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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1925
Page
2
An OCR fragment shows advertising rate figures per column inch and per line including notices and obituaries. Mentions permanent contracts and social or news announcements at regular line rates. Appears to be a historical classifieds section with unclear totals and terms.
A first fair of the proposed Greene County Agricultural Society will be held in Linton in fall 1926. It promises to be a humdinger as the county builds a new agricultural showcase.
Bloomfield American Legion baseball club visits Linton Cubs at City Park next Sunday. Both teams have won several games this year and anticipate a close contest. Play starts at 2 30 pm. Admission 26 cents for men 15 cents for ladies and children. Bloomfield battery Smith Rollins Wakefield. Linton battery Fitzpatrick Landis McAllister.
Secret service operatives in Detroit arrest five men and two women in a raid connected to counterfeit treasury certificates totaling $200000, largely in twenty dollar bills, circulated in midwestern cities over the past year. Officers Brown and Boos led the operation after a yearlong probe. Lawrence alr ardi is named as gang leader. suspects include Williams Chick Hale Piper and Violet Wilson. The group is believed to be part of a nationwide counterfeiting ring that netted over $1 million in spurious bills in the last year.
Vice President Charles G. Dawes snagged a fish hook in his finger while trout fishing at Monte Vista Colorado and, after a 17 mile drive to a doctor, had it removed. He returned to fishing in the afternoon and resumed the outing.
The Rev. Merritt A Souers of Palestine Illinois shows a letter signed by William Jennings Bryan in which the Great Commoner states his favorite hymn was and is Phoebe Cary s One Sweetly Solemn Thought. The letter is written and signed by Bryan.
Announcement states Harry Antibus of this city married Julia Baker of Perre Haute this week. The couple now reside at the groom's First Street Southwest home. Friends extend wishes for a long and happy life together.
The Wanetta club will meet tomorrow afternoon at Mrs Chris Myers home at 1:80 o clock. Members are asked to bring extra nickels and dimes.
Ed Carty, 85, a member of the horse thief detective association, was arrested in Clinton by Court Bailiff Brisco Harrison on an affidavit charging rape of Opal Clark, 14, who lives at 818 South Main Street near Carty’s home. Carty runs a garage at 808 South Main Street and formerly hunted horse thieves. He is married with two daughters, one 14.
Henry K. Kirk a renowned San Francisco figure and adventurer is found murdered. Days later John Trader’s body is discovered with a note recounting four strange duels in the desert where Kirk and Trader stood back to back and exchanged fatal grievances.
In Great Falls Montana on July, 88 year old William Black, a truck driver, was struck by a bolt of lightning while in the oil fields. The bolt caused peculiar effects including bending his watch chain, welding two silver dollars in his pocket, tearing his trousers and burning his hair. He was unconscious for about two hours but expected to recover, while the same bolt set fire to a nearby oil tank and destroyed it.
Indianapolis market report notes receipts of 4300 hogs with prices 30c to 65c higher and various beef, cattle, sheep, and calf figures. Hogs top near 14.25, cattle steady with steers 9 to 13, sheep strongest to 7, lambs up to 14.50, calves 11.50 to 12.00, demand mixed across grades.
In Columbus and a ruling by Municipal Judge Dean C. Throckmorton it was held that a wife is not responsible for illegal possession of liquor found in her home. Three housewives were discharged from custody and a letter was sent to Mayor James J. Thomas urging police caution on large arrests. The opinion holds the husband responsible.
William D. Shepherd, forster father and principal beneficiary, files an appeal in circuit court after probate court refused to admit the will to probate. The appeal includes a photostatic copy showing the estate valued at about $1,000,000 with $750,000 in personal property and $250,600 in real estate.
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