Owen Walker Seeks Appeals Reversal in Prohibition Case
A Frankfort dispatch reports Owen Walker of Madison County, indicted for selling intoxicating liquor, asks the Court of Appeals to reverse his felony conviction. He argues the second offense felony provision applied only after the 1920 law, since his first conviction was in 1917, before the act.
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Frankfort
Owen Walker
Madison County
Madison
Court of Appeals
Walker
Ruth Equals Record of Gavvy Cravath
Babe Ruth's 14th homer of the season lifts his career total to 117, tying Gavvy Cravath's mark. Cravath hit homers across 1912 to 1920 with Cravath starting later in Ruth's career due to pitching during Ruth's early years.
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Ruth
Gavvy
New York
Babe Ruth
C. C. Cravath
Philadelphi Nationals
Cravath
Bourbon Farmers Set Seed Harvest Prices in Paris
A Paris Kentucky meeting of farmers and Farm Bureau members agreed on seed harvesting pay for bluegrass seed this season. The plan sets a maximum daily wage of six dollars, three fifty for the raker two fifty for the driver and two fifty per day for strippers.
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Bourbon
Paris
Court House
Bourbon County Farm Bureau
Nice Tax Question Tests Henderson Whisky Tax Authority
Henderson Kentucky June 1 The legality of a city taxing whisky sales after prohibition is awaited as six druggists challenge Henderson's ordinance imposing a 150 dollar annual license tax on druggists selling whisky on prescription. Penalties begin June 1 but enforcement hinges on a court ruling.
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Henderson
Bald Eagle Fatally Injured by Local Man in Kentucky
In St. Charles Kentucky on June 1 a six foot seven inch wingspan bald eagle weighing six pounds was fatally harmed by Will Majors, a Black man, who struck the bird with a public safety item as it rose. The eagle was taken to Madisonville and put on display.
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St. Charles
Will Majors
Madisonville
Real Constable on the Job in Kentucky Chase
Mose Maynard a con stable in Louisa Kentucky pursued J D Browning who jumped from a train near Coleman and fled into a river Maynard followed and made the catch as Browning surfaced on the opposite shore The two then walked eight miles in wet clothes to Wayne jail after the rescue.
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Louisa
Mose Maynard
J. D. Browning
Wayne
Browning
Coleman
Maynard
Solons Send Pages to Witness Circus
Sacramento assembly members turned a routine session into a circus day. Frank L. Coombs proposed letting pages attend the show, a plan approved to fund their admission and snacks as five boys headed to the big event with smiles.
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Solons
Witness
Sacramento
Cal
Frank L. Coombs
Tanlac credited with restoring wife’s health in Little Rock
Walter B. Erion of Little Rock testifies Tanlac cured his wife after seven years of stomach trouble and dramatic weight loss. He says she recovered fully two years ago, gained 40 pounds, has a steady appetite, improved digestion, and calmer nerves, bringing happiness back to their home.
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Tanlac
Boggs Convention Promotes Public Road Knowledge
The Kentucky Road Engineers Association hosts a nonpartisan convention June 7-1 at the Jefferson County Armory Louisville. About 3,000 delegates will attend with tours, motion pictures, and modern equipment demonstrations to educate voters on road construction and maintenance.
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Jefferson County Armory
Louisville
Kentucky Road Engineers Association
State Highway Commission
Jos. S. Boggs
Prayer meetings and visits noted in local column
Dodd and McKinney led a Saturday night prayer meeting at Ander sons home. Ernest Lanter to lead next Saturday at John Winkler’s. Mrs. Silas Hubbard visited her parents at Kingston. Mrs. J. W. Butler and daughter Lee with grandson L. E. Harless visited Mrs. J. H. Tharp. F E B French spent Wednesday in Irvine. Bessie and Ruby Wells visited their parents Horace Wells. Will Anderson lost a cow killed by lightning Thursday. J B Cornelison spent weekend with his daughter Mrs. Will Tharp.
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M. M. Broughton
George McKinney
F. M. Anderson
Ernest Lanter
John Winkler
Silas Hubbard
Kingston
J. W. Butler
Lee
L. E. Harless
J. H. Tharp
FE. B- French
Irvine
Bessie
Ruby Wells
Horace Wells
Will Anderson
J. B. Cornelison
Will Tharp
Supposed Freedom From Rheumatic Aches Promises Relief
The piece urges readers to imagine release from rheumatic pains and stiff joints. It discusses common external treatments that only blunt symptoms temporarily, claiming these do not address the underlying cause that nearly always lies deeper.
Mrs Reep Buried After Cincinnati Death
Mrs N A Reep formerly of Richmond died in Cincinnati last Sunday at 4 am. Funeral in Cincinnati Monday night, burial in Richmond cemetery Tuesday at 2 30 pm. Relatives from Cincinnati Silver Creek Cartersville Nicholasville and other points attended. Revs I G Ambrust and Joseph H Ambrust officiated at service and grave.
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Cincinnati
Silver Creek
Cartersville
Nicholasville
I. G. Ambrust
Joseph H. Ambrust
Charlotte, N. C
England plans martial law in Ireland
Kentucky University will graduate a class of 144 next week.
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Ingland
Ireland
Kentucky University
German captain condemned for wartime cruelty in Leipzig
A German captain received a six month sentence for cruel and inhuman treatment of prisoners during the war in Leipzig. This marks his second conviction for such offenses in the city.
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Leipsic
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Iron Mountain Railroad
Boggs
Dodd
Cumberland Telephone
S.ss
S.S.S
Swift Laboratory
Atlanta
Georgia
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Baye
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