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Newspaper
Richmond Daily Register
Location
Richmond, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1920
Page
6
Street crews return Saturday as the big excavator resumes activity after rain slowed completion. First asphalt expected within days if weather holds. Prof David C Foyle, 50, romance languages professor at Georgetown College, married Annie Porter, 32, in Cincinnati yesterday.
A trio of young men who allegedly hosted craps games in a post office corridor were brought to court. They admitted the noise was not craps while the real shooters fled upstairs. City Judge G Murray Smith fined each $20 with costs suspended for good behavior.
Charles Ervin Fife, described as a colored youth, was found guilty of petit larceny after Luther Tribble claimed his pocket was picked and lost $1.65. City Judge G. Murray Smith sentenced Fife to thirty days in county jail. City Attorney J. P. Chenault and others observed as Tribble described the alleged theft.
Douglas Anenault testified before City Judge G Murray Smith that he was not speeding on Big Hill Avenue in an automobile. The case was among several set for a Friday night hearing in city court.
Residents of Lower Walnut Street push a petition for tarvia paving citing heavy use and pride in recent improvements. They note new cement sidewalks, extensive painting, and a hoped for council action to cover the street, with property values rising due to the street enhancements.
John Lewis, president of the miners union, told the central competitive district scale committee that relief for miners wages is necessary and that demands would be presented later. A union official said factional splits are complicating deliberations as President Farrington of Illinois miners arrives with a plan of maximum demands backed by the recent Illinois strike.
Circuit Judge W R Shackelford heard mandamus proceedings Saturday to compel election officers in Breathitt County precincts to correctly certify votes in their districts. The suit alleges some precincts certified incorrectly or not at all, and the judge will decide who receives the certificate of election in the Republican nomination race.
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