Paris raises police and firemen pay in city overhaul
Richmond notices discuss subscriptions and mail rates. Paris boosts patrolmen from 75 to 90 dollars monthly and firemen from 75 to 85 dollars with city furnished uniforms. A Senate resolution proposes three million dollars to form a commission to study bringing American dead from France home and to mark graves abroad. War Dept says detachments will depart for England and France to arrange repatriation.
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Paris
Oeter
Richmond
France
Senate
Washington
Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
War Department
England
Football Did It Too
A chaotic fragment notes Centre College drew attention in the past month. Gov. Morrow appoints John B. Willis of Lawrenceburg as Arsenal keeper in Frankfort to succeed W. S. Johnson.
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The
Chicago Tribune
Centre College
Gov. Morrow
John B. Willis
Lawrenceburg
Arsenal
Frankfort
W. S. Johnson
Land and freedom quip by ex-slave June Grove echoes in Kansas
The 1861 born former slave June C Grove urges black Americans to farm land, saying natives are suited to soil work and pledging a Moses tone for liberation. Don Angus notes the December issue with Grove’s tale of seeking markets and a Kansas potato king refusing a cash offer on his Kaw River bottom farm and its 523 acres.
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United States
Kansite City
St. Louis
Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
Moses
Pharaoh
June C. Grove
Kansas
Don‘ald Angus
Kaw
Madison County land sale under 1919 judgment
Commissioner R B Terrill will publicly sell at 10:39 a.m. on December 27, 1919 at the Richmond courthouse in Madison County Kentucky a 116.48 acre tract on Jack's Creek. Bounded by T H Collins John Crawford Pryse Gumm and George Perkins. boasts a good dwelling and two tobacco barns. Sale on credit nine sixteen and twenty four months with bonds 9 percent interest and land lien until paid. Master Commissioner M C C Terrill.
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P. Hoskins
Admx
Piff
Southern National Bank
Madison Circuit Court
Court House
Richmond
Aew
Madison County
Jack’s
From Slave to Progressive Farmer in Kentucky County
The article profiles a former slave who became a respected farmer in Kentucky. He owns 1600 acres in another county and fears overcrowding his home place. A painting in his house recalls his birth cabin, built to teach his children humility, while he displays his agricultural library and pride in soil fertility. He notes his family’s growth and dreams of preventing urbanization.
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Agricultural College
Kentucky
Angus
Acre
Classified ads offer piano and jam for sale
For sale a Knabe piano at less than half price nearly as good as new. Also extra fine black berry jam. Contact B. F. Gabby Madison High or Madison Institute 329. WANTED cottage or rooms call Willis Moores Register office.
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B. F. Gabby
Madison High
Madison Institute
Call Willis Moores
Public Sale of Stock and Livestock at Newby Ky
Public sale announced by M. B. Baker Newby Kentucky after sale of property. Auction set for Saturday December 20 at 10:00 a.m. at Newby to include general merchandise stock clothing shoes dry goods groceries hardware and all items. Also offered are 7 shoats about 125 pounds 1 sow and pigs 1 calf 2 bay mares 8 years old 1 fat cow about 1200 pounds.
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Newby
Public sale at East End Stock Yards next 1 PM
A public sale will be held at the East End Stock Yards beginning at 1 o'clock in the afternoon. The offering includes 8 or 6 springer Jersey heifers, several springer cows, two or three rowe and calene. Proceeds to Hamilton & Potts.
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East End
Town Happenings and Local Notices
Mr. Dewitt Griggs is sick. Mrs. R B Combs has improved from a fever spell. James Ginter returns from a lengthy stay at Martinsville. School taught by Mrs. Ida Tribble will close Friday with a Christmas tree. Rev J A McCintocke was unable to preach last Sunday. GW Webber and A W Williams opened a new grocery stock in Mr Williams store. W W Walden was called to Irvine on business. Kentucky plans to sell 40 acres in Perry Kn counties December 27 to benefit the state school. Land deeded to the state by the National Bay of Denbury and Thomas a liard of Baltimore.
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R.B. Combs
James Ginter
Martinsville
Ida Tribble
J. A. McCintocke
GW. Webber
A. W. Williams
Williams
State of Kentucky
Perry Kn
National Bay of Denbury
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