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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-11
AIDING DROUGHT
STRICKEN STOCKMEN

To assist cattle raisers in the
Southwest. where drought has caus-
ed a great scarcity of feed, from suf-
fering financial loss and to prevent
hundreds of thousands of beef-breed-
ing cattle from being slaughtered and
removed from the country's sources
Of meat, field agents of the United
States Department of Agriculture in
cooperation with local and state au-
thorities, especially the Texas cattle
raiser's associations, are transferring
cattle to the Southeast and Corn Belt
States. where feed is plentiful. Up to
the middle of September 10 carloads
of cattle had been shipped to the
Southeast. Arrangements have been
made so that cattle may be shipped
from the drought-stricken area at a
reduction of % per cent from the
regular freight rate For the informa-
tom convenience of those wishing to
buy cattle the department representa-
tives are issuing a weekly market re-
port showing the receipts, age.
weight. condition. and price, also
giving list of breeders who have
pure-bred cattle for sale. This move
ment of cattle is supplying the in
creasing demand for stock in the
Southeastern States and is expected
10 be an important factor in building
up the beef-cattle industry in that
section. The field agents are making
a special effort TO have all available
roughages properly safeguarded to
be utilized for feeding purposes dur
ing the coming year.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-11
"YANKS SHOW INTEREST
IN MOBILE LAND FORTS

With The American Army, Sept 29
Nothing interests the American
doughboys so much as tanks. They
follow the mobile land forts along
the road. always ready to give hand
If they get stuck; they congregate in
the evening at the tank stables" and
assist the crews in bedding down the
beasts and covering them with cam
outage. Occasionally they get chance
to take ride in one, and then they
are the envy of all their comrades.
The doughboys ran into a number
of the new small French tanks when
they went up with General Magin's
army north of the Aisne. In the little
towns i'm the rear where they
biyouacked awaiting the time when
they were put into the line they saw
much of the wonderful machines.
When a tank broke thru one OF the
side ratings on a pontoon bridge
crossing the river hundred dough
boys sprang forward and helped In
shift il back in place. They had
the job done and the railing repaired
before the French marines who had
built the bridge and We're on duty
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-11
FORFINE JOB PRINTING
Of All Kinds Call on The Republican.

there to keep it in repair realized
what had happened.
The way the tanks turned, spinning
around within their own length. was
what interested the doughboys chief
ly. The powerful machines arc very
sensitive and can be operated IN the
narrowest and most difficult paths.
They can turn acutely by stopping or
reversing the caterpiller wheel and
going ahead on the other.
The tank pilots-Frelch youths,
recuited voluntarily from other
branches of the army-explained that
that was the best way to crush out
resistance in German machine gun
nests. They simply roll OYER in posi-
tion and then grind round and round
on IL, squashing machine gun, crew
and emplacement all at once.
Platoon and company commanders
received hundreds of requests from
their men to be placed ON the applica-
ton list for transfer TO thu American
Tank Corps after the doughboyS had
seen the French tanks.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-11
TAFEl'.

Farmers are about done cutting
tobacco and are now busy sowing
wheat and making molasses.
F. Taylor and little daughter
Mona, who have been sick for several
days are improving.
A number of people from here at
tended the Fair at greensboro Sat
urday. and the Singing Convention
at Mt. Herman, Sunday.
Mr.. Clarence Patton made a bust
ness trip to Pleasant Ridge Monday.
Mrs. j. T. Funk will have a sale
soon, and dispose of quite a number
of stock and farming implements.
Mrs Bessie Kirk went to Hartford
Wednesday to have some dental
work done.
Rev. X. f. Fuqua and wife, Mr..
James Kirk and wife and baby at
tended church at Green Briar Sunday.
Mr.. Lonnie Wade and family visit
ed relatives near Adaburg Sunday
and Monday.
Mrs. Pruda Sewers is the proud
mother of a baby girl. Her husband
Herbert Sewers, is somewhere in
France.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-11

Four sheep specialists of the Unit
ed States Department of Agriculture
are cooperating with colleges in the
Southern states in organizing sheep
clubs. This year 1,263 boys were en-
rolled in sheep clubs in Z Southern
States. and in other parts of the South
the sheep industry has made sub
tantial progress. According to the
August report of the Bureau of Crop
Estimates. the percentage of sheep
i'm the Is Southern States on August
l. 1918. as compared with the same
date in 1917 was 1854. while that of
the entire United States was l16.5.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-11
YANKS LAY BIB RAILS
PER MINUTE IN FRANCE

