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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1922
Page
3
Township trustees starting January 1 receive duties as assistants to the state fire marshal Newman T. Miller. They must investigate each fire, determine if it was accidental or intentional, report suspicious fires immediately, and file reports within ten days. Compensation includes 50 cents per fire, 15 cents per mile, and up to $2 daily for investigation at the marshal’s discretion.
Washington in rain greeted Woodrow Wilson on his 66th birthday as friends raise a $1,000,000 fund to honor his ideals and the Senate quickly adopted a resolution praising his recovery. A delegation from the Woodrow Wilson foundation visited him for about 40 minutes while others sent felicitations from around the world.
Peters burgh Indiana December 29 Ireland Abbott 82 years old attempted to end his life in Pike county jail by severing arteries in his right hand with a pen knife while awaiting admittance to the Southern Indiana Hospital for the Insane He carried a loaded shotgun for protection from supposed enemies his injuries not serious and he had been arrested near Velpen Wednesday for safe keeping A Citizen Wanted Will Sell it.
In Cleveland on December 29, boards of directors for five Indiana touching railroads approved a consolidation creating the New York Chicago and St. Louis Railroad company. The six roads total 1,695 miles with an authorized capitalization of 105.5 million dollars. The Van Sweringen planned merger unites the Nickel Plate Clover Leaf and others under one umbrella.
Boston dispatch reports Ford Motor Company will acquire the Pond Creek Coal company assets in Pike county Kentucky including coal lands mining plant and equipment. President T B Davis notes final liquidation would yield an estimated 45 dollars per share with 212920 shares outstanding. A stockholder meeting to ratify the sale was authorized with delivery set for December 30. Pond Creek operates as a soft coal producer in a non union area.
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