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Newspaper
Richmond Daily Register
Location
Richmond, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1920
Page
5
State Superintendent George Colvin urges Madison county and all districts to boost teacher recruitment. He asks eighth graders and parents to value teaching as a career, and high school students to consider it as a life work. Diploma exams may be held outside county seats to improve qualifications.
A broken flange derailed 14 southbound cars on the Southern railway near Danville Kentucky. Five cars of merchandise were wholly demolished and damage is estimated at 310000 dollars. Local investigators assess impact on freight traffic and repairs begin.
In Louisville Kentucky a record was set as 35 divorce suits were filed at the courthouse in a single day causing clerks to be overwhelmed by the volume.
Alfred Napier and Biz Bill Napier were wounded at a Bulcreek party in Hyden Kentucky. John Sizemore is accused of shooting them in the right leg during a dispute with Monroe Napier. Monroe escaped under cover as gunfire erupted.
Mayified Kentucky sheriff reports several taxpayers paid taxes with cold checks and warns prosecutions may follow.
Shelbyville Kentucky The Baptist church offered Rev J Buchanan 1600 more a year than his current pay but he declined to move remaining in Finchville until a new church is built.
In Danville Kentucky Lucien Sewell a Southern Railway fireman on his first run was struck by a burst steardh pipe. The incident follows news that he and Miss Margaret Caldwell secretly married in Lancaster on November 26. Sewell was taken to a Chattanooga hospital and Margaret Caldwell can join him there.
Cloverport Ky report of twin births arrives the same day for Ralph Lewis in Cheyenne Wyoming and for Paul Lewis at their Cloverport home. The families share the event across two locations.
In Louisville Benjamin Stevartis had Joseph Olges and Isadore Levenson arrested amid claims his whisky was doped during a stud poker game at a local hotel. The incident centers on alleged tampering and subsequent police action.
Harrodsburg to host funeral for William Litsey 27, who died in a Cincinnati automobile accident. The burial will take place in his old home town, with arrangements handled locally.
Paris Kentucky Uneas Howard, moved by a western thriller at a local movie house, threatened the filmed villain with a revolver causing a small panic. He was adjudged insane and committed to Lexington asylum.
Louisville youths Edward Vick aged 15 and Willie Frey 12 were taken into custody after allegedly hitching a ride from Prattville Alabama bound for New York to see Mrs MacSwiney widow of Cork martyr. Lexington judge dismisses mandamus over courtroom ventilation as insufficient. An air changing fan will be installed.
Louisville suburban town Jeffersontown petitions the Jefferson County court to revoke its charter after 126 years of corporate existence. Citizens respond to tax burdens and local concerns. Henry Watterson is noted as a local figure associated with the area.
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