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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1925
Page
4
The Linton Junior High and Linton-Stockton High basketball squads travel to Jasonville Friday to face two local Jasonville teams. Both sides have practiced hard, promising two lively contests. A large turnout of supporters will accompany the teams, hoping for success akin to the football victory on Thanksgiving day.
United Press Dispatch reports Indiana will not see major gasoline price cuts soon, as War ren G Platt of Cleveland says national fuel supply remains ample. State forester Charles G Deam advocates growing Christmas trees in Indiana to save hundreds of dollars annually, citing waste acreage and favorable soil, with Maine Vermont Canada Michigan and Minnesota currently supplying trees. Purdue University hosts a contest by Indiana Pig Callers on January 12 featuring the loudest Whoo-00-ey on farms statewide.
In Newark New Jersey on December 17 Santa Claus a part time worker for the Volunteers of America collapsed on a street corner while greeting children and collecting funds. He was 70 year old Chris Zobel and died of heart disease. His death occurred as he shook hands with boys and girls and rang his bell. Friends are urged to come forward to ensure burial in a potter's field if no relatives are found.
In Keege Denmark the mayor announces cycles and motor vehicles must light lamps thirty minutes before sunset, with the sunset hour to be fixed by the mayor. The proclamation mirrors old royal commands, adjusting to modern traffic rules.
Canal Zone December outlook indicates its busiest month in two years as 223 commercial vessels and 13 launches passed tolls totaling 1,021,214 dollars in half a month. Eleven and a half months yield 4,585 ships and tolls of 2,028,959 dollars.
The Order of Eastern Star will meet tomorrow at 7:30 PM for work and planned activities. Members are advised to attend as scheduled.
Helen Harge daughter of the former American Ambassador to Russia is to wed Captain William D Thom as at Washington. The engagement was reported to Count Negri Arnoldi of the Italian cavalry earlier.
The Rev. Edgar L. Mullins, new pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church, faces a $25,000 alienation of affections suit filed in Fort Wayne by Howard I. Smith, a Lawrenceburg confectioner, who alleges Mullins won Smith’s wife’s love while at Lawrenceburg church. Smith says the couple, married seven years with two sons, were troubled by the affair. Mullins denies the charges and says he has counsel. Mrs. Mullins supports her husband’s fidelity, noting eighteen years of marriage and no suspicion of misconduct.
New York banks hold more than five million dollars in deposits with no claimants. The funds range from a few thousand dollars in small banks to several hundred thousand dollars in large savings institutions, leaving substantial sums unclaimed.
Mt Mellick club plans a Friday afternoon gathering hosted by Mrs Uriah Maxwell on East Vincennes Street. The meeting venue is her home and attendees will discuss club affairs and upcoming events.
The Wanita club will meet with Mrs. Chris Myers tomorrow afternoon. The note indicates a Friday gathering and mentions the host or organizer by name.
The article explains diamond authenticity tests. Real diamonds can be filed with a hardened instrument without scratching, while imitation stones crack under pressure. A further test is immersion in water where a true diamond retains brilliance, whereas a fake loses luster.
Nicholas Janson, a French printer and engraver, introduced the Roman type. He established a printing plant in Venice around 1470 and died there around 1491.
The almanac Poor Robin’s Almanac began in 1603 with Robert Herrick the poet as author of the first issue. It ran for about a century and a half in England before being discontinued in 1828.
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