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Newspaper
Richmond Daily Register
Location
Richmond, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1920
Page
2
The Daily Register announces Democratic candidates for Congress subject to party action. Names Rico? and Ries of Someraen County appear in the notice with county involvement.
A D Oaks left Richmond Tuesday night after receiving a telegram about the death of his nephew John Oaks in Virginia. He will visit Arch Oaks, his brother, whom he has not seen in years. Oaks suspects a sudden death and stayed east. In Madison County wool production is high but farmers withhold sales awaiting higher prices.
The price-decrease campaign extends from Richmond to Lotsville with merchants cutting lists. Miss Florence Rohr of the High Cost of Living Campaign arrives to recruit 20,000 Louisville women, aided by the Treasury thrift drive and the Agriculture Department home economics program. Miss Rear coordinates eastern states while Miss Rehr completes southern work with pledge cards for women.
Famous Gilbert and Sullivan light opera Pinafore to be staged at Chautauqua. The campaign urges strict economy in every respect and has drawn wide interest among city women. Women in Richmond lead a local crusade, following charity rules, with others in smaller cities invited to seek information on how to participate.
A classified notice seeks a young woman to learn salesmanship with starting pay of 100 dollars and rapid promotion. Applicants are asked to call a telephone number and contact A B C in care of the Daily Register at 143 3tp.
Awards granted to Mme Clement and Mile Marie d Have for supplying Belgian general staff with details of the first German gas mask. Their father Theophile d Have, posthumously recognized for aiding the effort. The daughters faced risk sneaking designs past Dutch frontier searches.
Los Angeles judge orders Patrick Corrigan to sleep in the woodshed pending divorce trials. He must pay Annie Corrigan $12 weekly alimony for support of the three sets of twins. Mrs Corrigan objects to his entering the house.
In Pittsburgh a special meeting of the American Window Glass Manufacturers association reviewed the scarcity of labor and considered extending the first period factories’ operation and advancing the second period start. The group had previously arranged May operation for one group while another remained idle and planned a September restart for the second group.
About 500 members of the Holy Ghost and Us sect, abandoned by leaders who moved away, face extreme hunger at their Shiloh colony on a snowbound sand hill near Lisbon Falls. Local authorities report the danger and call for aid to the dispersed group.
A Shelbyville man opened a fake navy recruiting station and gathered 22 recruits then disappeared leaving many unpaid bills. Louisville and Lexington officials say he had no authority to recruit in the area.
Teachers examination graded and returned to County Superintendent B. J. Edwards. A large percentage passed and will report for school work. Many did not intend to teach, and several first time test takers are among the group.
A newspaper item advertises good coffee from D. B. McKinney & Company reminding readers to buy Rookwood coffee. It notes a seasonal drop in Richmond livestock shipments with expectations of July normalcy and an uptick after month’s start.
Stolen bay horse with white facial spots reported. large reward offered for information leading to recovery. Contact C. R. Curd in Ravenna Kentucky for details and recovery tips. Also ads note film developing services and job opportunities in Kentucky towns.
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