Paris, Sept. 2S.-Sledge hammers
or guns-American soldiers are SUI
perhuman with either.
Another railroad in France has
just been completed by a company of
railway engineers with this new
track-laying record 2.69 miles of
narrow gauge railway laid in seven
hours and three minutes.
The company set out to finish that
last stretch by supper time. for 1t
meant the licking up of two i'm
portant French towns with railroad
upon which a regiment had been
working for several weeks.
Instead the work was finished at
1888 p. m. A total of 14,2O3 feet OF
ties and track were laid in 423 min
utes-an average of more than 81
feet per minute and more than third
of a mile en- hour.
An idea OF the magnitude OF the
task and the amount OF labor involv-
ed can be CARED by this summary OF
material used.
Approximately los tons OF steel
rails, 400 ties, 1880 pairs Of fish
plates, 8 kegs Of bolts and 81 kegs o.
spikes-a ro-ai If more thar $50 tons
of material
All this hal 10 be brought up from
behind the two steam locomotives
pushing the rail cars forward as soon
as a section OF track was spiked down
and by two motor trucks, which haul
ed the ties.
The last link of this railroad ism
far from the front, either. The grad
ing details. working ahead OF tn
track-laying crew. were under fire
But they were lucky; every tune
Fritz dropped a bomb or she'll al
night in an effort to muss up the new
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-11
SOME LIBERTY
LOAN SLOGANS

Wear your old clothes and buy Lib
erty bonds.
Liberty bonds or German bondage.
Come across" or the Kaiser will.
The soldier gives you must lend.
Liberty bonds or German taxes.
Buy over here to win over there.
It's billions for defense or billions
for indemnity.
For Foch and freedom; buy bonds.
A bond Stacker is the Kaiser's
hacker.
A man who won't lend is the Kai-
ser's friend.
The more bonds you buy the fewer
boys will die.
Let all get on the bond wagon.
Be one of the millions to lend the
billions.
Dig up the coin and bury the Hun.
Buy bonds before it's verboten.
Idle hours are pro-German.
Put the pay" into patriotism.
Bonds speak louder than words.
If you can't fight, your money can.
Freemen buy bonds; slaves wear
them.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-11
TOBACCO GROWING IL
ENCOURAGED IN ITALY

One of the principal crops in tia
" is tobacco. The area planted in tia
~ in this product averages about
$4,000 acres per year, according to
United States Commerce Reports.
Most of the plants are of the Kentuc-
ky Burley variety, although in South
ern Italy seed from the Balkans is
used. The sale of tobacco in Italy is
a government monopoly, and Italian
tobacco growers have always suffer
ed from the rigid regulations which
governed its cultivation. BY a recent
decree the government has adopted
a policy intended to encourage tobac-
co growing. Premiums to growers are
provided until 1926, a certain subsidy
per acre is to be given for additional
acreage. and part of the cost of new
buildings to cure and house the crop
is 10 be guaranteed. The soil of Italy
is well adapted to tobacco cultivation,
and this change in government policy
should have favorable result, from
the Italian poit of view, in decreasing
imports of tobacco in leaf form from
foreign countries. The United States
for many years has furnished large
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-11
SCHOOLS, CHURCHES
and THEATERS CLOSE
Order OF State Board Of
Health Calls Off All
Gatherings.

Upon urgent official advice from
the Surgeon General of the United
States Public Health Service, who is
acting in full cooperation with the
Surgeon General of the Army and
the National Council of Defense,
and based upon such a rapid spread
of influenza as to endanger the health
and lives of the civil population over
the entire country, as well as all mill
tary operations and the Industrial
activities equally essential to the sue
cess of the war, and in virture of
authority vested in it by law the State
Board of Health of Kentucky hereby
issues its proclamation closing all
places of amusement, schools,
churches and other places of assem-
bly, and advises against and dis
courages all unnecessary travel and
social visiting in this commonwealth
until the epidemic is over.
Signed,
DIR. JOHN G. SOUTH,
President.
DR.. ]. N. MCCORMACK.
Secretary.
Bowling Green, KY, Oct 6. 1918.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-11
We buy old FALSE TEETH

