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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1929
Page
2
A jumble of ad rates appears with rates per inch for advertisements and reading notices, plus notes that obits and social cards pay regular rates. Jokes reference Senator Borah, Noah Webster, and a pirate tale about liquor values and bribery, ending with a pun about surprise.
MARCO ISPECIAL TO DAILY CITIZEN MARCO Ind June 1 Born to Mr and Mrs Everett Garrett May 25 a boy Willis Ray Mr and Mrs A I Disiinger and son John William have gone for an extended visit to their parents near Madison Decoration day visitors included Mrs Frank Alkire and daughter Hazel of Linton and others.
Olive Branch residents Mr. and Mrs. Edward Page and several children hosted and visited relatives in Sullivan Bloomfield Koleen and Salem area over the weekend. Families include Page Chaney Cullison Rector Terhune McCullough and other relatives with multiple visits and a memorial service in Salem.
The inspector hurried through a crowded school asking if any abnormal children were in the class. A harried teacher replied that two had good manners, a brief Stray Stories moment.
Indiana Governor Harry G. Leslie sent letters to coal industry figures inviting them to a dinner at the Claypool hotel in Indianapolis on June 1 to discuss boosting native coal consumption. About 150 to 175 industry and allied representatives will attend as guests of the governor, marking the first step after his plea for officials to use Indiana coal in tax supported buildings. Plans to stimulate the coal industry were drafted at a Lafayette meeting of operators, miners and engineers. The governor had previously vetoed a 1929 bill for a $20,000 study of Indiana coal uses, saying an appropriation was unnecessary.
A three year old heiress, Vivian Fox, granddaughter of J. S. Fox Sr of Augusta, Georgia, is living with a colored family in Philadelphia while police care for her awaiting arrival of her grandmother who will take her back home.
Switz City reports Doyle Hennen and family visiting Mrs Minnie Neal. Calvertsville’s first season game set for Sunday at 2 30 with unknown strength. Henry Haywood slowly improving. Fred Fines leaves for Indianapolis to resume work. Junior League games vs Bloomfield at the local diamond. Gerald Switz returns from Detroit to visit family. Sunday school class hosted by Mr and Mrs Potter. James Newsom back from Detroit. Mrs Earl Hostetter of Bloomington visiting the Hostetter family.
In New Albany Indiana on June 1 Albert Freddie Fredora a man who claims to foretell fortunes while intoxicated told Mayor Newton A Green he knew his future. The mayor asked if it was jail and Fredora replied. He pleaded guilty to drunkenness and was fined forty dollars. Lacking cash he was jailed for public intoxication after insisting on telling a woman her fortune.
In the Stray Stories gag a conjurer asks for an egg to prove his trick, while a heckler from the gallery retorts by asking if anyone has proof there is an egg in the venue. The exchange highlights quick wit and audience interaction in a brief comic moment.
WANTED Ambitious reliable man wanted at once to distribute Watkins Products to steady users in Jointon. Full time proposition average earnings 385 to 85 weekly. No experience necessary. Write J R Watkins Company 129 128 E Chestnut St Columbus Ohio For Rent Furnished rooms for light housekeeping 00T street northwest 1p.
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