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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1927
Page
2
A jumble of comments references Saecco-Vanzetti, Haig, and U S war aid plus opinions on the Lowden machine. The piece mentions ambassadorships, a Tampa warning to Coolidge, drunkness standards from Cincinnati General Hospital, and a cheeky note on a Newcastle Indiana hay fever group of 150 members new to the scene.
The Community day galas event awarded prizes to several locals. Vel Cunningham of Linton won $50, with Iva Hunter of Lyons and Mary Warris of Linton receiving $25 each. Ten more prizes of $10 went to locals including Blanche Powell route 3 Sallie Hunter Bart Goodman and others in the area.
National League games: Chicago 12 Philadelphia 6. Brooklyn 2 Cincinnati 1. Pittsburgh 7 Boston 4. St Louis 5 New York 0. American League Chicago 6 Philadelphia 4. American Association Kansas City 4 Indianapolis 3. St Paul 3 Toledo 0. Columbus 63 Minneapolis ? Milwaukee 5 Louisville 1.
Indianapolis June 16 Atttor ney General Arthur L Gilliam answered demands of the W C T U workers for legal action against him over his views on medicinal whisky His statement warned of encroachments on the rights of the many by organized minorities He urged keeping government power close to the people and proposed direct votes on further amendments to yield state authority to the national government
Vernie Worman of Spencer is jailed in Bloomington after forgery at the Ingalls Stone quarry. He cashed a $43,650 check at Andrew Cox store and was found with two more quarry checks. He confessed. formerly worked at the quarry. his wife died recently leaving three children.
In Warsaw Boris Kowode a 19 year old slayer of Soviet envoy Peter Volkov was sentenced to life imprisonment. The court urged the Polish president to commute to fifteen years. The verdict drew tears and crowd reactions as officials feared a Russian reaction.
In Indianapolis on June 16 Mrs. Vesta Wells of Columbus Ohio, eight years old in the report, escaped a prison sentence by reconciling with her husband George Wells. She had run away last July with two men taking her baby. The husband intervened and accepted responsibility. The two men, Joseph Skidmers and Parch Dempsey, received prison terms ranging from one to ten years.
Mrs G N Jeffers aged 58 died Monday afternoon of apoplexy at her Lyons area home following a two week illness. She suffered the stroke while notifying residents of a fire at Mrs Janie Jeffers home. She leaves husband three daughters Mrs Claude Hawkins near Newberry Mrs Frank Shilkett Grant township and Mrs Byrd Jackson and one son Reed Jeffers of Lyons.
Classified want ads list multiple items including a 4-room house with three lots for sale by call to King's Flower Gardens, vegetable and flower plant sales from King's Gardens and Wolford's Gardens, a modernized property for $5,000 at 380 A st N, an 7-room rental, a house with 3 acres and a mine bus for sale, live or dressed fryers from Johnson's Poultry Farm, a McCormick Deering binder, a position sought by a young lady, a good cow and sow, chicks for sale, and Rawleigh household product opportunities with openings in Linton and nearby towns offering substantial monthly earnings.
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