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Newspaper
Richmond Daily Register
Location
Richmond, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1920
Page
5
Friday and Saturday a large group of city teachers will take the examination at Caldwell school for the winter term. Papers go to Frankfort for grading as done with county exams. Many instructors show interest and some new candidates will seek positions, with the city school board assessing qualifications locally.
Richmond chief of police and local officials nabbed R C Westfall of Portsmouth Ohio after he swindled cattle buyers in Mt Sterling and Debord of Johnson county. Westfall faced charges as part of a larger scheme involving about 100 head of cattle and checks totaling over five thousand dollars. Some funds and cattle were recovered as police caution that the swindler remains elusive.
D G Martin announces a public sale on Wednesday September 1 at the Irvine Pike residence two miles east of Richmond. Items include old fashion Mohair parlor furniture a corner cupboard sideboard a drop leaf table chest of drawers Jersey cows two milking cows a driving horse wagon and harness and various farming implements. Terms to be announced on sale day.
Richmond physicians warn hay fever is spreading this season with many patients showing typical symptoms. Experts urge sufferers to seek care and avoid exposure when possible as cases rise.
Interest and attendance rise at the Degarmo Elsey meeting at Calvary Baptist Church in this city. The Wednesday service neared standing room only as evangelist Elsey preached Sin and its Remedy the blood of Jesus Christ. He led a growing junior and nearly full senior choir, using his own Gospel Songs collection. A special men’s service is planned at the courthouse Sunday at 3 pm with about 1000 expected. Tonight’s topic Ye must be born again. Morning audiences increase daily as orphan children find homes with farmers and city folk.
An advertisement touts Bayer Aspirin as genuine and safe, prescribed by doctors for over twenty years. It urges customers to accept only unbroken Bayer packages with proper directions, noting 12 tablet tins cost a few cents and larger packages are sold by druggists.
Garden products flood the local market with strong demand and high prices as cucumbers beets and corn sell well while outside markets lag. A second story reports the discovery of a woman’s torso in the Hudson River tied to a weighted wrapping and a radio lifeboat safety device.
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