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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1920
Page
16
A dramatic Lexington Circuit Court morning on February 9 1920 amid guardsmen, a mob and a tense defense as Will Lockett faces fatal verdict. The defense pleads mercy while the crowd surges outside. the judge proclaims death by sentence to be carried out March 11 next dawn.
In the Mariba Oil Fields a well brought in seven feet of sand yielded 700 feet of oil ascent. A second well was expected on the Big Elk Company property. About 13 machines operate in Menefee Field. Cumberland Pipe Line will connect soon, boosting anticipated profits. Mt Sterling lies 30 miles away.
Waller Chenault of Louisville visited his parents Judge W O Chenault and described a gusher his group of five associates struck in northern Allen County. The McCollough & Co. well produced about 25 barrels per hour.
A historic note recalls a woman who once avoided steps in a buggy and now has a daughter described as stepping on a camel, reflecting a shift in circumstance or metaphorical growth.
A luncheon gathering discussed forming a city business club with aims to benefit local merchants. Attendees included R. E. Punch and several business leaders who endorsed shared service over a single leader model. A follow up meeting is set for next Wednesday evening at the Delicious Cafe at 7 30 P M with invitations extended to interested business people.
The task of bringing home U S. servicemen buried abroad will start immediately. Within two weeks the first shipment is expected to depart for the United States. Ralph Hayes of Cristine Ohio, private secretary to Secretary of War Baker, will go to Europe to oversee the repatriation effort. Initial recoveries will come from England Scotland Ireland and Wales with France survivors to follow from war zone and non war zone areas. total American dead abroad listed as seventy three thousand five hundred ninety one with breakdowns by country.
A correction states the body of T. T. Brown will be buried in Middletown Ohio rather than here as previously published.
Mrs Lula Barnes sold a frame residence on Sycamore street to A Thomason and family of Ashland for 3600 dollars. Possession transfers March first when the Thomasons will move in.
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