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Newspaper
Richmond Daily Register
Location
Richmond, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1920
Page
5
Earl Armstrong, 21, died after a mule kicked him while he was feeding the animal at his Shepherdsville farm in Kentucky. The accident occurred in the county where he tended livestock.
Three Owensboro men were accused of stealing a barrel of whisky from a Tell City Indiana distillery and bringing it to Owensboro before the barrel was stolen again from its storage site by unknown thieves.
Henry Knox of Meade County, an employee at Camp Knox, resisted a $5 fine for refusing to perform allotted road work. He claimed exemption from the road law, and the case will be transferred to federal court.
Rumors say the Reds plan to seize Berlin, with broad fears in the city. Charles Fitzmorris, 34, Chicago chief of police, vows daily crook arrests. A bill in Washington proposes monthly pension payments. In New York two boys aged 10 and 12 confess to breaking into eight houses. A watch found in a Michigan tree carries a 17 year old message about a hunter's death by starvation.
Do not rely on liniment bottles to cure Rheumatism. Diseases in the blood require removing the germs from the blood. S S S is promoted as a long used blood remedy. Send your case history to the Chief Medical Director in Atlanta for advice.
Lexington report notes Albert Butler age 15 fled from a reform school for five hours before surrendering. He was committed from Calloway County on a charge of forgery.
Frankfort Kentucky reports that Natale Mangi remains jailed in Lexington while Dayton Ohio officials seek his extradition on larceny charges tied to a Fayette county indictment. Mangi allegedly acted as custodian of $1700 in gold taken from a trunk belonging to John Feely in Lexington two years ago.
Paris Kentucky report states that several hundred Mexican laborers on the E. F. Sims estate were sent back to Mexico due to winter. Improvements on the estate were halted, angering about 1,500 workers, with plans to resume in spring.
The W. E. Allen der farm of 31 acres located three miles from Lexington was sold at auction to John Gardner a Fayette county farmer. The price was 621 dollars per acre.
Judge W. L. Bailey said investigations into the murder following assault of Miss Lara Parsons, a school teacher, will yield further developments after his return from the state capital where he interviewed several convicts at the prison camp.
A special grand jury is assembling to investigate general crime across Toledo Ohio, outlining a broader inquiry into criminal activity and law enforcement responses in the city.
Advert says a single dose eases a severe cold and three doses usually end grippe misery. The first dose clears nasal passages, stops a runny nose and headache, and relieves feverishness sneezing and stiffness. It claims prompt relief without quinine and costs only a few cents at drug stores.
Reports from Shanghai dated December 1 say troops in Chang, a treaty port in Hudpes province, mutinied seized the city set it on fire and began looting. Chang houses about 100000 residents including around 100 foreigners as banks and foreign firms are wrecked.
In Williamstown Kentucky on Tuesday Mont Baird and Earl Steers farmers three miles east of town clashed in a long running feud. Baird was found dead while Steers lay severely injured at his home where the sheriff could not move him after an alleged attack with a handsaw. Steers claimed he had no weapon when Baird attacked him and that he fled to his residence for his pistol.
An exploding oil stove in Mayfield, Kentucky, caused a rapid fire that destroyed the home of Bob Snow before any furniture could be saved. No injuries are reported.
Georgetown Kentucky Barton Stone Bible class of the Christian church awards a hanging portrait in the classroom to James Y. Kelly a longtime member who has attended for 75 years confirming his enduring association with the group and the local church community.
Miss Stella May, currently with the state tax commission, will run for county clerk in Somerset Kentucky. The announcement signals her bid to oversee county records and offices.
Springfield Kentucky reports a jailer has locked up the long idle jail to go on a quail hunt. Jailer Demaree will work on farm tasks and stay away from official duties during the period.
Thieves took a horse and buggy from Will Hibbard, rode to Parker Spalding, hitched a better rig, and continued on their route. The incident shifts blame to a new vehicle and location as the culprits flee.
Lexington business figure Kyshua Speyer died at home at 91 after 67 years as a merchant. Active in the trade until last week, he built a long standing local presence.
Louisville soldiers from the First Division contributed 1000 dollars to the parents of Chester Peak who died when a shell was dumped into the river. The incident involved a shell from the war and a river accident leading to a fatality.
In Semreset Kentucky Stella Cato charged with slaying Des sie Ross, 15, after accusing him of alienating her husband, had the trial continued to the next term of court.
Harlan Kentucky Tom Cloninger is held to the grand jury on the charge of killing John Callahan. Cloninger’s son Harmon is named as an accessory in the case.
Frankfort Kentucky L S Johnson oversees the construction of what is claimed to be the first electric tow boat. If the experiment proves successful the government will build four more with steel hulls.
In Owenton Kentucky the bodies of J G Webster and Newton Simpson Jr who enlisted together and died in France were sent home and buried in the local cemetery, honoring two soldiers who gave their lives in the war.
A number of cotton mills in South Carolina that had been idle for two weeks have resumed operations. The revival is noted across multiple facilities, signaling renewed activity in the state’s textile sector.
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