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Newspaper

Linton Daily Citizen

Location

Linton, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 10, 1928

Page

3

Linton High Teams Win Opening Scraps on Lyons Floor

Linton high school basketball quin tets won two games Saturday night at Lyons. The varsity beat Washington township 27 to 21 and the B team won 20 to 18. The Lions led 13 to 10 at halftime before Linton surged ahead in the second half with Wayne Wright key on defense.

Linton High School Lyons Washington Township Lads Miners Lions Landis Wayne Wright Wayne Leavitt Lyons Fir Linton Wendell Wright Perkins Woodward Wolfe Williams Corns Wilson Greenwood Heen Fein Balas Lash Ees Jarmon Pichouecque Weaver Hintaan Clark West Anderson Osborn Brown Baker Sebot Beer Tate Duffy Elgan

Twin Bill At Jasonville Nets Two Games

Jasonville high fell to Odon 40 to 23 while Elnora edged Midland 27 to 26 in two Saturday night high school basketball games in Jasonville Indiana.

Jasonville Ind Jasonville High Odon Elnora Midland

Clay City Stuns Brazil In Low-Scoring Home Hoop Battle

Clay City high edged Brazil 35 to 34 at home after a tight second half. The Clay City team rallied from behind but missed several late shots in the narrow victory on Saturday night in Clay City Indiana.

Clay City Brazil Ind Clay City High

Olive Tablets Promise Gentler Path to Clear Skin

An ad touts Edwards Olive Tablets as a safer substitute for calomel to clear the blood, bowels, and liver. It claims they reduce acne and bad breath without harsh irritation, presenting the tablets as a purely vegetable remedy for digestive and skin issues.

Elza Lynch Receives Illinois Live Stock Show Trip Honor

Elza Lynch of Linton Stockton High School earned a free trip to the International Live Stock Show in Chicago from the Illinois Central Railway company for excellence in 4-H agricultural club work. The South of the city student, son of Mr and Mrs Clive Lamb, has a record of winning county sweepstakes and state fair prizes in potato and poultry clubs, and Dairy and Fruit clubs, with plans to attend Purdue University to study agriculture after completing the full high school agriculture course.

Elza Lynch Clive Lamb Linton-Stockton — High School H. F E. Stalcup Chicago Ilinois Central Railway Company Tie Lynch Poultry Club White Rock Potato Club Fruit Club Purdue University Elza Miza

Thriller Court Clash Sparks Packed House Showdown

In an early period tense affair both teams battled fiercely in a crowded venue. The panic spread through the game as four players fouled out, including three Clay City specialists, in a gripping finish.

Bloomfield High Falls to Switz City 40–20 in Harris Gym

Bloomfield lost to Switz City 40 to 20 after leading 15 to 11 at halftime. Hollars and Hulen sparked the visitors while Arthur and Ramsey headed Bloomfield scoring. In the curtain raiser Bloomfield reserves defeated Switz City Reserves 12 to 7.

Bloomfield Bloomfield High Switz City Hollars Hulen Arthur and Ramsey Bloomfield Secontly

Basketball scores from Switz City and rivals

Scores list from a basketball night shows Switz City 40 over Bloomfield 29 with Wiley 18 and Robinson 13, Clay City 95 over Brazil 24, Gerstmeyer 17 over Marshall 12, Odon 37 over Economy 22, Bedford AQ 15, and Noblesville 21 in Martinsville district teletype notices.

Switz City Bloomfield Wiley Robinson Clay City Brazil Gerstmeyer Marshall Odon Economy Bedford

Linton Lodge to Elect Officers on December 20

Linton Lodge No. 60 will hold its annual election of officers on Thursday night December 20. An effort is being made to secure a large attendance from the membership. A special donation for the Masonic home will be asked at this meeting.

Linton Lodge No BP. & A. Maons Masonic Home

Mrs Hollingsworth 65 to be buried Wednesday

Funeral services for Mrs Mary Hannon Hollingsworth who died Saturday afternoon will be at Olive Branch church at 2 pm Wednesday. She was born in England 65 years ago and leaves six children in the locality, two brothers in Coalmont, and three sisters in England. Burial will be in Olive Branch cemetery.

Mary Hannon Hollingsworth Olive Branch M.A. Smith H. ©. Jaberg Hollingsworth England Nellie Withycombe Sthel Haseman Lillie Thomas Ruth Hagaman Mark Hollingsworth Arthur Hollingsworth Robert George Parsons Coalmont Suzanna Childs Grace Templeton Mary Jane Stocks Olive Branch Cemetery

Miner Loses Hand In Mine Machinery Accident

Hugh Martindale employed at the Twin mine northwest of the city suffered a severe accident this morning when his right hand was crushed in moving cog wheels during a engine room repair. Amputation was required at the wrist after admission to Freeman City hospital. He is married with a daughter and is Emmett Wright’s son-in-law. a previous injury near Sandborn cost him a finger.

Hugh Martindale Martindale Mr. Martindale Freeman City Hospital Floyd Wright West Linton Emmett Wright Sandborn

Indiana Day Observance Quietly Marked Across State

A 1925 legislature action spurred an annual Indiana Day proclamation by the governor inviting all residents and bootleggers to observe the anniversary of Indiana’s statehood on December 11. The piece recalls the historic gesture and its enduring but unclear modern memory.

Indiana

Hungry and Cold and Proud Reader Notes Visit

The Citizen published a reader letter describing a Sunday scene. Mrs. Josh Padgett invited a hungry, elderly ex Confederate soldier who refused to eat outdoors and was aged 835, into her home to share a meal.

Josh Padgett

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