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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1908
Page
5
Dr G T Burton resident dentist offers teeth extraction without pain, crown work as a specialty. All dental work strictly first class. Office in Hagan Block upstairs Springfield Kentucky.
Judge R Frank Peake of Louisville will open the Democratic campaign in this county at the Court House next Monday at 1 30 pm. Also notices: sell your eggs and poultry to Grinstead at Jones old stand and buy rugs from Grundy and McIntire. W Homan Co Springfield Ky seeks fresh eggs and spring chickens. Rev Cull conducts Valley Hill meetings leading to Robert and Vivian Tatum joining the Baptist church. Administrator Theo C Campbell selling 25 shares of Washington County Fair stock to settle estate F M Campbell.
Next Monday night the protracted meeting at Bethelem church will commence. Reverend R. L. Purdom will be assisted by Reverend W. H. Williams from this place. Scarlet fever fears force postponement of the County Convention planned for Pleasant Grove this week. Mrs. J. A. Tingle near Valley fi suffered a sudden stomach trouble last week. doctors Crume and Hamilton provided care and she is recovering.
A seller advertises 135 acres near Springfield with a 7 room dwelling, two tobacco barns, abundant grass and tobacco land, and a well watered site priced at 95,000 cash. Also offered is a good 6 acre Beene Foon street property with stable, yard water, garden, and shade priced at 3,000, plus a 0 room house on 2 acres with stable and gardens priced at 00.
W F Grigsby and wife visit Bardstown while John A Fulton J E Newman and Guy Baldwin from Bardstown were in town yesterday. Mrs Minnie Whittington of Illinois visits relatives near Valley Hill. Several locals travel to Louisville Indianapolis and Illinois for visits and new homes. Children battle scarlet fever while a niece suffers a mild attack.
Messrs. Claybrooke and Duncan attend Squire Hendrixen's court in Willisburg. Mrs. Leachman and Miss Leachman return from Louisville. Captain Offutt of Lebanon heads to the Tatham Springs reunion. Miss Kate C. Mayes in Cincinnati buying for Grundy & McIntire. W. A. Waters and wife in Lexington for a Postmasters' Convention. Misses Mary Bell and Louise Montgomery return from summer with brothers Frank and J. R. Montgomery. Frank and J. R. Montgomery return from Martinsville. John Norris and wife visit sister Mrs. Leslie Shaunty in Fort Worth. Mrs. A. Green and children visit sister near Texas.
Brief item notes V Stallard of Springfield Kentucky with contact line showing phone 72. No additional context or actions provided.
Mr Sam Anderson visits Louisville as Miss Fannie Smith of Bloomfield visits Mr J A Shader. Mrs Polin McIntire will return to Union county Thursday after visiting here. Mrs Warren Nally returns home after visiting her parents of Union county. Miss Ella McAtee of St Marys visits sister Mrs Teresa Hagan. Mr J L Allen was in Louisville this week. Miss Nellie McGill attends St Catherine school. Mrs T A Thurmond of Ardmore Indian Territory visits Mr and Mrs J W Bush. Miss Stella Simms returns from Pennsylvania. Mr Tom Edeten of Lowsville visits sisters Kate and Carrie Edelen. Miss Willie Knott was in Louisville buying millinery. Mr J J McCabe returns to Louisville after visiting family here. Mr J L Searcy was in Louisville last week. Miss Alma Spalding and Kate Putnam of Lebanon were in town yesterday. Mrs A R Shultz and Mrs J C Shader are at St Marys today. Mrs Fred Manget of Louisville visits her parents Mr and Mrs John W Lewis. Hon John W Lewis returnshome from Greensburg visit to his mother. Mr O Nan of Louisville visits his relatives H M O Nan last week. Miss Carrie Edelen improving after illness.
Town physicians and the Board of Health report scarlet fever under control with only two light cases remaining and patients nearly well. Schools in town and several in the county have closed, and fever is said to be abating nationwide.
The Washington County Colored Fair Association held its annual fair on the Washington County Fair Association grounds for the last three days of last week. Officials report one of the most successful fairs in the association’s history with good exhibits and crowds above average. The Saturday turnout was notably large, including residents from neighboring counties and Lewistown on an excursion. The crowd was orderly, with only a few arrests during the three days.
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