Big Hill farmer commits suicide after financial reverses
Big Hill farmer Wilson, 40, a married father of eight, shot himself outside the local post office on Wednesday at 1 PM. Witnesses, including tenant Thomas Embry, found him dead. magistrate Walter Ingall arranged for burial. Survived by sister Ruth Baker and brother William Wilson.
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Hacker Wilson
Big Ilill
Big Hill
Thomas Embry
Wilson
Embry
Earl Ninmiberlin
James Carrier
Walter Ingall
Berea
Big Thill
Tie
Big Lall
Kmbry
Ois
Ruth Baker
Indianapolis
Ind
William Wilson
New York City
Boy Who Made Mistake Receives Christmas Pardon
Governor pardons Elbert Smith of Scottsville for writing a bad check at age 16 to support infirm parents. He repented and offered restitution after confessing, but the neighbor reported him to the grand jury.
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Frankfort
Elbert Smith
Scottsville
Prosecutor Seeks Clarity on Martin's Prison Status
Louisville city prosecutor Lucas urged Jailer Barr to explain why George L. Martin, accused of embezzling 250000 dollars, is not in a cell. The inmate allegedly works as a janitor and nurse in the hospital ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Lucas
Barr
George L. Martin
Buckwheat Kills Cows in Kentucky Farm Loss
Four milk cows on the R. C. Crossfield farm near McKinney Kentucky died after eating buckwheat. Veterinary tests confirmed buckwheat poisoning as the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinney, Ky
R. C. Crossfield
Kentucky Weather Forecast Tonight Cooler Friday
Generally fair conditions prevail in Kentucky with a cold night ahead. Friday will bring colder temperatures especially in western and central areas with a chilly afternoon forecast.
French buyer to discuss burley purchases with growers
Lexington Ky Dec 23 A representative of a French tobacco company will visit next month to discuss buying burley tobacco directly from growers. John W Newman president of the Burley Tobacco Growers Association announced the plan.
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Lexington
Burley Tobacco
John W. Newman
Burley Tobacco Growers’ Association
Auto Collision Damages Signal Post on Main Street
Early Thursday a big bus from Eastern Normal wrecked into a signal post at Second and Main, shattering the globe and injuring the post. No students were aboard. the globe will be replaced. Police report no traffic violations and no other details at this time.
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Eastern Normal
Second
Main Streets
Thirel
McKee Court Day Draws Crowd and Local Moves
A large crowd gathered for county court day in McKee with lively horse and mule trading. Gill other items note Miss Cleo and Marion Baker visiting from Berea College and Harry Collier returning from Marysville College. Mitchell Hignite and Leonard Hignite move back from Madison County to open a grocery store. Henry Moll and Jacob Geegh also in town. A Christmas program at the Reformed church is planned, M F Shepherd named army captain with a Distinguished Service Medal. An Eastern Star lodge is organized with 25 charter members.
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Cleo
Marion Baker
Berea College
Harry Collier
Marysville College
Ohio
Mitchell Hignite
Leonard Hienite
McKee
Madison County
Sam Howard
Henry Moll
Jacob Geegh
South Dakota
Hope College
Michigan
Fred DeLong
Reformed Church
M. F. Shepherd
J. A. Heaton
Turkey Foot Lumber Company
the Eastern Star
Local social notes from Gottonburge Florida
Mrs Mary Williams attended a Sunday visit with Mrs Jenie Coffey and several girls hosted events at homes in Gottonburge. Elbert Murphy family celebrate the arrival of a fine girl named Margaret Frances. Macy Coy Long visited Willie Moore Edwards, while Bertie Taylor and Josephine Taylor visited Ethel Turner and Elma Turner.
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Mary Williams
Jenie Coffey
Bernice
Emma Lee
Dorothy Whitaker
Josephine
Myrtle Taylor
Mre
Elbert Murphy
Margaret Frances
Macy Coy Long
Willie Moore Edwards
Bertie
Josephine Taylor
Ethel
Elma Turner
All-Negro Theatre Planned in Louisville for Vaudeville
Following the establishment of an all Negro bank in Louisville a theatre exclusively for the race is to open for Negro vaudeville troupes early in January.
