McGaughey Heroic Rescue Of Toddlers In Downhill Car
Richmond photographer S J McGaughey earns hero consideration after he leapt onto a running car rolling downhill toward two toddlers. He grabbed the steering wheel and set the brake as the vehicle neared a 25 foot drop, guiding it safely to a stop in front of the Luxon home. The two girls Dorothy and Edith Jane Baxter, aged two and three, were unharmed.
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S. J. McGaughey
Richmond
County Road
J. G. Baxter
Dorothy
Edith Jane
Baxter
Summit Street Hill
R. C. Boggs
Mr. McGaughey
Mr. Boggs
McGaughey
Summit Street
W. E. Luxon
Hoover reports limited progress in coal strike settlement
Secretary Hoover told the Senate that he and Secretary Davis proposed informal settlement ideas to end the coal strike, but thus far the government’s efforts have yielded no result. The disclosure marks the first government attempt to intervene in the dispute between operators and union miners. Kennedy Produce Co. advertises buying old farm equipment and scrap iron.
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Py Associated Press
Washington
Hoover
Senate
Davis
Commerce
Department of Labor
Denver golfer makes first known women's hole in one
Pineville Kentucky June 7 A Denver woman may have been the first to score a hole in one. Mrs Eugene Hall wife of a Pineville physician accomplished the feat on a 100 yard hole at the local links. The shot followed a drive hopped a bunker and rolled into the cup witnessed by Mr and Mrs Hall and two club employees.
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Associated Press
Pineville
Denver
Eugene Hall
Hall
Madison High School 1922 Class Night at Opera House
The class of 1922 presents its program tonight at 8 15 at the opera house. Dorthy Terrill delivers the President's Address, Mary Powers reads the Class Poem, Edna Mullinix presents the Class History, Faye Price leads the Class Song, Hurst reads the Class Will, Anna Catherine Huguely is Class Historian, Thelma McClintock offers the Prophecy, and the class play The Laughing Cure is performed.
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Madison High School
Opera House
Dorothy Terrill
Mary Pow
Ers
Edna Mullinix
Faye Price
Marshal Hurst
Anna Catherine Huguely
Thelma McClintock
the Laughing Cure
Mrs Jessie L Dozier Dies After Illness
General regret spread Wednesday as Mrs Jessie J Dozier died at home on the Lancaster pike Tuesday evening after a long tuberculosis illness. She was 25 and survived by her husband two children and her mother Mrs G C Carnes Interment was at Richmond cemetery Wednesday afternoon.
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Lancaster Pike
G. C. Carnes
Richmond Cemetery
City Assessment Figures Reported for Local Property
City Board of Tax Supervisors opened sessions with City Assessor G W Deatherage presenting a total assessment near four million four hundred thousand dollars. Board members T J Collins N B Deatherage and Valli Burnam reviewed the books. Deatherage stated the city’s assessed value is about four hundred thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Board of Tax Supervisors
Messrs. T. J. Collins
N. B. Deatherage
Valli Burnam
G. W. T. Deatherage
Bank stock sale by public outcry at $148 a share
Twenty shares of Southern National Bank stock were sold by W. B. Turley to C. B. Terrill at public outcry on Tuesday. Col. Long Tom Chenault cried the sale in his usual effective style. The price was considered very fair at $148 per share.
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Southern National Bank
W. B. Turley
C. B. Terrill
Long Tom ‘Chenault
Mellon Was Only 69 Says Birthday Note Mistake
H K Mellon protest over misprint in a country newsletter claiming he was 70 instead of 69. He recalls a near miss during a visit to a barrel factory area when a sleeping office was cleared in time, losing most personal effects. friends expect regret.
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H. K. Mellon
Mellon
No Services Tonight at Methodist Church
Rev. W. O. Sadler announces that there will be no prayer service at the Methodist church tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. O. Sadler
Methodist Church
Green Apples Claim Victim in Kentucky Story
Green apples are linked to a death in western Kentucky as five year old Fred M Cochran of Mayfield died after eating several green apples. The incident occurred eight miles east of Mayfield last night with authorities investigating the cause.
