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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1908
Page
4
We are authorized to announce A. C. Kimball as a candidate for the nomination for Sheriff of Washington county subject to the action of the Democratic crewaties Richard Bobltt Sam Campbell Will Merritt Sanders and Hobert Virgin.
Announcement endorses S J Anderson for Sheriff of Washington County subject to Democratic primary voters action. The message names supporters Byrom Well, Sam Hale, and H as active endorsers within the party ranks.
White Hall news lists visitors from Harrodsburg Louisville and Tablo to Mackville Rose Hall and Rose Hall residents. Sergeant Lade Busby returns home from three enlistments and heads to Monterey California for another three years. A birth is reported and a local party with Yocums band is described. A lost day book with groceries is sought for return to The Sun office.
The Juvenile Fair last Saturday drew a large happy crowd with about $150 in gate receipts. Children showcased ponies roosters turkeys geese and stick horses while riders performed for blue ribbons. Local volunteers Mr and Mrs F M Martin Mrs A R Schultz and Mr Marshall Duncan earned praise for organizing the event and promising a bigger next year with premium awards listed across classes A to E including cakes dolls handkerchiefs bouquets and poultry and fowl prizes.
The record lists numerous prize winners in a local fair, including Best Stick Horse Riders Nellie Ruby Riedel and Hamilton Tapp, Best Boy Rider Clyde Gibbs, Best Girl Rider May Mayes, and various pony events won by Roger Martin Clell Boblitt Will Rogers Browne Allen Boblitt and others. Other contests include a Free-for-all fowl or animal class, a sack race, most graceful and awkward couples, a blindfolded wheelbarrow race, and a four mile bicycle race with top finishers Ike Nelson Clell Boblitt Connor Williams.
Washington Circuit Court Kentucky announces a commissioner’s sale conducted by W. H. Riker. Sale details and property to be offered are listed in the official notice for interested bidders and creditors with scheduling information and venue at the circuit court.
By judgment of the Washington Circuit Court May term 1908 the court will offer at public auction at the Springfield Court House door at 2 p.m. on county court day the 168 acre tract on the Harrodsburg and Bloomfield turnpike with specified bound lines and exceptions. Purchaser must bond for credit six or twelve months, pay costs, and land remains subject to a lien. sale conducted by M G Leachman M C W C.
A Deep Creek correspondent reports uplifting church meetings led by Everett Ravings and H P Hatchett with several souls saved and baptized. The note details local visits, guests, and prayer meetings, plus a dramatic account of killing a large green snake and community water scarcity due to dry weather in Texas Ky in August 1908.
A London firm has forged a monumental solid silver tray weighing over 10,000 ounces. The seven foot diameter piece, claimed the largest ever made, has rested with workers for more than a year for a potentate in the East.
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