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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1907
Page
5
Local dental office advertises premium dental services promising first class care in Sprinefeld Kentucky with a quirky address reference to Hagon Bluck and an emphasis on top quality patient experience.
Local items include farm postings beware hunters posted warnings and sales announcements. Notices cover farms near Fredericktown Springfield and Bear Wallow with livestock corn and wagon trade and telegraph training ads. Community events list Presbyterian communion and an oyster supper hosted by the Pleasant Grove church ladies with invitations to attend.
Typhoid fever hits Mooresville with Mrs Wall ill and sister Maggie Smith also afflicted. Other items note Dr Rolards leaving Springfield, RoBards Hyatt dissolving, and accounts due by December 1. A Hillsboro tobacco farm of 254 acres is for sale for thirty days by C W Stalin. Bardstown Institute offers business courses December 2 with instructor Miss Evan Taurman. Ernest Cox buys S M Campbell grocery and will run the meat department at the old stand.
A list of landowners forbids hunting on their premises and warns that violators will be prosecuted. Signers include T. J. Skines J. H. Mayes G. T. Mayes G. H. Christerson J. M. Russell G. W. Russell Bob Brady Henry Noel S. M. Mayes Clel Whitehouse P. B. Harmon Chas. Pope R. H. Robinson Jake Kimberlin G. N. Campbell Emmet Settle W. R. Cocanougher W. G. Grandy L. A. Grundy John B. tiese F. M. Snowmaker Campbell Bottom and others. The notice alleges a 20 cent payment per name for publication.
On October 28, Brother P Walker and Rev B F Flanery held a two week revival at Antioch Church Mercer County. Flanery preached most days. The meeting yielded forty two professions two restorations and twenty six additions. The event boosted church and community spirit and included a generous donation to Brothers and Sisters Walker. Willie Best, a church member, plans to move to Kingswood Breckenridge County to pursue ministry.
Joe Pettus Theo Camy Bell and Rev W H Williams travel from Springfield to Mr Pettus old home in Garrard on a bird hunting expedition. They are described as hot shots and the piece hints at unknown outcomes in Garrard county. Subscriptions to The Sun are offered at 1.00 per year.
Sample Christmas covers and table covers are showcased with beautiful designs to be sold at low prices. The collection features several pillow and table cover options suitable for holiday decorating.
A local retailer announces a limited time sale offering the newest style hats at cost for the next week to ten days, inviting customers to visit the shop for bargain headwear.
Miss Willie Knott and Miss Rebecca McElroy of Lebanon visited here last week. Mrs Lizzie Durrett attended the Troutman Durrett wedding in Bloomfield Tuesday. Mr D A Sweeney, formerly of this place now Danville, is very ill with typhoid fever. Miss Ethel Simmons of Elizabethtown visits her cousin Miss Mayme Knott. Mrs Joseph Claybrooke returned from Bardstown. Miss Willie Knott spent time in Louisville buying millinery. Mr Ed Bellebaum of Winchester here to fill his brother’s place at Red Cross drug store during illness. Mrs L M Gore returned last Friday to Hodgenville after a visit with Rogers Gore family. Mr Morras Hansbrough Jr left Springfield for Hodgenville to join the LaRue County Herald. Mrs W K Marks and Miss Lizzie Hoskins to attend the Woman’s Home Mission Society meeting in Lebanon Junction next Saturday. They will represent the local Methodist church. Hon W D Claybrooke in Louisville for the State development convention and will visit Alabama until December.
The Sun announces the marriage of Lydia Thomas Duncan to Alexander Lewis Jenkins to take place at the bride’s parents’ home in Springfield next Wednesday at 12 o’clock noon on November 27. Duncan, daughter of G. D. Duncan, is noted as a charming young woman. Jenkins is a University of Cincinnati professor and a prominent educator.
The seven month old son of Mr and Mrs John Minor died Tuesday from bronchial pneumonia. James Thomas aged about 70 died Sunday morning at his home in Holy Cross after a brief illness of pneumonia. Glen Lily Bowling Team of Springfield played Barker s Kittens at Recreation Alleys Tuesday night with Barker s Kittens winning three straight games. The teams will meet again tonight in Springfield.
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