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Newspaper
Richmond Daily Register
Location
Richmond, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1919
Page
12
The Red Cross class visited the county poor farm and county jail and urged improvements. They reported inadequate meals and care at the poor farm, recommended relocating and expanding production, and called for social activities. The jail conditions were described as unwholesome and dilapidated.
Monday sales show strength across markets from Mt Sterling to Madison. Robertson house sold 13,160 pounds at $60.97 average, Farmers House No. 1 moved 120,295 pounds for $51.41, with prices from 7c to 99c. Shelbyville captured a high 1.15 per pound for a 1,420 lb crop averaging $79. Lexington saw leaves up to $1.01 and Maxwell Street warehouse opened with 200,000 pounds sold. Continuous gains noted in Bourbon and Carrollton red tobaccos with higher prices, while Maysville reported low sales due to cold weather. Madison posted $38.40 average for 169,500 pounds.
Prof Albert F. Bonta warns that a rare six-planet conjunction on December 17 1919 will unleash unprecedented storms. He predicts hurricanes lightning rains lava eruptions earthquakes and global cold with seven planets aligned to the sun. Old Indians expect grim outcomes.
Great excitement spreads among less educated and elder Indians in Southwestern Oklahoma as predictions claim the world ends on December 17. Along Wichita Mountains and creek banks, muffled tom toms are heard nightly amid the growing anxiety.
In Wise County Circuit Court a decree of divorce in favor of the plaintiff and against defendant Lourene Luneford is ordered by publication. The default to be granted after publication if the defendant does not appear within four weeks, with notices to be mailed to Lourene Lunaford at Ko Koue Indiana and posted at the court door.
Notice states that R C H Covington, Jr and Mrs R C H Covington will take over on December 31 1919 the business assets goodwill and trade marks of R C H Covington Company and continue as a partnership under the firm name R C H Covington Company with dissolution by unanimous stockholder consent on December 31 1919 and a resolution adopted by vote of stockholders of R G H held in the event.
Father William Mayes reports a lead colored automobile seen near the home on December 7 the day Edward Mayes vanished. The car passed the house then stopped where the boy played with other children. The vehicle has not reappeared and the father still suspects kidnapping. Delia and Martin Mayes dreamed he would return.
Readable text notes a fur assortment offered by Joan White & Co in Louisville Kentucky with full value paid terms. The fragment hints at a catalog or sale description for furs.
Dr Harlan T Stetson of Harvard Astronomical Laboratory releases a statement saying the peculiar planetary alignment next Wednesday will not cause calamitous effects. He says fears of floods storms riots and other widespread disturbances are unfounded.
Harvard researchers say only a slim chance of a planetary line near the sun by December 17 with Uranus on one side and others opposite, though Toronto officials caution no warning signals are reliable as a collision with a large comet head could trigger calamity.
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