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Newspaper
Richmond Daily Register
Location
Richmond, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1920
Page
4
The Jesse M. Dykes Post No 12 American Legion calls a special meeting at the court house Tuesday evening. Officers seek a large attendance for important business. Adjutant Spears Turley urges every member to attend if possible.
The Muncy Brothers ongoing sale draws attention as new prizes are promised before the next court day closing the sale. Richmond winner Mrs. J. A. Riddle took the first prize of a large range, Mrs. Eugene Monahan earned a table for the second prize, and Mrs. Margaret Raburn won an aluminum set as the third prize.
Britain’s airship features four motors totaling 600 horsepower and an average speed around 56 mph with a full power cruise near 65 mph. Built with improved speed and durability, it carries a streamlined hull and can lift about 38 12 tons gross, rivaling the R 34’s 2 000 000 cubic feet capacity.
Marriage licenses issued by County Clerk Jennings Maupin to Peter S. Gentry and Carol E. Early, both of Berea, and to Oscar Theneas and Stella Arthur, of Rice Station, with the latter couple united in marriage by County Judge W. K. Price.
Daniel Frederick aged 75 dies Monday morning in Stanford. Body to be shipped to Richmond Tuesday for funeral services at Richmond cemetery conducted by local Masons lodge officers. Frederick had joined the Madison lodge years ago after moving from the southwest and later resided at the Masonic home in Shelbyville before moving to Stanford.
The article notes a nationwide push for healthier pregnancies and urges mothers to use Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to relieve symptoms like backache and nervousness. It adds a stat about over 60 percent of New York’s tonnage bound for foreign ports moving on American ships.
In a Kentucky mountains setting under Prohibition, George Walsh stars in The Dead Line a Fox photo play. The story blends moonshine lore with a family feud and high action showing daring sacrifice and romance amid violence.
Abbott Gabriel of St Boniface monastery in Germany was arrested in Munich on charges of smuggling art objects and securities worth millions of marks across the Swiss border. The monk allegedly arranged with two Munich art dealers to ship paintings and monastery furniture to Switzerland.
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