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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1928
Page
5
More than 250 birds on display at the fifth annual Greene county poultry show with top quality White Leghorns White Plymouth Rocks Barred Plymouth Rocks and Rhode Island Reds. Judge Horace I Abbott praised the entries and ribbons awarded across many classes with public viewing through Friday.
Indiana reports show influenza in multiple counties with school closures and precautionary measures. Marion county sees about 8 000 ill. Crawfordsville 400. Seymour near 800. Warsaw 800. Plymouth two deaths and about 100 cases. Greensburg around 50. Culver Wabash and DePauw take steps. Calumet district modest cases. Evansville and Lebanon caution amid rising absences.Indiana university notes over 150 students ill with no class dismissals yet.
Bolivian president Siles and foreign minister Palaciois sent a note in La Paz on December 13 asserting Bolivia will seek satisfaction from Paraguay before agreeing to Pan American conference mediation of the Paraguayan Bolivian boundary crisis. The note states Bolivia will follow international mediation policy after satisfaction is obtained.
Five men aged 21 to 29 were sentenced by Circuit Judge Cyrus F. Patte to 5 to 21 years in the state reformatory for criminally attacking a 17 year old girl last June. Shaffer Frans Tuday were convicted while Kish Murray pleaded guilty. Court and prosecutor called the group a gang of beasts and despoilers.
Former secretary of war Jacob M Hickinson lies in a coma at St Luke's hospital in Chicago as doctors say death could come within hours. Dr Arthur R Elliott, his personal physician, reports the likely impending passing.
Special lights from Techiowalt are mainly used for aviation field lighting while also serving movie studios. They provide shadow-free illumination suitable for filming and studio work.
L L Frady a Linton resident and umbrella repairman is seriously wounded after two bandits boarded a southbound freight near Odon Indiana The assailants shot him in the abdomen and robbed him of 410 then dumped him from the moving car A brakeman assisted and Frady was rushed to Daviess county hospital Sheriff Bowen seeks the two gunmen and notified Frady’s Indianapolis brother Max Mrady of the attack
Julius Rosenwald of Lear Roebuck & Company pledges 5 million for a university dormitory project at the University of Chicago, with potential to rise to 7 million if trustees authorize an additional 3 million. The program aims to launch next spring and expand housing for students and faculty.
Funeral services were held today for Jesse W. Mayfield 84 who operated the first horse drawn cab service in Bloomington Indiana. He had lived here through the years.
In Chicago on December 4 a black powder explosive at the Wells Diner club on Drexel Boulevard caused about $1,000 in damage, shattering windows in the club and nearby buildings. Police say rival club owners likely behind the attack.
Former Mayor Charles Hundley 73 and Mrs. Hundley were found dead in their Carbondale residence after neighbors heard three gunshots. Police suspect robbery of silverware and rare tapestries. a bloodhound search began with Sheriff Flannigan leading the trail.
London dispatch reports that King George's condition remains grave with severe blood poisoning and weakness after two operations. Doctors warn of a long, difficult struggle ahead even as the palace bulletin notes some progress and stable pulse.
In Bicknell Indiana, miners vote on a five dollar daily wage plan amid UMW pressure. Gassoway and Camden Smith Jr. intervene as insurgent factions shift loyalty to the United Mine Workers. A meeting leads to canceling the plan and pledges loyalty to the UMW with poll monitoring and potential penalties for supporters of the insurgents.
With President elect Herbert Hoover already in Argentine territory, police doubled efforts to round up suspected terrorists during his two day visit. Authorities continued to monitor extremists and those with radical ties as the state visit proceeded.
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