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Newspaper
Richmond Daily Register
Location
Richmond, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1920
Page
5
The rural store adapts to better lighting, new fixtures, and visible goods as electricity spreads to farms. With brighter displays and nearby access, country shoppers increasingly buy locally instead of traveling to towns, easing concern over urban competition.
With the dove season opening Wednesday morning, County Clerk Maupin's office saw many residents eager to hunt. Indications suggest a plentiful bombardment this year and the season will run until October 16.
Irvine settles into an unusual quiet after two men were killed and two wounded in a recent liquor operation. Detectives at Ravenna rail yards step up vigilance to curb illicit imports. George Estes remains hospitalized as authorities await his condition improvement to continue the investigation. Detective Joe Spivy’s statements are expected to yield testimony when Estes is able.
American Legion works to ease distress among families of 2000 missing or presumed dead servicemen. Legion Weekly provides clearer death details to mothers and connects wives with husbands’ comrades. Requests to publish fate updates are distributed nationwide and tabulated. four killed in Cleveland auto crash Sunday.
Wm. Woodard moves five Kentucky horses from Booneboro to Putney Vermont to face a 300 mile endurance race from Fort Ethan Allen to Camp Devens Mass. The team includes David Craig U-23 Moscova Helmet and Majella owned by the Kentucky State Racing Commission Thorobred Horse Association and Kentucky Jockey Club. Helmet owner E R Bradley offers 5000 dollars if the horse wins.
A brief advertisement touts Chamberlain's Tablets as pleasant, easy to take and mild in effect. It claims high praise from users and notes a price of a quarter.
A meeting of Jesse M. Dykes Post No 12 American Legion members will choose delegates for the annual state convention in Louisville. The post will be represented by two delegates with alternates ready. Delegates named include Turley and Rice. alternates Chenault and Gentry. If Turley cannot attend, one alternate will travel with instructions to be for anything progressive.
H N Clermont promotes applying the Golden Rule to filmgoing manners. A list of don'ts urges patrons to avoid blocking seats, passing loudly, applauding loudly, conversing, and criticizing the film to managers while noting how such actions affect neighboring viewers.
Rodes Terrill and Weaky Standi fer traveled from London after attending the fair and were on a southbound L. N. train just south of Paris Saturday night.
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