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Newspaper
Richmond Daily Register
Location
Richmond, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1922
Page
6
Classifieds note rent ads in local columns and state Marion Mc Dougle will be admitted free if he presents his talk at the opera house Thursday.
For sale ad announces availability of Fay Stockings with contact Mrs C Templeman via phone 921. The note appears to be a small classified listing with an order prompt.
Dr. C. G. Abbott of the Smithsonian reports in 1920 that opening wireless communication with inhabited worlds is not impossible though prohibitively costly. He notes that current signals likely stem from solar or terrestrial disturbances, not alien intelligence, and says nearer planets might be reachable by wireless with substantial effort. He doubts heliograph or light-based schemes for Venus and Mars, favoring wireless or other undiscovered methods for interplanetary contact.
A Louisville woman at 211 East Walnut Street asks to uncover her birth name, alleging Foster parents hid her identity. She cites birth date June 29, 1879, and claims she was confirmed Catholic but cannot recall the church. Health records show no parental details, and foster parents died with the secret.
Two new state bank examiners start July 1 in Frankfort Kentucky as announced by Deputy State Banking Commissioner Peaveyhouse. They are N M Smock of Carrsville and I M Crume of Hardinsboro. L Ogden will become clerk of the Building and Loan Department and KF J Doss of Shelbyville will step down July 1. The appointments follow a 1922 act creating the offices to handle increased department workload.
Manila May 30 Wheat can be grown successfully in the Philippine Islands and the local demand could be fully supplied with proper cultivation. A Cavite field harvested in March yielded a satisfactory return and a bureau of agriculture study will evaluate broader feasibility across mountain provinces to meet an annual wheat consumption around 79 million pounds.
Mrs Dorothy C Rawlins of Charlestown Mass praises a novelty item called a puff mirror with a sunshade handle while joking that her husband invented it. The fragment hints at a household gadget discussion and domestic chatter.
Washington approves up to 30 million dollars in advances by the Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association of Virginia North Carolina and South Carolina to finance orderly tobacco marketing. Director Meyer says banks will fund much of the finance and advances depend on 50 percent of conservative tobacco valuation.
Miss Flossie Mae Whitaker and sisters visited Mrs Eila Willams on Saturday. Several Whitaker relatives and in laws traveled to Richmond and Red House for family gatherings. Mary and Ila Williams hosted relatives while D T Bogie and family visited Lan caster from Monday to Wednesday.
Local residents report visits from families including Mr and Mrs P H Gunn returning from Detroit and Canada. Mt Pleasant church held a revival closing with 32 additions while Rev S J Carson from Louisville assists in Republican meeting.
Ky judge convicts Dude Clark of bootlegging in 1916 and sentences him to 160 days plus a $100 fine. He had no money, served 300 days, was released and ordered to leave the state. He returned, was rearrested, and jailed to finish 60 days as Gov. Mors tow declines to pardon amid tuberculosis concerns.
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