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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1921
Page
4
Wheat threshing will be under way across the county this week as farmers arrange routes for threshers to avoid backtracking. Rain could harm the crop, but most say yield should average well with past years. Straw is plentiful and heads look well filled. Binder twine costs sixteen cents a pound, with contracted members paying fifteen and a quarter.
New York June 13. A crowd of about 5000 immigrants from Europe cheered their benefactor the congress of the United States as they were released. Many had been detained at Ellis Island or aboard ships for weeks. Commissioner Frederick A Wallis said the immigrants were willing to risk their lives to enter the country and that Congress action to admit those who sailed before the restriction law eased tensions.
Denver report cites 106 known dead from Colorado floods last week per Associated Press tally. casualties by city include Pueblo 50 Avondale 8 Boone 7 Nepesta 2 Manzanola 8 Fowler 1 Rocky Ford 6 Olney Springs 3 Ordway 2 La Junta 19 Las Animas 4 Sterling 4 Union 1 Denver 1. Dolores River rising threatens main street as Durango telegraph notes.
The civil code of Japan sets age limits for marriage with men needing to be over 17 and women over 15. Marriages require voluntary consent by both parties, and parental consent is needed if parents are living unless the man is 30 or the woman is 25.
The first daily paper in the world, the Daily Courant, was founded and edited by Elizabeth Mallet in London in March 1702. She aimed to deliver breiter justice to women by removing the interruptions and impertinences common in other papers.
Descriptions discuss racial hair types noting that the negro hair is flat and curly while Mongolian hair is round and straight, reflecting period observations. The text contrasts these two extreme forms as a study of physical differences.
Jud Tunkins compares education to a gun saying it can be useful or harmful depending on how its owner aims it. The remark frames knowledge as a tool that demands responsible use.
Chief Pinkston arrested T. Atkins and Anderson after a drunken fight in the woods near the Illinois Central west of the city. Anderson battered Atkins, both were jailed and facing intoxication charges with hearings set. John Loyd paid a $15.80 fine on a guilty plea to intoxication.
Washington June 13 Rail roads of the country earned 29,201,000 in April, 1,494,000 less than March, according to reports to the interstate commerce commission. Operating expenses were 86.74 percent of revenues in April vs 87.19 in March, as both revenues and costs fell. Over eight months since the federal guarantee expired, roads earned 279,088,000, an annual rate of 2.41 percent on a tentative valuation of 414,253,000, well below the act’s contemplated returns.
Columbus Indiana June 13 An unsuccessful attempt to crack a post office safe holding 25000 dollars in stamps occurred early Sunday. The culprits used nitroglycerine on the outer door but failed to open it after jimmying both doors. Nothing was missing and the robbers did not touch the money order and registry department.
James Neal assistant superintendent of Boges Buel department store was wounded in a Friday gun battle during a holdup in Pittsburg Pennsylvania. He died yesterday as four suspects are held and two more are sought. Police recovered 3317 of the approximately 50000 cash and checks taken from his grip by bandits.
An old metal adz is displaced by an electric air driven planer that cuts logs faster and cheaper. The planer uses turbine action with a two bladed cutter and is intended for heavy tasks once done by adz in shipyards and similar shops.
On his first day Jimmy shows keen attention in class. The teacher asks how many fingers he has and Jimmy offers his hand with the remark count them, demonstrating his curiosity and quick response to instruction.
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