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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1925
Page
2
Advertising rates show pricing for mail orders outside Indiana, including period subscriptions and line ad costs. It lists single column inch rates, subsequent insertions, reading notices, and notes on obituaries and social announcements at regular line rates, with a one cent per word minimum.
A suggestion to organize a county fair and race meeting in the fall is raised as a benefit for the city and community. A German zoologist claims earthworms can sing, while the coal industry debate notes both too many mines and too many miners amid coal shortages.
The text argues against both federal and state levying income and inheritance taxes. It calls for reconsideration of tax laws as excessive and suggests separating approaches to taxation.
A Chicago woman announces her candidacy for the mayoralty nomina tion and vows to expose graft. Elsewhere in Greene county, bankers form the Greene County Protective association to defend property, planning armed vigilance with minute men and KRAG rifles, signaling a hard line against robbers.
An old time advertisement touts Dare's Mentha Pepsin as a quick remedy for gas bloating heartburn indigestion and upset stomach. It claims rapid relief from dyspepsia gastritis and related symptoms plus improved energy sleep and mood, with easy intake and pleasant taste through Duncan's Pharmacy and druggists.
The Wright township Parent-Teacher association held its regular monthly meeting at Midland high school on Tuesday evening July 14. A large crowd endured the heat as the program opened with audience singing and several piano solos and readings by Miss Eva Michael Madge Chaney Mary Warrick and Mrs Mansfield. The county chairman attended with her husband from Bloomfield and spoke on organizing a county council. Secretary and treasurer reports were approved.
Frederick Maryland July 16 Robert Shroyer 28 was whipped at the post by Sheriff Ingomar W Albaugh under a magistrate sentence for wife beating. Ten lashes with a regulation blacksnake whip were applied in the Frederick county jail with three witnesses and a doctor present. It was the first white man whipped in the state in years. Maryland law allows jail or whipping post at the magistrate's discretion.
Indianapolis notes cash livestock prices with receipts at 6500 hogs steady to 15c higher. Heavies top at 14.15 to 14.30, medium and mixed 14.40 to 14.50, common to choice 14.50 to 14.75. Cattle receipts 800 weaker, steers 9.00 to 12.50, cows and heifers 8.00 to 11.00. Sheep 500 receipts, market lower top 6.00, lambs 14. Calves 600 receipts, market strong top 11.00, bulk 10.50 to 11.00.
Stockton School Township invites sealed bids for a schoolhouse in Greene County Indiana. Bids due August 6 1925 at 2 PM at the Trustee office Linton Trust Company building. Plans by John T Fritz. Bonds and affidavits required. right to reject bids reserved. Elmer Pope Trustee dated July 16 1925.
Tell City, Ind, July 16. Governor Jackson pledged to cut state tax from 28 to 25 cents and reduce the state debt by 1926. He spoke during a tour inspecting southern Indiana highways and urged taxpayers to hold local officials to account for public expenditures to lower county taxes 23 to 33 percent in coming years.
The Ladies' Missionary Society of Olive Branch church welcomes all to an ice cream social in the grove behind the church Friday July 17 at 7 o clock. Admission free and all invited.
For sale notice offers a modern bungalow with eight rooms and a garage in a well located area. Cash price listed at about $4,500 with a suggested total cost around $6,000. See Jon n Beasley at 1413e for details.
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