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Newspaper
Richmond Daily Register
Location
Richmond, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1919
Page
3
A letter from Hickman County farmers argues fish and game laws restrict hand fishing. The piece describes methods experts use to grab fish by hand in creeks and warns wardens watchful enforcement may clash with rural practice.
A damaged OCR fragment reports on scientific flow results and mentions Gan heels, with unclear details and missing context. The readable portion suggests a technical update but lacks names, dates, or concrete outcomes. Further restauration needed for clarity.
The narrative centers on Elizabeth known as Unthink who breaks her Dolly and becomes inconsolable. The entire family gathers to lift her spirits as a catastrophe looms. Her mother comforts her and asks what troubles her, but Elizabeth cannot speak clearly about the doll.
The Lexington diocese appeals for funds to the Nation-Wide Campaign supporting outside objects like missions and education. Margaret College in Versailles seeks $30,000 from the general church with the diocese promising $5,000 annually for three years. The diocese also requests $3,323.97 per year from the general church to raise clerical salaries, offset by $774.05 raised locally, totaling $24,709.10 annually. W. H. Grider is the local chairman.
The official National League batting list shows Edd J. Roush of Cincinnati as the leading hitter for 1919, with Honus Hornsby close behind. Roush batted .183 with 162 hits in 604 at bats, while Hornsby posted .318 with 163 hits in 512 at bats. George Burns led runs with 86 and 40 stolen bases. Cravath hit 12 homers and 64 extra-base hits.
At the Danville alumni banquet Centre College re-elected Bo McMillan captain. Coach Mora listed the senior letter men including McMillan Armstrong Davis Roberts Be’s Snoddy James Montgomery Van Antwerp Dregor Ford Weaver Garrett McCollum Murphy Whitwell Diddle Coleman and noted three graduates Davis Bell and Van Antwerp. Moran and Meyers plan to return for next season.
Major Stone W. Norman reports that all claims against the U S Government must be filed within one year from discharge. This includes compensation, travel allowance, back pay on allotments, liberty bonds, and vocational education in training schools.
Thomas Marksberry a 28 year old former Baptist preacher now farmer was arrested on a murder charge in connection with the disappearance of Jesse Glenn in Bracken County. An automobile claimed to be Glenns was driven by Marksberry to Augusta before his arrest. Marksberry says he traded to Glenn a car he bought from a stranger and later received a postmarked Shelbyville Indiana card from Glenn.
The Swedish post office department has ordered American motorcycles for use by its rural mail carriers. The move aims to improve mail delivery efficiency in countryside districts.
George D. Karsner of Lexington states in an open letter that W L Petty tobacco buyer and redryer proposed the State Fair offer tobacco prizes at the 1920 fair and that warehousemen would match the State’s premiums on Burley tobacco. He says Petty authorized him to say that if the State Fair offers 20000 dollars in tobacco prizes the tobacco interests would provide 10000 dollars. Karsner urges a new building for a large tobacco exhibit and bigger premiums for county agricultural displays, noting higher prizes in neighboring states.
The Indiana Supreme Court sustains a mandamus action against the Indiana Public Utilities Commission directing review of Indianapolis street railway rates under the emergency clause. It notes the current cost of living has risen drastically since five years ago, making old fares potentially unfair, and calls for commission and legislative revision to protect all parties.
Internal revenue officers report large sugar stocks in east Tennessee and nearby districts used to distill illicit whisky. Deputy collectors T B Irvine and W T Crew seized over 1000 pounds of granulated sugar from a single still in the Smoky mountains, explaining ten pounds of sugar produce one gallon of whiskey.
Berkshire hogs from the College of Agriculture at Lexington triumph in the Chicago International Livestock Exposition as revenue officers work in this context on the fair grounds.
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