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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1910
Page
2
A string of quirky remarks covers airships, weather, and oddities from 1910 era. Remarks on dirigibles, balloon travel, and chauffeur humor mingle with jokes about cholera in Siberia, share of harvests, Wall Street prayer, and a Servian crown prince seeking a wealthy American bride amid a collage of scattered notes and quips.
In Jackson Kentucky on election day Bad Jake Noble, a 22 year old Breathitt county gunman, shot Wesley Turner and evaded capture as multiple posses searched. A Knott county sheriff's posse finally killed Noble in a battle after he refused to surrender, despite $700 in rewards offered for his capture alive. Noble had previously killed three men and issued a defiant threat to officers.
Lexington circuit court Judge Parker ruled that stockholders of Southern Mutual Investment and American Reserve Bond Co may be pursued in courts for returns in excess of their payments. About 4,000 stockholders across states faced losses totaling about $1,000,000 after the firms failed years ago, triggering lengthy litigation.
Andrew Cowan has been named chairman of the committee coordinating the reception and entertainment for governors visiting Louisville on November 20 for a conference. Gov Willson appointed the panel and Cowan will convene meetings to set subcommittees and develop detailed arrangements.
The Kentucky river will be closed to navigation for twenty days at Lock No 3 to install a new miter sill. The addition was delayed for over a year due to requests from heavy shippers but is now deemed essential.
In Frankfort the capital printing commission met to hear Globe Printing Co. respond to inspector McKenzie R. Todd's report. William Riley of Globe and George A. Lewis joined, with plans for further sessions to decide potential actions while the company defends its compliance.
Lexington government seeks the return from Michigan of Charles Williams a Black man held in Wayne County Michigan on a Lexington murder charge. Louisville hosts the National Association of Real Estate Exchanges meeting next February, extended on behalf of the Louisville Real Estate Exchange.
The seventy third meeting of the General Association of Baptists in Kentucky convened at the First Baptist Church with Henry Alford Porter of Lonaville as moderator. Rev S J Cannon of Louisville preached. The Kentucky Baptist Historical Society met with W J McGlothin of Louisville presiding. The gathering notes 220 080 Baptists in Kentucky, 1 739 white Baptist churches and 1375 ministers.
Dr W C Ussery was unanimously reelected president of the Blue Grass league at the annual Paris meeting. The 1911 season is limited to 100 games with May 18 start and Labor Day finish September 4. Ussery can enforce a $1000 monthly salary cap including the manager and appoint or dismiss umpires. Paris awarded the 1910 pennant.
The Kentucky court of appeals affirms the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway case from Wallace Borders in Lawrence county. Borders won $1,000 in the lower court for injuries from the train jerking him as he stepped onto a passenger car.
Lexington reports a plan to spend 15 to 120 million dollars on buying 110000 acres of coal land in eastern Kentucky, with development and construction of over 100 miles of railroad to reach the field. Land bought for 4.5 million, rail road work already contracted, and extension to Appalachia Virginia anticipated.
Louisville officials largely back a Jim Crow railroad segregation plan. The proposal, dormant until after elections, gains white support while Negro educators and ministers oppose it. City council and aldermen show broad backing for separate seating by race.
The Kentucky Board of Valuation and Assessment reduced whisky valuation for tax purposes to 10 dollars per barrel for 1910, up from last year’s level. Distilleries and warehousemen have 30 days to prove their assessments.
Frankfort Kentucky will be represented on a trip by state superintendents of schools in the Fouts to inspect rural schools across Indiana Ohio Virginia Illinois and Canada and end in Maryland. Prof Elsworth Regenstein designated Prof T J Coates of Richmond to join, with Southern Educational Association covering expenses. The purpose is to gain ideas to raise southern education standards and improve rural schooling. The trip will last several days.
The seventeenth annual field trials and third annual beach show of the National Fox Hunters Assortation were held at Crab Orchard Springs Kentucky. The event drew fox hunters from across the United States and was a notable social affair with many prominent society people in attendance.
A committee appointed by the Kentucky Good Roads Association will draft a good roads law at a meeting in Touleville on November 26. After refinement, the proposal is to be ratified by the association and presented to the state general assembly.
The Hardin County Farmers Institute met in Elizabethtown on November 17 and 18. The state agricultural department provided a pen k ere for the gathering, aided by Hardin County’s meat experiment agriculturists. Poultry and agricultural exhibits offered premiums.
Civil Engineer W. Gregory and a crew of 49 aboard the government steamer Emerald are conducting roundings and preliminary surveys for lock and dam No 22 near Maysville on the Ohio river under F J Shuckes. After completing here they will move toward dam No 34 further down the river.
Frankfort state banks and trust companies report better condition than last year. Secretary of State Bruner’s inspection plan cited as valuable, with 464 banks and trust companies submitting statements. About 190 state banks operate in Kentucky.
Kentucky State Suffrage convention met in Covington with Rev. Anna Shaw lecturing and Miss Laura Clay discussing Frankfort legislative work. The program included reports, a speech on International Peace by Missora White, and a paper on The Sisterhood of Woman by Dr. Louise Southgate. In Louisville, Marvin Hart, deputy sheriff, was involved in a violent incident with a lunatic at a crowd. Louisville notices also mention Castleman statue fund drive sessions. Frankfort reported a gas meter explosion injuring Mrs. Jennie Solovy, causing a fire in her home.
A sympathetic portrait of Queen Amelie of Portugal as she endures personal losses and political exile. The piece recalls the assassination of King Carlos and the crown prince, Amelie's later life of charity, and fears for her surviving son Manuel Jr as she confronts a deposed throne and a distant, uncertain future.
In Gandy Oregon a greyhound that befriended a coyote, a wolf relative, has since fled town life. He now runs with the coyotes in the prairie and woods approaching human dwellings only to steal hens when hunger is high.
A mother from Sunbury, Pa recounts using Resinol for her baby's severe facial eczema. After three weeks the infant, once disfigured with raw, bleeding patches, is described as perfectly cured and rosy cheeked. The note contrasts Resinol with three physicians and other remedies that failed over four months.
Not Even Mother recounts little Bob’s angst that his sister Adelaide and baby brother will celebrate birthdays before his. He laments his birthday being last while Adelaide asserts no one can change a birth date. Heavy Gates for Panama Canal notes the Panama lock gates total 58,000 tons of steel, spread across 46 gates with 92 leaves.
An Illinois woman reports abandoning coffee for Postum improved kidney and bowel function, heart action, and overall energy. She says she can resume hard mental labor with less fatigue after two weeks, citing gains in physical strength and brain power, and recommends reading The Road to Wellville.
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