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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1922
Page
2
The notice lists subscription rates and renewal conditions. In city carrier service is priced per week or per year, with discounts for longer terms. Mail subscriptions outside Indiana show yearly and short-term options with monthly breakdowns.
The piece urges saying a good word for Linton and praises everyday courage. It argues the bravest people are those who cheerfully perform their ordinary duties to the best of their ability, noting that many fall short of a true level test.
The Greater Linton Club promotes civic pride with a push to spread the town’s recognition in Indiana. The piece contrasts old romance with a call to embrace modern excursions in a speedster to boost local morale.
Conan Doyle asserts future science may reveal the life awaiting us after death while noting certain preachers claim they can already foretell such fates for some people. The remark frames science versus spiritual prophecy as to life after departure from this earth.
A reflective commentary notes that the most restrictive people are often the boldest in making sweeping claims, urging careful discernment as life’s path is navigated. It cautions readers to listen to warnings without accepting overconfident generalizations.
Henry Ford asserts he has created a whole wheat flour that yields white bread with the nourishment of wheat. He contends habitual white bread eaters may live 100 years, noting the public’s preference for white bread versus the healthier brown variety.
The Daily Citizen lauds the Greater Linton Club for creating Linton's first park and expresses confidence it will do more. The club is praised for its will to act and its vigor for performance in serving civic needs.
The Greater Linton Club met at the library last night, with more pep and ginger uncursed than at the prior week’s gathering. Many new members joined, and the group aims to strive for the best city in the best county in the lost state and the best nation in the wide world.
Market notes from Indianapolis show wheat prices around 1.15 to 1.17 per bushel with sparse details. Livestock values list hogs at about 11.00, steers 8.25 to 9.15, calves 6.50 to 7.00, bulls 4.50 to 5.00, and Timothy hay near 12.00 to 13.00 per ton amid broad price ranges.
Telephone bills are due and payable at the office of the New Home Telephone Co between the first and tenth of each month. Service subject to discontinuance is not paid on or before the 15th.
The fan appears as an ancient symbol from Sennacherib's time with a bas-relief at the British Museum showing the king among women bearing feather fans. References extend to Persevo Ys ruins and Theban Egyptian sculptures. A wooden feather handle from a tomb 47 centuries BCE is shown near Cairo. Fans served sacred and royal roles in India.
Naturalists measured animal speed by chasing with a motor car. Recorded top speeds include coyote 45 mph prairie wolf 88 mph greyhound 49 mph mule deer 47 mph elk 52 mph and antelope 62 mph.
Harold Lynn returns home from Detroit where he worked. Mr. and Mrs. Will Cushing are in Terre Haute on business with Mrs. Mary Watson. Harold left for Dugger with relatives, and Tom Holden goes to South Bend to buy Studebakers. Donald Dorrough back from Vincennes, Lillian Hayman and Alverna Turnbull visit Dugger. Oscar Fitzpatrick heads to Minneapolis to tour flour mills. Mrs. Glen Smith and daughter Gertrude of Vincennes visit Flo and Geneva Wills. Mrs. Ray Cotterell returns home from Dugger. Ben Humphreys return from Terre Haute and Kokomo. Mrs. R. B. Squire returns to Caledonia after visiting her mother. Frank Yung travels to Louisville for sister Lizzie Kelsey’s funeral. Mildred Humphreys and Margaret Cooper to Bedford for an Epworth League convention. Ed Terhune and son Malcomb return from Bloomfield. Evansville Sunday school convention attendees include Irene Morgan and three others. Joe K. Foreman returns from Montgomery City after seven weeks with his wife’s aging mother. Nelle Brawand and William Barstow go to Terre Haute for Berns Barstow bookkeeper duties. Kenneth Westfall visits Barbee Lake for a two week vacation and will see Hoosier Harmony Hounds. Bedford Epworth League convention attendees include Mildred Humphreys, Margaret Cooper, Ethel Dixon, Chas Bennett, Arthur Taylor, Wm. Doidge, Earl Toole, Nolan Johnson and Zanie Poole. Nora McCann, Mrs. James Dunn and John McCann go to Terre Haute for Mrs. James Bowers funeral. Nora to stay in Terre Haute awhile.
Leon Ashley, a royal but wounded veteran, confronts a future he cannot share with Helen the nurse. While the city lights glow, the nurse plans her brave final gesture and he faces an acting life as a puppet of his fate.
Mrs. Bert Hendren formerly of this city now in Indianapolis underwent an operation at City hospital yesterday and is doing nicely. Mr. Hendren was a former attorney here. Mrs. Ted Sloan was operated upon this morning and is reported as well as could be expected.
The Christian Endeavor of the U S church will hold a country fair Tuesday evening to benefit the new church. Enjoyable entertainment and refreshments will be provided. The public is invited. Time and place to be announced later.
A Birmingham Age-Herald excerpt depicts Mr. Cobbles recalling a visitor who spoke grandly about public office. The candidate's exact post remains unclear as the eloquence overwhelmed memory, with fears of national ruin but no definite office identified.
Local auto dealers from the Wabash valley attend a banquet and picnic hosted by the Sullivan Automobile Association. Attendees from the city include Paul Fry of Linton Motor Sales Capt Cravens of Linton Finance Dr E V Bull and Silly Hodge of Overland Hodges Chas Moore of Durant Motor Company.
The Golden Rule class of the Christian church will meet tonight at 7 o'clock with Fern Ingleman at 322 H street northwest. All members urged to attend as dues night and important business will be discussed.
The Quapaw Council will hold a regular meeting tonight with work and arrangements made to attend the district meeting at Jacksonville.
The Fraternal Order of Eagles will hold a called meeting tonight at 7 30 to arrange Dora Williams funeral. By order of M D McDonald.
The ladies 500 club will meet tomorrow evening with Mrs Will Cushing on East Vincennes Street shifting the schedule from tonight. The gathering aims to discuss club affairs and plan future events at the host home.
The Ladies' Aid of Saron Reformed church will meet at Mrs Henry Striedemeier's home in the city on Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
The regular Royal Arch Masons will meet tonight in a convocation. Members are urged to attend and participate in the scheduled proceedings.
The Amicus Club will convene this evening with guest Miss Bertha Richardson attending the gathering. The meeting aims to discuss club activities and plans for upcoming events.
The Clarion Club will meet Friday afternoon with Mrs. James Priest.
Nils son the zoologist estimates the Greenland whale averages about 100 tons or 224000 pounds. A 70 foot whale is already huge, with tales of 110 foot individuals weighing 150 tons. A ton of oil has been taken from a whale’s tongue.
The Somerset house registers in London reveal humorous Christian names such as Mineral Waters Frosty Winter Alfred Days Weeks Happy Jiggins Haystack Brown Anno Domini Davies Jolly Death and An anius Culling.
The speaker presents a dog's cheeky take on a master leading him along a street. It humorously notes the dog’s belief that the walk serves the dog's own playful aims rather than a destination, describing how the master lifts a heel for the bite and the dog nips at the other.
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