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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1928
Page
2
Obscure adlike notices mix with satirical snippets and dated boasted claims. The text lampoons college profanities and political jests while naming obsolete figures and trivial events such as weddings and fashion shifts.
Henry Rollison county treasurer reported $28 000 Greene county bonds were sold yesterday to meet the county share of the Tri County State park expense. Inland Bank and Investment Co of Indianapolis bid the issue at a premium of 507 50, with two other bidders present but secondary.
Alvah Letsinger aged 65 of Jasonville appeared before Mayor Walters on a charge of intoxication. Court records show two penal farm sentences for intoxication in the past year. He reportedly agreed to leave the state by tonight if the charge was dismissed, and the mayor appeared to accept the plan.
Several candidates will be inducted into haymaking at Quapaw way tonight. The strenuous work will leave workers fed up on oyster soup after the hay is safely put away.
City fire department responded to a small roof fire at the Mauch Murphy evrocery on North Main Street about 8:50 this morning. Sparks from a flue set fire to dry shingles and caused minor damage with no report of injuries.
The Davis Tailoring Line is shown at our shop over Linton Hardware Co inviting inspection of the new Davis Style Book. We highlight deliveries to business and professional men in the past, with customer recommendations and repeat business. You can see suits and overcoats, save on clothing costs, and view the line at the shop or in your home.
A local paper features a child friendly promotion beginning Monday featuring a picture series about fairies animals and daily scenes. Readers are invited to clip and paste pictures into scrap books with five prizes including a brand new car and dollar bills. The offer encourages early participation and promises a prize for the five neatest books with winners named in the paper.
Vaudeville performers bring an entire new program to the theatre on Monday and Tuesday as audiences flock to the red hot spectacle. The shift promises fresh acts and high energy as crowds line up for the sensational bill.
Mro and Mars FLO Purpin visit son Walter Turpin in Detroit during the holidays. Miss Helen Moore of Central Business College Indianapolis remains with her parents Mo and Mrs Ralph Moore. Planche Mayner, employed in Pontiac, Mich., returns home for the holiday week to see her parents Mr and Mrs Wy HL Marner of West of Linton. Cecelia Nolan, student nurse at St Vincent’s Indianapolis, expected home Sunday to celebrate New Year with her parents Mr and Mrs James Nolan.
Policies numbers A208 to 4225 inclusive of Fidelity-Phenix Fire Insurance Company of New York have been lost or destroyed. Not having been issued they are void. Persons who come into possession of them are urged to mail or deliver them to Peoples Trust Company Agents at Linton Indiana or to Fidelity-Phenix Fire Insurance Company of New York box 771 Chicago Tl 2918e.
Local residents reported ill with the flu this week including Mrs Phyllis Webb Mrs Elma Moore Peoples Rev Tilden Toward Mrs Joe Poe and son Dick Mrs Hatley daughter of Rev and Mrs Haley Miss Esther Schloot Artie Mitchell and others. W J Wainton and Hugh Craig also listed among those ill.
The Grand screens The Cap with William Boyd leading a starry cast including Allen Hale Jacqueline Logan and Robert Armstrong plus a color feature and Aesop Fables. Sunday offers Love Over Night with Rod L. Roque and Mary Carr. Monday and Tuesday bring a five act vaudeville bill with Skirts and School Begins plus a Gang comedy and a late midnight vaudeville show at 11.
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