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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1928
Page
3
Relatives report Miss Betty Laughlin age 16 of Mattoon Illinois died last night in a car crash near Mattoon Details of the accident and funeral plans were unavailable She was granddaughter of Mr and Mrs W Barker of this city and had lived here with her grandparents for several years.
After brave arrivals, Suva hosts a bedlam of joy as Sir Eyre Hutson the Fiji governor the Suva mayor and other officials welcome four esteemed travelers, praising the Australians and Americans. Captain Kinksford-Smith credits Lyon and Warner for the journey's success.
Indianapolis June 5 hog prices fell about 20 cents on the livestock exchange with receipts at 11,500. Holdovers 242, bulk hogs 170-300 pounds sold for 9.90 with top price 10.00. Cattle and calves market closed strong and lower respectively. beef steers 12.50 to 14.30, vealers 15 to 16, heavy calves 7 to 11. Sheep steady.
At a Saturday night meeting Eagle Encampment No 222 L O O F elected CG P Robert Stewart S W Harold Reynolds HW P Hugh Sherb J W Louis Weinthroup. Remaining officers were elected earlier and will serve until next year’s start.
Newark and Baltimore radio listings show WOR WJZ WEAF and WBAL with program notes. Continentals Dickens characters and a hard hour music feature mark the schedule at 6 to 8 p m on Main Street sketches and park band performances.
Evansville Indiana police chase a bare foot burglar who steals a suit of clothes and $15 from B C Cheatham leaving a muddy footprint and several pairs of shoes untouched. The same thief has committed multiple burglaries recently, with consistent footprint measurements guiding investigators.
The Alpha Bible class of the M E church will meet Friday evening in the social room of the church at 7 30.
Mrs. Bonnie Weddae Dal Marco underwent an operation this morning at City Hospital. The report notes the procedure was performed without complication and patient recovery is expected to proceed under standard care protocols.
Funeral services for William Marshall Moss a former pioneer newspaper publisher of Linton and Bloomfield will be held at his Maxwell Indiana home at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon per a message to the Daily Citizen from his son Claude S. Moss of Bogalusa Louisiana who was at his father's side when he died Burial will be at Greenfield Hancock County seat Greenfield lies six miles south of Maxwell, the late home of Mr Moss
In Valparaiso Indiana an inquest into the death of World War veteran William Tell, a consumptive, revealed motives tied to family and affairs. Tell left a letter to William Gardner of Chicago praising a woman and bequeathing insurance and the war bonus, citing personal woes and unreciprocated love. He warned of mankind’s rot and asked burial at sea, with his body sent to his mother in Niagara Falls.
In Newark on June 5, five women suing United States Radium Corporation for about 1.25 million dollars each held a first conference with opposing counsel. Judge William Clark proposed a settlement plan offering a 10 thousand dollar lump sum per woman, annuities for medical costs and pensions, and coverage of past debts. If funded, each woman could receive about fifty thousand dollars.
New York June 5 The former manager Jack Kearns sues ex champ Jack Dempsey for 395833 claiming he earned nothing for arranging the Firpo bout and seeks one third of Dempsey’s earnings from 1923 to 1926. Dempsey seeks removal of the suit to federal court, arguing residency in Los Angeles.
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