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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1925
Page
2
The Linton Indiana post office lists subscription prices by mail and in town, with weekly and yearly options, plus Indiana and outside Indiana rates. Advertising rates include per inch and per line, with minimums and special contracts for notices and social content.
The piece argues against the Arkansas death sentence for Tyre Clark a Midland boy involved in a bank robbery. It condemns the jury’s verdict as biased by poverty and poor company while contrasting famous cases to urge clemency and a life chance for Clark, whose relatives seek mercy rather than liberty.
City of Linton finances appear fair with progressive council and solid treasurer’s report. Light fund stands healthiest after replacing the old plant with Edwardsport power, a change once opposed by a large majority of taxpayers.
The piece muses on winter hats appearing in windows, praise for research in prohibition enforcement, and the fading of old superstitions. It notes North Dakota’s bumper rye crop and reflects on belief and optimism, comparing past luck charms to modern attitudes.
A fragment notes the pretrial era’s efficiency claims and asserts two million words were produced in Dayton before the Scopes trial with no recorded opinion changes due to the proceedings. The remark reflects skepticism about the trial’s impact on views.
Farmers in Greene County will study soybean varieties Friday August 14 with County Agent W D Sexson and Purdue crop associate M O Pence leading a tour of test plots. Stops include Bloomfield, Scotland, Eldon Brooks Logan Holmes farm, Elliston, Dixon station, and Fairplay township, with visits to Dunfield and other varieties.
In Lorain Ohio an 8 year old girl Sittie Martha Erickson had no heartbeat for three minutes during a tonsil operation at St Joseph’s hospital. Dr R A Stack administered adrenalin direct to the heart and the child revived after about three minutes of cessation.
A postcard from a hotel boasting automatic sprinklers quotes a warning that loss of life has never occurred in a sprinkled building. A traveler responds with a solemn prayer implying faith in wet safety over burning, altering the familiar line to fit the message.
A woman slipped on a banana skin weighing about 280 pounds and slid gently into a crate of eggs. The palite store keeper rushed out to help her rise from the crate and assured her the eggs were not broken, only bent a little.
H C Hoagland of Stoll, an American and director of the largest British American film distributor, sails for America to urge Will Hays and President Coolidge to restrict export of sex films and films depicting whites as contemptible among colors. He cites harm to American prestige abroad and proposes similar restrictions on exports.
West Frankfort and Christopher report rapid mine resumption amid a broader coal revival. Old Ben mine No. 8 will reopen August 17 with about 1,000 workers, and No. 12 at Christopher plans August 10 with around 600. Three West Frankfort mines begin August, bringing 2,600 idle workers back to jobs.
Linton Lodge No. 560 F and A M invites visiting masons to attend the meeting at 7 o clock this evening. Work will be in the Fellowcraft degree.
A terse quotation notes that a smaller caliber of mind correlates with a louder, perpetual mouth. The remark attributes the idea to Oliver Wendell Holmes and frames intellect against loquaciousness.
The article notes that the United States government did not issue $3 bills and that state loan notes issued before June 8, 1864 lost government value. It explains these notes were redeemed only by their issuing entities and are largely obsolete today.
The passage notes that lightning causes the most damage in frequent thunderstorm areas with about sixty incidents annually in the Alf states. The central valleys and southern lake region see thirty to forty, while northerly and easterly states average around twenty. Pacific states report rare lightning damage.
The British Museum in London houses Egyptian veneer examples several thousand years old Pliny notes veneer rose to general use in Rome and gained popularity in the Netherlands France and England during the eighteenth century.
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