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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1905
Page
8
Farmers enjoy fine weather for corn gathering. Mrs Julia Sutton is quite sick. Mrs Burt Walston visited Lebanon. Mrs Willis Adams was in Springfield last Wednesday. Mrs Square Baker hosted friends at dinner Sunday. The village store run by Lodgson and C W Oder remains a busy local shop. The Sun is a weekly guest in homes and hopes for brighter future.
Modesto residents Mrs. E C Cox and daughter Gladys returned home after several weeks visiting friends and relatives. Mrs E E Vowels remains ill. Revs Allen and Lowen visited Mrs S E Vowels. Miss Jappa Barnett stayed with her sister at Leathers store. Mesdames Moore and Trent visited W E Moore. Miss Barnett injured while honey gathering. New Liberty crowd attended a local event near Fairmount cemetery. Cough remedy notice cites Napier New Zealand Herald and Australian pharmacy board findings.
Report notes two new giant Canariers are being built with rudders weighing seventy tons each. When completed the rudders stern frame and jets will weigh about 220 tons in total.
Ada Arnold and neighbors visit relatives near Texas while families host guests in Jenstown. A six year old suffers a severe head injury when cattle driven by him run away. Beech Grove singing draws a crowd. Social visits include Lettie Staton, Laura Milburn and Lillie Milburn. Prayer meeting, illnesses, and marriages fill weekend reports as turkeys grow scarce due to sealing.
Ralph F. Fejez of Tampa Florida describes a fearsome race with death caused by liver trouble and heart disease. After failed treatments and doctors he credits Electric Bitters with a rapid recovery in three days, purchased at C. J. Haydon's drug store for a small price.
Notices remind residents that 1995 town taxes must be paid to avoid extra charges after December 1. Call to obtain your receipt before that date and save the additional expense.
Scap shavings or a small Tip of Fellow sun sncked Into a mouse hole Prevents to reappearance of the mouse. Put brown paper on the tow of the wardrobes, Yhic is easily taken off and shaken and prevents the ward robe becoming thick with dust. A grease spot ca be removed from leather by applying a tithe benzine. It may torke the surface dull, but you can restore the polish with the white of an egg. Ink stains on Hnen should be soaked out i milk, and the sooner this is done the better, for, though wet ink comes out readily, it takes a good deal of soaking to remove it if it has been allowed to dry in. When cleaning rigs or carpets, man age if possible to dg it on a windy day, when the high wind will blow away the dust pounded out and de crease the amount of labor that would be necessary on a quiet day.
A compact note on why beauty differs from attraction, highlighting magnetism, tact, vivacity, wit, and femininity. It links charm to perfume, dress, hair, coiffure, and refinement as key ingredients, suggesting allure arises from many subtle factors.
A Washington Circuit Court sale notice by M G Leachman as Commissioner lists sale of a 155 acre Kentucky tract near Springfield with roadways reserved for Wixley Grits farm. The bid will be on credit six to twelve months with bonds and security, conducted at public auction on the farm location five miles north of Springfield near Pike and Pleasant Grove church.
A 21 acre farm mostly grass with 40 or 60 acres suitable tobacco land. Includes four room dwelling, tenant house, stock and tobacco barns, outbuildings, good well and spring. Personal property features two mares, cattle, pigs, corn, fodder, farming tools, household goods, piano, sewing machine, furniture, harness, beehives. Sale at 10 a.m. by auctioneer S M Campbell. Terms daily.
The Hillsboro school shows steady progress under Miss Mayme B Merritt with roll of honor pupils including Zora Montgomery Zelma Mellvoy Sarah Shields Judith Montgomery Myrtie Armstrong Nellie Mellvoy Effie Coulter Annie Crooke Mollie Crooke Raymond Mellvoy Norris Montgomery Vaughn Godby Willie Clark and Creath Dean. Numerous social visits and local movements are recorded including Sunday gatherings and relatives visiting in Anderson county and Litsey Pleasant Grove and Cincinnati barber trade studies for Ormsby Mellroy.
When you have a bad cold you want a remedy that gives rapid relief and a permanent cure. Chamberlains Cough remedy is claimed to relieve the lungs ease expectoration and counteract pneumonia. It is described as pleasant and safe to take and is offered for sale by C. J. Haydon.
Owner offers a well improved 120 acre hemp and tobacco farm six miles from Harrodsburg for sale at 75 dollars per acre. Will accept one or two improved farms in Washington or another county as part payment. W T Ewing Real Estate Agency Harrodsburg Ky
The Washington Circuit Court will sell at public auction on the county court day at 2 p.m. at the Springfield court house for a house and lot in Mackville Washington County Kentucky fronting Main street and bounded by I A Clarks line and Evergreen Avenue. Credit six and twelve months with bonds bearing interest from sale date, purchaser to furnish approved security. bids to comply with terms. M G Leachman M C W CC.
Court orders a sale of property in the above case at the Court House door in Gippingfield on a date in October 1905. Proceeding by virtue of the order of the October term to satisfy the judgment or lien. Details incomplete due to damaged text.
County Court sale on November 27 1905 at 2 p m will offer a 147 acre farm in Washington County Kentucky. Bounded north by J E B Mattingly east by Peter Graves and Chas Kelty south by Young and Dowling west by Alphonzo Johnson. Land to be sold at public auction on credit for 12 months with terms to be explained.
A Michigan Farmer article urges farmers to select breeding sows early, feed them well, and breed to high quality boars. Proper care and management throughout the season can yield better returns than extensive hard labor, highlighting practical improvements in pig production.
A clipped fragment notes that mutton breeds fare better on level land than wool breeds though all sheep dislike wet feet or marshy pastures. It mentions training a colt as easy if started from the first handling, and references a fierce fire progressing in Amsterdam.
A cluttered column lists farm for sale poultry items including turkeys from several sellers with prices noted. It also contains brief humorous anecdotes and quotes from multiple newspapers, reflecting old time community notices and jokes.
The Illinois Central Railroad offers very low round trip fares to Mississippi and Louisiana including New Orleans on Nov 21 and Dec 9 1905. Tickets allow liberal stop overs and 21 days for return to Arkansas Indian Territory Oklahoma and Texas on the first and third Tuesdays each month. Cheap excursion rates to Hot Springs Arkansas via Memphis. Conducted sleeper service from Louisville to California New Mexico and Texas. Monthly circulars mailed free on farming stock and dairying in Kentucky West Tennessee Mississippi and Louisiana. Send name and address to F W Harlow Louisville Ky for Nos 1 11.
Market list shows bacon and hams at one cent per pound with various meat and dairy items priced per pound. Dried apples and feathers listed with small unit prices. corn, wheat, oats, barley and mill products appear with per barrel or per pound pricing. A drunken man burned himself on the ice. report notes incident involving J. End.
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