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Newspaper
Richmond Daily Register
Location
Richmond, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1920
Page
6
This week marks Kirksville high school commencement activities supervised by Mrs. O. L. Arnold and Miss Myrtle Dalton. The program keeps many students busy with extensive plans and activities.
The piece features a Daisy Proud Sisters group with Butterfly and Robin Red as charioteers and Guests at the Ball. Beulah Turner Jennie Smith Lillian Kelly Catherine Duerson Glenmore Coy Virginia Long Ellen Prewitt Lloyd Ross Oscar Helton Lucille Kelly Zelma Bryant and others appear among the cast in a whimsical pageant with singing by Gladys Wilson and chorus.
A fragmented theater note describes Miss Dalton and Mrs Wilson with family and friends. The outline lists characters Bessie Blake Polly Prime Buster Black Dan Dennis Roy Joy Maud and Minerva Duerson plus actors Jane Long Mary Arbuckle Lyda Hagan Ellen Coy Edberges Irma Ross and others. Scene hints include Little Roy’s disappearance and fairy visit with Roy’s later return.
A fragmentary notice lists characters including Ivy Smith Beatrice Prewitt Clara Partrish Christine Prewitt Beatrice Prewitt and Elsie Roop with roles like Messenger of Mortals and various fairies. Other names include Emma Broaddus F Curtis Mercury and a chorus with Virginia Nong Ellen Prewitt Glenmore Coy.
Olive Tablets are advertised as a natural vegetable remedy with olive oil. They claim to improve complexion, energy and digestion like calomel without dangerous after effects, noting they stimulate the liver and bowels and are sold in 10c and 25c boxes with nightly use.
A brief report notes Judge K M Landis received a twenty five second sentence served by Jesse Nash on a mail tampering charge tied to intercepted letters from his wife to another man. The item also covers politics and World War I era notes.
A testimonial from Mrs. J Christman of Binghamton New York praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for nervous prostration and multiple female ailments. The ad claims the product is a standard remedy and invites readers to write for advice to the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts.
Rev. Father J W Rocilecht of Lebanon rode nearly a mile before his presence was seen by an engineer. He escaped uninjured. Prof. R E Monroe of Transylvania College will be succeeded in September by Prof. L R Dingus from Richmond College, Virginia, after five years heading Modern Language. Edward Davis, a former student of
Statement by a Richmond Kentucky dealer asserting ability with many farmers stockmen and real estate brokers as references for gate operations conducted throughout the Blue Grass region.
Transylvania College has written a play titled Loveland to be produced by David Belasco in early autumn. Mr. Davis, president of the National Vaudeville Artists in New York, is involved. Reports to the Federal Prohibition Commission show 447 illicit stills destroyed in March across Tennessee Georgia and Alabama. The latter alone included ten beer-brewing plants. Delegates to the Republican and Democratic national conventions will be chosen this week in state and primary elections. Night riders warned three McCracken county tobacco growers against selling Shorte Williams tobacco at current prices. A New York firm plans a 20 percent price cut to spur others to reduce prices.
A stage synopsis lists Prof John B Wise and Dr Matthew Graham in a domestic comedy set in a small Midwestern college town. Characters include J C Henry Billy Blake Jupiter Jackson and Rosalind Wilson. The acts show a troubled home, a storm, and a later peaceful scene after hardship.
Kirksville High School held its fifth annual commencement on May 6 1920 with Prof. John Howard Payne presiding over diploma presentations. The program included Rev Woodward Chorus and performances by students under Prof Eugene Spurlock and Singers led by Bess J Long and other faculty members.
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