Drag the Roads After the Rains Proposed for Ohio County
A regional editorial urges stopping road plowing and instead dragging dirt roads after rains. It argues dragging with a simple drag made from a split log hardens the surface, saves fuel, and reduces dust. The piece cites practical trials and appeals to local farmers and section officials to adopt the practice. Also noted is a separate incident on the Hartford road involving a deputy sheriff and a girl who discarded a pocket book holding forty dollars, described as a moral concern and potential reform school case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio County
Wolver
Hartford
Roy Keown
Reform School
Drunk and Disorderly Charged in Ed Collinge Case
Kehols residents Will Barsett and Lucy Drowning appear in county court on Saturday charged with being drunk and disorderly and disturbing the peace of Um Road people. Ed Collinge filed the warrant, recounting a lurid tale of misconduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Barsett
Lucy
Kehols
Um Road
Ed Collinge
Fugitive Girl Gertrude Ford Captured in Rockport
Gertrude Ford, 14, daughter of Dave Ford, escaped from the almshouse bound for Greendale Reform School. She was captured Monday in Rockport and jailed. Since fleeing, she had lingered in Martwick and resumed old vices, including a self-inflicted hand wound with a weapon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Ford
Dave Ford
Greendale Reform School
Rockport
Martwick
Thermolt
Dan Murphy Discharged After Wandering Tramp Case
Dan Murphy, known to locals, was picked up by Sheriff Bratcher on Beaver Dam Pike Monday. After cleansing, he was deemed a humble wanderer with a 90 year old father in Louisville and no work remembered. The court affirmed the verdict and discharged him with a move on quick order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Murphy
Sheriff Bratcher
Dan
Beaver Dam
Turing
Howe
Thatcher
Dan Etal
Eighth
Madison Streets
Louieville
Loulaville
Louisville
Thal
Pottere Field
Acquittals Mark Busy Court Days in County Court
In Judge Cook's court on Friday and Saturday jury trials produced several acquittals. Henry Tylebart was acquitted of juvenile delinquency related to a shooting at Centertown. Hower Martin was cleared of obstructing the public highway by his claim of road drainage work. Joe Douglas faced a warrant for assault but was found not guilty. Ernest Mayfield was held to answer on shooting Denny Hoagland with bond set at 1000. Tom Kennady was declared a lunatic and sent to Hopkinsville asylum after two suicide attempts. Joe Taylor paid a 40 dollar fine for possessing nine quarts of whiskey.
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Judge Cook
Joe Douglas
Select
Douglas
Ernest Mayfield
Dennin Hoagland
Tom Kennady
Wyxox
Lunsey
Hopkinsville
Kennedy
Joe Taylor
Beggs Bring S502 In Two Months
The Januor Red Cram of the Ohio Ca Chapter at Hartford Ky has revolved funds of 602 dollars through donations. Lake Division News reports on the activity and financial handling within the group.
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Ohio (Ca
Hartford
Lake Division
A Moss Grown Claim In 1864 Sheriff Edmonson County
In 1864 P P Edwards served as sheriff of Edmonson County and paid the state treasury 280 dollars not due. Fifty five years later the legislature, by special act, orders recovery of the amount from the now widowed and aged official.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.P. Edwards
Edmonson
Edward
Culborne
Armies Dead-Locked as Central Powers Struggle
Report summarizes stalemate on the Western Front and Italian front with the Central Powers suffering heavy losses. Allied progress remains minimal while widespread peasant unrest grows in Rijeli amid artillery store destruction and hunger drives new crisis rumors in Austria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simion
Riweli
Austria
New Kentucky Laws Roll Out On Alcohols Dogs Traffic and Labor
A summary outlines several new Kentucky laws from the recent session. Prohibits intoxicants for personal use except by registered druggists or for sacramental use, requires mufflers on engines, imposes dog licensing with neck tags, and allows killing unaccompanied unlicensed dogs after sunset. Education access opens to all above six, a Temperance Day is established, and labor service is mandated for males 16 to 60 with penalties for noncompliance. Vehicle load and speed limits, road-use fees, and enforcement provisions are detailed with court and police authority to ensure compliance.
