Salt Lick Marriages and Local Updates
Thurman Hunt and Iris Fowler wed in Ironton Ohio. Nancy Parker Lagrew and Emory Lagrew visit grandparents Mr and Mrs Lagrew in Salt Lick. Walter Razer is very sick. Kathleen Cochran graduates. Mrs Grant North and mother attend Berry exercises. Neal Johnson leaves for Cincinnati to work for Western Union. Salt Lick Rounders play Haldeman. score 4 to 3 for Haldeman.
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Grant North
Berry
Kathleen Cochran
Neal Johnson
Cincinnati
Western Union Telegraph Company
Federal aid strengthens state highway departments
The Bureau of Public Roads states federal aid shifted most highway work to state departments. In 1915 seventy percent was funded by non state agencies, but after the 1916 act, state departments expanded to supervise over 60 percent of road work, ensuring trained engineers, centralized funding, and long term planning.
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Bureau of Public Roads
United States Department of Agriculture
Blue Grass Seed Crop Reaches Historic Size in 1912 Peak
Figures from blue grass seed dealers show this year’s crop the largest since 1912, with cured seed priced at 1.80 per bushel in some areas. Stripping may begin June first to eighth, weather dependent, as many farmers arrange for shares and seek strippers to handle the harvest. Farmers anticipate strong income from Burley Tobacco Growers Co operative Association payments alongside seed profits.
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Aee
Burley Tobacco Growers’ Co-operative Association
Basket size law sparks quip about congress and baskets
Representative Wingo of Texas clashed with Herrick of Oklahoma over a bill regulating basket size for farm shipments. Wingo taunted Herrick about Republican harmony and urged him to ask his constituents in November how they view the legislation. Laughter and applause followed.
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Wingo
Texas
Herrick
Oklahoma
Congress
Mondell
Wyoming
Harry Sinclair and the fate of independent oil miners
The piece traces Harry Sinclair from early independents to wall street access and federated interests with Standard Oil. It questions when independents become combines and seeks a federal probe into naval oil lands, debating Sinclair’s access to federal oil reserves and possible exemptions.
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Harry Sinclair
Wall Street
Standard Oil Company
Sinclair
LaFollette
Naval
Beveridge Triumph Stuns Washington in Indiana Primaries
The Indy vote replaces Senator Harry S. New with Beveridge in the Indiana Republican primaries, a result seen as a reaction against several President appointments. Observers expect the move to reverberate through administrative circles as a protest vote.
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Harry S. New
Indiana
Beveridge
Washington
Control of Weeds Big Need for Cultivation
Ten year tests at Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station show corn yields around 56 bushels per acre with shallow or deep cultivation six to eight times or three to four times, while weed scraping alone yielded 52.9 bushels. Moisture conservation is secondary to keeping weeds down. cultivate when it most effectively destroys weeds.
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Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station
Beans and corn combo wards off chinchbugs says Kentucky experts
Crop specialists at the College of Agriculture report that growing soybeans with corn improves profitability and helps control chinchbugs. Soybeans shade the field and retain moisture, deterring the pest, while chinchbugs do not feed on soybeans and natural enemies are attracted to the damp leaves.
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Kentucky
College of Agriculture
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Advocate
Dixie Confectionery
V. Jones
Dixie Dealer
U. S
R. E. Stephenson
Oncle Johns
Josh
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