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Newspaper
Springfield Sun
Location
Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1907
Page
5
Springfield Kentucky resident dentist Dr J M Burton offers tooth extraction without pain and crown work as a specialty. All dental work described as first class. Office located in Hagon Block upstairs in Springfield.
Local items show M A Shirley and Co seeking a blacksmith for next year and other notices of lodging, lost items, rent, and services. Includes a church court day dinner in October, an umbrella lost with initials, farm ground for rent, insurance ad, and a 1907 school tax warning. Also mentions a Deering Corn Harvester for sale and a county money finder at Fredericktown picnic. Campbell's advertizes cash for poultry and eggs.
The Springfield Baptist Sunday School held a picnic at St. Rose's last Saturday. It drew many children and adults who enjoyed a swimming contest with ducks and geese in the stream while adults tested the water and teased turtles with their toes.
Judge W Hager and Congressman Ben Johnson will address Washington County voters in Springfield tomorrow night. A mule colts exhibition is planned at the speaker’s place at 1 PM Saturday September 28. Interested parties and innate buyers are invited to attend and be greeted warmly. E Shevny.
For sale to the highest bidder the Leachman home on Lebanon street. Includes a good stable and grass lot for a cow and horse. Will show the house to prospective buyers at any time. For further particulars apply to or address.
Mr. A. E Fox of Kentucky visited Springfield with a mass meeting at the Presbyterian church. The Washington County Sunday School Association reorganized with officers named including Rev. R. E. C. Lawson as president and Miss Ella Shauity as secretary treasurer. Resolutions praised Rev. G. W. Lyon and urged possible return to Springfield church for the coming year.
A classified notice announces the sale of two good wagons conducted by M H Jones and Company. Details such as terms or location are not provided in the fragment.
A Providence area church near Boston Globe notes two youths disrupted an evening service. The pastor confronted them, asking why they attended. They replied they expected miracles, and were removed quietly as the pastor declared, We don’t perform miracles here, but we do cast out devils.
A lengthy column lists residents and relatives visiting Louisville, Bardstown, Danville, or Lebanon, with many names including Mrs J W Riedell, Miss Jeffers, Mrs Kate Spalding, Miss Mary Bell, Mr John Norris, Miss Effie Thurman, Dr J W Daugherty, Miss Lydia Huston, Rev D P Deacon, Rev G W Lyon, and others. Several are noted as guests of family in Louisville or on visits to relatives in nearby towns, with occasional notes on illnesses.
On Wednesday, Sept. 18, the school and friends received word of the death of Sidney Greene. The note recalls the recent farewell at Union Depot in Louisville and honors his generous nature. Sympathy is extended to his brothers and sisters, with a hopeful message of faith and eventual understanding. Mr. and Mrs. Wilhelm Peperson of Pittsburg, Pa., 48 Bellflower St. and 31 Ward, are noted in the message.
Mrs. Lee Cochran of Lebanon spent one day last week with sister Mrs. Jim Murphy. Miss Lizzie Ware of Nevada visited Bernice Lawrence. Several locals attended the State Fair in Louisville. A son weighing eleven pounds was born to the wife of Mr. Tom Hays on the 21st. Mrs. Redd Clark of Penick and her sister-in-law of Indiana visited Mrs. M. E. Crane Monday. Miss Pansy Bennington of Lebanon and Mrs. Burnside of Danville visited Mrs. C. R. Drugan Saturday. Mr. Sam Montgomery of Oklahoma is visiting friends nearby.
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