We pay from $2.00 to $500 per
set (broken or mott. We also pay
actual value for Diamonds, old Gold,
Silver and Bridge-work. Send at
once by parcel post and receive cash
by return mail. MAZER'S TOOTH
SPECIALITY, Dept. X, 2007 So. 18th
ST., Philadelphia, Pa. 11t12
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-11
DESTROYER AND SUB
SINK TWO HUN U-BOATS

London, Sept.-The destruction of
two submarines by British naval craft
is thus described.
The Captain of a destroyer saw a
German U-boat attack a merchant
steamer two miles off. The destroyer
went to the assistance of the steamer
and the submarine dived.
when | judged that we were di-
rectly over her,I let go depth charge
with a buoy to mark the spot" said
the Captain. within fifteen seconds
of the explosion the submarine came
to the surface with a slight list to
starboard. Immediately the coming
tower showed above the water all our
starboard guns opened fire and the
coming tower was riddled."
A British submarine accounted for
the other German U-boat.
II fired both bow torpedoes almost
simultaneously" said the Captain of
the British submarine, land about
half a minute later there was a terrif-
ic explosion, big flame and a fOun-
tain of water a hundred feet high.
The German submarine totally dis
appeared. There was lot of oil about
and the smell of paraffine, but no
sign of any part of the boat. heard
shouting in the water and picked up
one man.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-11

When the chest feels on fire and
the throat burns. you have indiges-
ton, and you need HERBINE to get
rid of the disagreeable feeling. 1t
drives out badly digested food,
strengthens the stomach and purifies
the bowels. Price soc. Sold by Ohio
Drug Co. m
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-11

Pudding in its early form was made
of minced meat of some sort, well
seasoned and stuffed into an intes-
tine, and then cooked by boiling.
There are words in many early
languages meaning pudding, but ii
seems originally to have come from
some word meaning a short body or
inflated skin.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-11

Salad literally means sailed and is
direct descendant of the Latin word
sal, or salt. The use of salad to
mean the greens from which or on
which a salad mixture is placed is
one of only recent origin. The Italian
insalata and the Spanish salada,
meaning salad in those languages,
actually mean sailed.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-11
LUDENDORFF'S FAMILY TOME.

Amsterdam, Oct. 5.-General
Lndendorf left the battlefront recent
ly long enough to return to Berlin to
inaugurate a family tomb in a Berlin
cemetery. The tomb. which has been
erected to commemorate the general $
two sons, shot down as ayiatofs, and
includes provision for himself, cor
sists of plain stone with the name OF
Ludendorff and the ianiily's motto
Fearless and Faithful" The monu-
ment is surmounted with a German
spike helmet.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-11
A Beautiful Woman.

Do you know that beautiful wo-
man always has a good digestion? If
your digestion is faulty. eat lightly of
meats, and take an occasional dose
of Chamberlain Tablets to strength
en- your digestion. Price Csc. m
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-11

Sandwich takes its name fromJ
Montagu, fourth Earl of Sandwich, in
1892 who used to have slices of bread
with ham between served to him
while he was at the gaming table so
that he need not stop playing. To go
farther back. he derived his title from
Sandwich, town in Kent. England,
the name Of which was made up of
the Anglo-Saxon word sand and
"wic," meaning tOwn-sandy town.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-11

Pone is a word of Indian deriva-
tion, and an early English historian
of Virginia took pains to explain that
it was not from the Latin pants,
meaning bread, but from the red
Indian word oppone, and it was early
applied in the South to any bread
made of Indian corn.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-11

railroad it usually was right about
where the grading detail was going
to excavate anyway. Even the Hun
helped build the line.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-11

Nobody knows what muffin came
from, but it was probably derived
from the word muf, and we can inn
agine that it might have been due to
some similarity between the warm
cake and the hand covering.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-11
WHERE WE GET
OUR FOOD NAMES.

