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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1906
Page
8
A reflective monologue describes preferring simple autumn joys over wealth and heroic pursuits. The speaker imagines pirates and bold adventures, but favors home comforts, berries, gold branches, and a cozy house with nature’s beauty. Personal contentment and family influence shape a humble, hopeful outlook.
A Chicago prize contest offers 100 dollars for the best Poemette while the note laments the difficulty of entering. The column interleaves jests about goats, poems, and witty quips on courtship, with anecdotes about a moon, a baby, and a bank offering private tellers for lady depositors in Chicago.
Misses Nannie and Claudia Royalty spent Saturday and Sunday at Springfield with Mr. and Mrs. John. Mrs. J. M. Shields and daughter Sarah visited Mrs. J. S. Thomas Sunday. Mrs. J. A. Coulter and daughter Effie and Mrs. Eatha Coulter and son Jeen spent Sunday with Mr. Bill Scott. Mr. M. Keeling and family stayed with Mr. James Ruby near Chaplin. Mrs. Labe Coulter and son Cecil and Effie Coulter visited Mr. Samuel Coulter last Thursday. Mr. Will Barr was here Sunday. John Showmaker's sale attracted many bidders. Hillsboro church will have preaching Sunday at 11. Mrs. Lula Armstrong stayed Friday to Sunday with Mr. John Armstrong. Sam Montgomery and wife visited at Tatham Springs Saturday and Sunday. Laura Scruggs and Myrtle Armstrong were in Mackville Friday.
The Washington Circuit Court will sell on Monday November 26 1906 at 2 PM at the Springfield Court House a 27 acre tract along Chaplin river in Washington County Kentucky bound by William Terrell. The sale is on six months credit to satisfy a judgment with interest totaling 99.42 dollars. bidders must provide approved securities and comply with terms. M G Leachman Master Commissioner.
Notes from Willisburg report planned bank completion by December pending weather. Local trader W Gibb s sells cattle to W P Merritt. Mrs Bell Sutherland and Mrs Myrtle Keeling visit relatives in Anderson county. Mr Will Nichols and wife visit Mary Hughes. J W Shirley attends Vehicle Association meeting in Louisville. Mrs Wm Goodlett visits ill brother A B Wells. Mrs Sue Merritt and Miss Lou Earl Merritt visit Dr Shields in Chaplin. Everett Keeling and wife attend event while ladies of the raisin host a pie supper inviting all.
The Washington Circuit Court Ky. will offer at the Springfield Court House door at 2 pm an 18 acre tract described by bounds near Minnie Hardin and Haydon lines. Terms include six month credit, secured bond, and prompt compliance. Guardianship of Geo W Isham as guardian and parties L Yeaste and others named in the 1906 order.
New York reports quote Mrs. Sage intends to use Russell Sage’s fortune to fund a home for aged teachers and a fund to educate young men for the church. She pledges broad distribution of wealth and will not aid persistent questioners, aiming to support institutions and individuals as freely as possible. In Fairfield, a separate item notes a farmer Timothy Wiseners coughed up a small green twig after a year and is recovering. Paris reports deny persistent rumors of King Alfonso’s assassination and notes a successful first flight of the airship La Ville de Paris by JL Deubach, a balloon with 12 mile range.
Spriggfield Market prices per pound and unit for several goods including flour at 7.91, hides per pound, lime per barrel, bran per sack, potatoes per count, onions per barrel, parkay per pound, tallow per pound, vinegar per gallon, wool berry, wigets, and sorghum per piece. Prices shown in early market style with varied spellings and units.
Subscribing readers are offered a free column with sellable listings including Mammoth Bronze Turkeys from Mrs. Sam Hull McIntire and Bronze Turkey hens and toms from multiple sellers. Leghorn cockerels, Shade Island codkrel counts, Sagleeh Maple shade trees, Barred Plymouth Rock pullets, and Ginseng plants are advertised with prices and contact hints across various rural Kentucky routes and addresses.
A local sale near Springfield at four miles and one mile twenty from Willisburg Pike will begin at one o clock. The catalog includes two good work mares, one aged work horse, one buggy horse, one weanling filly, two old milch cows with calf, three yearling calves, one Jersey heifer, 22 sheep, one or two fat or two buggy sets of farm tools, wagon mower and self binder, all farming implements, household furniture, White Leghorn hens and a few cocks, about 500 bushels of corn, with sale to start at one o clock. terms under ten dollars, not specified.
An old advertisement extols Dr Miles' Restorative Nervine as a nerve tonic for epilepsy and St Vitus dance. It claims to strengthen nerves, ease nervous strain, and improve sleep, with testimonials of rapid relief and cure, noting price and the Miles Medical Co. of Elkhart, Ind.
By virtue of a court order, the Washington Circuit Court will offer for sale at the Springfield courthouse around 2 p.m. on an October term 1906 date, a tract of land on Long Lick Creek in Washington County. The sale will be on credit for six months to the highest bidder with bonds and interest from sale date. The property description lists bounds near C M Whitehouse, Lene Wilson, Chas Smock, Richard Witkerson, and Long Lick Creek. Estimated cost and total debt are stated. bidders must comply with terms and bond requirements.
Real estate ad lists multiple tracts near Springfield and Lebanon with acres from 26 to 254, four to seven rooms, wells and water, tobacco land, barns, fences, and proximity to schools churches pikes depots. Prices range from 15 to 50 per acre with easy payments on select tracts. A city property on Main Street is noted as a good investment.
Circular from the Panama canal commission informs bidders of an immense project. The item notes a broad plan, inviting competition and outlining scope for contractors and suppliers.
Mrs Beasie Hamilton reportedly fled her home in St Louis to visit a man described as an alleged forger, disrupting family plans and prompting local inquiries.
A brief note states Chamberlain's Pain Balm is a reliable antiseptic for cuts or wounds. Sold by trusted dealers, it is advertised as useful for home first aid and everyday injuries.
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