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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1906
Page
5
Dr J M Burton resident dentist advertises teeth extraction without pain crown work a specialty all dental work strictly first class located in Hagen Block upstairs Springfield Kentucky offers in stock tilled text notes continuous ad copy from a historical newspaper page fragment
Local notices report births and sales including a ten pound boy to Ruby of Booker and a Sept. 5 birth. Lost and found items include a meerschaum pipe and an English bulldog puppy. Several sales and offers are listed, plus road labor recruitment and a farm sale near town with details on the Kid Boone property. Refined notices cover business dissolution and staffing changes at local firms. campaign workers and sermons are praised for effectiveness.
The Washington County Fair Company declared a 12 percent dividend at a directors meeting while leaving funds with the Treasurer. Secretary A C Kimball resigned after leaders praised his untiring service and the meetings' large attendances and financial success. Prof Williams and Rev Davis, noted colored leaders, aided the local option campaign with speeches and organizing help from pastors and Chas Platt.
Former Vice President Adlai E Stevenson plans a book largely composed of sketches of public men he has known. The work will include experiences from his early legal career and insights from his correspondence with The Sun and other writers.
Fragmented price list from Springfield markets shows varied per unit quotes. Items include butter eggs wheat corn potatoes onions turkeys vinegar wool and other staples with unclear figures and inconsistent spellings.
Bardstown printer Harry R. Cox was burned to death in a Fourth Avenue boarding house fire in Louisville. Harvey White, Cox’s roommate, escaped but urged others to rescue Cox. Fire crews and a neighbor named Thomas Callahan searched the room and found Cox’s body, badly burned and suffocated by smoke. Cox had been engaged to Mary D Murphy of Oak Street and his funeral was planned at Miss Murphy’s home.
A reader from a distant vicinity thanks The Sun and its editors for coverage she deemed more valuable than local items. She congratulates editor Gore Judge Thurman and the staff for their brave actions in the recent great battle and notes that the conflict has ended with a victory for the right side.
After nine months of searching for her husband among Ohio River floater bodies Mrs J P Johnson of Graves county located him on a Cairo Illinois boarding house porch. He had left Paducah with horse and wagon and disappeared seeking escape from his wife's meals. He said he grew tired of her cooking and planned to eat again at home. Boarding-house fare cured his waywardness.
W M Sherman of Cushing Me recalls three months of kidney inflammation and the relief found with Electric Bitters. He credits three bottles with curing kidney inflammation, Liver complaint, dyspepsia, disorders and malaria, restoring health. sold by C J Haydon druggist.
Commissioner's sale under a Washington Circuit Court judgment will occur at the Court House door in ingfield Kentucky on September 24. The property comprises two tracts totaling 67 acres more or less on Mayes Creek with bounds to Clark, Dan Rogers, Walls, and others. A second tract adjoins the first and contains 26 acres 2 roods. Bidders must meet terms promptly. sale conducted by M G Leachman and M C W C C.
A multitude of brief notes record residents and visitors including Mr. H. D. Stiles in Louisville, Mrs. Dudley Wells and children in Bloomfield, Mrs. J. L. Wharton returning from Louisville, Miss Margarite Hagan and Miss Margarite Edelen visiting Lebanon and Birmingham, and numerous families like the Thompsons, Campbells, and Shaders making short trips or hosting relatives across Bardstown, Lebanon, Nazareth, and surrounding towns.
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