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Mayfield
Kentucky
Fred M. Cochran
Prohibition enforcement aid pledged by Tampa American Legion
The Tampa Florida American Legion offers its entire membership to assist the prohibition enforcement officer of the district as Bahamas and Bermuda lie nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bahamas
Bermuda
Tampa, Florida
American Legion
Higher Standards for Normal Work in Kentucky
Frankfort June 7 standard courses adopted by the executive council of the normal schools must be met by all state certificate teachers institutions. Superintendent George Colvin announced the measures to be enforced under Prof. C. D. Lewis. A key rule bars anyone under 18 living within seven miles of an approved high school from admission unless they complete a course offered by that high school to avoid infringing on high school territory.
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Frankfort
Executive Council of the Normal Schools
George Colvin
Colvin
C. D. Lewis
Executive Council
Tax Commission to Discuss Reassessment Suits
County Attorney J. P. Chenault says members of the state tax commission and counsel for Fayette and six other central Kentucky counties will meet in Frankfort Thursday at 10 a m to discuss a proposed agreed suit to test the commission powers under present state laws in the recalcitrant counties case.
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J. P. Chenault
Madison County
State Tax Commission
Fayette
Kentucky
Frankfort
Crit D. Frazier Rites Held Saturday At Home
Funeral services for Crit D. Frazier were conducted Saturday afternoon at 2 30 at the Estill avenue home by Dr. E C McDougle with the Odd Fellows to Jesse Dykes Post of the American Legion in charge. Interment followed in Richmond cemetery.
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Crit D. Frazier
Estill Avenue
E. C. McDougle
Odd Fellows
Jesse Dykes Post
American Legion
Richmond Cemetery
Morrow Names Watterson Commission
Gov. Morrow announced a 16 member executive committee for the Watterson Memorial Commission to oversee a memorial for the late Louisville Courier-Journal editor. All members are from Louisville except Alexander Centa of New York.
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Frankfort
Miners to Seek Referendum for Strike in Hazelton
The anthracite miners committee in Hazelton Pennsylvania announced it will seek a referendum authorizing a strike if conditions require it. The move follows the ongoing suspension of hard coal operations and signals potential labor action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazelton
Anthracite Miners Scale Committee Today
First Baptist Church Ladies Bazaar Set for December
The ladies of the First Baptist church plan their annual bazaar on the first Saturday in December. Proceeds support church programs and community outreach.
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Ladies of the First Baptist Church
Perryville Officials Appointed After Missed Election
Governor Mor rington names J B Harmon as mayor and J M Gray as police judge for Perryville Boyle County after no November city election. Six citizens named as councilmen to hold office until the next election.
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Associated Press
Brankfort
Perryvile
Boyle County
Morign
J. B. Harmon
J. M. Gray
Warning Against Check Sharper In Kentucky Banks
Kentucky bankers warn of a man forging certified checks from Brecksville Bank Co Ohio using names W D McDowell Willis McDowell Harry Parry Henry Miller John Muller and Sons and by William Miller John Cole and W D McDowell He is 45, medium height, 150 pounds, dark hair and smooth shaven with a cross look due to one eye The Kentucky Bankers Association issued the alert as no certified checks are outstanding or issued until the forger is stopped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Louisville
Kentucky
Brecksville Bank Co
Brecksville
Ohio
W. D. McDowell
Willis McDowell
Harry Parry
Henry Miller
John Muller
Kentucky Bankers’ Association
Inheritance Taxes Collected From 44 Estates May Totals
