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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1926
Page
2
Rates list show Mail out of state and Indiana pricing for single column inch ads. Includes terms for yearly, six months, three months, and monthly periods with per line reading notices and one cent per word for classified ads. Obituaries and social announcements priced at regular rates.
A reflective column notes widespread disasters, especially the South's historic floods, urging readers to act quickly on New Year resolutions and resist petty disputes. It lightly jokes that Nicaragua is of little consequence and that Linton Boy Scout troops could march to peace, hinting at broader diplomatic tensions.
A political remark warns it would be embarrassing if strict purity standards in Congress led to many expulsions leaving no quorum to conduct business. The speaker notes the danger of excessive purges hindering legislative action.
The piece notes Linton's resilient economy despite a low mood in its main industry. It credits industrial and commercial strength for self sufficiency and forecasts better times ahead for 1927, while acknowledging personal sorrows and successes of the year.
BLOOMFIELD December 29 Samuel Bonham living near Jasonville pleaded guilty in Greene circuit court to possessing white mule. Judge Thomas Van Buskirk sentenced him to 90 days at the state penal farm and fined $100. Sheriff Ervin Ray took him to the penal farm. Bonham has four prior arrests and convictions during Sheriff Ray’s four years in office.
Francisco district miners paid tribute to Miss Lucia Andrews of Lawrenceville NL with flowers and resolutions today in Princeton Indiana. Andrews, a nurse who contracted an infection while aiding victims of the Francisco mine explosion on December 9, sought to be lowered into the mine for first aid before the request was refused due to danger. Tyler L. Andrews, VP of Francisco Mining Co., stated the nurse risked herself to help victims but could not enter the mine after the blast.
A group of youths visited Bert Sills on A street southwest near the C M St P tracks last night about 10.00 pm forcing the door and throwing a rock that struck Sills on his crippled leg causing severe pain. They fled quickly, described as petty marauders.
George Canady of Lyons Indiana and Geneva Klutey of Sandborn Indiana obtained a marriage license in Lawrenceville Illinois on December 29.
Boston reports Dr. Lee K. Frankel, vice-president of a major life insurance firm, predicting medical science will erase almost all current diseases by 1950. He cites no cholera, typhus, or yellow fever cases in a decade and no smallpox deaths in the past year, and foresees cures and preventatives for cancer within 10 to 20 years.
An anecdote about a Paris trunk crisis when a nephew shouts Oh, h gosh and a porter replies Oui, bah gahz, oui, oui, bahgahz. The miscommunication leads to the trunk being located, highlighting a humorous French language moment.
Robert Lencourt argues in the Atlantic Monthly that the capitalist must supply demanded goods and that value alone does not inspire desire for good things. Beven warns savings over spending, urging taste and morals to guide consumption and social adjustment beyond state action.
The national archives were scattered but were centralized by an 1838 act into the Public Record Office. It holds records from the chancery exchequer courts and state departments including the treasury home office foreign office war office admiralty board of trade and customs. Among its principal exhibits are the Domesday Books created from William the Conqueror's 1083 survey.
Odd garbled lines hint at a cryptic message or wordplay. The text shows partial phrases and misordered letters, suggesting a puzzle or editorial note rather than a coherent report. No clear names or places are evident.
A fragmented OCR item presents garbled phrases including blame, eye choke, slur terms, wires and snow. readable bits mention conflict and cities but lack clear events or names. The text is too corrupted to extract a coherent news item or identifiable entities.
A dense page of small ads includes mineral baths and massage offerings by Mrs. Fannie Bain at 210 C street northeast, shoe repair demand, sewing machine purchases, early holiday apple sale by H. D. Stacey, home grown sweet potatoes, real estate changes by John C. Cravens, coal hauling by George Wright, a hair styling special, farm acreage for sale or trade, several property rental notices, and a roundup of barber shop closures with a plea to use union shops.
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