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Newspaper
Richmond Daily Register
Location
Richmond, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1920
Page
2
The Daily Register lists authorized candidate announcements for office subject to Democratic party action, with subscription options shown for six months and yearly mail delivery.
County Road Engineer J. G. Baxter reports progress on inspecting and improving various roads in Madison county. Irvine road work is advancing to a stage revealing the extent and importance of the task. This decade will mark substantial progress in road improvement in Kentucky.
The weed cutting along public highways will start July 1 and run until August 20. County Road Engineer Baxter reports the law unchanged and expects property owners to trim weeds brush and overhanging branches to keep roadways clear for travelers.
A compact stock listing shows names including Ed Anderson R L Burdette Mary Miss Gusher Elizabeth Hacher Wm Marlon John Ross Elizabeth Miss Speaks Martha West Maggie Miss and P M Stockton in a miscellaneous correspondence notice.
Carr McCarthy youngest son of Mrs Kate McCarthy of Mt Carmel Fleming county drowned in the Little Miami river at Oregonia Ohio while visiting his uncle John Goddard near the riverbank authorities investigated the accident details unclear in current report
Frank J Powell has reached Ketchikan Alaska from France after enlisting as a veteran. He travels without a gun or guard and plans to roam the far north seeking mining prospects and freedom to travel until tired. His letter to H J Powell of Richmond notes the city’s small size and the many others who have chosen the same path.
Kentucky emerges as a leading state in cancer research and fight, with plans and reports set for the upcoming U S Medical Society meeting. Physicians here compile statistics while medical literature and expert estimates highlight the national toll. Dr Frederick Dugdale of Boston, at the Allied Medical Association convention, says evidence supports a constitutional basis for cancer with triggering causes needed to develop the disease.
Spiegel Grove in Fremont now a state park under the Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society. The five acre site surrounding the Hayes Mansion was gifted by Col Webb C. Hayes who acquired it after his father Rutherford B. Hayes died. A deed to the property has been filed for record.
A century ago Maine law required a husband to pay all his wife’s debts if she purchased clothing for him ensuring accountability for household spending under legal statute.
J H Fitzgerald is selected as the new Kirksville High School principal. A Kentucky University graduate, he will be joined by his wife, an experienced teacher, who becomes an instructor at the same school. Allen H Zaring is named administrator of the estate of Mattie J Zaring with a $10000 penalty sum and appointed appraisers J W Crooke, R M Rowland, and R R Burnam.
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