18 Feb 1921
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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1921
Page
1
A transcription from the Daily Citizen surveys advertising rates with the American Press Association and ponders long travel by air and rail. It notes improving roads in most counties, mentions rising air travel to Europe, and ends with remarks on city officials and the selection of competent leaders.
Two Indiana youths, Homely Walker of Evansville and Worrs born near Jasonville, attract attention as crime tales reach distant states. Walker has been electrocuted in New York, while Worrs awaits death at San Quentin for murder. Reports say neither had a chance, with Norris noting illiteracy and hard early life. parents bear heavy responsibility.
Indianapolis Feb 18 The state board of accounts calls for radical changes in highway commission laws after a 1917 1920 investigation. Report by W. Glidewell and A L Donaldson cites huge overhead costs, funds kept in an Indianapolis bank, disbursements by director L W Wright, and failure to bid contracts to lowest bidders.
The city screens two acts of Metropolitan vaudeville and a new feature with Mary Miles Minter returning as a dual role in As Souls Eve. A vampire plots ruin while sacred love prevails with striking photography using ghost effects. Don’t miss the city’s most impressive motion picture.
Dreamland Tonight presents Sherry an Edgar Lewis production and on screen extraordinary shown tonight for the last time with Buster Keaton’s Convict 132. Tomorrow features a mix of drama comedy and western. Monday offers a new serial with Elma Lincoln. Tuesday showcases That Girl Montana and a western feature.
A Decroit Byee Press item notes Germany may wonder if the apology for the Kidnapineg Lergdell attempt was a piece of fine irony. The writeup plays on the paradox of contrition and its outcome.
A Baptist Church event titled The World the Flesh and the Devil is planned for Sunday night in Linton. The gathering aims to discuss moral themes in contemporary life with a local speaker.
A humorous example letter from WhitSA to Warren Harding notes coincidence of his presidential start with a local gas plant’s reopening and questions whether the plant and his future presidency will satisfy all parties, suggesting idle operation for six months and playful rivalry over popularity.
Columbus Indiana dispatch reports Eli Welmick, age 84, labeled a lazy husband by a grand jury after a 14 year old charge surfaced. Sheriff Phillips found Welmick ill in bed at Hope and unable to be brought to court for arraignment in the circuit court.
Housekeeping today presents a showcase of electric irons toasters percolators tea pots grills cleaners wash machines and other labor saving members of the electric family. Prices are exceptionally low for a busy shopper.
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