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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1910
Page
7
A quick witted boy, refused food at a firmhouse scarred by hunger, asserts there are six children in his party. He proclaims they are children of their father and mother, of God, country, church, and grace, as claimed by a teacher last Thursday.
A curious street scene unfolds as a genial man asks for an empty bottle to mix a solution and visits a charmist. The shopman offers the bottle for a penny, but if any contents are desired it is free. The man remarks that fate favors him and requests the bottle be corked.
A Wisconsin mother recounts near nervous collapse from overwork and explains how daily meals of GrapeNuts with cream and milk, plus early bedtimes, restored her sleep and added weight. She notes her daughter also improved from chronic illness after starting the cereal and fresh air.
Kentucky notes indicate the First regiment K N G will be mustered out by Adjutant General P P Johnston from Frankfort. Officers to be discharged November 11. election of a new colonel to occur before January 31 if strength returns. Other items cover a serious automobile crash near Jeffersontown, dynamite injuries on Pine Mountain, a church panic in Louisville, suits against Dixie Stave and Lumber Co., and various local military and civic notes.
State Auditor James pursues fair cash valuation for Kentucky whisky in 1910, facing stiff compliance from obstinate distillers. Reports note current $10 per barrel assessment versus a higher market value, with some estimates as high as $20. Local notes include Buffalo stock subscriptions for electric line, a transfer of Lt. Col. Zinn to Chicago harbor work, a fatal train incident in Crooks Bath County, and updates on convicts and Paris high school cadets receiving gear.
Reports from Louisville Beattyville Danville Beirut and Mt Sterling detail a string of fatalities and accidents. A farmer J J Hanger dies in New York after losing a leg in a dynamite blast. Theodore H Ded dies in Louisville from a self inflicted wound. Frank Fehringer sentenced for attempted murder of his wife. J W Burke, a Junction City butcher, bleeds severely cutting a steak. John D Edgar, L N railroad foreman, crushed after falling from an ice car. Senator Bradley suffers indigestion from a return trip. Gade Noo dies from injuries cutting a tree. Dr B H Coyle dies after a wartime railroad wreck. An infant burns to death from a lit newspaper. Mt Sterling opens a $50,000 sanitary sewer system test run touted as one of the best in the state.
A playful verse describes a marriage metaphor as a cake recipe. It lists measurements for love youth looks temper and wit, blending faults, humor, and common sense into a well furnished house. The instruction ends with baking forever.
An anonymous claimant details a two year scalp itch that worsened to raw bleeding with hair loss. After using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills for weeks the condition improved, recurred briefly eighteen months ago, then cleared again with continued use. The testimonial credits relief to the Cuticura trio.
An old advertisement extols Pape's Diapepsin as a rapid cure for indigestion and related stomach discomfort. It claims relief within five minutes from sour stomach, belching, gas, heartburn, nausea, and headaches, urging readers to buy a 50 or 60 cent case at any drug store. It asserts the preparation digests food as if the stomach were not there and targets many digestive disorders.
A whimsical tale contrasts a Boston teacher's five year old with a visitor's belief in his early genius. The child allegedly spoke Greek words from building blocks and declared perpetual mathematical certainty, while the father mocks the culture claim. Also included are faded ads praising remedies for babies and horses.
A damaged OCR fragment shows a messy blend of product names and stray lines. It mentions a Pettiva Eye Salve, Howard Bros Buffalo, a question about car capacity, a joke about women praising men, and a note on secrets probing among women, all in garbled order.
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