Plant Signs Warn of Upcoming Storms
The article describes how flowers trees and plants signal rain. Cer aman plants close up tight as rain nears. Dandelion leaves turn and the silver leaf poem points upward with its undersides showing warning.
View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.
Start Free Trial
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles
Articles on This Page
This newspaper page contains 19 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1921
Page
8
Isle of Wight Conundrum Recalled From Film
A recalled English riddle plays on Isle of Wight towns. It asks why the isle is hard to cheat with lines like Needles you cannot thread Fresh water you cannot drink Cowes you cannot milk and Newport you cannot see Boston Transcript.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isle of Wight
le of Wight
Newport
Boston Transcript
Progress of Society and Moving Toward Noble Order
Fragmentary quote asserts society lacks fixed conditions and evolves toward a noble order of duties and rights. Attributed to Ham on Wricot'inkle, reflecting social philosophy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noble Order
Hamon Wricot
Two Paths for a Lazy Man Judge Tunkins Declares
Judge Tunkins remarks that a lazy man faces two choices get rich or depend on charity, framing ambition and insolvency as two broad life routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jud
Tunkins
Winnecke comet streaks past earth amid eerie fears
Historical readers learn Winnecke's comet skimmed earth by ten million miles. In New York's East Side and tense city districts, astronomers and officials warned the public while some elders recalled age old apocalyptic tales. Scientists note a collision is possible within vast future times, though not with current known comets. The comet revisits every five years since its 1819 discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnecke
Linton
New York
Astronmers
Solar System
Outer
Space
Fons
Marseilles
Budget Bureau Created as General Accounting Office Moves In
President Harding signed the bill establishing a budget bureau and a general accounting office to regulate expenditures and standardize audits. Effective July 1, the reform aims to curb spending and improve methods with directors and a controller general of audits to be appointed from prominent figures such as Omar Wright Thomas White Elisha Hanson Marcus Shields Ray McCarl and Charles Kran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Budget Bureau
General Accounting Office
Harding
Congress
Omar H. Wright
Illinois
Lowden
Thomas White
Massachusetts
Elisha Hanson
Medill McCormick
Controller General of Audits
Marcus H. Shields
Minnesota
House
Ray McCarl
Nebraska
Republican Congressional Committee
Charles Kran
Pennsylvania
Penrose
Market Notes and Ancient Sugar Lore
Indianapolis markets show wheat at 1.87 to 1.45 with oats around 42 cents, timothy prices near 18 to 19 dollars. Hog and cattle prices list hogs eight dollars twenty five cents, steers eight twenty five to eight fifty, calves seven to seven fifty, bulls five ninety five. Sugar as ancient food is traced to Hindu reeds honey use and classical lore, medical uses noted through European histories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy
Orient
Florodotus
Uncle Sam to win big from heavyweight bout
New York June 14 Uncle Sam will gain more from the July 2 heavyweight fight than fighters Dempsey Carpentier or promoter Tex Rickard. Dempsey’s income tax on his estimated 300000 earnings runs about 161270 dollars. Carpentier’s tax after exemptions totals 93334 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sam
Jack Dempsey
Georges Carpentier
Tex Rickard
Dempsey
Jack Kearns
Francois Descamps
Carpentier
Internal Revenue
Speedway Racer Tops Greene County Farmer in Corn Yield Tale
A Greene County farmer tends a 32 acre corn field with extensive plowing and cultivation, covering about 712 miles in work. He expects 60 bushels an acre and around 62 cents a bushel, totaling about 1180 dollars, far short of Tommy Milton’s 35000 dollar Memorial Day Speedway win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Milton
Indianapolis
Greene County
Weather Benefits Late Planted Corn Across Indiana
Indiana's crops show overall good condition with late planted corn aided by favorable southern weather. Wheat cutting starts in the south while oats and barley yields look variable but generally improving. Potatoes, sweet potatoes, and berries report fair to good progress, with livestock in good condition and ample pasture feed. labor supply remains ample.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
George C. Bryant
United States Department of Agriculture
Timothy
Shirley Hill Men Out Over Mine Escape Shaft Changes
Shirley Hill mine No. 23 workers walk out over manway concerns at Vandalia Coal Co. No. 22 and No. 23 shafts share veins and the manway linking No. 4 to No. 6. Crew fears hoisting engine move from No. 22 to No. 28 raises hazard by removing an escape route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Hill
Vandalia Coal Co
Aged Woman Lorinda Humphreys Dies in Coalmont
Mrs. Lorinda C. Humphreys aged 67 died Sunday at her daughter Mrs. George Barber's home in Coalmont Indiana. The funeral is set for 2 oclock Tuesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorinda Humphreys
Jasonville
Ind
Lorinda C. Humphreys
George Barber
Coalmont
Impostor alert on Purity Laundry Tablets in Linton
Local notice warns residents about fake Purity Laundry Tablets sold by a second party and asserts exclusive sale rights. John Daniels claims sole entitlement and urges customers to buy only from him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linton
John Daniels
McPhail Improves After Serious Stroke
David McPhail Sr. recovering from a spring stroke and shows slow improvement. He was briefly out in an automobile yesterday and doctors anticipate gradual recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David McPhail, Sr
Jud Tunkins on crowd pull and applause at shows
Jud Tunkins notes a successful performer draws crowds like a big ball game and earns as much applause as a home run, highlighting the power to attract and entertain audiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jud Tunkins
Wages of Indiana Industrial Workers Fall in Early Year
Indiana's industrial workers saw a 12.4 percent wage drop in the first five months of the year per state industrial board reports. Child wages fell about 28 percent and women’s wages about 9 percent while injured workers’ weekly wages declined from 31.28 in January to 27.35 in May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
State Industrial Board
Campaign emblems in early U.S. elections
The first campaign emblem was a copper finger ring worn by John Quincy Adams supporters in 1824 and inscribed John Quincy Adams, 1825. Tintypes and medallions appeared as insignia during Lincoln's 1860 campaign when he was elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knowl
John Quincy Adams
Lincoln
It’s All in the Game: Chorus Girl and Assessor in Money Struggle
A short quip from the Cleveland Press echoes the ease of a chorus girl securing a millionaires’ money versus an assessor. The remark hints at social and economic contrasts in a brisk, satirical tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strance
Burke's Idea of Statesman Reflected in Era’s Debate
The fragment discusses Edmund Burke and his ideas on statesmanship, noting a fixation on preservation and improvement. It references a young, beautiful subject who asserts honesty with her husband and notes on a friend’s registry inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burke
Edmund Burke
Also Mentioned on This Page
Filbert Kidg
Mnd
Postoffice Bell
Cooper
Harry Stevenson
Spencer
New Linton Hotel
Delaware Hotel
Ellett M. Meyer
City Hall
St. S
Baron
Airdale
H. A. Kramer
St. N. E. G Ill
Clover
Rector Farm
Bee Hunter Station
Brown Bill Fold
Ernest Lawrence
J” St. NW
E. L. Grecelius
Fifth St. N. E
Arid Johnson
Johnson’s Auto
Reair
N. E
Wm. Yu. Jerrell
St. N. E
Johnson Block
Progress of
Wagon Market
Uncle Sam
Farmer
Epeeter
McPhail
J.W. Wolford & Sons
Armour
Otis Cooprider
Sixth Street
Okeh
Sirene of
Southern Sea
Wang Wang Blue
Wolford Hardware Company
Dodge
BE. L. Crecelius
Fifth Street
Search the Linton Daily Citizen Today with a Free Trial
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Linton Daily Citizen?
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
Browse Newspapers
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
By Location
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
By Date
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
By Publication
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.