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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1925
Page
2
Notice outlines in advance payment rules for subscriptions by carrier in city and by mail in Indiana and outside Indiana. Rates show weekly and yearly costs with various six month and three month terms, plus per inch and per line charges for ads and notices. Obituaries and social announcements priced at regular line rates. Classified ads one cent per word with a minimum.
An editorial urges Linton to stop delaying water supply, arguing only river water can meet growing demand. It warns of wasteful well drilling, cites Bloomington and Sullivan as lessons, and calls for a competent engineer, bond financing, and transferring surplus funds to a water plant to avert a costly, risky future.
The Bloomfield News notes the state highway commission appears to neglect eastward routes toward Bedford and Bloomington while counties deserve connected lines. It argues public convenience requires better highways and points out large funds are spent elsewhere, ignoring this neglected section.
Despite unseasonable weather and other trade hurdles a large number of country cousins and town visitors gathered in Linton to shop bargains. Colleges announce cheating undermines honor systems in exams. Crown prince reportedly drafting a book on the war about safety zones he visited.
A playful musing on what Professor Darwin would think of Tennessee if he returned, and how much people can profit from themselves. The note mentions Jerusalem’s real estate boom and Florida agents still active, with no reported slump in their numbers.
Dr Fay C Brown of the Bureau of Standards Washington DC was elected to Phi Beta Kappa at Indiana University. A Lyons high school graduate and former Beehunter area student he paid his way through college and built a career from teaching in a district school to leading the national standards bureau.
Orville Puckett former junior high teacher and basketball coach in this city has been selected as athletic director of Crawfordsville High School and will assume duties in the fall He is brother to David Puckett local manager of Wilkinson Lumber The Terre Haute Tribune lauds his selection noting he is State Normal first baseman and all state football end and predicts he will field classy teams with strong athletic ability
Cyril Hume's Wife of the Centaur starring Eleanor Boardman John Gilbert and Aileen Pringle is shown for the last time tonight at the Grand theatre Benny Leonard appears in Soft Muscles with special Grand organ music by Mrs Coleman Also Priscilla Dean appears in A Cafe in Cairo on Friday and Saturday nights
Miss Gertrude Fordyce eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Ed Fordyce of Lyons wed Hans Lausten Monday evening at the Baptist church in Terre Haute She, a former Lyons teacher, met Lausten as a State Normal student in Terre Haute They will reside in Terre Haute.
Tom Mix appears in North of the Hudson Bay at the Nicklo tonight tomorrow and Saturday. The feature is billed as Mix’s greatest film yet with scenes set in the great northland.
Classified column item listing rent or lease of a restaurant by Gilbreath Bros with contact phone 465 181f. Also mentions various services including upholstery steam pleating and buttons by Clara Coffman at Cooper's Tailor Shop and veterinary services by Dr H O Woodrow with cattle TB testing. Also multiple sale notices for stroller gas plate and a Switz City house with price 3250. Job ad for a young man to learn trade with box 188.
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