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Newspaper
Richmond Daily Register
Location
Richmond, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1920
Page
4
Georgetown Kentucky church members held a pantry shower for Dr. F W Eberhardt pastor and brought a large California pumpkin as one of the gifts reflecting community support during the gift event.
Carlisle Kentucky reports local dealers paying four cents per pound for hides as a weak market era lowers costs. Dealers warn that cheap shoes may follow from the thin supply and slow demand in the current cycle.
In Augusta Kentucky Tos McCane hunting on Ray Taylor's farm found a blackberry bush harboring a swarm of bees with a sizable supply of honey hanging from it.
Harlan Kentucky Benham precinct in the county is named the banner Republican area as no Democratic votes were cast, with 388 ballots polled.
Lexington Kentucky mayor Bradley asks the City Commission to pass an ordinance eliminating screening doors stained glass and any saloon semblance from soft drink stands to curb rowdy or drinking culture.
In Georgetown Kentucky only about one fifth of gas consumers have agreed to a 60 percent rate increase. The local company warns the gas plant will close within a few days unless customers submit to the higher charges.
Tobacco graders and strippers are in demand as workers are employed at Fort Es Till area for stripping and grading tobacco. Daily wages range from four to five dollars with some board, and higher pay is reported where labor is scarce. The season sees intensified grading and faster handling due to favorable weather and a push to prepare tobacco early.
In Lexington Kentucky thieves used an auto truck to raid the Thorpe Lee store stealing clothing and traveling bags valued at 1500 dollars. The incident details include the vehicle used and items taken, with authorities noting the loss of household and fashion goods.
George C. Twyman, secretary of a tobacco warehouse company, was arrested by federal officers after a collision between two cars in Louisville Kentucky. He is alleged to have carried 24 quarts of whisky in a suitcase.
Advertisement touts Cascarets as a simple aid when bilious or constipated or for headaches upset stomach and bad breath. Faint claim of sleep work and fitness with daily use for all ages. Priced at 10 23 or 50 cents.
Diamond Dyes promise easy instructions so any woman can color worn garments with rich fade resistant hues. The color card displayed by the druggist shows simple directions applicable to wool silk linen cotton or blends.
Due to crowded conditions the kitchen at Washington School will be abolished and the space repurposed as a classroom for backward pupils.
Shawnee Run Baptist Church near Burgin Kentucky celebrates its 132nd year since founding by John Rice who was ordained in 1785 and served as pastor for 54 years demonstrating long standing religious leadership in the region.
George Shirley of Danville Kentucky warned of reprisals against local hunters after a sequence of shootings near his home. He forgave a load fired into his veranda near Falconer and a shot that nearly killed a tobacco stripper in his barn, then shot his pet dog in the yard before traveling to Danville to file a complaint.
Georgetown Ky police chief Salyers found Charles Reiss and James Stevens, youths who ran away from Clifton Heights homes in Cincinnati. He bought them $2.90 in food and railroad tickets to return them home.
Frankfort confirms that Superintendent William Moyer has tendered his resignation effective January 1 and will return to New York.
The federal census shows farm lands in Clay county, centered on Manchester, doubled in value over the past decade, reflecting a sharp rise in rural property.
Welch, formerly a representative, has announced his candidacy for the Kentucky state senate after being mortally wounded in a previous incident involving Drj T- Ra and Governor William Goe bel in Nicholasville.
A 10-year-old girl from Bourbon County developed temporary lameness after which Cincinnati doctors found no X-ray cause. Her limp matched a carpenter's tempo in the house. ten days later she recovered fully. Physicians call it a notable instance of auto-imitative hysteria in medical literature.
Bonar Law outlined a new Mesopotamia government where Arabs shall govern Arabs under a British High Commissioner Sir Percy Cox. An electoral law would create a representative Mesopotamian congress of native dignitaries and a council of state of about 18 led by the Naqib of Praedad until a National Assembly convenes.
Name Bayer on Genuine Warning. Unless you see the name on package or tablets you are not getting genuine Aspirin prescribed by physicians for twenty one years and proven safe by millions. Take Aspirin only as told in the Bayer package for colds headache neuralgia rheumatism earache toothache lumbago and pain. Handy tin boxes of twelve tablets cost a few cents. Druggists sell large packages. Aspirin is the trademark of Bayer manufacture of monoacetical cidester of salicylic acid.
Governor Morrow orders 36 automobiles at state institutions cut off per inspector report saying they are not necessary and will be turned in.
Frankfort reports that since the reorganized Kentucky National Guard the allotted strength is 2,686 and 142 men have been enlisted. The figures reflect the early manpower stage of the reorganization effort in Kentucky.
Mrs. William Weisneger remains in serious condition at a Louisville hospital after a blood poisoning incident linked to a dog fighting event. Police are investigating the case as a possible attack or mauling involving two fighting dogs.
Mrs H W Davis traveled from Winchester Kentucky to Vincennes Indiana with her three sisters to serve as pallbearers for their brother who died in an automobile accident.
Mrs Homer Davis obtained a divorce after evidence showed a triangle with the “other woman” who had received gifts. When Davis was discovered to be married the woman returned the money to his wife.
Owensboro lodge begins assembling a city team with several former high school and YMCA stars as candidates to challenge for the Kentucky state title.
Santiago Chile Dec 8 The first skyscrapers on the South American coast are under construction. A 12 story reinforced concrete office building nears completion and a 15 story structure in early work. Both are said to be earthquake proof as the country faces seismic activity.
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