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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1910
Page
2
Springfield chatter covers Esperanto versus English, wireless progress, aviation promises, rail accidents, rising meat prices, gun debates, and a parade of whimsical notes. Observations touch on royalty, fashion, typewriter romance, smuggling, and urban oddities with a wry, metropolitan tone.
Articles of incorporation filed for the Columbia Casualty Co. with Harry Kennedy C. K. Thomas Emmett M. Dickson J. G. Wadsworth B. T. Henry Frank Kennedy J. H. Kemper and Lexington businessmen named as incorporators. Chilesburg named home office, Lexington main business center. Capital stock fixed from $100,000 to $250,000 in $1,000 shares.
Somerset and Corbin railroad committee reports only about 1500 dollars short of funding to start surveying and securing right of way for a Corbin to Somerset line. Illinois Central shows interest and may finance to Hodgenville, with options on coal and timber lands between the cities. Local efforts continue with President Harrahan in correspondence as work could begin by October.
Kentucky remains mostly unsettled in terms of patenting land as the land office lists several entries. The pat ents cover Perry Wayne Muhlenberg Magoffin Wayne Letcher Knox Pulaski Lee counties with parcels ranging from 6 to 150 acres, including owners such as E B Smith Nola Kinne and James Hogan.
A decomposed body recovered from the Licking River near De Coursey Kentucky has been identified as Henry Remme long time overseer of the poor in Newport and a well known Kentucky political figure. Police rule out suicide and say Remme disappeared last week after a pattern of statewide travel.
Frankfort federal judge Cochran refused to hear the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Co. case against the state railroad commission and asked Judge Severance to appoint a judge. Cochran previously represented Chesapeake and Ohio rail road in related points. The Mc Bard act constitutionality was previously challenged. the Supreme Court upheld the railroad commission's authority in specific cases. Stanford reports Sheriff's protest as Lincoln county officials urge governor to send state soldiers to guard a trial for assault on an 11-year-old girl. Judge Walker cites plans to lynch the defendant and declines risk.
An ordinance proposes Covington Big Bone and Carrollton Traction Co to build and operate streetcar tracks from Second and Crescent to the western city line. Rumors say it could cross bridges to Cincinnati, but officials deny beyond linking a Jeep route through Ludlow to Crescent Springs.
Whitesburg reports E Joutt and W L Willoughby toured the new Lex ington & Eastern route from Jackson up the North Fork through Elkhorn coal fields to the Big Sandy branch at the Breaks. Jouett announced a construction contract would be let after arrival at Winchester once 75 percent of right of way is secured. about 90 percent is said to be bought and paid for.
The Zollicoffer monument dedication is postponed to October 22 by Col. Bennett H. Young from the original October 10 date. Gen Zollicoffer fell at Fishing Creek near Somerset January 19, 1862 in a battle that left 30 dead and 160 wounded. Prominent Confederate soldiers are anticipated. funding came from Col. Young James Shuttleworth and Mrs. L. Z. Duke.
Nicholasville officials and the County Superintendent C. O. Sandusky arrange the Elkhorn Teachers Association meeting to continue for five years. About 125 teachers are expected to attend with Professor R. M. Shipp of Winchester as instructor. Splendid music will be rendered.
News notes report the death of Mrs Elizabeth Dunlap in Ft Smith Ark and a granddaughter born to Mrs A R Dunlap in Frankfort. Brief items from Falmouth, Louisville, New Albany, Lexington, Harrodsburg, Versailles and Lexington cover a fair, arrests, a convent escape, a role of freshmen at Kentucky State University, church anniversary, a shooting, a Methodist Conference action, and the new Versailles post office ready for occupancy with plans for dedication events.
Three hats of simple but intricate design illustrate ideal mourning millinery. A small turbane features crape folds, a rolled crape bow, and silk lining. A fat brimmed hat uses chiffon underbrim, crape crowns, and chiffon wings with crape folds. A velvet turban displays black feathers, Brussels net veil, and crape borders, paired with lynx furs and suede gloves.
Instructions describe preparing lace and beading for muslin garments by bending to shape, pulling a stout selvedge thread to gather, and overcasting with firm even stitches. For insertions, baste on the right side to design, baste down edges, cut away underneath, crease and turn for a hem, then overhand close to the hem line.
A late Parisian trend shows belts added to elaborate gowns in colors that contrast yet harmonize with the overall garment. Sapphire blue dinner dresses with old rose girdles highlight new waistline styling, while neck and wrist frills in lace net chiffon tulle or lawn elevate the look. Home made frills remain affordable and chic as fine needlework gains popularity.
A girl conceives a method to trim a veil with narrow beadwork and baby ribbon threaded through the bottom edge. The beads and ribbon match the veil color and fasten under the chin to remain unobtrusive. The goal is to avoid a bulky or untidy look with a low necked blouse.
A fragment notes modern color pairing with dark red and bright blue to create a stylish purple effect. The writer warns against combining with black or neutral shades.
Mrs. Wm. C. Wood of Newark New Jersey credits Resinol Ointment with curing a stubborn spreading eczema in about one month. She praises Resinol Soap for daily use and notes the Resinol line helps infant and childhood skin. The ad promotes Resinol Ointment Soap and Shaving Stick and offers a free care booklet.
A Chicago mother details her five year old son's severe itchy rash that defied doctors until Cuticura ointment was applied. After multiple bandage removals tearing skin, the sores dried and the child fully recovered over years.
At a Philadelphia luncheon ex Governor Pennypacker lampooned the American divorce evil. He warned that even children are infected and recounted a Kensington schoolteacher’s tale about a grammar lesson where a girl was asked the future of love and a child answered that a divorce is the future.
An antique advertisement tale extols Easy Task Soap as a superior cleaner for tarnished silverware with black interstices, claiming it removes dirt others leave behind. It promotes a two cakes for ten cents offer and promises a cash refund if unsatisfied. Also notes a magnet product claim and brief social commentary on public institutions and women’s roles.
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