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Kentucky Legisslature
Exemption Board Calls 32 Men to Camp Taylor
The exemption board has ordered thirty two men for Camp Taylor, twenty seven white and five colored. The colored men depart today, white men report roll call June 25 afternoon and leave for Camp Taylor the next morning. Names include Henry L. Tanner Hartford Jeb Daniel Hartford Grover C. Greer Hartford Bethel Coppage Dundee Carl Magan Claton Cecil Martin Eymayille Clivies Beasley Balzetown Will R. Hatcher Detroit Luther D. Jackson Equality George Crowe Balzetown Alva Landrum Rockport Eugene Mollyhorn Whiterun Tra Kahn Akron Corbett L. Rowe McHenry Riley E. Achison McHenry Fills Craxton Hartford H Stearsman Horse Hranch Marvin Durham Rockport Thos L Blackburn Ceralgo John B Muffett Narrows WILA Burnett Hartford Sime B. Smith Pordeville Custer Gaines Fordsville Lawson Haya Simmons James T Ashley McHenry Arthur C Park Horse Branch George Ei Cox Island Colored Lonnie Vick Beaver Dam Know Lawrence Hartford Thomas Eldon Beaver Dam Sullenger Hartford Lee Griffin Hartford
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Taylor
Henry L. Tanner
Hartford
Jeb Daniel
Grover C. Greer
Bethel
Ceralgo
John B. Muffett
Narrows
WILA
Burnett
Sime B. Smith
Pordeville
Custer Gaines
Fordsville
Lawson Haya
Simmons
James T. Ashley
McHenry
Arthur C. Park
Horse Branch
George Ei
Cox
Island, Colored
Lonnie Vick
Beaver Dam
Know Lawrence
Thomas Eldon
the Sullenger
Lee Griffin
Reclassification of Drafted Men in Ohio County
Under Provost Marshal General orders the local exemption board will begin Monday the reclassification of all men in Ohio County called for draft service. Many in deferred classes 2 8 and 4 will be placed in new first class. Men who married since May 18 1917 will move to lower classes. Registrants will be notified of changes. Persons with knowledge of improper classifications should alert the board by writing.
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Ohio County
Beaver Dam man given lunacy trial in county court
YOURTH TIME SENT, W.L. Carroll, of Beaver Dam, was tried in county court Monday and ordered committed to the Hopkinsville asylum. Carroll, 2 and unmarried, has suffered mental lapses for about twenty years, with this being his fourth committal. He is described as mild and harmless during attacks.
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W.L. Carroll
Beaver Dam
Hopkinsville
Carroll
Tel CO
Willow Lake family letter from Camp Merritt in New York
The Willow Lake family prints a letter from their son in the army at Camp Merritt New York stating they are well and feeling fine. He mentions being about twenty miles from New York City and fifteen miles from Jersey City and that he will be going to another place soon. He says they do not want to go to France but understands the move.
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Willow Lake
Camp Merritt
New York
New York City
Jersey City
France
Corbett Lake
Prisoner Corbett Lake Writes From Morgantown Jail
In a fugitive letter from a Morgantown jail, Corbett Lake, serving a life sentence, assures relatives he will return someday and encourages faith. The piece notes a search after his escape, with street-urchin stones prompting his surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Parrott
Morgatttown
Deserters from Ohio County Army Company Arrested
Dishonors appre hended Ole Wilson and Earl Faught two young boys of Horse Branch arrested Tuesday by Sheriff Bratcher on desertion charges. They were jailed then taken to Camp Taylor for military authorities. Wilson son of Lute Wilson Faught son of Tom Faught both aged eighteen and nineteen. They enlisted about a year ago, sent to Lexington and Hattiesburg. Wilson claimed whiskey homesickness. Faught offered no clearer reason. They remained in Horse Branch since desertion.
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Ole Wilson
Earl Faught
Horse Branch
Bratcher
Camp Taylor
Wilson
Lute Wilson
Faught
Tom Faught
Hineteen and
Ohio County Company
Lexington
Hattiesburg
Gloom in Germany After Offense Fails to End War
Geneva report from a neutral diplomat arriving from Berlin says German enthusiasm faded after the first offensive. Berlin residents sought quick victory and peace while the interior faces worsening economic strain and rising belief that American troops will turn the tide. Autonomy for Alsace-Lorraine was discussed in a secret Reichstag meeting.
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Geneva
Berlin
la Suisse
Paria
Germany
Reichstag
Alsace- Lorraine
Death of Wayne Stevens Briefly Noted in Ohio County
Wayne Stevens died of diabetes June 7 at Battle Creek Sanitarium Michigan. His body was taken home for burial at Alexander cemetery near his residence Sunday. Funeral services were held Monday at his home by Rev A D Litchfield and burial by the Shriners. He leaves a wife Magnolia Renfrow of Narrows.
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Wayne Stevens
Stevens
Battle Creek
Mich
Alexander Cemetery
A. D. Litchfield
Shriners
Ohio County
Magnolia Renfrow
Narrows
Death of Beaver Dam Merchant Delmer Williams
Delmer Williams of Beaver Dam died Friday from an abscess in his head. Funeral services were led by Rev. J N Jarnagin and his burial took place Sunday at Sunnyside cemetery. Williams was a well known business leader in Beaver Dam with many friends attending the burial.
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Delmer Williams
Beaver Dam
J. N. Jarnagin
Sunnyside
Williams
Masond
Motorization of Artillery for the American Army
The Ordnance Department reports rapid motorization of field artillery for the U S Army, aiming to use tractors for most guns except some 1 inch batteries. It notes superior motorization potential versus European forces, with unlimited tractor output and reduced reliance on horse teams and manpower.
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Ordnance Department
Europe
United States
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Pugitive
James
BEGGS
Sackett
W. W. Browder
J. A. Caldwell
Cecil Stevens
Harlan, Ky
Oakwood Cemetery
Laura Stevens
Owensboro
Ohio River
Tichenor Howse
Hus
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