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Newspaper
Richmond Daily Register
Location
Richmond, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1920
Page
4
Tobacco growers formed an organization in New Castle Kentucky to limit next year’s output. The fixed acreage allows 10 for every 100 acres and 2 12 acres of tobacco ground for each additional 100 acres in a farm.
Mrs J A Riddel who had been quite ill at her home on Woodland avenue is now convalescent. Her many friends will be glad to hear she is recovering.
On a Bardstown farm the boiler of a sawmill exploded during operation. W S Hutchins was fatally injured, hurled to a wood pile about 30 feet away. His son Mack Hutchins suffered serious scalds.
A burglary at the James Silk residence involved a intruder taking a bottle of cough syrup and a batch of clean handkerchiefs along with other valuables. The motive and full list of stolen items remain unclear.
Audiences at the local theatre joined in Christmas carols Saturday night under the guidance of Dr. S. S. Myers and Mrs. Leeds. The event followed a request by Mrs. F. A. Seiberting, president of the National Federation of Music Clubs, to observe carolling in moving picture shows across towns with federated clubs.
On December 1 1920 Mrs George Myers mother of George Myers Jr member of Normal City Lodge 162 Knights of Pythias departed this life. The lodge resolves to extend sympathy to the family and to have copies sent and spread upon records. Committee members Eugene Moynahan Stone Norms Robert Malloy.
William Floyd Smith aged 32 a farmer and Mildred Burton aged 30 residents of Richmond are identified in the report.
An old advertorial touts Gude's Pepto Mangan as a remedy for weakness from too fast living. It claims the red blood builder raises blood quality, with three daily doses and both liquid and tablet forms identical in medicine, urging buyers to insist on the "Gude's" brand.
Mrs. Sulivan and her daughter Kathleen are guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Minter in Natchez Mississippi.
Old age and poor health force sale of spring boars sired from Iowa bought stock. Fount Rice lists contact 632X Terril Ky for pricing. Also notices room rental for 200 plus students before February 7. F C Gentry business manager E K S N S offers rooms or entire house via phone.
All persons having claims against the estate present them to the undersigned properly verified by law. All persons indebted to the estate should see me and settle. W. A. Baxter is the administrator. 292-1t wk 4wk.
Miss Nora King recalls seeing man in county home invasion where a negro forced entry and her father was slain defending her. Jim Reed, who cut corn for her father three years earlier, is arrested after Nora identifies him by voice and face. Reed denies the charge.
Louisville members of the Polar Bear Club take their icy December swim in the Ohio River. Several women join the event as members keep their standing by meeting the winter on call requirement.
London Joshua Norris a ward of the state from Jackson County was killed when he was run over by a freight train while en route to his sister's home in East Bernstadt.
Martha Shackletts, 19 year old Louisville student at the University of Louisville, daughter of Dr. Charles Shacklette, died from a broken skull after being struck by John St. Drybrough's auto at a Broadway crossing.
Madisonville Kate Ellison wife of Lee Ellison was arraigned Monday on murder charges connected to Sheriff Scott Hunter. She was also held to the grand jury on a charge of manufacturing intoxicating liquor not for sacramental purposes.
George Goodleti a 24 year old farmer from Madison county and Bessie VPrewitt 17 from Richmond are identified in the readable text.
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