scannell Louisville John Polin, Jr M.G. Leachman Will Leachman S. C. VanArsdale Harrodsburg Mabel Price Springtie Lavenia O’conne J. H. Hopper Perryville Edd Litsey Canary H. M. O'Nan Lillian Vey VanArsdale Lavenia O'Connerlaw Nannie Thompson Willisburg Nat Thompson E. J. Pinkston Ellen Gregory Beaumont College Frank Willett Joe Wycoff Sara Richard Reed D. A. Kelly Near Town W. A. Thompson R. M. Thorpson Tom L., Funk Thomas’ Duncan Walter Thompson Nancy Pinkston Belve Leachman Logisville

Springfield Market Prices Amid Mixed Commodities

Prices from Springfield market list various goods including chickens, dried apples, corn meal, wheat, potatoes, turkeys, tallow, wool, and sorghum. Entries show per pound or per bushel quotes, with numerous garbled OCR fragments, yet key items and unit pricing for several commodities are identifiable. The mixed quality OCR lacks full clarity on many lines but preserves central price points and product names.

Biden Shipstaff

Subscriptions Free Column Notice of Local Ads

Free column items from The Sun list buyers and sellers: Saling lumber 15 000 to 20 000 feet from Snider Rt 1. A R Shultz Jr offers a Nike pony. McElroy seeks cows with calves. Gibbs Springfield wants 14 000 pounds wool. Oder Booker Ky sells oak logs large trees cedar posts. S B Goodlett Kt 1 offers sale and bull calf one year old.

Wt. Snider Rt 1 A. R. Shultz, Jr Nike James C. McElroy Gibbs Springfield James Oder Booker Goodlett

Maud Scribe Reports Local Happenings and Births

Mooresville notes a newborn girl to Bruner Carney, church services by Bro BeNight at New Hope and Wall Hill, farm trades including a mare and mules, and local road work on Chaplin pike toward Maud. Obituary for Frank B Seay, May 16, interment at Willisburg. Queen's Collection of Charms noted in Alexandra. Absorb Sun subscription price listed.

Keeling and neighbors gather for weekend visits across Willisburg area

The record lists numerous family visits and social calls across Willisburg and nearby towns. Names include Mr. George Keeling, J. M. Shields, Lake Coulter, Solomon Kays, Miss Sarah Shields, Myrtle Armstrong, Mrs. J. Settles, and others in extended weekend visits. A birth is noted, Harve Hyatt born to Mrs. Harve Barnett on the 18th. Rabbit’s Motherly Devotion is described with a trapper scene in Cornwall.

Solomon Kays Samuel Coulter Ed Montgomery Brooksville Duck Mellvoy Pearl Hickman Mackville D. W. Crow Bloomfield Tom Mellvoy Jim Oder Sycamore Valley Lonnie Noel J. G. Noel Harve Barnett Harve

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J. A. Robinson Roland Robert Purdom U. S. of E Yocum Band W- F. Sweesy Antioch J. D. Peterson Jim Brown Woodson McCarty W. D. Purdom Chas. Haydon Mattie Kimberlin H. J. Cocanougher Sallee & Waters Wilhelm Peterson W. R. Cocanougher the Home Builders Texas Blincoe Muldraugh Hill Eatha Coulter J. M. Shields Hillsboro Tally Graty W. S. Coulter Poortown Tom Coulter W. R. Scott Nancy A. Coulter Effie Coulter Rockbridge Richard Hardin Scruggsville Pleasant Grove Springfield Market Ptt Wathee Hamamsi Mooresville Bruner Carney Bro. BeNight New Hope Wall Hill Elijah Charlie Hendren Maud Scribe Frank B. Seay Ed Sweeney Will T. Snider Frank Settles J. M. Wall Alexandra Possendes Europe of Blue Grass Graded Schools Happy Hollow Mr. Keeling George Keeling Tolly Griffy Fairview Lubo Coulter Sam Ciele Famply Griffyy Lake Coulter Sarah Shields Montgomery John Kays Potin Myrtle Armstrong M. C. Keeling T.W. Sutherland J. D. Sutherland Anderson Cou Ty Ormsby Showmaker J. D. Inman Shady Grove Joe Newton Sprngfield J. H. Settles Mary J. S. Inman Barlow C. Chesser Polin Rabbit Town Cornwall Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Pomar Indiana Illinois Tennessee Mississippi Louisiana James ©. Caldwell T. & Wes Treas
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