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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1928
Page
2
A jumble of printing rate data for subscriptions and advertising, followed by an Indiana governor and budget snippet. It notes $65,000,000 needed for next year and praises Indiana administration. Gas-making engineers say Linton has strong rail links and manufacturing potential.
Mr and Mrs Millard Pope hosted a six o clock dinner for Milard Lee ages one year and his grandmother Mrs Charles Liddil age 1 years. The event featured seasonal decor and gifts for guests. Dorothy Mae Fern Virginia Liddil and Charles McCullough performed mime and recitations after dinner. Attendees included the Liddil families Pope Stewart Withycomb Shank McCullough Liddil Corbin and others with their children.
Reverend and Mrs Haley hosted a holiday pound party when members of the congregation arrived unannounced with a pound of goods and coffee. Guests and speakers included Walton Stover, George Baker, Dr Beecher, and J A Powell.
John T. Fritz of the Linton City Park board announces the purchase of the Hughy Smith homestead near the Island City mine. The one and a half story log cabin will be torn down and rebuilt in City park as a reminder of Greene County pioneers and frontier days.
William W. Rogers near Paxton shared a pond tale from the Sullivan Union. When water was scarce last fall, ducks swam in a shallow pond where snapping turtles clung to duck feet. Rogers waded in and lifted a duck by the neck, tossing it ashore with a large soft-shell turtle still attached.
Jasonville residents and visitors made several midweek trips to Terre Haute Indianapolis and Louisville on business and personal visits. Names include Ward Soalmont Henry Walters Pearl Griffith Raymond Lowery Arthur Griffith Watson Neal Ray Walters Guy Inman Robertine Reed Bryan Wheeler Delpha Mekhee Jack Gain Ray Franklin Etta Sexton Leonard Hochstettler.
Indianapolis market notes show hog receipts near ten thousand with holdouts around one thousand six, prices generally down two cents. Waley ranges include 250 to 350 pounds at 8.10 to 8.55 per hundredweight and lighter weights around 8.50, cattle receipts six hundred, calves six hundred with beef steers at 9.50 to 16 and cows 7 to 9, vealers 15 to 16, stock and feeder steers 5 to 10.50.
Local basketball fans will witness three contests at Linton-Stockton High School gym Friday evening. At 6 45 the Jasonville and Linton girls clash, then Brazil B faces Linton B at 7 30, followed by a Bloomfield at Linton High School showdown at 8 30. Expect a capacity crowd.
In Washington on December 20 Mrs Grover C Robey delivered twins a boy and a girl marking the fourth set born to the couple in seven years bringing the total children in the family to 14 The mother formerly Miss Anna Barbara Midlecoff of Baltimore is one of thirteen children and her husband one of eighteen both come from large families and the couple reports they are doing well.
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