This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1905
Page
6
A collage of humorous quotes and anecdotes from late 19th and early 20th century papers. Bits about a man living months with a bullet in his brain, literary vanity, failed recipes, parody poems, and light social witticisms. Includes dialog snippets from Washington Star Philadelphia Press Cleveland Leader and others.
Frankfort Kentucky September 7 Commissioner of Agriculture Vreeland's monthly grop report states that the corn crop is fall and the wheat yield per acre is below average for the state. Oats and rye are above average. The tobacco crop isn't so good with some damage from worms and wet low wetlands. Hay is full average in quantity though moisture affected harvesting. Corn prospect for a full crop. Wheat yield per acre and oats as percent of last year shown, with tobacco unsold at 14 percent.
Circuit Judge William Reed sentences Mrs Mary Brockwell to life in prison for poisoning her three children. Brockwell confessed at the April term and sought insanity relief, but her attorney moved to proceed to the penitentiary. After the verdict, she objected the term, and the judge said the jury fixed it.
Frantic Limeville scene as Richard Tingley dashes in front of a Chesapeake & Ohio freight train. He is hurled from the track, sustaining a fractured skull and multiple injuries, dies within an hour after hospital transfer in Russell. Remaining brief items cover insurance denial for Judge Back and a jail ghost impersonation.
Richmond Kentucky September 7 John Fritz a young Waco merchant shot and killed Richard Deatherage an 18 year old negro boy in what was claimed as self defense. Also Dock Ep Person arrested by postal authorities for robbing rural route No 3 with complaints of small money losses. A portrait of John Carlisle received by the Kentucky Historical Society. Glanders forces closure of public drinking fountains in Louisville and Jefferson County for three months. John Whal ten white man sentenced to five years for attempted assault on a 12 year old girl. Williamsburg to get a first class waterworks system with surveyors marking the route and reservoir site.
In Lexington on September 8 depositions were taken for the Madden divorce suit between John B. Madden and Anna L. Madden at Mortum Webb and Wilson. Mrs. Madden was absent. Among witnesses is Mrs. Anna Lyle Bradley Barnes, wife of Tuffman W. S. Barnes, who visited Mrs. Madden in New York on Madden’s behalf. Mrs Madden’s local attorney John T. Shelby declined to attend the deposition.
A collision between freight trains Nos. 151 and 184 at the Obion river bridge 25 miles below Paducah Tennessee left one man dead and three missing. The wreck capsized two engines and twelve cars and seven coal flats, plunging them into the river. The main line will be blocked for about 24 hours.
Kentucky recap: Green Bay and Walters among paroles for manslaughter and forgery, and R Wyatt jailed on forgery charge. Death of Morgantown lawyer Speed Guffey noted. Dr Charles Beach indicted for willful murder in Vanceburg. Otis Evans declared unsound mind and sent to Lexington Asylum. Coal contract awarded for Frankfort penitentiary at 2.20 per ton. Reunion Day at Alexandria fair features early association members from 1855. Dayton bathing beach placed in receivership with Arthur Hall as assignee.
fragmented OCR notes indicate religious services by Reverend T Tk with preaching on Sundays and prayer meetings on Sunday and weekday evenings at an unspecified venue. unclear details on times and location.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.