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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1929
Page
4
Rates listed for various durations and ad formats including one year four dollars, six months two forty, and one month one twenty six. Advertising columns priced per inch with subsequent insertions and reading notices, obituaries, and social announcements noted. Classified ads priced at one cent a word with a minimum first insertion of twenty six cents.
The American Farm Bureau Convention heard Chair man Legge claim agriculture shows marked economic improvement while former Governor Frank O Lowden argued the industry remains in serious plight. Observers note some gains since 1921, with prices down across many goods and a broader drop in purchasing costs for families, suggesting efficiency gains rather than mere wage shifts.
The census will soon begin with census takers traveling the country to tally the population and collect statistics on many topics. The piece warns against distrust or deceit, urging truthful answers to prevent future errors.
The passage urges cooperation with the upcoming census as a tool to measure the nation's size and conditions in agriculture, stock raising, industry, and employment. It frames census-taking as patriotic and beneficial for future development and accurate taxation, hoping residents in Linton will assist the census-takers.
Nellie Mae Telleng, a former Dugger resident, died Saturday night at 10:30 at Union Hospital in Terre Haute. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 10:00 at Hickory church west of Dugger. She is survived by her father John Purcell and two sons Mason and Garl Tellens. body to rest at sister Mrs Ladson in Sullivan.
Peter Tumbledown’s hog venture faces criticism as hogs are often loose and poorly kept. The article notes fences and pens in disrepair, with hogs moving about carts and neighboring fields. Claims of healthier meat from looser, freer hogs are contrasted with poor farm conditions.
A fragment quotes Cinehinatl Knavirer musing that without friends, people would struggle to find topics. It hints at social talk and common interests as conversation fuel.
A Machinists' Journal aphorism notes that self control matters in danger and comfort, urging workers to protect temper in crisis and not risk loss of discipline or balance when facing adverse conditions.
Spurns fiancé rumor after Jacques Cartier announces engagement to actress Jetta Goudal. Cartier, a Nashville stage dancer known as Wilk Carter, claims they will wed. Goudal declares she knows of no engagement and refuses marriage to anyone.
A concise line from George Eliot notes that vice like cruelty needs no motive beyond its own existence, and only requires opportunity to act. The quote reflects on human behavior and moral critique within a philosophical frame.
Three long English reigns by Henry LH, George I, and Queen Victoria each surpassed fifty years, marking exceptional tenures in royal history.
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