A Frankfort dispatch reports $18 729.22 in inheritance taxes collected by the state tax commission in May from 44 estates. Rainey T Wells, chairman, told State Auditor J J Craig the largest single payment was 3 355 88 from Louisa Welch Labrot of Franklin County who died Feb 10 1921. Other filings include W R Boggs Richmond 91 07 J A Davis Woodford 461 62 Thomas Grace Anderson 2 22 Mary E Mulholland Woodford 250 75 J H Murphy Jessamine 356 38 E H Nowell Fayette 125 50 Louisa Stella Fayette 7 12 J F Thomas Madison 14 40 Sarah M Willeroy Fleming 58 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
State Tax Commission
Rainey T. Wells
J. J. Craig
Louisa Welch Labrot
Franklin County
W. R. Boggs
Richmond
J. A. Davis
Woodford
Thomas Grace
Anderson
Mary E. Mulholland
J. H. Murphy
Jessamine
E. H. Nowell
Fayette
Louisa Stella
J. F. Thomas
Madison
Sarah M. Willeroy
Fleming
Five Days Festivities Mark Royal Wedding
Belgrade notes five days of celebrations for the June 8 wedding of King Alexander of Yugoslavia to Princess Marie of Romania. Guests and people from both nations will join in a sequence of ceremonies, parades, and public events surrounding the royal marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Alexander
Jugo-Slavia
Marie
Romania
Lost or Strayed Boar From Mrs Jake White’s Farm
Reward offered for a spotted Fol and China boar missing from Mrs Jake White’s. Contact Richard Cobb Jr at 1312p or phone 546 J for details and return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake White
J. Richard Cobb, Jr
Kentucky county fair season opens with multiple events
Frankfort June 7 Kentucky lists 23 county fairs with dates from July to September. Montgomery fair runs July 19–22 in Mt Sterling. Mt Vernon fair August 9–11. Brodhead Aug 16–19. Kentucky State Fair Sept 11–16 in Louisville. Other counties include Anderson, Barren, Boone, Boyle, Bullitt, Campbell, Christian, Daviess, Fayette, Henderson, Jackson, Jefferson, Kenton, Knox, Larue, Laurel, Mason, Mercer, Rockcastle, Union, plus seven more awaiting dates.
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Associated Press
Frankfort
Kentucky
Montgomery Fair Association
Mt. Sterling
Rockcastle
Mt. Vernon
Brodhead Fair Association
Brodhead
Louisville
Commissioner of Agriculture
Anderson County
Lawrenceburg
Fair Association
J. L. Cole
Barren
South Kentucky Fai Association
Glasgow
R. DeVasher
Boone North Kentucky Fair Association
Florence
Hubert Conner
Boyle
New Perryville
Perryville
H. C. Mullins
Bullitt
Bullitt County Fair Association
Shepherdsville
J. W Barrell
Campbell
Campbell County Agricultural Society
Alexandria
R. L. Ratchford
Christian
the Pennyroyal
Hopkinsville
J. W. Richards
Daviess
Daviess County Fair Association
Owensboro
J. M. Pendleton
Fayette
Blue Grass Fair Association
Lexington
Ken Walker
Henderson
Jacob Zimbro
Jackson
Jackson County
W. R. Reynolds
Tyne
Jefferson
Jefferson County Fair Co
Beuchel
B. J. Williams
Kenton
Erlanger
Knox
Knox County Fair Association
Barbourville
J. S. Miller
Larue
Larue County
Hodgenville
A. V. Kennedy
Laurel
Laurel County Fair Co
London
L. A. Lovelace
Mason
Germantown Fair Co
Germantown
Dan H. Lloyd
Mercer
Mercer County Fair Association
Harrodsburg
Cleil Coleman
Montgomery
Montgomery Fair Co
C. G. Thompson
R. H. Hamm
Fleming County
Casey
Casey County Fair Association
Liberty
O. C. Thomas
Madison County
Berea Fair Association
Pulaski County
Somerset
Pulaski Fair Association
Spencer County
Taylorsville
Spencer County Fair Association
Warren County
Bowling Green
Warren County Fair Association
Washington County
Springfield
Wednesday Livestock Market Reports From Cincinnati to Louisville
Cincinnati markets report dull hogs and steady lambs while hogs rise 10c in Chicago. Louisville cattle around 200 head, hogs 1500 strong, sheep 200 active, lambs lower at 14.25 to 14.50.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
Jersey
Louisville
Predicts Railway Strike on July 15
Toledo, June 7 A strike of railway employees will probably come about July 15. President F. R. Lee of the Federated Shop Crafts of the Wabash system, presiding at the federation convention, said the shopmen will vote almost unanimously for a strike. They feel they cannot afford wage reductions now.
