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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1905
Page
3
A tragic blaze at a Fort Dodge, Leaven area home resulted in the deaths of five children. The fire destroyed the residence leaving authorities investigating the cause and extent of the damage.
A fragment lists multiple historic periodicals and publications including Bryan's Commoner Weekly Courier-Journal Nashville American Weekly Louisville Herald and other papers. The text resembles a catalog of press titles from a late 19th or early 20th century era with scattered spellings and abbreviations.
The Sun and various Louisville newspapers publish bundled subscription rates for one year, with and without Sunday editions. Options include combinations with the Courier-Journal, Courier Journal, and other city papers, priced by weekly or daily frequency.
Real estate ad lists multiple tracts in Kentucky including 6 acres with a brick house near Mackville on a county road priced at 2000. Additional 127 acres at Curdeel on Pike for 2101 and 166 and 96 acres in Washington county at bargain prices. Other listings include 10 acres in Mercer county, 100 acres near Harrodburg on Pike at 60 per acre, 171 acres in Mercer county with residence, 216 acres in Mercer with producing farm, store property and residence at Bondville Mercer county. Real Estate Agency Nicene Ky invites inquiries.
An article credits Professor Lelidg, a German scientist, with a washing formula claimed to halve labor. The recipe uses Savada powder and a fluid prepared by boiling water and powder, advising overnight soaking, then washing by stages and using suds to brighten whites without fading.
Advice urges early chick rearing and year round care to maintain winter laying. Emphasizes feather growth, proper perches, clean houses, earth floors with litter, and feeding grains to keep hens occupied all winter.
Harrodsburg Democrat reports Gen Beckenham will preside at the State Development Convention in Louisville October 10 12 with a program mixing business and pleasure. Delegates will tour the city by streetcar and attend a smoker at the Galt House and a closing banquet. Noted speakers include Joseph E Wing Albert Phenas P G Holden Edward A Braniff C J Norwood Senators Blackburn and McCreary J W Porter. The event features a county roll call and statewide address on Kentucky's possibilities. Railroads have granted a low round trip fare. Wanamaker urges heavy newspaper advertising as the best way to reach the public.
The Washington correspondence notes praise for rural mail service while urging Kentucky to provide accurate county maps to aid route establishment. Officials cite insufficient maps and lagging county readiness as the main barriers, with petitions and requests from locals and postmasters highlighted.
Edna Texas September 3 a man killed a mother and her four children at their home. A two year old baby survived. The daughter and mother were attacked inside the house and the three boys were killed nearby. A twelve year old Negro boy saw a man fleeing with a woman and informed neighbors who found the family slain. Officials formed a county posse to hunt the murderer.
Leading Pekin physicians report Wit hart once doomed by curable consumption but Dr New Cure for Consumption Coughs and Colds kept him from death. He claims it saved his life after ten years of use and calls it a true cure. Trial bottle free at C J Haydens drug store with a dollar bottle for sale.
Fire at the Travelers Rest country estate of Mr. L Shelby Tevis near Shelby City Friday afternoon ignited while a wasp nest in the attic was being doused. The 1732 house once sheltered Isaac Shelby, Kentucky’s first governor, and was instantly enveloped in flames.
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