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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1905
Page
3
Haydon's Drug Store lists the cost and exchange price of state books. The notice outlines pricing details and potential copy limits, indicating where buyers can obtain official price data and any applicable exchange terms.
By judgment from the Washington Circuit Court a sale is set at the Springfield courthouse at 2 p m to the highest bidder. The tract of 52 acres lies near the Bardstown turnpike with dwelling, outbuildings, water and fencing. Bidders must meet six month credit terms and secure with bonds and sureties, with court judgment continuing legal interest. The sale is conducted by commissioners under J C Ensor plaintiff and Bima J Ensor et al det. with M C W C C involvement.
Dr J W Thomas Hodgenville Kentucky touts Youneedit Salve as a near universal cure for piles. He cites 1426 testimonials from customers cured or helped in the last year, tied to 2646 boxes sold since the product's market debut about a year ago.
A Japanese envoy bearing a white flag arrived near a railway post in Manchuria delivering Field Marshal Oyama’s letter to Gen. Sinevitch naming Russian plenipotentiaries to arrange an armistice. Russian troops celebrated quietly while soldiers toasted President Roosevelt, and reports noted widespread belief that peace was near after the Portsmouth talks.
Lexington Kentucky September 9. While caressing a pet cat three year old Lucille Hudson daughter of Col Ernst Hudson was bitten through the tongue when the animal became infuriated during play. Last Christmas day Lucile was injured by accidental revolver discharge in her grandfather’s hands.
Louisville report says baseball star Pete Browning died from an abscess in his head at age 46. A contemporary of Comiskey and Brouthers, Browning once fed players as a batter and was famed for his eccentricities. He was declared insane months earlier and confined to an asylum before doctors determined the brain abscess caused his dementia and freed him.
In Newport Kentucky on September 9 picketing at the Frigmy Co-Operative foundry intensified with all approaching workers scrutinized. Molders helpers met with President Bauman and Foreman Mercer seeking a compromise but no call was issued. Bauman urged waiting until Tuesday for a possible settlement while the strikers refused. They demand wages rise from nine to ten dollars per week.
The Harrodsburg Herald reports Mercer county tobacco growers subscribed $1,100 of the $2,500 county allotment for the Burley Growers' Company. If Mercer succeeds other counties may follow and the company could be organized soon. Judge Hughes Glover Kyle and Grave Goddard helped secure the final shares.
Russian peace plenipotentiaries Mr Witte and Baron Rosen with five aides spent Sunday in Washington visiting the White House Capitol Congressional Library Mt Vernon Arlington and Rock Creek Park They boarded the naval tug Strén en route to Mt Vernon and planted an ash tree there before returning to New York Mr Witte praised the city and thanked Mt Vernon ladies for their hospitality The Italian ambassador met the party at the station before departure and crowds recognized them during their city drive.
Baron Kaneko special envoy of Japan spent three hours with President Roosevelt during peace talks and served as intermediary with Baron Komura. After luncheon they walked the woods then caught the 5:02 train to New York. Also notes a local remedy ad for Bucklen's Arnica Salve and a subscription plea for The Sun.
A Kansas City Journal retells an Uns nerseen and Bar leigh account from before the Manila battle. A ship’s boy jumps after his coat and is arrested for disobedience. Dewey consoles him, explains the mother’s picture saved his heart, and orders the boy released.
Miss Alice Hegan Rice author of Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch starts a national bank in Louisville with $250,000 capital, half subscribed, largest stockholder and associates include her husband and others in the city. Details of organization expected to be completed this week.
At a conference in Oyster Bay on September 11, Russian peace envoys led by Witte stated that due to past misunderstandings the Moscow government orders the end of higher duties on American goods. American manufacturers will now pay the same duties as importers from other nations.
Harrodsburg Herald reports Tuesday night blaze at the Salt River farm owned by W. J. Hanna renters. Bir James Houchins worked there cropping. Two good horses belonging to Houchins burned along with cats and stored grain. Farming tools jointly owned by Hanna and Houchins scorched. Barn insured for 350 dollars. Fire origin unknown. Secretary Taft's party has left Manila for Japan.
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