Out of the past
April 29, 1896
The glee club of Ohio Wesleyan University, of which Carl N. Sharp, of this city, is president, will do the singing at the National Oratorical Association meeting at Topeka, Kans., May 5.
E.O. Gump, of this county, was one of the guards appointed at the meeting of the new board of penitentiary managers yesterday.
100 years
April 29, 1921
Margaret Kaser is leading today in the popularity contest being conducted for the Queen of May by the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Frances Potter is second and Zylpha Harmony, third.
M.B. McKee, chairman of the committee in charge of arrangements, said today that a special car on the Western Ohio will leave here at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, to carry the 50 members of the Sidney Kiwanis Club who will be attending the intercity meeting to be held in Dayton. The Kiwanis orchestra and quartet will accompany the local group.
Drove at quite shocking speed on motorway Kilkenny court hears
Driving disqualification imposed
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A man who drove at a ‘quite shocking’ speed on the motorway has been convicted of careless driving.
On April 29, 2020, a garda speed check on the M9 detected a car travelling at 190kph. The driver was Thomas Kerrigan, Mullaghcash Hill, Twomilehouse, Newbridge.
Solicitor Chris Hogan said his client was traveling to visit his elderly aunt who was exhibiting Covid symptoms, and he had a respiratory machine in the car for her.
Mr Kerrigan is a self-employed carpenter living in a remote area. He helps to look after his elderly parents. His licence is important to him, Mr Hogan said.