Judge voids McCombs Oil stock issuance in Kentucky case
Judge Samuel Wirby voided the issuance of McCombs Oil Company stock to J C G C McCombs Abram Renick Paul Wade J Mc Laughlin and Rosario Maggio and ordered the Winchester bank to surrender shares to escrow. The court found a conspiracy to defraud and noted large commissions and improper Delaware incorporation to shield the scheme. Two related suits totaling 360000 remain stalled and will proceed to recover misappropriated funds.
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McCombs Oil Company
Judge Kirby
Louisville
the Times
J. Cgc
McCombs
Abram Renick
Paul M. Wade
J. McLaughlin
Rosario Maggio
New York
Samuel B. Wirby
Clark County National Bank of
Winchester
Treasury
N. A. Moore
Moore
Estill County
Knott County
Delaware
Kentek
Wade
MebLaughlin
Maggie
Winchester Bank
W. O. Head
Wirby
Judge Wirby
The
Bellows
McLaughlin
Rosarito Maggie
Kentucky
Renick
Kirby
McLaughlin Renick
Mageio
Stiit
AleCombs, Moore
George J. Ovle
Loonisville
Loutville
Benjamin K. Washer
Fred Forcht
Mr. Washer
Eades Store Destroyed by Fire at Union City
Fire at Roger Eades store in Unton Cris Union City early Sunday morning destroyed the building and much of the general merchandise. Insurance coverage was stated as in place but property loss is described as severe with the cause of the blaze undetermined.
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Roger Eades
Unton Cris
Allendas
Eades
Welock
Mades
Jury panel at Somerset Circuit Court session seated
Two white women and one Negro man are serving on the jury of the circuit court at Somerset. The panel is presided over by Judge 3 J Bethurum, noted as one of the leading Republican jurists in the state.
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Circuit Court
Somerset
3. J. Bethurum
State
Widow of Col Clay Buys 62 Acres Near Minorsville
The widow of Col E F Clay Sr. purchased 62 acres near Minorsville in Scott county for 3050 dollars from Master Commissioner Frank M Thomason of Georgetown. The land lies in a hilly area and was secured in a sale documenting the transfer.
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Lockhart Clay
Paris
Col E F. Clay
Frank M. Thomason
Georgetown
Minorsville
Scott County
Autos Crash At Main And Collins
A serious collision on Main Street near E C Cornelison's grocery involved Clyde Barnett of Richmond Welch Co and Miss Nettie Kate Evans in a Ford roadster. Evans escaped with slight bruises, while Mrs Barnett suffered back injury and shock. both cars were only lightly damaged.
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Clyde Barnett
Richmond Welch Co
Nettie Kate L Evans
Main Street
E. C
Costa Rican Army Surrenders To Avert Central American War
The threatened conflict between Panama and Costa Rica ended when the Costa Rican army surrendered in Coto, averting war, according to Associated Press dispatch from Washington dated February 28.
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Associated Truss
Washington
Panama
Costa Rica
Coto
Free-for-all fight at Pulaski sale ends in deaths
A public sale near Burnetta in western Pulaski County leads to a deadly melee between Virgil Wood and James Pierce. James Pierce is killed while Hugh Pierce, Grover Pierce, and Wright Wood are wounded. The three wounded are expected to recover. Officials note longstanding ill feeling between Wood and Pierce.
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Somerset
Burnetta
Virgil Wood
James Pierce
Pierce
Hugh Pierce
James
Grover Pierce
Wright Wood
Wood
Jas
Community Notes From Union City And Nearby
Local updates mention Mrs Dunn ill and Charley gaining strength to attend meals. Visists to Mrs Idna Jones, Gilbert Tracy ill after Hazard death, and county social news including dinners and birthdays. Upcoming events include McDonald Birch magic show March 3 with two singers, admission 20 25 35 cents. Examinations for last three months of high school noted.
