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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1923
Page
5
A garbled OCR passage mentions Bobby, The Worm, and disruptions around a game or crowd, with disjointed quotes and names. The text lacks coherent details, dates, teams, or outcomes to form a clear news item.
Mrs Marie Nelson 22 of Portsmouth Ohio was brought to Chicago morals court after she threw a brick through a saloon plate glass window valued at 200 dollars. She told Judge Arnold Heap she acted to avoid an immoral life due to a quarrel with her husband. Placed on six months probation, she was later placed in a home by Dr Anna Dwyer until she can obtain a job. Married in Crown Point Indiana in February.
Senator L. Robinson of Arkansas was unanimously elected Democratic floor leader of the Senate at a party caucus, succeeding Senator Oscar W. Underwood of Alabama. The move aligns Robinson with party leadership as CS International News Service reports from Washington.
A fragment from a dialect piece features Charcoal Eph noting that many men fret about things they fear, yet the thing they worry most about often never occurs. The excerpt reflects folk wisdom on anxiety and expectation.
The United States Bureau of Standards has developed a slide rule to aid in solving airship navigation problems. This instrument aims to simplify calculations in navigation and related engineering tasks.
A humorous line from a Married Man to a friend jokes that bachelors may feel uncomfortable at home or away. He suggests marriage as a solution to comfort when away, reflecting social norms and playful male banter of the period.
In 1784 settlers in what became Franklin organized a state named Franklin with Governor John Sevier and a full government but no coinage. Lacking metal money they adopted a barter system using skins and furs plus bacon and whisky as legal tender. Sevier was paid 1000 deer skins a year. North Carolina reclaimed Franklin by force, then ceded it to the United States in 1790.
A compact reflection on compulsion, noting that force may prompt action but cannot cure aversion. It argues that people driven by coercion will abandon such imposed states as soon as possible, leaving lasting change unattained by force alone.
A jarring item notes a mosquito humming on a sleeping girl's nose as it began to operate at midnight on the High Bridge scene, echoing a wry line from the Boston Transcript.
Quote from Albany Journal notes the phrase what the people want reflects what they take when nothing better is available. Wol ford Hardware Co advertises one fourth off on all stores in this notice style promotional line.
The New York Herald says Indiana’s Governor McCray should resign after eight criminal indictments were returned by the grand jury. Editors note the governor’s position brings embarrassment and pressure from political allies has failed to move him. The piece argues the only decent action is to relinquish gubernatorial power.
The census bureau reports 11,666 US automobile fatalities in 1922 with Indiana at 806 deaths and a rate of 10.2 per 100,000. Indianapolis recorded 47 fatalities and a rate 14 per 100,000, higher than the state. New York City had 896 deaths. Chicago’s rate was higher than New York’s. Killymoon Castle in Tyrone, Ireland, designed by Nash, sold for 500 dollars to a farmer from an estimated 400,000 cost.
Benjamin Franklin, on a mission from the Continental Congress in France, won popularity among courtiers through his unusual chess skill, showcasing his strategic prowess and diplomatic charm.
A rocky pad phrase suggests courts struggle with complex technicalities that hinder clear access to justice. The metaphor highlights how procedural hurdles obscure outcomes and slow fair resolution. No specific persons or organizations are named in the readable text.
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