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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1923
Page
3
Albany June 1 Governor Smith heard four hours of oral arguments on the repeal of the Mullan-Gage state prohibition enforcement act. After a lengthy session he left without indicating a decision. The repeal bill will die automatically at midnight Sunday if he does not sign or veto.
Funeral services for Thomas Henry Humphreys infant son of Mr and Mrs Horace Humphreys will be held Saturday at 2 pm at their A street northeast home with Rev E C Corts of the First Christian church officiating Burial will be in Fairview The death was reported as due to acute indigestion and the baby would have turned five months old on the 5th of this month Friends of the family are invited to attend
Circuit Clerk David F Bland reports licenses to wed since last week in Bloomfield area with couples from Vicksburg Linton Worthington Switz City Jasonville and Park. Names include Guy Johnson Madge Bray Harold Reynolds Gladys Inman William Weaver Martha Angleton Lexie Dixon Martha Axe Linus Buildingsly Wayne Burcham Aggie Acton Thomas Roundtree Abbie Zink Ruth Underwood Andrew Zink Bertha Collett.
The Saron Reform Church conducts a Sunday morning sermon Conquering Modern Amalekites at 10:30 with a call to courageous action. Sunday school at 9:30 covers Jeremiah the Prophet of Courage, Christian Endeavor at 6:30 on The Shepherd Psalm led by Cordon Campbell, plus a consecration meeting and Friday choir practice. Pastor A R Fledderjohann extends a cordial invitation.
The note warns that many experienced swimmers die each year and urges respect for water limits. It stresses swimming as a superb exercise but cautions against reckless risks like ignoring crossings or going beyond safe depths, leading to fatal outcomes.
A reflection cites a great man’s lesson to be content in any state. It argues that no day is entirely dark, for hope's rays pierce every circumstance and faith’s sunlight can drive away night.
A playful note compares ant leg speed to human pace, calculating that if humans moved their legs as quickly as an ant proportionally, they could reach about 800 miles per hour.
A brief historical note recalls periodic proposals to tax bachelors. It mentions that during William III’s reign English bachelors aged twenty five or older were obliged to pay one shilling annually until marriage, a levy that never gained public approval.
A silver world map on a thin circular plate three inches across is displayed at the Royal Geographical Society in England. It is said to be the best of four such maps remaining and commemorates Francis Drake's circumnavigation.
Ruskin compares earth’s mountains to natural cathedrals, adorned with gold and bordered floral work. Clouds rest upon their peaks like smoke from a constant sacrifice, shaping a solemn, reverent landscape.
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