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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1924
Page
3
A motor truck with heavy iron rods stalled on the I. C. depot track just before a fast moving 7:52 passenger train. Spectators watched as bystanders pushed the truck clear in time. The crew escaped with a warning to motorists to exercise caution around rails.
Mrs Lydia Followell aged 86 died at her daughter Mrs Joe Beattie home in Gilmour after a long illness at 5 this morning. Death caused by ailments due to old age. Survived by two daughters. Funeral from family residence in Gilmour Saturday at 2 pm. Interment Burns cemetery.
Members of the Epworth League are urged to attend tomorrow at 8 oclock at the home of Rev and Mrs Cissna. The gathering will be a business session followed by refreshments. Officers for the new year will be elected and each member may vote. A large turnout is hoped for.
Mrs. A H Witty left for Terre Haute after learning of the death of her nephew Arthur Fogg aged 15 who drowned yesterday in the Wabash river. He was with another boy and the body had not yet been recovered. The deceased is also the nephew of Will Bradshaw of this city.
Emil Otto, the 11 year old son of William Wilks, died in Michigan City after an operation for appendicitis believed to be caused by brutal treatment. The attack occurred on his way to school last month and involved a Black assailant.
The L. A. W. club will meet tomorrow afternoon at the home of Mrs. Charles E. B. Fuller. All members are expected to be present.
Porcupines have destroyed many trees in sample plots studied by Ort Valley forest experiment station in the Coconino National forest. Numerous other trees are injured as forest service notes that porcupines hinder Western yellow pine establishment across the Southwest. The bark moisture draws them to strip bark from young trees.
A Philadelphia bakery equips delivery trucks with receiving sets and aerials. The driver wears a headset and receives instructions from the manager at intervals, enabling calls he otherwise would not make and saving time. Each truck is outfitted for constant contact, with knowledge of city conditions and routes aiding communication.
The United States ordnance department perfected a new aerial bomb weighing 4,000 pounds and capable of creating a crater 150 feet wide. Ten times larger than any World War I bomb, it is designed for bombing planes and was shown on exhibition to demonstrate the obsolescence of 1917 and 1918 aerial weapons.
The United States mints deface millions of pennies and nickels annually. In five years the coins returned for refmelt would fill five trains of 56 cars each, carrying 50,000 pounds per car. The estimate is by H. D. Coleman, superintendent of melting and refining at the Philadelphia mint.
The article warns that under current conditions salmon will vanish from canneries in three years. It blames ruthless competition and pirate methods by canners and fishermen for the dwindling stocks.
Mr and Mrs W T Cushing received a telegram from Mansfield Louisiana reporting the drowning of Lee Nicky age 25 and his brother in law Frank Horton age 28 yesterday afternoon. A double funeral service was planned for this afternoon. Nicky had visited the Cushings in Linton three years ago and his father had also visited.
Baton Rouge report says the Louisiana legislature completed anti klan measures with senate passage of three house bills. One requires secret group membership lists to be filed with the secretary of state. Another bans masks except for Mardi Gras style events with required notices. The third declares felonies for crimes by masked persons.
Loganport Ind June 12 A life insurer declares Francis A Markley of Lucerne legally dead at 96 after holding his policy since 1856. He receives a $2000 payout plus $700 in accrued dividends as if he were deceased.
Miss Margaret Cooper a DePauw University student has been named assistant librarian by the Linton library board to replace Mrs. Herbert Atchley who moved to Terre Haute. Cooper has prior library experience and is described as very capable.
The G. O. of L. T. club will meet tomorrow evening at the home of Mrs. Nora McCann on First Street Northwest.
The Wabash Valley Funeral Directors association held a largely attended meeting at the Billman chapel in Sullivan. Officers for the coming year were named: President Earl T. Aikin Linton Vice President Thomas Weir Middletown Secretary Treasurer Huette Poindexter Odon The next meeting will be in Linton with plans for a large turnout.
Mrs. Tom Hanna and son Wendall and Ray and Kern Beasley with Miss Ethel Heitman all of Bloomington traveled here today.
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