Call for 8000 snow shovelers in New York prompt
New York issues a recruitment call for 8000 snow shovelers offering $5.20 for an eight hour shift, but only a small number of men respond to the appeal.
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Newspaper
Richmond Daily Register
Location
Richmond, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1920
Page
4
New York issues a recruitment call for 8000 snow shovelers offering $5.20 for an eight hour shift, but only a small number of men respond to the appeal.
The ad claims deep seated uric acid deposits dissolve and rheumatic pain ends within 24 hours. Drugstores are authorized to offer a money back guarantee if two doses of Allenrho do not stop all agony and swelling. Inventor James H. Allen pledges no payment unless complete relief is achieved.
Arkadelphia Ark December 29 1930 Mrs Elaline Eliza Riles 82 died ending a noted chain of grandmothers in the Han son family The event left five generations with the youngest just over three years apart and two event great grandmothers among the elder lineage.
Canadian aviators join United States counterparts in a concerted effort to locate two missing aeronauts who disappeared two weeks ago. The joint operation widens search areas and coordinates air and ground teams across shared borders.
Charleston, W Va December 29. Lack of orders from canceled contracts and plant shutdowns nationwide forced six mines in the Kanawha district to close. D S Kennedy, secretary of the Kanawha Coal Operators Association, announced the layoff affecting about 600 workers. The district contains 125 mines.
Mrs. Susan Sanders, 80, of McKinney, died when the M. P. Hamilton farm home burned during family absence. She lived with her daughter and perished as the house was destroyed.
An advisory notes that genuine Aspirin bears Bayer on the package or tablets and warns against substitutes. It lists common uses from colds to neuralgia and pain, noting aspirin as Bayer’s trademark and the product’s long-standing medical approval.
The article urges readers to make 1920 resolutions focusing on saving and getting ahead. It describes the Treasury Savings Certificates and War Savings Stamps offering 4.27 percent interest, with limits of $1000 per issue, and notes Liberty Bonds available at favorable prices. It emphasizes disciplined saving amid postwar demand and higher costs.
Advertises Re-Cu-Ma as a health tonic for indigestion liver and blood disorders with a four day trial promise. Claims testimonials and wide store availability at Richmond Drug Co and other drug stores. Mentions a Florence airtight heating stove for sale by Moore's Blacksmith Shop at 311 Gpoe.
Mrs Cora Anderson and sister Miss Lillie Huguely of Ann Arbor Mich visit their parents on East Main Street. Miss Colela Jones of Chicago visits her parents on Elm Street. Mr and Mrs Robert Stewart of Richmond Ind visit the Embry family. The Masons held their annual celebration on Monday December 27. Jordan Embry hosts guests John Owens of Richmond Ind and Stone Walker of Richmond Indianapolis in his orchestra. Ruth J Newel hosts the Monday Evening Music Club. The high school minstrels were a great success. Clay Jefferson and family spend holidays in Charleston West Virginia. Helen Park returns home from Cincinnati where she worked as a stenographer. Cordia Embry visits her mother Julia Embry. Cordia studied stenography in Chicago.
Mrs. F C MecDougle underwent emergency surgery late Tuesday night at Pattie A. Clay Infirmary. Doctors Smeet and Kuhn performed the procedure with Kuhn coming from Louisville. By Wednesday morning she was reported as having partly recovered. Mrs. McDougle’s husband and a daughter of hers were summoned from Quicksand, Kentucky to be with her.
Fragmentary note describes a water matter in the western part of the city near Phoze with a referenced sum of $53 affecting two nearby neighborhoods.
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