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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1925
Page
3
Tests by Dr. C H Ruddick on girls at Central and Bosse high schools show at least 33 percent with goitre and 20 percent with incipient symptoms. Superintendent John O Chowning requested the examination of city school students in Evansville Indiana January 22.
In the case of the state versus Milford Hudson Sr and Milford Hudson Jr the motion to quash was sustained but the court ordered the defendants kept on bond for any amended affidavit the prosecuting attorney might file Later Prosecuting Attorney Young filed a new affidavit.
Joseph Bland age eighty pioneer resident of the township died at 4 30 this morning at the home of his daughter in law Mrs John CC Bland on Seventh street northeast from infirmities of old age. He was born October 9 1844 and was in his eighty first year. Survived by three sons Oscar E Bland ex Congressmen and U S customs court of appeals judge John Calvin Bland and George Oliver Bland six grandchildren. Interment at Fairview cemetery with funeral plans to be announced.
Washington January 22 members of the congressional farm group weigh a plan to back a farm relief measure in this session. They aim for a bill that earns the approval of the president's agricultural commission and gains solid group support, though the exact form is not yet determined.
Spark Plug, a black and tan terrier owned by Joe Kurtz, vanished New Year’s Day after chasing a cat. William King heard a whine near an old barn, lowered himself into a dry well, and rescued the dog after it had sucked foodless for twenty days. The animal was fed every two hours and is expected to live.
Ed Battles known as conman of the old school killed himself in Kansas City. He was buried in boots and chaps, with saddle mates and prominent cattlemen among the mourners, reflecting a life among sunset plains, water holes, and stock yards.
In Chicago on January 22, sixty-five city inspectors including 52 building and 13 elevator inspectors walked out for higher wages after budget orders ignored their pay request. Chief building inspector John McHugh quit with his men as strikers, earning £2,280 yearly, sought $2,880.
In Seymour Indiana on January 22 Cass Kern Republican was awarded the Jackson County treasurer post by a 17 vote margin over Allen Swope Democrat after a circuit court recount. The official tally gave Swope a 33 vote majority but Kern’s contest persisted for a week. Kern was known as the Klan candidate while other Democratic candidates prevailed by safe margins.
In Indianapolis on January 22, Bishop H. H. Fout was elected president of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League with Elwood Haynes of Kokomo named vice president. Re-elected officers include C. M. Dinsmore as secretary Orlando H. Palmer as treasurer and I. S. Shumaker as superintendent.
Sherman Hatfield a prominent Washington township farmer visited Linton today to add his name to the Daily Citizens crowing list. A Greene county native, he stays in touch with current events and carries memories of the past, famed for his loyalty to the Democratic party as did his father Jerry Hatfield.
In Indianapolis on January 22, maintenance costs of state charitable and correctional institutions rose by more than 8.6 million dollars over the past twenty years, per statistics released by John A. Brown secretary of the state charities board.
Joe Robinson once of Linton and Wright township visited the area today for the first time in many years. He moved to Kansas about twenty two years ago and was in the region for a brief return four years ago. He was brother of the late Squire Neal Robinson who died twenty two years ago. He likely will locate in Terre Haute.
Indianapolis Jan 22 Sterilization of mentally or socially inadequate persons would be authorized by a bill after trial by judge or jury and appointment by the governor of a state eugenicist on the recommen dation of the state board of health, the article notes the measure's path through legislature.
A proposal by Republican Senator Oliver Holmes of Gary would tailor provisions to exclude people whose social ineffectiveness stems from temporary or curable conditions. The measure clarifies when the bill would not apply, focusing on conditional exemptions and practical implications.
James Blair, once presumed dead, arrived in Hartford City Indiana from his southern Indiana home to learn friends had accepted news of his death after a body was found on his farm. Blair had already been mourned by relatives.
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