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W. and Tinsley, writer and business manager. Entered according to law at the Post Office Hartford Ky as total matter of the second class.
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Newspaper
Hartford Republican
Location
Hartford, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1920
Page
4
W. and Tinsley, writer and business manager. Entered according to law at the Post Office Hartford Ky as total matter of the second class.
Public notice outlines how subscribers must provide old address for mail redirection. Rates listed: 10 cents per line for business locals and notices, 1 cent per word for obituaries resolutions and cards of thanks, 6 cents per headline and signature. Church notices are free for services. other ads priced at per line rates. Anonymous communications will not be treated.
A December discussion questions taxation burdens and public spending. The writer laments taxes feel high yet funding roads schools and churches is essential, noting habits of grumbling and unequal contributions while arguing the public benefits justify levies. The piece cites personal anecdotes and contemplates civic duty and fiscal philosophy.
Report of residents discussing rising taxes and assessments over past years. One man notes paying more than before while owning similar property, and another recalls higher road-work rates despite unchanged personal earnings. Observations link tax growth to county spending and road projects, suggesting proportional effects on labor and asset values.
Philadelphia November 27 Senator Lodge of Massachusetts met with Senator Penrose at the latter's home for an hour. Lodge advised Penrose against risky travel to Washington for the coming short session noting only appropriation bills may be taken up. Penrose spoke with reporters for the first time in six weeks saying he is feeling fine and will attend to usual business next week. It is a year since Penrose was taken at Washington.
The Kentucky Light and Power Company announces it cannot operate under high taxes and prices and will discontinue light and water services on the Starday of December 1920. The plant will be dismantled and the corporation dissolved. M. L. Heavrin president Ernest Woodward secretary E. G. Barrass treas.-mgr September 25, 1920.
A Kentucky saying about a defeated candidate "going up Salt River" arose from a tale of a confident man who fled by boat after an Election loss and was never seen again. The remark became a slang term in local political language as recorded by Pathfinder.
A divergent column discusses Bek Rial and a new boy, naming Albert, with sympathy for J. D. Claire and his Beads Oddly Strung. It questions bead strings and references a Womanless Wedding and Mat Hunter with 266 pounds of beef in a playful, critical tone about stage roles and appearances.
Dukehurst John Payne and niece Myriie Payne and Charley Ha german spent holidays with relatives near Pattieville. Stenson Park was in Liverpool the first of the week. Hickey J. D. Miller Eamett Park and Thomas Murray with families motored to Owensboro Tuesday. Nina Cornell in Hartford Tuesday shopping. Otto Helton of Dundee visited relatives here last week. Buck Flower and daughter Daisy visiting Kronos this week. Walter Gray and family moved to their farm here revising news Sunnydale last year. A spelling mintch was given at Concord school house Wednesday night.
A Rockport Kentucky notice from Dr. Charles R. Layton urges timely dental work as winter grime increases tooth decay. It warns decayed teeth and abscesses release poisonous pus, risking cancer, and other diseases while detailing gum symptoms, contact details, and office hours.
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