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Newspaper
Richmond Daily Register
Location
Richmond, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1919
Page
8
Interest grows in the Willard Demspey boxing championship set for Toledo Ohio on July 4. The Daily Register reports from the Associated Press with details promised, including rounds and key moments.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Mr and Mrs J L Rowlette and a child named Onah or similar. Other lines reference a movie event and a gathering at Be Siarn with Wrought beck. Details are incomplete and names may be misspelled.
The game set for Wednesday at 3 15 p m features cross bats between local teams at Lancaster Park. Attendance is expected to be strong and the contest aims to deliver a solid display of skill and teamwork.
Boggs Burnam and Co.—W J Sparks of Mt Vernon joins Joe S Boggs and Saim P Burnam to purchase a quarry and railroad ballast business from S English. They take over earthworks and plan to expand contracting activities. Montgomery county fair dates set for July 23–26 with trotting and running races daily.
The old Castleman farm at Shaker town seven miles north of Harrodsburg Mercer county was sold at public auction by Bolivar Bond and Buckley. It was divided into three tracts with 187 acres home place sold to Hedge Lester of Lexington at 186 dollars per acre. The 79 acre corner tract went to Harney of Shelby county at 236 dollars per acre and the 90 acre tract to G M Ballard of Burgin at 130 dollars per acre. Ballard reportedly owns adjoining land. Rumors say the buyers will open another hotel or inn at Shakerstown.
A young farmer south of Stanford faced indictment by the Lincol county grand jury over a strange cattle feeding dispute. He had kept several cattle on a small tract but allegedly tired them into a neighbor’s pasture after dark.
A new corporation named Co-operating Oil & Realty Co. organized in Maysville. It plans to own 12,000 acres and seeks interested parties to join its oil activity.
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