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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1926
Page
3
A cold wave from the midwest to the Atlantic coast chilled western Pennsylvania. In Pittsburgh the official thermometer stood at 20 degrees below zero at 8:00 a.m., the coldest December 2 in thirty years.
Gov Ed Jackson urged state wide observance of December 11 as Indiana Day marking the 110th anniversary of Indiana’s admission to the Union. The 1925 legislature designated the date as the state's official birth day.
Old-time city barber Jake Myers, brother of the late Andy Myers, is now a barber supply salesman for G. H. Fralick Barber Supply Co. in Wichita Kansas. A Picture and short story in the Square Deal magazine report Myers has returned September 1 and is rebuilding his territory with a legion of friends across Kansas and Missouri.
If the earth rotated once every hour and a half instead of daily, the change would save practically no weight at the equator. The rough idea suggests centrifugal effects from faster spin would be minimal for objects at the equator.
Police Chief Coleman returned from Clinton Tennessee with Robert Simmons a local youth believed to be under arrest there on a burglary warrant. Simmons accompanied Coleman to Linton without requisition papers and faced a preliminary hearing in Mayor Bull's court. Stolen clothing including suits, sweater, top coat, shoes, hat, shirts, vest and a revolver were found in his possession and returned to Jesse Cadwell near the old Island City mine. Simmons is bound over to the circuit court.
A Terhune building display promotes seasonal fare with a flower gift. The ad quotes Lord Sydenham on economic laws and government limits, urging readers to visit the market this Friday and Saturday for openings and specials.
New York police detained John J. Bum Rogers described as the most dangerous criminal alive after locating him sleeping in an apartment. The capture followed a wakeup photo sequence and prior arc t image before he allegedly escaped officers to prison.
Indianapolis December 2 United Press Dispatch reports an assault on Miss Cecil Hudson by a Black man is under police investigation. The injured girl remains in serious condition at a local hospital. Authorities believe racial motive may have driven the attack.
Records over 36 years indicate the highest fatal influenza deaths occur around week nine or ten, while the lowest occur around week thirty-five or thirty-six. The data highlight seasonal timing in influenza mortality patterns and emphasize early-year vulnerability.
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