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Newspaper
Richmond Daily Register
Location
Richmond, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1920
Page
6
Circuit Judge Richard C. Stoll ordered the county clerk to issue Mrs Margaret Hunt an automobile license and two number plates for her electric runabout for 2.70, asserting the law fixes no minimum and the clerk’s higher demand was arbitrary. Clerk S H Lewis appealed. If affirmed, electric car owners will pay the price set by Mrs Hunt.
In Lebanon Tennessee Rev T. On Compton officiated the marriage of Louis Ss Dillard and Miss Jennie Lea. Moments before the ceremony Benjamin J. Dillard father of the groom, 65, collapsed and died of apoplexy. The couple wed in the house of death after the shock.
Williamstown Ky. professor G. Carpenter, principal of Corinth school, faced trial on whipping pupil Claude Ireland, 8, with a buggy whip. The court found the punishment not inhumane and acquitted the educator.
Rental and sale notices list 70 acres on Rei House Pike four miles from town with new eight room dwelling and cultivation space. Other entries include a rental ad for a good location, a missing ivory jewelry case engraved L C A, a modern four room house for sale on 4th Street with water and light, and a request before February 7 for housing for 200 plus students. Also notices for a western city home sale a Bay mare and Christmas candy orders from Home Candy Kitchen.
In Fixer near Torrent Kentucky 9 year old James Roy Miller seized a rifle from a table. He pulled the trigger and the bullet struck his mother Elizabeth Miller causing fatal injuries. Elizabeth died after an operation at a hospital. Tilly Miller the father and an oil worker.
Washington on December 23 reports generally fair weather for Christmas Day east of the Mississippi. The forecaster says it will be cold not intense but snappy with crisp conditions across the region.
The Shackelford Addition bungalow part of Mrs. Anne Myers estate was set for Wednesday sale but was torn down after the administrator refused the bid of 4500.
Baltimore December 23 Cardinal Gibbons condition is unchanged today. He is said to be cheerful and conserving his strength. Bishop Corrigan reports the patient is weak but his present condition does not warrant alarm.
Washington December 28 under a special order the Senate passed a bill allowing the Federal Farm Loan Board to issue mortgage bonds for short or long terms as market conditions require.
Clara Barton Smith left El Paso bound for Ardmore Oklahoma today escorted by lawyers and Sheriff Garrett.
Washington December 23 The first volley in the Senate fight against the House emergency tariff bill was fired today by Senator Harrison Democrat Mississippi who used parliamentary procedure to delay sending the bill to the committee until next week Senator McCumber acting chairman said the bill would not be taken up next week.
In the absence of L. I. Small, his Needmore residence near Carlisle Kentucky was ransacked and a gold watch with 15 dollars stolen. Bloodhounds traced the trail to a nearby road where the burglar reportedly fled in a car.
Bowling Green Kentucky a highway man who posed as a police officer arrested E F Cox on a warrant then clubbed him causing deep head wounds and robbed him of 258 dollars authorities say the attack occurred on the road outside the city.
In Dawson Kentucky George Harvey J G Conductor was stabbed in the mouth and seriously wounded by a passenger over a fare dispute. A man named Cane from Jonesboro Arkansas, described as a traveling attendant, was removed from the train here after the altercation.
In Frankfort, a woman appeared at Circuit Clerk Kelly Smither’s desk asking if it would take long to write a divorce. He explained only judges decree divorces after protracted litigation. She sighed and left to resume Christmas shopping.
Residents request another cup of Rockwood, praising the coffee’s quality as they chat in homes around town. Advertisers invite customers to ask D. B. McKiney & Co for Rockwood coffee at 292-6.
The Elizabethtown News backs reviving toll gates to fund road maintenance with current tax revenue. It argues it isn’t fair for one person to build a road and another to wear it out, and that tolls could reduce reckless speeding as travel remains heavy in the region.
Louisville city council settled a debate by fixing the tax rate at $2 with a 60 cent school tax. A seven cent fare measure was also introduced to accompany the ordinance.
Nin Yodd Brassfield, long ill with typhid fever, is reported to be slightly improved. Attending physicians believe recovery is now very probable.
In Winchester Kentucky the final grand jury report notes inmates at the poorhouse lack adequate clothing and require improved stoves for comfort.
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