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Newspaper
Richmond Daily Register
Location
Richmond, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1920
Page
4
The ad touts Gets-It as a guaranteed, money-back corn remover that loosens corns so they lift in a day or two without pain. It claims millions have used it and lists Lawrence Co Chicago as maker, with Richmond and Stockton Son as distributors and recommendations from H. L. Perry & Son.
Miss Alice Prince and Walter Baker aged thirty three from Brooklyn married in Alexandria Virginia after eloping. Baker, a renowned blind instructor at the Evergreen Red Cross Institute for the blind, studied at Columbia and served overseas in the war. The couple now reside at the institute.
Two Filipino rivals Angel Umali and Tranquilino Paglinawan fought a duel near central Manila using belts as weapons. Umali crippled Paglinawan by severing his left hand, Paglinawan was hospitalized in critical condition, and Umali was captured after fleeing. No law against dueling exists in the Philippines, and Umali faces a minor charge.
The American naval department begins exhuming bodies of U S marines and sailors who died outside battle zones in France. About 200 flag-draped coffins at Brest await shipment to the United States with first shipment planned for late April. roughly 600 such servicemen are buried in France, 400 to be returned, others to remain per relatives wishes. More than 6,000 marines died in battle zones and will be exhumed next November.
Capt. L. L. Pickens relocates to a new home below Ripley and takes his dog Shep with him. Each night the hound vanishes and returns, guarding the old residence as an alert for his master.
London court grants divorce to Mrs. Edgar Taylor after she denounced her husband with harsh words. She declared hatred for him and relief at being free from the marriage, leading to the dissolution of the union.
The Illinois Democratic State Convention endorsed a dry platform stance, directing delegates to avoid any moisture related language in the party platform and focusing on traditional issues.
Fay Armstrong died at his home Saturday morning after days of illness the cause listed as apoplexy. He leaves a wife and is buried in Nicholasville cemetery. Family and neighbors express thanks to friends who assisted and provided flowers and transportation for the burial.
President Coates of Eastern Normal returned from Stanford where he delivered the commencement address to a large class of graduates on Wednesday night. The program marked the close of the week’s festivities at the school with an entertainment to follow.
The notice urges investors to place funds in first mortgage instruments. It mentions a daily register and the figure of fifteen thousand dollars, indicating a range from two to fifteen thousand dollars. The date or context is not fully clear from the fragment.
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