A dumping is a good old English
dish and comes from the word dump
en-, that ment to throw down suddenly
and the diminutive ending ling. The
idea was little cake that was made
by throwing raw rough dough into
boiling water.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-11

Waffle comes from wafer and waf-
er comes from the German word
wabe, honeycomb or cake of wax.
Originally waters seem to have been
hot cakes like modern waffies. The
association of the word wafer with
extreme thinness is of modern origin.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-11

From Portugal do we get our word
marmalade,w which was originally a
sweet preserve made from ounces
and takes its name from marcelo. the
Portuguese name for that fruit.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-11

Custard was a corruption of mid
dle-English word meaning a pie or
tart, and was allied to the modern
French word croustade, of the same
meaning. All these words came from
the Latin crusta, meaning a crust.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-11

Fritter is from an old French word
meaning to fry or a dish of fried fish
which comes directly from the Latin
frictus. the past participle of the vert
frigere.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-11
arm DePartnnent

quantities of cheap leaf to Italy
Western Tobacco Journal
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-11

Tomato is a word of Mexican de-
from tomato. the native name
i'm that country for the vegetable.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-11

Fricasse has usually been derived
from the Latin word frigere, to fry,
though the French frier, but it is
thought more probable now that it is
derived from the French fracasser,
meaning to break into pieces, or the
Latin fricare, to rub. In French the
word is used to indicate any meat
fried in a pan, but the English mean
ing is dish made from cutting
chickens. rabbits and other small ami
mails into pieces and cooking them in
a frying or other pan with gravy.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-11

mediums from the Latin mellaceus,
meaning honey-like, which is deriv-
ed from mel, honey.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-11

Mushrooms get their name from
the same source as moss.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-11

Molasses comes through many
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-10-22
WRECKERS NOW BUSY
Work of Razing Buildings For Site of
Torpedo Plant Being Pushed by
Workmen-Many Old Land
marks Raced.
marks Razed.

Wreckers are now busily engaged
in razing the buildings on the river
front which will be the site of the big
torepdo assembling plant Of the. gov
ernment. The. work is being rapidly
pushed and each day the number of
men engaged in the task is being in
creased.
The wreckers are now tearing down
many of the old landmarks in what is
known as Fayette alley and the work
is being watched by old residents with
interest.
The buildings that are being wreck
ed are from Fayette alley to Lee
street and northward to Cameron
street.
Workmen today. were busy moving
lumber and other articles from the
path of the wreckers..
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-10-22
HOLT-HILL NUPTlALS

A wedding interesting to many
Alexandria people took place in New
York last week, when Miss Bessie B.
Hill. daughter of the late DR.. James
Hill. was united in marriage to Mr.
Robert Holt, of New York.
The marriage was solemnized at
he sLittle Church Around the Cor
ner" on Saturday, the 10Th instant, at
nine o'clock in the morning, with Mr.
Holt, son of the groom, and Mr.. and
Mrs. McCa7ty, the latter niece OF
the bride; as thezattenda1fts:: S-s-s
The tbrffe was -attfreE in a 16sfsewi
velvet travelling Ecostume. After q
trip through the South Mr.: and. Mrs
Holt will reside on Riverside Drive
New York City.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-10-22
WRECKS HIS HOME.

Chicago. Oct. 22.-Following
pcriod of delirium, caused by infu'
cnza and pneumonia, an iron worker
Harry Dohman, chased his wife, tw'
children and trained nurse out. OF
doors, wrecked his house and helc
twenty policemen at bay Tor tw;
tours. He was finally captured b!
strategy and rushed to hosplta.
where his recovery is not likely.
He had tossed all day with feve
ard, suddenly arising from his bed, h
exclaimed, "The war is on" and com
menced tc fight everybody he saw. Il
began using a revolver, and a shot
eun to keep the police from the house
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-10-22
FINDS BABY IN FURNACE

Baltimore, Oct. 22.-At1'acted by
cries after buildiirs7.aSire in. the fur
mace Of a Lake Drive apartment
house yesterday Heury R. Gibson
janitor of the building, found Il baby
boy with his clothing ablaze when he
opened the furnace door.
Clara Armstrong, employed by a
family at the apartment house, is
held on the charge of abandoning her
child. The child was only few days
old.
The child died a few minutes after
being taken to the Maryland General
Hospital. The Armstrong girl i,
twenty years old: Folrwing an in
vestigation by Coroner Morrisy a
charge of murder, may be made
against her.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-10-22
HUNTER AS EMBEzZLER

