13 Aug 1921
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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1921
Page
1
Details from the promoters’ attorney outline a small Linton Tire Manufacturing Co unit employing seven locals as directors to produce 100 tires daily rising to 1,000. The flat tread cord tire will cost 24.50 and be guaranteed 7,000 miles, with 1,000 tires sold locally at 20 each. a committee will start soliciting orders.
T N Taylor of Terre Haute elected president of the State Federation of Labor by a 6 268 margin over William Schmidt of West Terre Haute. Taylor 12741 Schmidt 6473. Mrs Taylor remains president. Adolph Fritz re elected secretary treasurer. Fritz 11604 Head 4299 Yaser 3011. First vice president James Lechler 8099. Messick 6509. Harshman 4038. Other unsupposed candidates listed. Total president vote about 5000 more than 1919.
A charter was granted to Dugger Bank and Trust company. Work on the new building will start soon. Gilbert Hadren of Bloomfield is the organizer.
From the New York Sun, a compact note on a wife who uncovers a husband’s anger and prefers it forgotten, framed as a sharp, period-style item reflecting modern reader intrigue and domestic tension.
A poor couple, Jean and Marie Berrier, dread hunger as Marie dies after a lucky lottery tale. Jean returns drunk with news of wealth, but the bag of gold lies forgotten as Marie passes away on a couch. Neighbors depart in silence.
The article traces croquet’s arrival in Ireland before England, noting early play near Dublin in 1834-5 and introduction to England in 1852. It mentions Mayne Reid’s treatise, early heavy wooden mallets, tall colored stakes, and social flirtation around the game, with later revival amid tournaments and seaside summer games.
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