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Newspaper
Hartford Republican
Location
Hartford, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1922
Page
4
A critical column accuses the Herrin violent killings of brutality while urging full sunshine on justice. It questions the legitimacy of mine owners' acts, condemns intimidation, and comments on Kentucky voter registration debates and party fault lines within Ohio County.
In a tightly argued letter page note, readers challenge the necessity and constitutionality of a new registration act in rural Ohio County. The discussion cites Judge Stout and local officials while a rural community column reports visitors and social news from Cane Run and surrounding towns.
Beaver Dam shows growth with Albert Leach to complete a new residence on Main Street and a Baptist church under full progress. Local residents visit or host relatives, with many names and towns noted including Owensboro, Bowling Green, Detroit, and West Frankfort. Obituary reports Maud Cooper dies. services held at Greenriver church and interment in Select cemetery.
A rambling local dispatch fills the page with quirky anecdotes and tall tales. It references injuries from a butcher knife incident, a man named Doe and a doctor stitching a wound, a wrecked building and makeshift garage, and light social satire about townsfolk, clubs, and oddities. The piece playfully contrasts local humor with broader social notes and references Hartford and Herrin.
Washington residents hosted a pound supper Saturday night at the Allen home entertaining many youths. Guests included Mra B B Tinsley and daughters Hartley Park Isabel Violet Allen and Vancyndeta Travie. The Tinsleys hosted Sunday visitors O R Tinsley from the vicinity Rev Snyder of Philadelphia will lecture Sunday afternoon at the local church. Mr and Mrs George Smith and family and Mrs Monroe Smith visited L L Newcomb Sunday.
Congress approved the plan to build an auditorium at Washington for the George Washington Memorial hosting inaugural receptions and national and international conventions. Estimated cost is 18 00 but funding methods have not been decided yet.
A roundup of local social visits and town notices. A. W. May, Mev Frank Lowe and family, Mrs. GL Mosely and Sadie Hudson attended at Ray Cooke’s home. Mrs. Stone visited her mother Mrs. Smith. Lon White and I. W. Quisenberry in town and surrounding areas. Rev. DeHart preached at the Baptist Church. Edna McDaniel home from West Virginia. Mrs. Wordrip and Miss Ford visiting relatives. H. K. Patterson and Frank St. Clair in town. Oral Keith and W. A. Daniel back at duties. Rowan Holbrook checking oil leases for Smiths Grove Oil and Gas Co. STOP SILVER COINAGE noted with currency policy about to suspend war coinage.
Community scraps note a cream supper planned by the W O W Circle at a local venue on Saturday night. Visitors include Mr and Mrs Small Skillwan of Owensboro and Mrs Gertrude Magan from Kansas City. Mr James Ashley from near Harkford visited relatives here last week. Mrs Gilbert Bell improves while Miss Geneva Hudson spent days in Owensboro. A birthday dinner honored Archie Mosley at his home Tuesday. Mes Humphrey visits daughter Mrs L Belvoa. Thoreau quote about faith closes the item.
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