Immigration aid shifts South farm labor future
A Charlestown ship brought German immigrants to South Carolina to work on farms and settle lands. Washington reports say immigration is aimed at boosting neglected tillable acres and modernizing Southern agriculture. Commissioner Sargent calls the newcomers thrifty and capable, likely to assimilate and become valued citizens. Mercer County farmers fear a shift to white labor as a solution.
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Harrodsburg Herald
South
Charlestown
S. C
Washington Dispatch
New York
Sargent
Bremen
Mercer County
Market Reports Cut for Red Cross Drug Store Visit
A fragment urges readers to cut out the page and take it to the Red Cross Drug Store in Springfield to obtain something likely a market report or coupon. The text is truncated and lacks full details.
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Red’Cross Drug Store
Springfield
Mooresville church to hold services in December weekend
The article notes New Hope church will conduct preaching the first Saturday and Sunday in December. It mentions Mr Geo Truax and son visiting Mr James Truax and planning a visit to Mr Mat Truax in Springfield. It also reports heavy rains affecting Maud and river creeks, plus local prices on farm goods and a testimonial for Bucklen's Amica Salve.
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New Hope Church
Geo. Truax and
James Truax
Mat Truax
Springfield
Maud
Big Beech
Cartwright
W. H. Boblit
Hardin County
Town Notes From Brooksville and Vicinity
Brooksville residents attend Willisburg church and a local party. Rosa Mattingly visits Mollie Montgomery. tobacco farmers anticipate a good price. Newton Bradley returns from Louisville. William Lay sells his house to H A Key for 170 dollars. Jim Whitehouse and Eliza Cox wed at Todd Key’s home. Attendees travel to Springfield court. Bertha Cooke passes away. condolences offered.
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Willisburg
Earl Cheatham
Jimmie Lee Steele
Rosa Mattingly
Melntire
Mollie Montgomery
Artie Sutton
Purdom Pinkston
Durwood Montgomery
McIntire
Lula Armstrong
Myrtle Keeling
Newton Bradley
Louisville
William Lay
H. A. Key
J. C. Campbell
Springfield
Tilda Boswell
Roy Reynold
Bettie
Near Pleasant Hill
Elizabeth Cocanougher
Jim Whitehouse
Eliza Cox
West Marion
Todd Key
Bertha Cooke
Sub scribers Free Column lists farm sale notices
The column advertises free posting for subscribers of The Saw for farm goods land and sale notices. Items shown include a sow with seven shoats for sale, Black Manorca cockrels 75 cents, Buff Wyandotte cockerels 75 cents, Mammoth Bronze Turkeys, S C Brown Leghorn and Rhode Island cockrels, Maple shade trees 25 cents, and posts. Local names and addresses indicate sellers in Missouri towns like Mooreville Springfield Fredericktown and McIntire.
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W. H. Boblitt
Mooresville
Sam Hall
McIntire
L. N. Reed
S. C. Brown
J. I. Martin
S. C. Rhode Island
Uncalled Letters at Springfield Post Office Week Ending Nov 28 1906
List of letters remaining uncalled for at the Springfield Post Office for the week ending November 28 1906 includes Mrs Ella Baker Allen C Boone W B Heaslet Mrs B N Mary Mc Elroy Henry Maberoy Miss Hattie Peters Mrs J W Quinn France Thomas Harmon Wilson. Postmaster W A Waters notes to say advertised and provide date when calling.
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Springfield
Ella Baker
Allen C. Boone
W. B. Heaslet
B. N. Mary McElroy
Henry Maberoy
Hattie Peters
J. W. Quinn
France Thomas
Harmon Wilson
W. A. Waters
Absinthe ban and public health notices from early 20th century article
The piece discusses Belgium’s absinthe prohibition with a 92 to 2 senate vote and legal penalties for import, manufacture, transport and sale. It cites U S consumption of beer spirits and wine, noting a yearly $1.45 billion expense. It closes with a Thanksgiving service detail at the Christian church and remarks on liquor suppression.
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Belgium
Senate
Path of Safety and No Middle Way on Drink
Duncan Milner cites Charles Lamb's Confessions of a Drunkard to argue there is no middle ground between total abstinence and excess. The warning describes gradual ruin from drink and urges readers to avoid the perilous path and its piteous consequences.
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Charles Lamb
Tle
Lene
Duncan
Milner
Chicago News
Dangers of Alcohol on Mind and Body Across Society
A 19th century analysis links alcohol to insanity, mental decay, and public health harm. It cites 21 percent of confined lunatics with alcoholic history, notes hereditary effects, and claims drinkers suffer worse pneumonia, colds, and weather-related ailments. It argues moderation fails and abstinence plus wholesome food best resist climate stress.
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Lountice
United States
Ttme
Pearson's Magazine
Real Estate Listings Describe Farms Near Springfield Lingfield and Lebanon
A serialized ad lists numerous farms and homes with acreages from 26 to 254 acres, located within several miles of Springfield Lingfield and Lebanon. Properties feature pikes, tobacco land, barns, wells, cisterns, orchards, several improvements, and varying prices per acre with easy payment options. Also noted are a Springfield home, and city Main Street investment plots with water, sewer, and post features.
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Lingfield
Springfield
Lebanon
School
Pike
Eatsingfield
Springbast
Selec
Hirch
Speinigfeld
Main Street
Letter from Buffalo pastor praises local church growth
Mrs Sutherland writes from Buffalo Kentucky praising the Sun for keeping her connected after moving, noting seven church additions seven additions four reclaimed and several conversions, revival plans with Rev J A Johnson and Rev W F Hogard, a successful quarter finances and hospitable people, expressing gratitude and hope for a fruitful four year stay in the Louisville Conference.
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Buffalo, Ky
Sun
Washington County
J. A. Johnson
W. F. Hogard
Poplar Grove
Shelley
P. E
Board of Stewards
Buffalo
Kentucky
Union
Louisville
W. Ezra Sutherland
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Black Cat
O. K
Market Reports
Cincinnati
Chicago
Lal Boewee
Baltimore
Springfield Market
Lucia Wilke
Caroline
Wis
Bucklen
Leila
J. Haydon
Brooksville
Jensonton
T. L. Mudd
Eliza McIntire
Route
Government Bureau of Statistica
Benjamin Harrison
Christian Church
Lyons
The
Methodist Church
Springfield, Ky
B. D. Lake
Anette Pes Fer
Akle
J.B Shelby
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