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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1927
Page
2
Advertising rates listed per single column inch with per inch charges for subsequent insertions. Raters for permanent contracts provided upon application. Obituaries and cards of thanks and announcements not purely social or news character priced at line rates. Classified ads priced at one cent per word with a first insertion minimum of 26 cents.
The Interstate Commerce Commission granted a 20 cent per ton cut on eastern Ohio and Pittsburgh district bituminous coal for Great Lakes cargo. Indiana hopes a similar action may follow, saying current rates discriminate against its mines. The non union fields in Kentucky West Virginia and Tennessee had requested a cut but were refused. A favorable Indiana decision would boost the state's coal industry and reassure operators and business leaders.
Indiana board of state charities holds a special session in Indianapolis to consider requests by the Indiana state prison trustees to investigate charges by D. C. Stephenson regarding mistreatment in prison. Stephenson, a former Ku Klux Klan grand dragon serving a life term for murder, filed the parole application prompting the inquiry. The meeting, announced by John A. Brown, will decide if the full committee investigates or if a smaller panel is assigned.
John Drew, 71, American actor best known for his stage and screen work, has shown marked improvement after an extended sanitarium confinement. Officials say he remains under care but is reporting better health following treatment for a serious illness.
Bettie Railsback age 12 of Roswell New Mexico suffered facial and head bruises when a Buick driven by her mother Mrs John Railsback slid on gravel near the residence of John Winters and struck a telephone pole. Mrs Railsback and another occupant suffered shock but were not seriously hurt. They were returning from Bedford with Mrs Railsback’s mother and planned to continue west later today.
The First Christian church will host a welcoming reception for Rev. W. T. Mullins and his family on Friday at 7 30 p m. Mullins recently moved to the city and begins active church work. All members and friends are invited to attend the event.
A destroyed home near Williamsburg on May 20 caused missed vouchers after a tornado. One cancelled voucher turned up later on a farm near Olin, over seventy miles away, and remained undamaged. The find follows the May destruction and underscores the spread of aftermath.
The children of the Christian Sunday school are asked to meet at the church tomorrow afternoon at 1 o'clock for practice.
The Order of the Eastern Star will hold a meeting Friday night at 7 30 oclock with members urged to attend.
Mr. and Mrs. Joel White and Miss Ina Cardwell traveled to Bloomington to attend the Bloomington high school commencement tonight. Mrs. Virginia Cardwell Morris, a graduate, is the niece of Mrs. White and Miss Cardwell. She married in late January but remains in school to finish her senior year.
Mrs. R F Gillen of Payne Ohio recounts severe goiter pain and inability to work. After two days of Sorbol Quadruple she recovered enough to do her own washing and work in two weeks. She offers to write or speak about her experience. Locals can buy at Hamilton's drug store.
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