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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1925
Page
1
A swine expert predicts the 1926 pig crop on Greene County and other corn belt farms will bring high profits for hog producers over the next twelve to eighteen months. The article explains how corn hog relations drive hog prices, notes past declines in hog production, and urges farmers to expand breeding herds during low prices to capitalize when prices rise and help stabilize markets.
Reverend W E Watkins of Sandborn was here on business last Tuesday. George Morgan and wife of Linton visited here last Sunday. Paul Deckard, summer employee at Bloomington, visits his mother Olive Deckard and will soon attend Purdue University. Mrs Luka Morgan from Terre Haute visits her sister Ollie Deckard. Mr and Mrs Horace Turpen spend a few days at Bicknell this week. James Simmertan and wife of Pleasantville visit daughter Mary Garrett and family last Sunday. Several persons attended the funeral of Mrs Samuel.
Homemade quart of the strangest bug killer costs 35¢ and claims to kill roaches moths ants and even eggs without burning staining or rotting fabrics. The recipe is described as unique and effective against diverse pests.
Fred Grass a Bloomington Showers factory bookkeeper spends the week with his parents Mr and Mrs Frank Grass and had his tonsils removed during the visit.
United Press Dispatch reports Montpelier resident Mrs. M G Walker breaks both arm bones after a fall from a step ladder. In Princeton five year old Manual Gilbert loses a thumb and two fingers when a dynamite cap he played with explodes. Evansville police report Curtis Larkin from Fivansville taken into custody for alleged watch theft serving ten days in jail. In Indianapolis a man named William Beck explains police inquiry into a reported mad dog.
In Milroy on August 21 West Richey is credited with growing Indiana's tallest corn stalk at fourteen feet seven inches. The report notes his pride and the record height achieved in the neighborhood.
Two more monkeys join Crawfords ville municipal zoo with Evolution tall blamed for the increase in animal exhibits.
Dexter Brewer, longtime speed cop at Sullivan, has resigned from the force to take a job as a filling station attendant.
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