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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1921
Page
8
A reflective meditation on genius as a living idea. It grows like a flower, evolving beyond flaws into a form of deathless energy. True genius is original thought and a uniquely changing phenomenon rather than a fixed concept.
The text notes that in 1663 England prohibited horned cattle imports from Ireland and Scotland but later repealed the law. Large importations followed, and by 1842 England received cattle from foreign countries. In 1846 a considerable tax was levied on each imported animal.
A field day at Purdue University’s Worthington agricultural field on June 11 will show farmers from Greene and Owen counties how soil treatments can more than double yields. Experiment station staff will explain results from limed, manured, and fertilized plots, including 30 bushels vs 11 on untreated wheat and 83 vs 410 pounds hay per acre in different plots.
James Davis of the Gould mine area was injured when a jack pipe fell on him while he worked about an hour. He returned to the parking spot to find his automobile missing, the tracks showing it was driven toward the city. police notified with no trace yet.
The Braves, a city juvenile team, defeated a French boys club 16 to 2 yesterday afternoon at Haseman park. The score by innings shows a decisive surge in the Braves’ favor with dominant pitching and strong batting contributions.
Iceland poppies are perennial from the far north. They reach under a foot high and bear small blossoms in yellow white or deep orange on thin stems. Cut before opening and the blossoms keep well. Dead blossoms removed extend blooming into summer and fall.
The three animal parks in the Canadian West Buffalo Park Elk Island and Foremost reserve cover 184 square miles or 117700 acres. They have fenced inclosures and contain about 4200 buffalo 100 antelope and many elk deer oak and cuttle.
Dulcie Stebbins seeks a desolate farm cottage to mend a broken heart after Homer Stanleigh’s engagement. She meets Bill Doane the cottage owner and travels with a hired guide to a sunlit rural setting, where a cautious friendship begins despite initial aloofness and curiosity.
Wright township schools in Jasonville Ind hold commencement at Lebanon church on Thursday evening with twenty six graduates. Warrick township trustee L B Warrick directs program including March by Miss Mary Warrick America by audience invocations by Louis E Goodman salutatory by Charl Petzoid solo by Bernice Hanna class address and diplomas by W T Brown county superintendent song by Lebanon choir valedictory by Frank Sharp.
Chicago June 7. American railroads unhappy with the board's $400,000,000 wage cut order dated June 1, effective July 1, press for further reductions that would erase last year's $600,000,000 wage increase. J W Higgins for Western lines spoke at the second hearing as John G Walker presented Eastern railroad cases. One hundred seventy five railroads petition for wage reductions to match any previous class cut by July 1.
Corporal Charles Roth funeral delayed in transit and arriving at Worthington this morning. Services set for Wednesday at 2 30 PM with the American Legion firing squad and bugler meeting at 8 AM at the school grounds to transport to Worthington for the ceremony.
The piece notes that the early vertical railway and first lift appeared in England in the 19th century with a penny fare at Albert Hall. It observes Europe now uses elevators less commonly, while the United States, birthplace of the skyscraper, has taller buildings though Europe has fewer high structures.
A Japanese paper quotes a citizen returning from America noting that American girls are kept at home until ages eighteen or nineteen. They are only allowed out with guests when presented as debutantes, provoking criticism of American treatment of women.
A New York physician warns that shaving in creases increases lability of facial nerves and can cause nervous facial troubles. Daily close shaving of the upper lip is said to weaken nerves affecting the eyes, with acute eye trouble reportedly vanishing when the mustache grows back.
Opinion by Halsey Ricardo criticizes urban ignorance among readers. He argues people learn geography and global lands but not the layouts or plans of their own cities and neighborhoods.
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