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Newspaper
Richmond Daily Register
Location
Richmond, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1920
Page
6
Reports indicate pin hookers are buying Madison tobacco at 30 cents per pound. One man named McCoy in the southern county sold about 16,000 pounds at that price and plans more sales to fund urgent needs. He would not accept less for his good grade.
Captain J. A. Higgins is the guest of relatives in Stanford, staying with family during a local visit.
In the divorce case of Thomas Moore Jr. he seeks custody of three children while Mrs. Moore files an attachment suit over a brown five passenger Paige automobile she says he gave her and later took back.
Henry Kreiger, an overseas veteran, was granted a divorce after testimony that his wife refused to break a dinner engagement to meet him on his return from France. The case centers on the separation in Louisville.
Howard Whitehead, young son of Samuel Whitehead, fell against a hot stove while preparing for his bath, suffering severe burns in Mt. Sterling Kentucky.
Dealers report unusual demand for dolls at fair prices as a leading holiday toy. Wagons for boys also sell well though ice skates show little demand. Knives for boys and sleds are sought. mild weather may reduce sled interest.
An old advertisement touts Pepto Mangan as a tonic to fight fatigue by enriching blood and boosting red corpuscles. It claims stronger energy, easier work, and renewed vitality when overworked or worried, noting both liquid and tablet forms and urging to buy genuine Bey O Mangan with the Guidesi label.
A festive mood pervades this collage of humor and holiday quips from press paragraphers and readers. Jests about Santa, chimneys, coal, and mince pies flavor a stroll through streets, stores, and offices as the season’s cheer spreads from papers to public.
Birmingham reports the back and cushion of an old sofa discarded items including hairpins buttons poker chips pennies gum combs matches cigarettes cuff buttons and nerve powders. Investigators traced the sofa to a salesman who bought it from a man with three unmarried daughters.
Curtis Huff, employed at the U S Marine hospital, was shot to death in Louisville Kentucky. William Lewis a barber who is also colored is accused but at large. The quarrel is said to have been over a woman.
Penny damages awarded to a man from Louisville in a suit against a printing company and foreman Hl W. Schaeffner after he alleges he was tossed from the shop post discharge. The verdict against the foreman totaled one cent following testimony of abusive language.
Miss Florence Lewis departed Thursday to spend the holidays with her family in Winchester.
Draft horses in Boston gathered around a Christmas tree set up in the post office square and nibbled apples sugar lumps corn and oats from the tree and feed boxes. The event was staged by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and drivers were provided with sandwiches doughnuts and coffee.
Game Warden W. H. Grider plans extended field work through year’s end to protect game laws during the season. No local violations reported, though convictions are said to occur in other counties.
Multiple small ads advertise rental properties including 70 acres on Red House Pike four miles from town and a nice seven room house, plus sale items like an invalid chair and a spring boar for sale. Lost items include an ivory jewelry case engraved L C A and a child’s gloves with rewards offered.
All persons having claims against the estate of Alexaxter, deceased, present them to undersigned properly verified. All persons indebted to the estate see me and settle. W. A. Baxter, Administrator. 202-1t wk 4wk
A record of James H. Pearson Real Estate and Livestock Auction listing past sales as evidence of his peat in Blue Grass stock and land deals. The notice cites numerous former stockmen and real estate dealers as participants in Pearson’s auction activity.
New York December 24 Joe Lynch the little boxer from Manhattan won the bantamweight championship from Pete Herman of New Orleans in a 15 round fight at Madison Square Garden Both weighed in under 118 pounds Lynch appeared the more drawn at start while Herman looked fit The odds favored Herman but Lynch used his height and reach to seize control as Herman’s cautious start cost him the title
Weather prediction from December 24 reports unsettled conditions in the Ohio Valley with occasional rain and snow. Temperatures start moderate then grow cooler later in the week and cold conditions persist into the following week.
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