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Newspaper
Hartford Republican
Location
Hartford, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1916
Page
3
The piece argues government policy stifled real competition in armor making by not bidding full tonnage to the lowest bidder. It contends this would push two of three manufacturers out of business, leaving one plant. It urges rate regulation as the public utility solution and government price fixing for armor.
In Barbourville Kentucky on June 4 a 300 barrel gusher emerged within the Crow Creek district of Kent county after a測 precise lease. The week saw six productive completions in Batitt county plus a 200 barrel strike and a 25 barrel wells in Powell county. Pipe line work progresses as feeder lines near completion and more acreage goes under lease across Powell, Allen and Warren counties.
Prospects for small pools are excellent in Tennessee as thousands of acres have been leased in the state over the past two months. The report notes continued activity in leasing and exploration, highlighting the emerging potential in the region.
In Washington free to the final step in Congress the Lincoln Farm near Hodgenville becomes a national park as the Senate passes the bill already approved by the House. The President is expected to sign soon and may visit Hodgenville in September to accept the site for the nation. Beckham bill reimbursing Kentucky 1400 for transporting National Guard members from Chickamauga to Kentucky during the Spanish American War also passed. The federal government could not care for sick soldiers and the state moved them to Kentucky.
A Frankfort woman describes recovering from prolonged female weakness after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits three bottles with restoring her health and ability to work, and she endorses the remedy for other women suffering from similar problems.
Louis D. Brandeis of Horton assumes the oath and seat as the sixty second justice on the Supreme Court. Chief Justice White administered the oath in private, with the court witnessing the formal proceedings. The ceremony, attended by family and officials, marked Brandeis joining the bench beside Justice Pitney amid a crowded courtroom.
A northern road engineer reports a new method combining sand asphalt and compacted foundation to bind sand into a durable road surface. The process uses deliberate sand grain sizes including coarse medium and fine to achieve permanent binding, signaling a potential revolution in Florida road construction.
A report extracts methods from Popular Mechanics describing asphalt use with coarse and fine screenings blended in a matxing machine followed by steam rolling. It notes a 21 ton machine and questions how long such roads will last, with a 16 year conservative estimate offered.
A 160 acre farm four miles east of Hartford on the border of the out fields offers a good dwelling barn and other necessary outbuildings with a young orchard strawberry beds and other pleasing features. If bonds carry inter-county seat pike will be near. See or write Tinsley Barnett Hartford Ky for further particulars.
The piece advocates farming as a vocation and home, stressing the need for spiritual and mental attitude, permanence, education, and wholesome recreation. It urges families to value the city conveniences accessible on farm life and to align daily living with nature, wind and rain, dawn to night.
A fragmentary account narrates the sinking prian with Teutonic phrasing and vivid, graphic language. The text hints at a descriptive, possibly sensational recounting of the disaster and its characters.
A seafaring narrator recalls the sinking process as ships are scuttled. Explosives open boiler rooms, water floods in jets, and the vessel settles stern first. The bow submerges, funnels rupture, debris and smoke fill the air as the ship sinks to the depths.
Advertisement urges readers to subscribe to a new weekly Kenney newspaper featuring state and general news editorials stories and cartoons. Promotes pairing with Hartford Republican Twice-a-Week Messenger for a year at 1 50 with clubbing subscriptions offered through Reguidlicap Rarifout Ky.
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