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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1929
Page
3
An OCR fragment shows advertising rate details for Indiana and out of state, including per year, six months, and monthly options. It also lists rates for reading notices, memorials, and cards of thanks, with one cent per word minimum and other contract notes.
Richard Byrd leads a well organized Antarctic expedition and completes a successful flight over the South Pole. He previously reached the North Pole in 1926, replicating that achievement with far less time and effort. The article argues Byrd’s radio linked expedition modernizes exploration and emphasizes scientific progress over old glamour.
Kansas City Journal-Post recounts a terror rule in the St James hills of Arkansas where land barons allegedly burned alive a young woman for defying them. A married couple overheard and were silenced. Five men now face murder trials as the mountain gossip spreads across hollows and coves, a creeping whisper destroying fear.
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss the flag’s ornamentation, stating that what appears as stars are actually mullets five-pointed vowels of a knight’s spur symbolism. It mentions a vowel emblem for every date to the Union, reflecting heraldic terminology and a shift from star imagery.
Frank Dean a thirty six year old former federal prohibition agent was arrested Saturday in Terre Haute on intoxication and assault charges. He posted a $1,000 bond Sunday but failed to appear in city court, triggering a bench warrant. Witnesses say he attacked Mrs. Mary Meharry and Deputy George Marshall after trying to buy liquor. Dean, a Bloomfield resident and longtime deputy sheriff, was later jailed and then released on bond.
Howard Buck, a confessed forger who Governor Harry G. Leslie aided with parole and a state highway drafting job, is back in the Indiana state reformatory. He faces a two to fourteen year sentence for burglary after an oral parole violation. Buck, once a university official player, was injured years ago, with a wound linked to his criminal tendencies.
A Muncie man, David Evilsizer of 723 North Madison Avenue, reports relief after taking Konjola for five years of stomach gas heart pressure and kidney issues. He says appetite improved, breathing eased, constipation vanished, and weight gain followed. Konjola is sold at Hamilton's Drug Store in Linton and by regional druggists.
Former head of the Illinois state department of registration and education was found guilty by a jury of operating a diploma mill. He received seven months and one day in jail and a $2000 fine.
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