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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1925
Page
2
The notice outlines mail and carrier subscription prices in or outside Indiana with yearly and monthly options and details advertising rates. It includes per inch rates for single and subsequent insertions, reading notices, and minimum charges, plus terms for obituaries, bank notices, and classified ads at one cent per word.
The piece surveys varied topics from a convicted lunatic and sanity, to Florida seeking manufacturing advice, mufflers for real estate men, an Italian scientist predicting earthquakes, and Henry Ford's rising purchases. It then notes Soviet Russia experimenting with disease germs as offensive warfare, critiquing the current Russian regime.
Roy Haynes calls for additional revenue cutters to curb liquor smugglers. President Coolidge agrees that the country requires more revenue cutters in Congress, and observers say he is right.
Sol Meyer of the Meyer Kisen bank in Indianapolis argues that no city should fear other localities’ development. He says there is enough business for all and that growth from nearby towns benefits everyone. He promotes meeting competition by offering greater advantages and stresses shared prosperity beyond old rivalries.
The Donham family holds its annual reunion at City Park tomorrow with members from many places expected to attend.
Former members of the J. U. society, once a social hub at the local high school, gathered at City Park for a reunion picnic with their children. Attendees included Mrs. Ralph Collins and several former members from Wheatland Chicago Spencer Iowa South Bend Memphis Carlisle and other towns.
A morning collision at Cardwell Corner west of town between two Ford sedans, one driven by a woman and the other by Harry Emmert, left three Emmert children aged about 13, 7 or 8, and 8 with cuts but no serious injuries. The wreck occurred at a notoriously obstructed turn with a deep cut obscuring the view.
INDIANA NEWS dispatch from multiple towns reports a farmer W H Warfel with one plant bearing 32 blossoms. A large tomato weighing 1 ½ pounds and 16 inches around is shown by G B Casey. Joe Grindle jailed for carrying a gun without a permit. Bluffton farmers complain about state road No 18 grading and road water. Bloomington dealers unite in a used car sale valued at $30,000 across seven firms and about seventy cars. Paragon notes a big tomato run with loads brought to the canning factory. Milroy resident Newt Dearinger plans a stepladder for husking corn, citing a 14 ft 14 1 2 in tall stalk.
The world’s swimmingest porpoise died recently in a London aquarium. Over three years in the tank it was never seen still, always swimming to eat small fish while moving through the water, and officials estimate it covered about 25,000 miles.
Miss Hildred Waggoner daughter of Mr and Mrs Noah Waggoner of Linton and Calvin Cannady a school teacher recently wed in Paris Illinois plan to reside near Burns City where Cannady will teach Their marriage on June 12 was kept secret by the couple and their Terre Haute Tri Diana friends with wishes for a happy life.
A Minneapolis abstract firm received a call asking who owned Lot 14 Block 1 of a blank addition. The caller was told the lot was owned by Soni Jones and Jane Jones as joint tenants. The man disputed the claim, insisting the lot is vacant.
The British throne sits in the house of lords separated from the woolsack by a brass rail except when the sovereign is present. The Gothic oak chair is occupied by the king when opening parliament.
Classified fragment listing multiple items. WANTED help for washing and housework in Bon Ton and Vicksburg with a contact. LOST license plate No 573-795 return to Citizen office or Delise's Electric Shoe Shop. Also sale notices for a seven room house with acreage near Linton and Pleasantville, other homes for sale, a grape grower, rental, and a Duroc hog sale invitation plus home business opportunities with J R Watkins Co and United Radio Auto Stores.
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