Bereans Criticize Jail and Poor Farm Conditions
The Red Cross class visited the County Poor Farm and County Jail and urged reforms. They noted inadequate care for inmates including a tuberculosis case, insufficient meals, and poor farm food production. They recommended relocating the farm, better funding, social and religious programs, and improving jail conditions as a discharge of public duty.
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Red Cross
College
Redross
County Poor Farm
Madison County
Tobacco market prices rise across Kentucky regions
Monday sales show strong activity in Mt Sterling and Lexington with top tobaccos up to $1.01 per pound and averages ranging from about $38 to $79. The Robertson house sold 13,160 pounds at $60.97, Farmers House No. 1 moved 120,295 pounds at $51.41, and the Bourbon county market averaged roughly $654.05 on 200,095 pounds.
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Mt Sterling
Robertson House
Farmers House No
Shelbyville
C. E. Maharon
Burley House
Lexington
Maxwell Street
Fayette County
A. J. A. Alexander
Woodford County
Maysville
Paris
Bourbon County
Bourbon
Madison
Prediction of a Dec 17 1919 Sunspot Cataclysm
Prof. Albert F. Bonta, a noted sunspot forecaster, warns of a December 1919 sky event caused by a record sunspot and a rare planetary alignment. He predicts massive weather disasters from December 20 onward, with hurricanes, earthquakes, eruptions, and severe cold, affecting the United States.
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Albert F. Bonta
United States
Vesuvius
Mercury
Mars
Venus
Jupiter
Saturn
Neptune
Annals of Astronomy
Predictions of world end stir tribes in Oklahoma
Lawton Oklahoma December 13 Great excitement grips less educated and old tribal members across Southwestern Oklahoma over predictions of the world ending December 17. Along the creek banks and the Wichita Mountains the muffled beating of tom toms rings nightly among the red men.
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Lawton
Okla
Oklahoma
Wichita Mountains
Red Men
Publication Order in Wise County Divorce Case
Virginia Wise Circuit Court issues an order for publication on December 15, 1919 for Lourena Luneford to appear in a divorce action "A Vinculo Matrimonii" against James Luneford on desertion over three years. Defendant not a Virginia resident. publication in Coalfield Progress weekly for four weeks and posting at the courthouse. Mail to Lourene Lunaford at Ko Koue Indiana. Clerk Hamilton.
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Lourena Lineford
Virginia
Lourene Lunaford
Ko+ Koue
Indiana
Dissolution Notice for R C H Covington Company
Notice states R C H Covington, R C H Covington Jr and Mrs R C H Covington will assume the business on December 31 1919 as partners in R C H Covington Company under that firm name. The corporation C H Covington Co will be dissolved by unanimous stockholder consent on December 31 1919 per a resolving vote.
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R. C. H.covington
R. C. H. Covington, Jr
R.C. H. Covington
R. C. H. Covington, Company
R. C. H. Covington Company
Brecdme
R. C. H. Covington Co
Sia i
Missing Lexington boy Edward Mayes seen near strange car
The father of Edward Mayes reports a lead colored automobile seen near the home on December 7 the day the boy disappeared. Several witnesses saw the car pass the house and stop where he was playing. The car has not returned and the father suspects kidnapping. Delia and Martin Mayes dreamed he would return.
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Lexington
Little Edward Mayes
Wm. Mayes
Myes
Mr. Mayes
Delia Mayes
Martin Mayes
Sistre
Brother
Fur assortment paid in full at Joan White & Co
A report from Louisville Kentucky notes Joan White & Co. paid full value for a fur assortment. The transaction details the inventory and settlement with the seller.
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Joan White & CO
Louisville, KY
World need fear no planetary calamities says Harvard astronomer
New York December 16 Dr Harlan T Stetson of Harvard Astronomical Laboratory issued a statement denying predictions of floods electrical storms riots or other widespread disturbances tied to the planets plan for next Wednesday He says the configuation poses no calamitous effects and urges calm amid sensational claims by some meteorologists.
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New York
Harlan T. Stetson
Harvard Astronomical Laboratory
Toronto scientists warn of celestial collision risks
Harvard and Toronto observatory officials say a collision with a large comet could end in calamity. they caution that warnings would be needed, noting predictions tied to December 17 and the sun’s alignment.
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Toronto Observatory
Toronto
Ont
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Bereans
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County of Wise
James Luneford
Lourena Lunsford
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F. H. Gordon
B. F. Gabby
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Neale Bennett
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W. Brarley
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