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Newspaper
Richmond Daily Register
Location
Richmond, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1920
Page
11
The article urges sowing late spinach now to carry through winter with straw mulch. It cites New Zealand as the best variety and notes it grows through summer. Sown seed should grow well before straw mulching. It also mentions an unusually large supply of birds and quail in Madison County this year.
Preparations begin as the first of the month approaches with many planning to take advantage in the first week. Several parties are expected to depart Richmond early next week to spend time in the area.
Carlo B. Marion, marshal of Horse Creek mining camp, died at his Manchester home after being shot twice by Will Smith during an alleged bootlegging arrest. Smith and a woman are jailed pending an examining trial before County Judge Roy B. House. Marion testified that Smith fired after asking where he was going and what he did with the whisky. Deputy Moses Lewis and a nearby milking woman corroborate the account. Marion, born in Owsley County, had recently returned to Manchester after a Westward sojourn. He was known as a fearless officer.
Henderson Kentucky August 26 A crowd of 200 farmers joins a plan to form Farmers Bureau Tobacco Company to bypass current systems. Each five acres yields $100 stock with 6 percent yearly dividend and control over 60 percent of Kentucky dark tobacco. Committee named to draft articles. business start within 60 days.
Louisville grocer J Gold reports strong sugar sales at 17 cents a pound with 10,000 pounds displayed outside his store to counter shortages. This morning a door card warned “Let sugar prices stay at 18 gents or” signaling potential price pressure.
An old advertisement touts Bayer Tablets of Aspirin as genuine and safe with unbroken Bayer packages and directions for headaches and pains. It notes small tin boxes cost a few cents and mentions larger druggist packages. A separate incident recalls Mr. Gold warned by an anonymous caller over sugar market interference, while Old responds that swimming would deter speculators.
Washington reports that after recent rate increases the freight charges per unit on cotton beef sugar and wheat are lower in equivalent weight or value terms than in October 1916. Comparisons use Selma to New Orleans Meridian to East St Louis Savannah to Chattanooga and Morris town to Dalton routes with cotton beef sugar and wheat priced at mid August levels.
D G Martin announces a sale on Wednesday September 1 at his Irvine Pike residence two miles east of Richmond. Items listed include mohair parlor furniture a corner cup board a drop leaf table chest of drawers three Jersey cows two milking, one driving horse wagon and harness and many other farm implements and stock. Terms to be made known on sale day.
One abutment for the Otter Creek bridge near Red House is finished and the second abutment is underway with three piers planned. Grade work on the far side nears completion with concrete laid while the near side staging waits to keep the roadway open as long as possible. Delays due to material shortages are easing and engineers aim to finish the bridge promptly without prolonged road closure.
The Presbyterian church walls are forming quickly and extensive work is producing a visible effect. The building is expected to be enclosed in the near future.
Police discover the motionless body of a well dressed woman on rocky shoreline near the fort at Staten Island New York. Investigators examine the scene for identification and possible causes as a death inquiry begins.
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