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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1923
Page
2
A garbled clipping references city tiling rates and insertion costs, social notices, and local ads. It mentions automobile speeders, community help for schools and roads, Christmas cheer, and a school play staged by local groups with townwide activities expected to be supported by public funds.
Union car owners prepare for 1924 actions as officials set schedules after December 9 with hours from 8 a.m. and holidays excluded.
A fragment notes a call for members to attend a special meeting this afternoon on North Street. The text urges participation and indicates scheduling details are being arranged.
Ladies Aid Society of the Lurch will meet Thursday. Mrs. Harry Slinkard, senior member, please attend.
Epworth League held the annual 1923 Linton high school football banquet in the First M. E. church basement with over one hundred attendees. The event featured a grand march a prayer by Prof. Slater Bartlow remarks by toastmaster Rev W E Cissna solos by Miss Margaret Orr and Miss Cathryn McKissick and a piano solo by Miss Hazel Collins. Booster J F Weisman praised the team praising their loyalty and courage and urged football participation in education. Epworth League expressed thanks to local businesses for aid.
The United Brethren church choir will practice at the church tomorrow evening at seven o'clock sharp. All members please be on time.
The remark suggests caution about doctors attending the funeral of former patients, seen by some as unprofessional, while others view it as a humane gesture. The line hints at lingering tensions or ethical debates in medical practice and personal boundaries.
A fragment notes hours and life in an apartment building, listing 50 duties or chores reduced to create leisure time for a child. The terse passage hints at social or household arrangements and the impact on daily routines. No clear names or places are identifiable.
A fragment hints at Carlyle urging finding bed and board at home, cautioning not to expect too much as a path to real contentment in daily life. The text appears as a clipped quotation about home in practical terms.
A newspaper excerpt presents cheerful letters from young children to Santa Claus. Dorothea Hamilton requests a doll, a doll bed, guts, and candy from 440 Third St N W. Doris Hamilton asks for a ball skates nuts and candy from 159 First St Southwest. Robert Richmond a seven year old second grader seeks shoes gloves a blank gun books nuts candy fruit and care for mother and siblings.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the United Brethren church held a well attended meeting last evening with strong program and audience approval. Readings by Elsie Huffman Sara Nelle McIntosh Lorena Letsinger and a whistling and vocal solo by Lucille Johnson pleased attendees. Rev. B S McNeely gave an inspiring talk closing the program. Christmas bazaar items valued around 1.00 and a 40.00 free will offering were reported. Refreshments were served and plans made for a chicken dinner in the church basement Friday. Members are encouraged by the success.
A collage of letters from young children detailing holiday requests for toys and sweets. Fragments mention bicycles footballs skates trains tables chairs dolls tricycles candy nuts oranges and a plea to remember poor children and friends. Names include Frank Fusco Leonard Fusco Collins Bellamy Duffey Maddox Gwin.
Sunday school at the United Brethren church reorganized the men’s Sunday school class, now named the Friendly Bible class. Officers elected: President Sylvester Hadley, Vice President John Cotrell, Secretary-Treasurer Harley Burrell, Secretary Pro Bert Christy. Rev. B S McNeely leads the class with plans for active work and future progress. Committees will be appointed Sunday as the class mobilizes for better team organization.
A child’s handwritten plea asks Santa for aid dishes a story book candy nuts and fruit for Christmas the misspelled note reflects a hopeful request for gifts and food.
Delphian Study Club met Tuesday afternoon at the public library for a regular session. The program covered great portrait painters of Holland including Van Leyden, Frans Hals, Rembrandt, Ferdinand Bol and Gerard Don. Notable landscape artists discussed included Ruids dael, Hobbama, Joseph Israels and Antonin Meuse. The next meeting will be the second Tuesday in January. Members listed: Mrs. Monsor, Mrs. Porter, Mrs. Schloot, Mrs. Symmes, Mrs. Westfall and Mrs. Fordyée.
Lovely hand made Christmas gifts advertised with prices from 60 cents up. The notice notes a sale or event at the U B Church, likely on a Saturday in Hanes area, with a specific date unclear.
David Terhune and Mrs. Claude Harris traveled to Indianapolis this morning for business. Miss Thelma Myers of Odon visits Miss Lena Jamison. Miss Susan Small of Lyons returns home after visiting relatives. Mrs. Sarah Young of Washington, Ind. leaves city after business. Mrs. D. M. Rodgers returns from Sullivan to her home. Janet Rook of Terre Haute visits grandparents. John H. Gray of Clinton returns home after visiting his parents. Lena Kirby of Dresden returns home after visiting Frank Kirby’s family. Frank Lenning, Oille Strong, and Lester Secrest motor to Spencer for a district K P lodge meeting. Mrs. John Martin of Toledo, guest here, leaves for Indianapolis to visit her brother Thomas Martin before returning home.
Rev W Cissna of the Methodist church at Weat Liberty AL visits his son Rev W E Cissna pastor of the First M E church in this city He will speak at the mid week services at the Methodist church tonight at 7 30 o clock All Methodist folk are cordially invited to bring their friends to this service.
Ancient uncle notes Methuselah is smart but not perfect in health care. The fragment hints at wisdom and caution about taking care of one health. The tale uses dialect to illustrate a moral about aging and prudence.
A clipped fragment lists names or terms including Anita eight evidence phrases, with unclear context. The readable words point to a partial signature or caption style line. No coherent event or action emerges from the remaining OCR.
An argument between an automobile and a locomotive over right of way at a grade crossing ends with the locomotive prevailing. The interchange underscores the priority of trains at crossings, reflecting longstanding traffic norms in the era.
A terse remark asserts that a porte cochere for three generations in America signals entry into the aristocracy, reflecting social ambition and architectural status as a marker of elite lineage.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions perception and people with incomplete phrases. It lacks clear subjects, actions, or outcomes to form a fuller summary.
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