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Newspaper
Hartford Republican
Location
Hartford, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1917
Page
5
FRIDAY notices list trains No. 113 No. 110 No. 112 and others with arrival and departure times between Elimich Irvington Louisville and Elimited. North bound No. 114 and south bound No. 116 mixed services show due times at Hartford, with schedule details for local routes and connections.
Hartford and surrounding area residents share news of social visits, arrivals, and engagements. Notables include Beulah Moore taking a law firm post, Misses Mary Austin Carson and Mary Bean joining Carson & Co, and plans for a Mammoth Cave hike by Camp Fire Girls. Also noted are new guardianship appointments, job moves, a gas well report near Hartford, and upcoming decoration exercises postponed to June.
Citizens discuss a fund to aid Co H soldiers while with the Army. Subscriptions of a monthly amount to last the war are mailed or given to the Republican or Herald, preferably to local treasurer BE G Barrass. Funds go to the commanding officer for soldier comfort not via regular channels. A weekly or biweekly subscriber list will be published. Big Bargains feature includes hats at Likens Meat Shop. Also reports include a lieutenant killed in Allies Army action near Arras and poultry prices for Hartford Kentucky deliveries.
The article notes Ohio County will contribute about four hundred soldiers under the national registration plan. It stresses farm work should not substitute military service and highlights Co. H infantry as the local unit with Hartford recruiting offices open for daily enlistments. Prospectively absent orders and temporary returns home are allowed to speed mobilization.
At the recent examination for teachers in Common Schools of Ohio County 47 applicants appeared. Of these 16 earned first class certificates, 2b second line and 20 passed altogether. Miss Carrie EB southern d of Bebels, 28, top with 95 percent average, Miss Mary Laura Pendleton of Hartford next at 92 7 11 percent. The test was noted as difficult, explaining the high failure rate.
May 20 dispatch reports Villa forces attacked the Ojinaga garrison in Mexico, catching government troops near the caravan and driving them to retreat toward Texas. Mexican soldiers reportedly abandoned arms as they crossed into U.S. territory, with civilians and women among those affected.
Centra May 30 It is reported from Homatsborn on Lake Const ane that after Count Zeppelin's death many Zeppelin factory workers at Prietrichshaven have been dismissed and ordered to join the army. The planned large airship framework would have been completed in six weeks but will not be evacuated for months due to lack of workmen.
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