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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1937
Page
4
The Office-Citizen Building includes the News Editor and business offices at 79 South Main, with contact lines for the paper listed as phone 177 and editor's line at 277 for inquiries and public notices.
The note affirms neutrality and independence in reporting. It stresses fairness, public ownership of news, and rejection of bias, favoritism, and entanglements with charity or favors in coverage.
Subscription rates require payment in advance and non renewal leads to discontinuation. In city carrier seven days a week at 7.50 per year, Indiana mail six months 2, three months 1, outside Indiana year 5, six months 2.50, three months 1.26. Advertising rates for a single column inch 35 cents, subsequent insertions 25 cents per inch. classified 1 per word with 25 cent minimum. reading notices per line 15 cents. obituaries and cards of thanks governed by regular line rates. Permanent contracts offered on request.
Nelson Beasley former Indiana star end and Linton athlete completed a successful year as line coach for Central Missouri State Teachers college. Linemen Argyle Wakeman and Roy Borgstadt earned Little All-America honorable mention as the Mules went seven wins, no losses, before a Cape Girardeau setback. Coach Vollmer praised Beasley as efficient and largely responsible for the line play and team success.
From a 1917 start lettuce exports grew into a top Arizona industry. Last year over 13,000 carloads were shipped, with $5 to $10 million annual value from Phoenix and Yuma. More than 30,000 acres yield two annual harvests, including a 10,000 acre fall deal in Salt River valley. Labor costs exceeded $500,000 before market, with 1,635,750 hours needed per crop and over $1,000,000 invested in sheds and packing machinery.
Local residents hosted dinners and visits this week with Mr. and Mrs. George W. Canady and Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Elgan and children of Sandborn, and Mr. and Mrs. William Arnold visiting Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kindall in Worthington. A baby girl Phyllis Diana Hamilton was born to Floyd and Mrs. Hamilton of Elnora, formerly of the community. Bus service was suspended due to icy roads. Bert Baker hosted Saturday guests, his two nephews from near Bedford.
Charles Radden was imprisoned in Ramsey England after refusing to serve on a jury, marking a collision with legal duty and local authority during the period.
Nellie Lee is granted a divorce from Charles Lee in Bloomfield circuit court. A drainage ditch bonds interest suit was filed December 18 by Ora Ax against Greene County Board of Commissioners Eskel Beasley auditor and John Moore treasurer. A real estate possession and damages suit was filed December 18 by John W Brandon and trustees against Earl Leadune.
The Linton Nuleos split two wins in three against the Sinclair Polo Cats while Sullivan Sophomores won two of three from the Worthington All Stars in local handicap bowling. Individual scores followed.
Mrs Gladys Hetherington spent the weekend with her parents in Lexington Kentucky. Rev and Mrs Chastain returned home after visiting friends at Montpelier. Miss Marie Gibson of Terre Haute visited her parents and Annabelle. The Pollyanna class met at Mrs Elizabeth Spencer s home with refreshments served. Mrs Walter Holmes and Mrs Louis Jaffre were in Linton on business. Mr and Mrs Ras Turpin moved to Linton. Mrs Angeleana Fiscus of Worthington visited her parents. Elsie Laymon was in Terre Haute on business.
Marian Williams and Sherman Stake spent Wednesday and Thursday in Indianapolis on business. Uncle Noah Stafford suffered another stroke Friday night and is in critical condition. Fred Campbell visited Linton on Thursday. Lizzie Pool is ill at home. Mrs. Walker, staying with Mrs. Jane Good, visited friends in Bicknell. Wesley Clark is recovering satisfactorily. Coy Williams was in Bloomfield on business Monday.
Fourteen years ago Joseph H Sears of Oyster Bay hired a chef who gave the name Alfred Grouard and served faithfully until health failed last year. The chef never left the estate or received visitors or mail. Death revealed that Alfred was a woman.
Texas oil regulation agents uncovered a bootleg operation near a Texas City farm. The plant tapped the Bennett Pipeline, heated crude into distillate, and sold gasoline to local stations. A camouflaged setup included buried drums, hidden compartments in a touring car and lines bored under nearby pipelines and a highway.
Dallas Texas December relief report shows unemployed clients consuming 171,129 pounds of prunes costing $14,624, the highest purchase among grocery items. Vegetables follow with 156,898 pounds issued for $13,368.
Dean Hugo Winkenwerder of the University of Washington planted a gooseberry bush imported from Siskiyou mountains and expects berries the size of ping-pong balls as Puget Sound soil may help them grow.
A Wenetchee Washington reporter Lynn Leonard began a humorous subscription list to raise funds for the widow of the Unknown Soldier. Many patriotic citizens joined without asking who the widow is.
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