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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1927
Page
2
Subscriptions demand advance payment with disconnection for nonrenewal. Indiana and out of state mail rates listed, with annual, half yearly and quarterly options. Advertising rates shown, obituary and social notices priced per line. Today features a dramatic wolf drive near Linton with local participation and commentary on Oklahoma politics and officials.
A defense argument cites laws of the country and California, granting Hickman rights to a fair and impartial hearing. The speaker asserts that despite heinous crime and certainty of guilt, he and all citizens can claim protection of the law. Punishment may be delayed but ultimate justice will come.
The passage extols Charles Lindbergh for his decisive, no frills flights asserting his role as a popular hero. It contrasts public reverence for his epochal Paris flight with criticism of earlier risky ventures and notes Lindy’s enduring affection worldwide.
Attorney Orph Hall sues Paul Demming and James Orndorff after they hauled his hog in a truck drunk causing a rollover. The hog attacked the men and was killed with blunt force. Other items note Rev Lowell Wilson spurning $26,000 over Wilson resemblance, a man struck by an axe causing injury, white crosses planned at railroad crossings, barber charity in Huntington, and a divorce suit by Alma Clohiper over Asa Cloviger’s party-night absence.
Ten years after World War I events, Dec 20 1917 reports show three British destroyers mined or torpedoed near the Dutch coast with 198 lives lost. The Allies plan a formal reply to Germany's peace feeler via Count Csernay, Austrian Hungarian foreign minister, as Trotsky transmits the message.
Professor Sarah Barrows of the University of Iowa reported to the Linguistic Society of America that a study of 137 people across sections of Iowa's towns reveals 24 distinct pronunciations for words like watch water and wash.
The big wolf in Goosepond territory south and southwest of Linton was seen this morning scampering across a field and through a thicket. It was not captured and may have been shot. organizers plan a larger drive to capture alive for display in the city park. Dr Frank Welch says the wolf is about as big as two shepherd dogs. Ras Price, captain of the drive, promises another date and wider turnout.
Mrs Seph Inman tried to start her Auburn at about 9 20 this morning when the carburetor flooded and gasoline ignited. She called the fire department but by arrival the blaze was already subdued by bystanders. The car sustained only slight damage.
A severe storm today razed five hundred houses in Akita Prefecture. The steamship Dainichi Maru ran aground off Akita, endangering its thirty crew members.
Classified style note seeks a used German heater at 1010 A street southeast from Albert Kimaman. Additional line items advertise pre inventor sale discounts at Q. J. Kealing Co and promotional hats from J. Kelling Co. Includes a finder request for a misplaced item and a listing for an Airdale watch dog a price listed.
Sunday visitors at Burlis Chapel included Mr and Mrs Thead Goodman and many relatives from Indianaffairs Terre Haute Bloomington and Vincennes. Extended visits covered the Goodman, Reed, Bedwell, Fainot and Marquart families with several members traveling from Harden Mont Sullivan and Linton areas.
Mrs Lulu Thompson Blue widow of Perry H Blue longtime Sullivan figure died at her Indianapolis home after a period of declining health. Her husband Perry H Blue, a Sullivan county legal and railroad pioneer, once executive attorney and manager of the Indiana and Illinois Southern Railroad, helped found Merom Gravel Company.
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