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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1924
Page
1
Telephone bills are due and payable at the office on or before the 10th of each month. Service may be discontinued if not paid by the 10th. Office hours are 8 to 12 a.m. and 1 to 5 p.m., Saturday 6 to 8 p.m. 1010¢
A noon Monday blaze gutted the Hymera residence of Frank Cummns with the Symerz family home lost to fire. Investigators suspect a defective flue caused the fire and say insurance coverage is partial.
The Lyons Whiz Banes basketball team will play Midland at Midland on Thursday evening. Tipoff time is to be announced.
A speaker reflects on past miles and a failed pursuit. Two years ago a declaration sparked a quest, but wiser eyes reveal the tragedy of a friend’s heart. The speaker finds fortune and contentment not in grand aims but along a humble byway, seizing a chance to do meaningful work at last.
A Pennsylvania farmer before Prohibition defied local option by selling moonshine tied to a white mule. The mule wore a hollow leather collar with a metal spigot and served customers, inspiring the nickname for the drink known as white mule.
A New York City artificial tea company, Phis. can. comm, in business since 1900, shifts from steam power to electric energy at 13 00 volts supplied by a service company. Electricity converts winter drawn from water mains into 300 pound cakes of tea, with a thousand tons produced daily.
The origin of the city name Newport News is unclear. It likely derives from two proper names Newport and Newce. Captain Newport sent the first vessel to Virginia and William Newce served as an early treasurer of the colony, with South writing the latter note.
A reflective note on how a truly good book teaches more than ten readings and shapes living by its hints. The author compares scanning and applying ideas to life while critiquing immediate sermons.
A druggist praises a nerve tonic as the best, urging the customer to try it at two dollars and fifty cents a bottle. The customer questions the price and asks for the nerve to pay it.
A reflective verse notes the mind’s counsel is trusted like watchers in a high tower. It urges self-trust over external voices, affirming inner guidance as a steady guardian against folly.
A girl trailing her mother amid Zeckfontein South Africa diamond rush suddenly cries out to her mother and reveals a gem valued at $2,500 she has found. The moment marks a lucky surprise in the mining scene.
A report by W. C. Warrison of the state tax board presents Indiana figures for 1924. State total valuation for taxation is 5,281,804,728 with taxes 128,585,414.47. per capita valuation 1,763 and per capita tax 42.67. Marion leads in valuation and taxes. Brown shows highest rate at 4.09 per 100. Greene County val 86,127,650 with taxes 1,116,778.90 and county rate 3.10. Per capita taxpayers in Greene are 30.43.
The article explains sterilization heats milk to destroy all germs but impairs taste, while pasteurization uses lower temperatures to kill most pathogens including tuberculosis and typhoid germs, preserving flavor.
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