Springfield Growth Celebrates City Development
Springfield shows rapid growth in business and infrastructure with notable waterworks, hotels, and an elegant Opera House. The town boasts a modern Masonic Temple, a thriving graded school, and active religious and civic life, while plans to publish a full state feature highlight Springfield as a model of progress.
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Springfield
Drumaer
Kentucky
Pew
Masonic Temple
Masonic Order of
Local Farm Stock Sales Reported By Whayne and Campbell
Col R E Whayne lists last Monday’s sales including 1 aged horse for 49.25, 17 steers at 31 each, 12 yearling steers at 24 each, several milch cows, a yearling mare, a buggy and harness, and other cattle. Mr S M Campbell adds items such as one sow with 11 pigs for 16.05, brood sows, steer calves, a cow, a horse, plug mares and horses, a six year old mare for 65, a harness horse, and an aged stallion at 192.
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R. E. Whayne
M. Campbell
Carload Sale Noted Between Stiles Waker and Turpin
Messrs H D Stiles and Ray Waker field near town sold a carload of three toules to Mr Turpin of Georgia at per head.
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H. D. Stiles
Ray Wakerfield
Near Town
Mr. Turpin
Georgia
Goebel Statue Model By Italian Sculptor Completed
Signor G Moretti the famed designer of the Goebel statue has finished the model and will depart. He plans to call a meeting of the body to review and pass on the completed work.
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Signor G. Moretti
Goebel
Shocking Death Of Local School Superintendent
A sudden heart failure took Westnes ay night near nine o'clock. He complained of ill health earlier, a physician attended, but he died within hours. He served as School Superintendent and his death shocked the community.
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Westnes
McKay Oly
Death of Miss McPhereson at Springfield
Miss McPhereson died at Springfield after a period of illness. She was a member of the community and known for her charitable work and kindness. Her passing is noted in local records with sympathy extended to her family.
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Miss McPhereson
He McPhereson
Springfield
Railroad Wreck Leaves Engineer Dead and Ernest Cox Injured
Ernest Cox son of Fred Cox of this place was badly hurt last Thursday night in a High Bridge railroad wreck. He was on a double header freight when a car jumped the track, the engine plunged into the cars ahead, and Cox was buried beneath the engine. Steam damage caused the worst injuries. his life was despaired of but recovery is now thought possible. The engineer was killed.
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Ernest Cox
Fred Cox
High Bridge
Cox
Sale of Fine Farms Near Mooresville and Stringtown
S. H. Grigsby sold a 38 acre farm near Mooresville to Sk. Cheatham for 1900 and bought a large Hardin county farm. J. F. Tobin sold his Stringtown area farm to Johnathan Riley for 14000. the 255 acre property is well improved and valued as a desirable Nelson county home. Tobin recently acquired T. Shields’ farm and a net profit of 1.65 in the same period. A Washington Circuit Court commissioner sale in the Lizzie Collins et al v Bailey case names a new assistant in the Eastern Ray appointment.
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S. H. Grigsby
Mooresville
Sk. Cheatham
Mr. Grigsby
Hardin County
J. F. Tobin
Stringtown
Johnathan Riley
Nelson County
Tobin
T. Shields
Washington Circuit Court
Lizzie Collins
Judicious advertising and a civic obituary note
Judicious advertising is urged as essential for business, likening it to steam for engines and urging readers to give ads careful reading to gain profit. A local obituary notes the death of Mr Yankee a Presbyterian church member leaving a wife and five children, with condolences from many friends in Was county.
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Springfield
Pleasant Grove Church
Yankee
Presbyterian Church
J. S. Yankey
Montgomery
Missouri
Sallie
Lena Sweeny
Was
Advertisements and social notices fill The Sun page
In Fredericktown Kentucky 1904 a busy issue of The Sun features numerous local ads for Robertson Bros Lake Brand cigars and various merchants. It highlights Grands Grundy Claybrooke McIntire boot and shoe ads, McClure and Wells lap robes, C ox meat ads, plus watchmaker Graves and Abell ads. Social notes recount a Progressive supper by the Maud Christian Church Young Ladies Aid Society with performances by Gee Andrew and sister, Miss Louise Settle and Grundy Duncan, and a storm party hosted by Dr J H Lampton.
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Fredericktown
Young Ladies, Aid Society
Maud Christian Church
Josie Letties
Will Brown
Gee
Andrew
Sister
Woman Found Guilty in Murder Trial of Husband
A Green Court jury returned a verdict late Saturday night finding Mrs Lettie Skaggs guilty of murdering her husband eight months earlier with a watgun. The defense claimed self defense and the case centered on whether the shooting was intentional.