Camp Meade, Oct. 22.-Charged with
desertion and the Misrepresentation
of military. funds intrusted to him,
Capt. Leroy j. .kildow, of Cdnpany
H. seventy7frst Infantry, is being
sought by the military authorities
He disappeared from Camp Meade
where his regiment is stationed, sew
eral days ago. &.,.s j! IT,, 81, !, .
Captain Kildow's sudden disappear
ance from the cantonment, according
to information released; by the intel.
ligence officer at the camp; was tine
signal for an investigation. This dis,
closed the. simultaneous disappearance
of several hundred dollars which he
had been holding for his men.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-10-22
. FLUE CREST PASSES
Authorities OF, the District of Coium;;
:bia Announce, Big Decrease i'm:
New Cases. .it i

Washington, Oct. 22.-Although
health officials today predict the cpl e.
demis Of Spanish Influenza will main
tain virtually the same level for sew
eral days, they expect it to drop rap
idly within week.
With fifty-one deaths reported up
until 9 o'clock last night, only lfo
new cases were noted. This was an
increase of thirtaen deaths and a de:
crease Of .eighty--four cases over the
previous day. -.
The new cases also are. Of a milder
form AMI DR.. II. S. Mustard and Dr.,
M. F. Haralson, who are in active
charge for the public health service
believe thee rest Of the epidemic mas
passed. S /
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-10-22
MORE CONTRIBUTIONS
Committee Collecting Funds to Fight
In Epidemic Announce Receipt Of
$1S5 Additional-Gocd Work Ae-
complished With Money.

The committee in charge Of collect.
ing funds to prevent the spread of in
fuenZa and to look after persons i'll
with that disease and pneumonia TO-
day announce additional contributions
amounting to S1S5. There has been a
generous response OH the part of citf
zens to this worthy cause, and it is ber
lieved that many otter citizens soon
Will send in contributions to the COM
mittee IN order thac the work may
be carried on without interruption.
The committee is doing splendid
work with the funds at its disposal
a temporary hospital has been opened
in the Westminster Building, a diet
kitchen in the Young Peoples BuiId-
ing and other things also are being
accomplished. All this is due to the
generous response on the part Of
Alexandria citizens who are now
never round wanting when 1t comes tC
giving assistance to those in dis
tress, and especially in just such an.
emergency as exists in this city to-
day.
The additional contributions are:
Scottish Rite Masonic Bodies. s1OO:,
Sanitary Grocery Company, S25; Dr.,
J. H. Bitter, $40; C. T. Hellmuth, S1O;.
W. Roy Winston, S5; Mrs. Mary. Reid,
Dunn, s.; Z. F. Adams, $5; Rev. Dr.
S. A. Wallis, So; Mrs. S. A. Wallis, S.
Frank Watkins, S4; Miss F. H. Her.
bert, So; Miss Kate Price, 50; VIII
liam p. Desmond, 50: "Inhuenza Vic
tins" 50; Mrs. S. Annie Harrison, 81;
George W. st. Clair, 81.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-10-22
CONGESTION AT AN END.

All roads are now free of freight
congestion, according to statement
from the director Of railroads.
The removal Of all congestion,
which paralyzed transportation last
winter, the revolutionary transforma-
tion of railroad conditions, and meth
dds affecting seaports, and the
doubling of the freight capacity of
these ports on the Atlantic coast for
free flow of supplies overseas are
some of the achievements Of Federal
control, according to the statement
made public by Director General
McAdoo.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-10-22
INITIATION POSTPONED.
Alexandria Council 0. F. o., Will Hold
Affair December 5.

The class initiation that was to be
conferred by Alexandria Council No
5, Order of Fraternal Americans, at
its first meeting in November has
been ostponed until December 5. This
was done owing to the epidemic OF
influenza here.
1t is expected that on that occasion
between seventy-fve and 100 candi-
dates will be initiated. Already a
large number have been elected for
degrees and the applications are con-
tinuing to pour in.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-10-22
JOINT SESSION OF COUNCIL
MAY BE HELD TONIGHT

1t is expected that there will be a
ioint session of the City Council to-
night for the purpose of electing
seven school trustees, two police COM
missioners, health officer and over
seer of the poor. Common Council
NAV also, it is expected, will elect a
member from the first ward TO fill the
vacancy caused by the declination OF
George E. Warfeld to serve.