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Newspaper
Richmond Daily Register
Location
Richmond, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1920
Page
2
For President James M. Cox of Ohio and Vice President Franklin D Roosevelt of New York. For United States Senate Ralph Gilbert of Shelby County and others. County offices listed including J M HUNTUT and W Beckham of Franklin County.
Judge John C Chenault named by State Democratic Chairman Grayot to lead Madison County Democratic Campaign. The county judge brings wide support across parties and will work to align the party with the Democratic women’s organization to build a strong showing in the November election. He surrounds himself with trusted lieutenants and aims to elevate party activity and unity among voters.
The FE. T. Miller & Son farm of 41.6 acres two miles west of Bowling Green brought $16,300 across nine tracts, averaging $389.25 per acre.
A Danville mother shares how her delicate daughter improved after using Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound. The testimonial urges mothers to write for advice and notes the product’s long experience aiding irregularities, pain, and inflammation in women.
Hugh Samuels, a prohibition officer, remains injured but hopeful after a crash while pursuing runs in Harlan, McCreary, and Bell counties. His squad reports a still and two men in Bell county and a still found in McCreary, with a nine gallon liquor seizure elsewhere. The march of raids aims to reduce illegal distilling, and the court will see another batch of cases as leniency for first offenders gives way to harsher penalties on reoffenders.
In a dramatic line from a 1910s humorous column, Jenkins scolds his daughter for intending to marry Dobbins who earns $18 weekly. The daughter replies that love makes time pass swiftly, highlighting social class and parental control tensions in early 20th century America.
Dr. E. C. McDougie, dean of eastern Normal, expands institute work from Kentucky to West Virginia. He sails to Spencer for a week then Charleston for the regular institute. After closing Kentucky sessions he will continue outreach in Pineville Leitchfield Cynthiana and other locations, valued for his adept institute leadership.
A New York Evening Sun quote laments Kentucky mood and gun culture, noting Bowling Green loss, Redwine, Hopkinsville, and a call to ban firearms and liquor. The verses compare regional temperance to blue grass, urging restraint on drinking and shooting.
Advert says Danderine stops hair loss and dandruff with a tiny cost. It promises every hair regains life vigor brightness color and thickness after use, claiming visible improvement and stronger hair.
Halifax Automobile Association bulletin offers blunt safety tips. Drive as if every other driver is an idiot, as if children and pedestrians are bent on death, and as if every curve hides danger. The piece ends with a stray image of a Bengal tiger and a stone wall.
A humorous Detroit Free Press item notes a family dinner where a raisin pie causes a parental scolding. The punchline reveals the raisins were purchased for another use. The brief vignette plays on mistaken assumptions and a quiet domestic mischief.
Mr. E. L. Fees and his wife daughter and son have relocated to Berea with the good wishes of the Adair County community.
The article urges preparing soil now for late radishes and notes white Vienna and Chartiers are hardy and mature quickly. It emphasizes spading the garden and planting radishes to avoid pithy texture.
Advertises a safe weight loss method claiming many women reduced 10 to 60 pounds without starva tion or heavy exercise. Endorsed by testimonials with a $100 guarantee or money back. Appears at Madison Drug Company and associated stores in Stockton and Middleton locations.
City school board members secured a large coal stock at 7.50 per ton months ago. The quantity is enough to run schools for about two thirds of the winter, improving confidence amid broader coal shortages.
A box containing a system of mirrors has been patented to examine a person's fee for any irregularities standing upon it.
In Whitesburg Kentucky on August 26 a romance from forty years ago culminated in a wedding at Blackey. Joseph Williams aged 65 married Mrs. Jane Bates aged 63, of Blackey. In youth they were lovers but later separated.
Morgan Chapelli a 15 year old from Santford Kentucky fell dead at a neighbor’s feet while speaking to him after saying the peach he ate from the neighbor’s orchard made him sick.
The Madison County Court appointed STATE BANK & TRUST CO as Curator for the Kentucky estate of John R Gibson deceased. Creditors or holders of property are asked to settle or report amounts. those indebted must file claims with the Curator by July 21, 1920.
The Richmond post office reports a rising business trend through June and July with July showing a record boost and an estimated 20 percent rise into August. Officials caution the gain may reflect staff shortages due to illness vacations and could be temporary.
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