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Associated Press
Toledo
F. R. I.ee
Federation
Railway shopmen vote urged on separate questions
Cincinnati June 7 The executive council of six shop crafts unions ordered a ballot for the nation’s 400000 railway shopmen on separate questions. Instructions were sent to Chicago to distribute the ballots with all possible speed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asociated Press
Cincinnati
Executive Council
Chicago
Smith Breckhart Named by Iowa Republicans for Senate
Washington June 7 the nomination of Smith W. Breckhart by Iowa Republicans for United States Senate was called an emphatic repudiation of Harding's administration and the Republican Congress. Hull of the Democratic National Committee said the Breckhart choice opposes the Lsch Cummins act and endorses farm relief programs Harding opposed.
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Associate Press
Washington
Iowa
Smith W. Brockhart
United States
Hull
Democratic National Committee
Harding
Republican Congress
Beveridge
Indiana
Tinchot
Pennsylvania
Breckhart
Farmers’ Bles
Sherman urges burning old school histories at Lincoln College
Lincoln Illinois June 7 Former U S Senator Lawrence Y Sherman delivered the commencement address at Lincoln College urging that school histories be burned. He said ancient and medieval history teaches crime as a constant recital while masking human justice and virtue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Lincoln, Ill
United States
Lawrence Y. Sherman
Lincoln College
Belshazzar
Alexander
Swinebread Sells Lancaster Mills and Home
G B Swinebread sold the Lancaser Flour Mills in Lancaster Kentucky to Mr Meyers of Scottsville for 8900 dollars. The Meyers family will move in soon to run the mill. Swinebread also sold Nellie Taylor's house and one acre on the Danville road to Toc Lee for 2600 dollars.
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Lancaster Mills
Lancaster
G. B. Swinebread
Mr. Meyers
Scottsvile
Lancaser Flour Mills
George Spoonamore
Meyers
Danville Road
Toc Lee
Owensboro Seeks Site for State Normal School
Owensboro Kentucky reports that seventy eight citizens joined in a $100000 fundraising drive to secure the site for the new Western Kentucky State Normal School in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owensboro
Western Kentucky State Normal School
Rockcastle County Superintendent Faces Misappropriation Charges
Trials of Mrs. Alice Davis charged with misappropriating funds and forging certificates, and J. S. Swinford charged with issuing illegitimate warrants, are set to begin. Mack Morgan of the state Department of Education will testify. Morgan's report cites missing vouchers and warrants for a minor son.
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Frankfort
Alice Davis
Rockcastle County
J. S. Swinford
Board of Education
Mack Morgan
Department of Education
Winford
Morgan
Swinford
Garrard County
Colvin
Kentucky farmers test wheat varieties across 19 counties
Forty nine farmers in 19 Kentucky counties join extension division tests to identify the highest yielding soft wheat variety. Varieties include Ashland Currells Prolific Falcaster Kanred and a local main crop. Yields for grain and straw will be recorded for 49 tests and shared with county agents and stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Tress
Lexington
The
College of Agriculture
Ralph Kenney
Ashland
Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station
Currell
Fulton
Bailard
Livingston
Crittenden
Hopkins
Webster
Henderson
Muhlenburg
Todd
Warren
Breckinridge
Hart
Taylor
Marion
Washington
Pulaski
Carroll
Campbell and Boyd
Kenney
Sai
Wanted colored couple for farm labor and housekeeping
Help wanted advertisement from Bowyer Bros of Winchester seeks a colored couple. Man to work on the farm, wife to cook and care for the home. Describes nice quarters and good wages. Mail reply to Bowyer Bros. Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowyer Bros
Winchester
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Kennedy Produce Co
Jessie L Dozier
Sherlock
Holmes
Grant Williams
New York
Lillian White
Leét
Catherine Capertine
Miss White
Crit Frazier Funeral
Morrow
Watterson
Berea
REDS
Brooklyn
Sherman
Swinebread
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