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Nannie Lou Haris
Edith Denton
Washington
Madeline Jones
Ophelia Risk
Sears
McDonald Birch Company
Birch
KK. D. Noland
Nainie M. Brock
Winchester
Dock Cotton
Irvine Pike
Edna Jones
O. F. Taylor
Baily Olds
Wim. Abney
Sam
W. C. Griges
R. L. Miller
Ross
The
Baptist Church
Grand Jury
Paris B. Akin
Supt. Edwards
R. O. Moberly
Trains Crash at Porter Kills 42 in Midnight Collision
At Porter Indiana the Boston express Interstate Limited rammed the Canadian and Interstate Limited two trains on Michigan Central and New York Central lines. Forty two bodies were recovered with about 100 injured as wreckage and fire trapped passengers. Rescuers worked through darkness to reach the injured and assist women and children first.
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Laport
Ind
Porter
beston-to-Chicago
Interstate Lmited
New York Central
Michigan Central Railroad
Michigan Central
Interstate Express
Uot
Interstate
Interstate Limited
Boston
Porters Porters Ind. Debris Toll in Chesterton Crash
Chesterton morgue holds 36 bodies from the York Central train wreck with four still trapped and two others in a Michigan City hospital. Only 16 identifications reported including Howard Arney of Cleveland Emma Bevier Augusta Mich Florence Lee Michigan City Pearl May Cavanaugh Lillian Baehr Arthur Eckman 2 Justin Collins Revelstoke Gordon Campbell Elkhart Claude John Columbia Carl Deland Detroit or Chicago.
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Justin Collins
London
Ontario
Gordon Campbell
Revelstoke
York Central Train
Elkhart
Ind
W. G. Engler
Chicago
Detroit
Claude Johnlumbia
Carl Deland
New
Soul of Youth Contest Winners Named
Miss Anna Belle Ward thanks town children for a flood of letters and sketches. Judges award top prizes in girls and boys letter and sketch contests with winners led by Sara Cosby Nellie Cornelison Horace Hunter Thomas Clouse Jr and others.
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Anna Belle Ward
Sara Cosby
Margaret Greenleaf
Francis Rock
Fanny Newby
Virgie Mae Hendricks
Nellie Cornelison
Isabelle Port
Frances Langford
Leila Current
Elizabeth Whitlock
Horace Hunter
Joe Blunsehi
E. N. Wilcox
Dan Breck
William Buckley
John Langdon Dies at 76. Interred in Bond Kentucky
John Langdon died Friday night at his daughter Mrs. Wm Bond’s home on Estill Avenue. He was aged 76 and survived by one other daughter who lives in Garrard County. His remains were interred Saturday afternoon at Bond, Kentucky, where he formerly lived.
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John Langdon
Wm. Bond
Estill Avenue
Garrard County
Bond
Ver sailles breeder rejects $1000 bid for famed fox hound Gig Stride
Woolridge of Ver sailles refused a bona fide offer of $1,000 from Walker and Husler of Paint Lick for his stud fox hound Gig Stride. The champion dog, sire of many winners, claimed first in both all-age and field trials at the Mississippi show on Paul Raney’s estate. Lis book for 1921 lists a fee of $30.
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Sam
Woolridge
Versailles
Walker & Husler
Paint Lick
Gig Stride
Fox Hounds
Big Stride
Mississippi
Paul Rainey
Little seeks state prohibition post under Harding
Former Clay county judge E. C. Little of Manchester, who chaired the Republican speakers bureau, advised Representative J. A. Robston today that he seeks appointment as state prohibition commissioner in the Harding administration.
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Washington
Yancey Little
Manchester
Clay County
Harding
J. AM. Robston
Little
Collision Claims All Aboard As Trains Intersect in Michigan City
A Michigan Central passenger train derailed after failing to heed a block signal and collided with a New York Central train at a diamond crossing in Michigan City. The crash killed about fifty aboard the Michigan Central two coaches, while the other train carrying fifty escaped unharmed. Victims were reported decapitated or buried under the locomotive as the two trains plowed end to end along the right of way. Passengers included men and women from Illinois Saskatchewan and Wyoming towns.
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Son
New York Central
Ilkhart
Peter Cain
Regina
Saskatchewan
Barnhart Kramer
Michigan City
Frederick Lechwier
FE. M. Giddings
Nirby
Wyo
Michigan Central
Weather outlook for Kentucky fair tonight and Tuesday
The forecast calls for clear to fair conditions in Kentucky tonight with a slight chance of lingering clouds. It should warm into Tuesday with higher daytime temperatures and a continued dry pattern across the state.