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Louisville
Kid Glove Bandit Robbed Motorman in Paducah
One of two bandits who held up William Fletcher the motorman in Paducah took $25 from his pockets. He was handsomely dressed and wore kid gloves with a silk handkerchief serving as a mask.
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Paducah, Ky
William Fletcher
John Doty Dies Sudden at Home in Madison County
John Doty Sr died at age 68 at his Irvine Pike residence after a brief illness from acute heart trouble. He was a respected farmer, Christian church member, and longtime Madison County resident born November 1852. Survived by wife Margaret Oldham, five sons including John Doty and Oldham Doty, two daughters, and several brothers. Funeral arrangements not yet announced.
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John Doty
Irvine Pike
Christian Church
Mr. Doty
Volney Doty
Hanna Kavanaugh Doty
Margaret Oldham
William K
Jacinthan Catherine Brown Oldham
Madison County
William K. Doty
Annapolis
Eagle Doty
Ki. Doty
U.S. Ins
Coblenz
Germany
Oldham Doty
Mary Doty Pierait
Buckeye
Garrard County
Margaret Doty
Arch K. Doty
Kingston
Robert Doty
June Doty
Ft. Worth
Texas
Thomas J. S. Doty
Oklaheima
Fines for failure to pay dog tax in Kentucky
Associated Press reports Kentucky Commissioner W O Hanna urges enforcing the 1918 dog tax law. In Christian County 1,400 citizens are indicted for unpaid dog taxes. Fines run 2 dollars for females and 1 dollar for males, with court costs bringing total to about 16 dollars. Hanna offers to aid counties with field men to identify unlicensed dogs.
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Associated Press
Frankfort
W. O' Hanna
Agricuture Labor and Statistics
College Hill Social Roundup of Visits and Moves
Mrs. Leland Edwards of Ravenna visited her aunt Mrs. Minnie Willoughby. Mr. and Mrs. Millard Griggs of Eugene Oregon are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Quinn Covington. Mrs. Minnie Willoughby and Mrs. J O Brooks visited sister Mrs. Will Glass in Wilmore. Mrs. Charles Edwards of Ravenna visited Mrs Will Friend. Mr. and Mrs. George Ginter spent Sunday in Ravenna. Families plan several moves at year start. George Webber family to Irvin e. Younger Norris and family of Waco plan to move to College Hill next year.
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Leland Edwards
Ravenna
Minnie Willoughby
Millard Griggs
Eugene
Oregon
Quinn Covington
J. O. Brooks
Will Glass
Wilmore
Charles Edwards
George Webber
Irvine
Norris
Waco
College Hill
No Paper Issued on Christmas Day
The Daily Register will skip an issue on Christmas Day so staff may celebrate. Advertisements planned for Saturday will run in Friday's issue if merchants desire. Banks and most stores close. some groceries may stay open late morning. Rural county routes still deliver on Christmas Day but not on New Year’s Day.
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Daily Register
Areio
Revenue must be raised to cover deficits forecast
Secretary frouston told the Senate Finance committee that the current year faces a $2.29 billion deficit and next year $1.5 billion, urging new revenue sources and no new treasury burdens while the Soldier Bonus bill is under review.
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Associated Press
Washington
Frouston
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Christmas weddings join holiday season with licenses issued
County Clerk records show licenses granted on Thursday to Edward Mixon and Landace Rowlett both 50 from Richmond, Gibson Taylor 21 and Louise Howard 17 from Valley View, William Kendred 25 and Bernice Robinson 26 from Berea, John Quinn 62 from Rockcastle County and Carrie Wallace 40 from Berea, signaling upcoming marriages as holidays approach.
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Jennings Maupin
Edward F. Mixon
Richmond
Landace Rowlett
Gibson Taylor
Farmer
Valley View
Louise Howard
William Icndred
Berea
Bernice Robinson
John Quiuinn
Rockcastle County
Carrie Wallace
Big cattle sale tops local market with 201 head sold
A cattle sale worth about 40000 dollars concluded Wednesday when Tr McCown and Walter Chenault sold 201 head of fine beef cattle averaging 1400 pounds to Monte Fox. The shipment, said to be the largest and best from the local market in a while, will be delivered to Armour and Company. The lead finished shortly before noon and the cattle began moving toward Chicago Thursday afternoon.
