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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1928
Page
3
Linton miners urge The Daily Citizen to publish articles by workers on the coal mining situation in Linton and neighboring fields. They hope public discussion will aid understanding and revive the industry through shared viewpoints from miners and operators. Writers may submit letters unsigned if desired. confidentiality will be maintained.
Lincoln biographers find new document confirming the 1866 ferrying of Thomas Lincoln and his family from Kentucky to Indiana. Jacob Weatherholt Jr. writes that the Lincolns crossed from Glover Creek, Ky. by canoe and raft, camping at Rock Island, then followed Indiana river banks to safety. The record, in Perry circuit courthouse deed book A, is owned by Weatherholt’s descendant Clarence C. Leal, ferry operator at Tobinsport.
New York June 2. C Pyle promoter distributed the prize pot of the Los Angeles to New York footrace at Madison Square Garden. Andrew Payne of Claremore Oklahoma won $25,000, John Salo of Passaic New Jersey $10,000, Philip Granville of Hamilton Ontario $5,000, Mike Joyce of Cleveland $2,500, and six others received $1,000 each.
A 168 pound sturgeon six feet five inches long was netted at Miller Beach Lake Michigan and regarded as the season’s largest Michigan catch. The fish was brought to a Chicago hotel after the capture and its size verified by Ludwig Fishing Company which handled the sale.
In court Galubski collapsed after being sentenced for failure to support his family. He claimed seven weeks of drinking led to a heart attack and was revived to testify. The incident occurred as his wife reported his prolonged intoxication.
The source notes that the first United States coinage occurred at Philadelphia on April 2. It says early minting relied on horse power until 1880, when steam power was introduced to coin production.
In Bloomington Indiana on June 2 a very intoxicated man cried home brew for sale on south Lincoln street. Police received several reports and the peddler, named Elza Sullivan, appeared in court this morning and pleaded guilty to intoxication. He said he had no home brew for sale and could not remember the incident.
The Bedford Bloomington Oolitic limestone district in Lawrence and Monroe counties Indiana produced 18,572,950 cubic feet of stone for construction in 1927, valued at $16,407,170, down 4 percent from 1926. Breakdown includes blocks, sawed stone, and cut stone plus 423,320 tons of concrete and related uses valued at $881,455, with a 4 percent rise in this grade over 1926.
In Williamsburg Brooklyn a newlywed couple Philip and Rose Salant perished in a top floor apartment blaze. Firemen formed a human chain to rescue a man, while a 19 year old youth carried his family down a fire escape after smoke and flames trapped residents.
Cecil Rife of Bloomington pleaded guilty to Mann Act violations and was sentenced to one year and one day at Leavenworth by Judge Robert Baltzell after admitting a four day motor trip with 17 year old Pauline Woodward through Ohio and Kentucky. The couple was detained in Louisville following a search by the girl's parents. Rife, married, denied forcing or threatening the girl.
Porter Slinkard of Newberry was discharged today and able to go home from City Hospital after treatment.
In Indianapolis on June 2 hog prices closed steady to five cents higher with bulk hogs 170 to 325 pounds selling around 9.00 dollars and top at 10. Receipts were about 4,000 with 500 holdovers. Cattle and calves markets were steady and weak respectively as cattle receipts reached 400 and calves 250. beef steers sold 12.50 to 14.10 with tops near 14.10, dealers at 14.50 to 15.50 and heavy calves 7 to 11.
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