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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1925
Page
4
Indiana highway officials warn heavy trucks to cross old bridges slowly to prevent accidents. Chief bridge engineer cites multiple collapses of long outdated steel spans and urges public cooperation, noting limited funds prevent quick replacement.
A report notes road surfaces lack safety for high speed traffic and cannot endure very heavy truck loads. Authorities warn of accelerated wear and potential structural stress, urging implementation of stronger materials and load restrictions to protect infrastructure and road users.
The Greene County Children's Division Institute will convene at the Linton Methodist church on December 10. State superintendent Miss Nellie C. Young will attend all sessions, with talks by T. S. Beecher Walton Stover Mrs W C Tristman and Mrs David Shields. Luncheon is provided in the church basement, open to all interested in Sunday school work.
Dorothy Miller aged 15 drank carbolic acid in a Lafayette Indiana public rest room near police HQ after borrowing a pencil to write a farewell note. She cited love for a married man as the motive while employed as a confectionery store clerk.
Indianapolis markets report Dec 3 receipts for hogs at 5,500 with steady to 25 cent gains, best heavies at 11.59, cattle receipts 700 steady with steers 6 to 12, cows 5.09 to 10.50, sheep receipts 600 with 500 lower and top 7.00, calves 700 strong top 15.00, poultry prices listed including hens 21, turkeys 33, ducks 15, eggs and butter prices noted.
Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford applied for passports at federal offices in Los Angeles to travel to Great Britain France Italy Holland Belgium Switzerland Germany Japan and China. They plan to sail from New York on January 16 or February 2. Fairbanks age 42 and Pickford 32.
Attorneys for Edward Barber, under sentence of death for the murder of Terre Haute detective Stephen Kendall, filed with the Supreme Court an application for a stay of execution pending action on Barber’s appeal. Barber’s execution date is set for December 18.
The Live Wire class of the Baptist Sunday school will present a Christmas play and pageant during the holidays. Tonight those in the pageant meet for practice in the church basement at 7. Tomorrow evening all girls in the play’s choir gather at the church at 7 sharp for practice.
An obscure note from the Bosten Heraid mentions a figure named Krappy in reference to aging and confinement of the body, suggesting a dour or satirical piece on longevity and old age. The fragment lacks clear events, dates, or additional names.
Fort Wayne Indiana December 4 Mrs Alice Caryl 52 was fined 50 and costs and sentenced to two to fifteen years in the Indiana Woman s prison on a charge of subordination of perjury by Special Judge John Aiken in circuit court yesterday afternoon. The judge suspended the sentence because of her age and because she pleaded guilty and threw herself on the mercy of the court. Mrs Caryl was charged with having influenced nine year old Virginia Riddleberger whom the couple adopted to testify falsely that Mr Caryl assaulted her in an effort to send Mr Caryl to prison for life.
In Indianapolis Judge James A. Collins will decide if Earl Klenck and Earl Gentry, tied to D. C. Stephenson, can have their bonds reduced. Each is jailed on 10,000 dollars in combined felony and conspiracy charges connected to Oberholtzer's death and a Stephenson home fire. Defense lawyers Ira Holmes and John Kiplinger seek 5,000 dollars for each man.
Masonic lodges held district sessions in this city yesterday afternoon and last evening with many Masons from the district attending. The state inspector presided over the gathering. A dinner for 120 was served in the Methodist church basement at 6 o'clock.
Ashby studio owner Joe F. Ashby has recovered from an acute appendicitis operation at the city hospital and is back at work, ready to continue his business at the Ashby studio.
T M Bailey aged 35 died after slipping under a freight car in the local railroad yards in Fort Wayne. The incident occurred today and involved the United Press Dispatch report.
A tale places the Shandon bells beneath waters surrounding Inishmore Island in the Aran group. The legend ties the submerged bells to local lore and maritime mystery across the western coast.
A few drops of spirits of camphor rubbed on with a soft cloth will sometimes remove obstinate marks from mirrors.
A striking scene unfolds on a bridge where an unnamed man, described as a patron of the night, began a medical procedure on a sleeping individual. Eyewitnesses report sounds of disturbance as authorities arrived to assess the unusual intrusion and potential danger.
A Montreal Star advice column asks how to tell if a girl likes you and whether it is appropriate to touch her arm leaving parties in winter. The writer also contemplates turning sixteen soon and whether to wear long pants to school.
The piece extols industry and honesty as interchangeable virtues that sustain workers’ pay and welfare. It asserts that properly cultivated labor virtues strengthen mind and body, bring peace to the soul, and create a nobility of manhood, contrasted with lesser values.
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