Livestock Markets Report Cincinnati Louisville Feb 28
Cattle in Cincinnati and Louisville show strength with steady hog trade. Chicago quotes 69 5 lower. cattle up to 1400 higher in Louisville with 3 to 9 gains, hogs 5 to 10.50 up to 1,800 head active, sheep steady at 3, lambs at 8.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
Louisville
Supreme Court Rules Profiteering Act Unconstitutional
Washington February twenty eight Supreme Court declares parts of the Lever Food Control Act unconstitutional. Department of Justice prosecutions for profiteering in necessities are affected as the ruling impacts actions across the sector.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Supreme Court
Murder Case in Girguit Court Today
Circuit court heard the murder case of Sallie Johnson Col lared charged with stabbing Holt Elmore to death during a alleged prank. The defense claimed the fatal injury was an accident while they fought. Testimony included Chief Claude Devore saying Elmore called it an accident and a hospital official noting courtesy lessons to a doctor. The case went to the jury after noon following attorney speeches.
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Sallie Johnson
Holt Elmore
Elmore
Attorne John Noland
Commonwelth
B. A. Crutcher
A. R. Burnam
Chie
Claude Devore
Jim Walker
Colored Insurance Assent
Ellmore
Shackelford
Dr. Pugh
Milton Al. Smith Will Probate In Louisville
Milton A. Smith's will probated in Louisville allocates 1650 dollars total estate. It provides 1000 dollars yearly to his sister and the remainder to his daughter Ieva Cooper and two sons Milton and Sidney. Other family members were previously provided for.
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Asscociated Press
Louisville
Milton al. Smith
Ieva Cooper
Milton
Sidney
Hen Price Ad From L T Wilgen
Advertisement from L T Wilgen offering 24 cents for hens and a note about better price for large lot hens. Contact phone 70. 50-tf.
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L. T. Wilgen
Nhone
Monte Fox Buys Exporters At Danville Cattle Sale
Monte Fox purchased 90 head of fancy export cattle from A E Hundley of Boyle county at 8.80 per hundredweight. Exporters averaged 1 480 pounds per head. Fox bought 50 head from William Spillman of Burgin at nine cents per pound. A lost fountain pen with gold tip and gold pocket clasp offers liberal reward.
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Danville
Monte Fox
A. E. Hundley
Boyle County
Mr. Fox
William Spillman
Burgin
Tobaggo Tobacco Sales Totals from Richmond Houses
Records show multiple firms posting extensive tobacco bids and sales at Richmond houses. Colyer Park and Grimes moved hundreds of units across varied prices from $1 to $42, with large blocks at midrange values.
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Richmond
Supreme Court voids Kentucky whisky special tax
The U S Supreme Court ruled Kentucky’s 50 cent per gallon special tax on liquor withdrawn from bonded warehouses unconstitutional. The decision, read by Justice Brandeis, voids the tax as confiscatory and in violation of state and federal constitutions, affecting millions in tax receipts and related injunctions.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Kentucky
Kentucky Distilleries and Warehouse Company
Brandeis Kentuck
Charles I. Dawsor
Kentn
United Ste‘ Supreme Court
United States Court of Thastern District of
Louisville Public Warehouse Company
J. A. Freiburg Company
Cincinnati
Freiburg Company
Massachusetts
Dawson
Quarterly Court Session Moved to March Date
Judge W. Ek. Price announces no Quarterly Court session this week due to circuit court. The regular term will be held March 8. All litigants with non postponed cases must appear on that date.
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W. Ek. Price
Price
Daniels to oppose Simmons in 1924 race
Raleigh February report states that Josephus Daniels plans to run against incumbent Senator Furnifold M. Simmons in 1924. Daniels has secured campaign managers from former Lieutenant Governor Max Gardner as part of his bid.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Josephus Daniels
F.m.simmons
Naval
Max Gardner
Daniels
Simmons
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Abe Renick
Pals
McCombs Oil Co
Union City
Ory
Pelaski
Main and
Collins
Pulaski Sale
Associated Press
Indiana
N. Y. Central
Coleman Griggs
Otter Creek
Brookstown
Morris Coy
Morris
Job Ballard
Profiteering
Girguit
Milton Smith
Colyer
Park
Grimes
Park and
Rogers
C. W. Cobb
Norris and
Cain
Owen Norris
B. Whitlock
Baldwin
Burke and Roop
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