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Tr . McCown
Walter Chenault
Monte Fox
Armour & Company
Neffs Offers Dressed Fowls for Xmas Dinner
Turkeys ducks chickens and other dressed fowls advertised for Christmas dinner at Neff's with contact phone 431.
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Neff’s
Dormitories Close for Xmas Vacations at Eastern Normal
Dormitories at Eastern Normal closed Thursday at noon as Xmas festivities ended across departments Wednesday. A few students remain to weather remote travel, with the last departures recorded Thursday. Return expected after the new year and a big term start anticipated in February.
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Eastern Normal
Neffs Xmas Dinner Order Guide
Neffs offers a complete Christmas dinner list. Call 431 to place orders for all dinner essentials including pies, roasts, sides, and desserts.
Du Pont Plans to Divest Kentucky Interests
Louisville December 23 The Times reports General T Coleman Du Pont will divest from key Kentucky holdings. The move follows Kentucky delegation’s refusal to back him for a presidential vote at the Chicago Republican National Convention. Du Pont, a native Kentuckian, is cited as being piqued by the incident.
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Joses
Louisville
The
Times
T. Coleman
DuPont
Kentucky
Chicago
Police Chief Reports Fewer Arrests Amid Mixed Crime Wave
An upcoming annual police report cites a year with a short crime wave but a notable drop in arrests, especially county jail incarcerations. Federal agent activity influenced city arrests, intoxication arrests declined, and fines or bonds rose as overall police effectiveness appeared high.
House Passes Tariff Bill To Help Things
Washington December 23 The House passed the Fordney emergency tariff bill by 196 to 6 despite a defiant minority. Supporters said the measure would protect about twenty farm products for ten months while opponents argued it raises living costs and is class legislation.
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Washington
House
Henry TF. Rainey Democrat
Ilinois
Ku Klux parade in Jacksonville shocks city crowd
More than 200 Ku Klux Klan members marched in South Jacksonville in white caps masks and gowns led by a bald bearer with a flaming cross. No explanation was given. In a prior parade, riders warned none would follow. Lights went out at the city park and reappeared minutes later as the riders vanished. Imperial Wizard W. J. Simmons of Atlanta said the Klan aims for white supremacy but will uphold constituted authority and not tolerate lawlessness.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Ku Klux Klan
W. J. Simmons
Atlanta
Imperial Wizard
The
Klan
D Annunzio Declares War Between Fiume and Italy
Rome dispatch reports Gabriele D Annunzio has proclaimed a state of war between his Fiume government and Italy and banned the city population from leaving Fiume.
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London
D’annunzio
Fiume
Italy
Rome
Illness of Mr N G Todd Reported
The notice informs readers that Mr N G Todd is ill and that many express sorrow over his condition.
Todays Stock Markets Report in Cincinnati
Good cattle stronger packing hogs 25 cents higher medium lights 50 cents higher. Louisville cattle 200 head slow and unchanged hogs 1200 head 25 cents higher tops 9.75 sheep 50 cents steady and unchanged.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
Louisville
Armed Farmers Hunt Murderer Near Louisville
Farmers stopped work and armed themselves to track a black man suspected of fatally shooting Thomas F E King, 70, as he defended his daughter Nora 32 at their home five miles from Louisville. King died later in hospital. searchers vowed swift action if the suspect is found.
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Associated Press
Louisville
Thomas FE. King
King Wa
Nora
King
Texans Hang Policeman's Slayer In Mob Action
Fort Worth police say Jem Vickery a 25 year old white man accused of murdering Policeman Jeff Couch was seized from the county jail by a mob of about twenty five masked men shortly after midnight. They overpowered guards removed Vickery in his night clothes and hanged him from a tree after shots were fired into his body. The killing stemmed from an arrest for intoxication at the garage where he worked.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Texas
Jem Vickery
Jeff Couch
Vickery
Plan to Dispose of Inferior Weed Tobacco
Officials of the Burley Tobacco Growers Association propose turning over low grade tobacco to a company via receipts. The tobacco would be redried stored and held in warehouses with negotiable receipts to borrow funds for storage. It aims to sell the leaf to European buyers as a short term government bond hedge.