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Green County
Lettie Skaggs
Wino
Green Qreuit
Jit
Marriage Announcement in St Charles Church
The notice records the marriage of Mr T J Hagan to Miss Annie Hagan at St Charles church. The event is dated Tuesday morning November 38, 1904, in Lebanon, noting the starriage of the couple and the formal ceremony.
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Lebanon
T. J
Annie Hagan
St. Charles*church
Circuit Court in Green Court this Week
Judge Thurman holds circuit court at Greensburg with a light docket on both criminal and civil cases. Few matters of significance are listed, reflecting a slow session and limited proceedings.
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Thurman
Greensburg
Died in Lexington Father of Local Stockman Yankey dies at 83
Mr Andrew Yankey died at his Lexington home last Saturday from complications of diseases aged eighty three He was father of J S Yankey stockman of this county and known in Washington county Having lived in Springfield many years in his early life About twenty five years ago he moved from to
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John Milton Roney
St. Vincent's Academy
Union County
Mr. Roney
This County
Hardin's Creek
Springfield
Washington County
Henderson
St. Vincent's
Academy
Andrew Yankey
Lexington
Yankey
J. 8
Mayes Chescheir wedding at Presbyterian church Springfield
One of Springfield's prettiest weddings occurred at the Presbyterian church last Wednesday noon as Dr. T D Latimer officiated. The couple, daughter of Mrs Mollie Mayes and son of Mr George Chescheir, were joined in a serene ceremony and will reside in Louisville. After the ceremony they left for Lebanon to board a train toward New Orleans and the South.
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Springfield
Mayes-Chescck
Presbyterian Church
T. D. Latimer
Mollie Mayes
George Ches Cheir
Louisville
Prof Vaught Marrying In Winchester Wedding
Prof Vaught of Winchester, principal of his Training School, and Miss Gray of Mr and Mrs 8 BR Gray are wed. After a ceremony they went to St Louis for a bridal tour. They will reside in Winchester. The bride is accomplished and beloved by many. Prof Vaught is a leading educator in the area.
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Vaught
Winchester
Hi’s Training School
BR. Gray
St.Louie Om
Miss Nancy Lee Boblit and Leo Brown wed at bride's home
Miss Nancy Lee Boblit of this place and Mr. Leo Brown of Louisville were married at the bride's parents home last Thursday. Rev. Felix officiated. The Browns will reside in Louisville. The report notes the shoe repair shop opening in the Masonic building.
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Nancy Lee Boblit
Leo Brown
Louisville
Felix
Family Reunion In Kentucky Heads For Danville Obit Ties
Mr Hugh L McElroy of Kansas City and his relatives gathered in Kentucky for a family reunion described as ten members averaging 67 years. Attendees include Mary R Hughes, Sarah Grundy, Chas R McElroy, Martha J McDowell, Elizabeth McDowell, and Col John L McElroy, with ties to Danville and Louisville. The piece notes Hugh L McElroy’s move to Kansas City and his role in its growth, tracing lineage to notable ancestors.
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Hugh L
Kansas City
Mer Grundy
Mary R. Hughes
James R. Hughes
Sarah F. Grundy
Palmer Grundy
Susan Francis
Emmett Field
Louisville
John L. McElroy
Hugh L. McEl
Kentucky
Kanshe
Antsy Sa
Bek
Ini
Matthew A Ee
Glasgow school head and teacher indicted for cruelty
Grand jury indicts EB Terry principal and Miss Edna Smith for extreme cruelty to a 16 year old student. Smith allegedly whipped the boy with a whip after he refused to reveal a comrade who carried a pistol. Terry reportedly whipped him as well under claimed instructions. Mr Richardson seeks a congressional seat.
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Glasgow
EB Terry
Edna Smith
Richardson
Congress
Miss Smith
Abe
Princcipal Terry
Terry Rime
Vnd
Saane
Drought Strains State as Stock Travel Miles for Water
The prolonged drouth causes hardships across the state with stock herds moved long distances daily to reach water and households relying on a spring that unexpectedly fails to supply. Local residents urge relief as drought intensifies.
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W. S
Gibbs
Willisburg
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Ernest
Omerwine
A.A. Bailey
the Advertiser
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Mr. B. DL
Great Lakes
Lake Michigan
Gulf of Mexico
Jas.j. Graves
Stan
Sam Abell
McElroy & Shultz
Grundy, Claybrooke & McIntire
P. J. Thomas
Wood & Wells
People's Deposit Bank
McClure and Wells
F.T. Cox & Co
T.P. Parrott
Haydon
Hertlein
First National Bank
J. H. Lampton
O’daniel Hagan
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Green
Gray-Vaught
Masonic T
McElroy
Drouth
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