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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1908
Page
2
A woman recalls turning a worn out, 34 mile from New York farm into a profitable Dorset sheep venture. Starting with 2000 capital, she built a barn, expanded to 100 ewes, and after years of careful management she earned about 2000 a year from lambs and wool, proving off season sales can yield strong returns.
Danville residents await details as Yarris Simpson, alleged to have murdered Scipio Noble in Covington last Saturday night, is arrested in Harrodsburg yesterday. Noble, a Breathitt county native who planned a Georgetown barber shop, was found beaten near Covington after last seen with Simpson in a Covington saloon. Simpson denies the charge amid circumstantial evidence.
A. P. F. Hardy of East Wilton Maine says Bucklen’s Arnica Salve has cured every sore boil ulcer or burn it’s been used on for fifteen years. Sold at Haydon & Robertson’s drugstore for 25 cents.
Danville Advocate reports a fatal shooting at Powers in Casey where Ira Cox, 18, son of Dr Wiser Cox, fought with Edward Prewitt, 15. Cox fired six shots after the colored boy allegedly fired first. Prewitt died. Cox is jailed awaiting trial in Liberty with Hon George Stone retained to defend.
Jesse Nowlin, a well known young man from Tyrone, drowned in the river at High Bridge Saturday afternoon while on a barge with cousin Lew Nowlin. Lew jumped in to save him but could not reach him before the body sank. Jesse would have turned twenty one on December fourth.
W V Henry of Panama Missouri touts seven years of proof that Dr King’s New Discovery cures coughs and colds and helps throat chest and lung conditions. The ad notes world proof for coughs colds grippe asthma hay fever bronchitis and early consumption, saying timely use prevents pneumonia. Sold with guarantee at Haydon Roberson’s drug store 50 cents and 1.00 Trial bottle free.
Danville Advocate reports Turner Leonard a prominent Boyle county farmer and stockman formerly near Perryville was thrown from his buggy when the horse ran away after tightening at an object on the Harrodsburg pike. Injury feared a fractured skull with little hope of recovery. Leonard was well known in Boyle county for stock dealings.
An advertisement promotes Dr Miles Nervine as a remedy for nervous fatigue and illness linked to a weak nervous system. The copy cites testimonials from farmers and mentions multiple towns and druggists supporting the product in Elkhart Indiana and Riverton Nebraska.
Yuan Shi Kai, viceroy and powerful reformer near the summer palace outside Pekin, celebrates his fiftieth birthday. He has guided China through Boxer era days, aided foreign friends during unrest, and now leads a reform movement shaping China’s future and U.S. relations. He wields vast influence alongside the empress dowager and directs the modernizing push in the Great Khan realm.
Charlie Taft, son of a Republican candidate, attends a Connecticut gathering presided by Horace D Taft headmaster son of Judge Taft. An admirer offered Taft a representative post, nominations followed by acclamation, but Horace declined to pursue politics saying his duty is to teach Charlie.
Captain Hobson forecasts an imminent outbreak of acute gastritis among the tackles of the shot Milwaukee Sentinel.
A Springfield based law firm announces offices in the Robertson Building. The note mentions proximity to adjoining counties and a court in the area. The brief confirms an established legal office presence serving Robertson County and nearby jurisdictions.
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