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Burley Tobacco ‘Growers’ Association
Grwers
Federal Reserve System
Whisky Truck Guard Shot In Cincinnati Ambush
Joseph Kline, guard of a liquor truck carrying 259 cases from Frankfort to New York, was shot and probably fatally wounded in Cincinnati as six men in a louring car fired at him last night. Police say the attackers followed the truck from Kentucky and fled after the shooting without harming the liquor.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Joseph Kline
Frankfort
New York City
Kentucky
Wheat profits shock Louisville restaurant prices
A profiteering probe shows a farmer sells wheat for seven dollars to yield a barrel of flour, yet the same wheat could fetch five hundred eighty seven dollars when sold as rolls in Louisville's top priced restaurant.
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Louisville
Remarkable Recovery From Hunting Wounds
Glasgow today reports J. B. Houchins will leave the hospital in a few days after intestines were perforated ten times in a hunting accident three weeks ago. A long drive by a doctor from Glasgow caused initial doubt, but physicians note his rapid convalescence as remarkable.
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Glasgow
J. B. Houchins
Walker McKinney Family Plans Christmas Visit
Mr and Mrs Walker McKinney of Georgetown will spend Christmas with Dr and Mrs R C Boggs.
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Walker McKinney
Georgetown
R. C. Boggs
Local Turkey Crop Records Highlight Madison County Farmers
Charles M. Embry notes a Brookstown area crop raised by Mrs. Hallie H. Baxter led the season, with 60 turkeys weighing 940 pounds selling for 423 dollars and 50 stock turkeys adding 419.50. Embry says Madison County turkey output has halved in 20 years as dairy work grows more profitable, urging readers to share any better records.
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Charles M. Embry
Waco
Hallie H. Baxter
Andrew Baxter
Brookstown
Baxter
Embry
Daily Register
Enmibry
Madison County
Terrific Madison Snowstorm Reports Thursday Morning
A severe snowstorm swept over Madison County Thursday morning. By 5 o clock the temperature rose to 34 degrees as observers described unusually heavy snowfall. Godfrey Issiacs, traveling from Stanford, said he had not seen snow fall so hard in years and noted the blinding glare as light broke.
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Madison County
Mercury
Godfrey Issiacs
Stanford
City and County Offices May Close for Christmas Saturday
Observance of Xmas may lead to partial city and county office closings Saturday afternoon. Because the day falls on a weekend and government offices will not align with state and county schedules, most offices will remain open.
Oyster and Celery Special at Neff's
Fresh oysters and celery plus cranberries listed for Xrres dinner at Neff's. Phone 431 for orders.
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Neff’s
Twiggs Leave Whites Station For Florida Winter Home
Mr and Mrs HJ Twigg of Whites Station depart December 15 for a winter home at Long Beach Florida Mrs Twigg formerly Sallie MacWilliams native of Whites Station Mr Twigg is one of three English residents near Berea with Harry and Geoffrey Morgan Geof Morgan is Kentucky State Agricultural Agent Reverend Van Winkle of Berea preached Sunday morning a large crowd attended despite bad weather
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HJ. Twigg
Whites Station
This County
Long Beach
Florida
Rev. van Winkle
Berea
Free Crystal Electric Washer Demonstration at Your Convenience
Store invites you to a free demonstration of the Crystal Electric Washer. Staff will show features and answer questions at a time that suits you.
Treasurer's Notice on Richmond KY Property Assessment
This notice warns that the property on Main Street in Richmond Kentucky is assessed for street improvement at 2000 dollars in sections A through G. The deadline for settlement without penalty is December 27, 1920. If unpaid, a 10 percent penalty applies and the option to pay in ten annual installments expires. Blanks remain for making installment application.
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Ion Main Street
Richmond
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M'Kee
Gottonburge
Gollege Hill
Mike
KU Klux
N. G. Todd
Gordon
Turkey
Andersen Baxter
Ices
Clare
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