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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1906
Page
8
A collection of rural advice covers calf rearing from colostrum to feeding, cornmeal porridge cooking, and a Detroit News story on using telephone networks for farm emergencies. It also cites Professor Harry Sayer on manure benefits, European crop forecasts, and a pest disease reporting request from the agricultural bureau.
Mt Zion resident James Hayes Taylor attends Bardstown school while at home over weekend. Belle Bloomfield visitors Emma Neale Claudia and Grant Hays. Bailey Pinkston guests of Peyton Briggs family at Poli. Elizabeth Sutherland visiting cousin Eva Sutherland. S A Bayne and Mattie Haydon visit relatives near Palm Sunday. H B Bonta and wife with niece Ed Crume in Nelson. Fannie Dawson from Bloomfield visits C H Williams. D B Sutherland visiting mother Mrs Graham at Sharpaville. W H Russell and wife visited relatives in Harrodsburg. Green Hays in Louisville. Ella Taylor in Hustonville on business. Hines Neale and Frank Arnold in Chaplin. Burcham Hays and Mary Taylor, grandchildren of J B Hayes, Sunday guests. Carrie Russell and Paul Vanfleet staying a few weeks at Russell home.
Uncalled letters for the Springfield Post Office are listed including R M Arnold Mite Carrie ey Dave Elliott Mrs r B Evans E P Haney Mrs Johny Harmon John Kinder Miss Henrietta Nally Wm McShane E B Mason William Milton Ed Milem Mrs Hairt Maorden M C Raye Eld E Petty Geo Wellington Pickels Jr Rev G D Robinson W A Waters Postmaster.
Happy Hollow notes Sunday visits among Mellvoy Crow and Keeling families. Pinkston and Armstrong households hosted J W Walls A C Pinkston and others. Elmer Keeling and Shields visited. Rumor of a wedding soon. Purdom Pinkston and Opd Settles plan a DeKalb trip. George Dean Ballard Settles took a quick trip to Tatham Springs. Flossy and Pearl Armstrong called Willisburg Monday. Weather shows rain today.
The Grim Monarch notes the death of Sue McGinnis wife of G Arthur Thompson of Penikey on September 24 1905 after a prolonged illness. The obituary honors her as a devoted wife and mother and mentions her grandparents and infant son. Funeral services were held at Bethlehem Baptist Church with Rev A L Purdom officiating.
In Lebanon County a severe wind storm caused a rapid creek rise. Tim Ryan warned neighbor Edimont Buckler of danger as his barn housing twenty two mules sat on lower ground, the animals trapped by three feet of floodwater and rescued with effort. Nearby residents faced similar peril along the stream.
A household report from Brokages Illinois describes a two year old girl recovering from a pneumonia related cough after using Papeaie Cough syrup. The note claims the remedy stopped coughing and improved health and notes it is sold by reliable dealers in the Blue Grass region.
Brooksville notes Olive Sutton visiting Miss Lena Gibbs in Texas has ended with her return home. Typhoid illness hits Ivan Armstrong nearby. prayers for recovery. Local social life includes a Texas party with Ballard Settles and others. bereavement over Buddie Hobbs' infant son. Corn cutting and wheat sowing dominate farm work as residents plan travel to De Kalb and Los Angeles. Jack Frost looms over the area.
The text asserts the moon has an atmosphere and could support life, but humans could not live there. It touts Electric Bitters as a universal cure and tonic for many ailments, promising guaranteed results and a low price.
Free notices list items for sale including Plymouth Rock pullets at 50c each and fine layers. Ginseng plants offered. One Herded Parrot and 20 bushels Red Phulse seed wheat advertised.
Washington County Kentucky orders a vote on November 1, 1906 to decide if livestock may run at large on public highways in Potaville Precinct No. 7. Polls will open at the next regular term for the county court to carry out the decision.
P J Shannahan and twenty legal voters petition to hold a regular November 1906 election in a precinct to determine whether Richard Stark and others may run in the county. Officials are to conduct the vote and preserve the election.
A historic notice invites Springfield Precinct No 9 voters to decide at the next November election whether stock can be kept on the public highway. The document references Booker and the Washington Court and dates to 1906.
Washington County court hears petition by W. H. Mullican during the regular September 1906 term. The filing seeks election conduct changes and to allow voting in specified precincts at a public site. Attest. F. Booxer.
Vague OCR snippet references a voting or stock issue in a docket style note. Contains partial phrases about a court or authority and a date 1305 but lacks identifiable persons or organizations to ground a proper summary.
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