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Newspaper
Richmond Daily Register
Location
Richmond, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1922
Page
2
The Richmond Valley Register lists M Saufles as editor and propride and credits the Associated Press for foreign advertising dispatches. Subscription rates by carrier in Richmond are 60 cents a week or yearly.
Whitesburg Kentucky June 28 Aunt Bettie Ann Webb 90 oldest of the Webb family died at her home near Mayking after a brief illness. Surviving husband Aaron and sisters and brothers include Webb 89 Sam Andrew Webb 85 Dutch Webb 80 and Joe N Webb 70. Her hardy stock traces to Daniel Boone pioneering Kentucky lineage.
Mrs. Nell Mottwiler sued Dr. Edgar W. Stokes for 25000 alleging unlawful confinement at Stokes Sanatorium. The case was dismissed for lack of prosecution after claims the doctor invaded her apartment at 2 AM and forcibly took her.
Dr Stokes testified he accompanied by the woman's husband and she went to the sanatorium without objection. The suit centers on alleged coercion during transfer from the institution. The account emphasizes a lack of resistance and denial of the protest claim.
A letter to State Attorney General Barrett made public today from United States Senator Selden P. Spencer of Missouri suggests Attorney General Daugherty may not continue in his post due to health or inclination. The note was released in Jefferson City Missouri on June 28.
The article notes that women historically ran hospitals and cared for the sick while men argued over religious and medical theories. It highlights Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a valued remedy for ailments specific to women, produced by a woman about fifty years prior.
Large crowds gather at the courthouse square to hear Chief White Eagle from western Oklahoma. He promotes his Indian Sematone medicine sold at Griggs Drug Store and claims Indians outlive other nations. The chief, his wife the Indian Princess, and daughter travel with horses, dogs, and music while praising Richmond locals and promising cures with a money back guarantee.
Mayfield Kentucky dispatch reports a Clay Switch child the son or daughter of Mr and Mrs Thes Minton in a serious condition after a spider bite. Police and doctors treat the case as a medical emergency with no additional details provided.
Midway Kentucky June 28 Dr J G Bow of Louisville preached at the celebration of the Baptist churchs fifty year anniversary.
The Winchester chamber of commerce seeks funds with the Sunday School Association to bring the State Sunday School Convention to Winchester October 3 5. The note lists multiple local civic items including hospital dedication July 4 and school building projects.
Full approval of the action of division engineers T B Smith and Resident Engineer Jones of Winchester in discharging W F Smith, former instrument man and once acting resident engineer at Richmond, from the State Highway Department was voiced by the State Highway Commission after an all day hearing into charges made by Smith.
Lawrenceburg Kentucky June 28 Jess Riley received four years in the penitentiary for taking 25 pieces of meat from Capt. T. H. Wilsons house. He was followed by tire marks from an auto he rented and shoe prints in mud matched his shoes.
Sealed bids to construct a frame gymnasium on the campus of the Eastern Kentucky State Normal School must be received by the Board of Regents in Richmond Kentucky by 12 noon on July 15 1922. Blue prints and specifications are available from C C and E A Weber Architects Miller Building Cincinnati Ohio.
A 15 year old boy charged with taking a bag containing $30 from a ticket agent's trunk was traced after he appeared at a bank to change $13 in coins. He guided officers to the location of the remaining money.
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