Auto Races Set July 10 At West Side Park
The Linton Auto Racing association schedules Sunday July 10 for four events at West Side park three miles southwest of the city. Prizes totaling 1000 dollars will go to winners in the three five mile races and the 25 mile feature. The extra large purses are expected to draw drivers from many places and entries may surpass prior meets. A large crowd attended the last race meeting, and July 10 is anticipated to set an attendance record.
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Linton Auto Racing Association
West Side Park
Illene News Notes Funeral and local baptisms in Lyons area
The funeral for Mrs. Newton Jeffers was held at Lyons M E church with Rev. W W Watkins in charge. Jeffers died after collapsing when lightning struck her sister in law’s home. She leaves a husband, three daughters, one son, a brother and nine grandchildren. Interment was at Dog Island cemetery. The column also notes baptisms from Marco and Sandborn M E churches, a W F M S meeting, and multiple local visits and marriages involving area residents.
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Newton Jeffers
Lyons M. E
W. W. Watkins
Royal Neighbors Lodge
Jeffers
Cora Carmicheal
Daisy Fearnot
William Cross
John Carmichael
Everett Garrett
Adamson
Joe Turpin
Thelma Perkins
Plummer
Georgia Canady
Roy Long and Family
Walier
Ill
Ernest Fuel
Winglar
James Foster and Son
Elkhart
Sherman Hatfield
George Canady
Odon
John Canady
Loretta Blackwood
St. Petersburg
Fla
Harry Cramer
Arch Cramer
Naomi Beck
Peasantville
Julia Duffy
Dan Duffy
Dewey Bicknell
Sandborn
Helen Deweese
Edwardsport
Alvin McKee
McKee
Carl Needham
Charles Gastineau
Dorothy McKee
Guy McKee
Oobinson
Lela Boyd
Linton
Social Roundup at West Atlas Bridges Indy Guests
West Atlas residents hosted a weekend of visiting relatives and friends from Sullivan Nine Mile Dugger Bloomfield Cass Speltzville Pulaski and Indianapolis. Notable gatherings included Gerald Brashier Pauline Eaton and Otis Bartley with families along with multiple dinner and afternoon visits and a church meeting led by Rev Clymore at Fills Church of Christ.
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Sam Seifert
Indianapolis
Gerald Brashier
Sullivan
Pauline Eaton
Ezra Gibson
Burns City
Clint
Leo Riley
Linton-Dugger Road
Theodore Riley
Eva Riley
Nine Mile
Otis Bartley
Modena
Lyons
Harley Strickland
Doris Mary
Herschell Patton
Dugper
Westphallia
Richard Patton
Alvin Gaston
Bicknell
William P. Booker
Midland
Flood Booker
Austin Woolf
Nellie
Hallie
Charles, Floyd
Otis Gabbard
Willis Sims
Jasonville
D. G. Sims
Floyd Shields
Morton Seifert
Ora Fainot
James Fanot
Burris Chapel
Sig Rogers
Paul and
Murl Soames
Bloomfield
Dorothy Fainot
Rogers
Orville Eaton
Frank Buschur
Louis Stein
Cass
Thomas Prosser
Dugger
Herbert Gleanson
Leonore Pauline
Speltzville
Nelda Robson
Pauline Bedwell
Leola Bedwell
Bonnie Strickland
Frances
Thelma
Geneva Gilligan
Paul
Raymond Strickland
Nina Myers
Floyd Booker
Will Wilson
John Wolson
Charles
Margaret
Wes Hollis
Linton
Fernanda Jaffre
Martha Vonderachmitt
Claude Martindale
Maurice Clymore
Pulaska
Tenn
Edward Kranz
Kranz
Irene
Robert Earl
Joe Goodwin
Ruth Fulkerson
West Atlas
Clymore
Fills Church of Christ
Dinner Guests From Newberry Visit Ed Canady Family
Sydnay and her mother Mrs. James Boyd and Hubert Baker and family from Newberry, along with Lee Leckner and family, were guests at Ed Canady's home for Sunday dinner.
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Sydnay
James Boyd
Hubert Baker
Newberry
Lee Leckner
Ed Canady
Local car entered in Sunflower track races Sunday
More than 50 top auto racers from Indiana and Illinois will race next Sunday at Sunflower Park near Gloverland on the National road. Rivalry heats feature Bill McCoy in the McCoy special Charles Crawford of Linton in the Hannums special and Ira Hall in We Do It. Local entrant from Linton is expected to perform strongly as the prior winner aims to repeat.
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Indiana
Illinois
Sunflower Park
Gloverland
National Road
Bill McCoy
McCoy
Charles Crawford
Linton
Hannums
Ira Hall
Notice to bidders for school house painting contract
The trustee of Stockton township Greene county Indiana will receive sealed bids by 2 p m July 1 1927 at the Linton Trust Building for a two coat painting of school houses in districts 1 2 3 5 6 7. Bids may cover labor and paint for all buildings as a unit or separately per building. Estimated cost for labor and paint is 5265 dollars. Paint must be standard grade with an 80 day interval between coats. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Successful bidders must furnish bond to guarantee faithful performance.
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Stockton Township
Greene County
Indiana
Someth to Sell-Sell I Through, Citize Want Ad
Classified notice expresses a desire to sell items through a citizen driven want ad. Readable phrases point to a casual marketplace listing likely from a small local paper. No clear names or dates are provided in the surviving text.
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Ax & Fry Pier
Spirit of
St. Louis
Lone Eagle
New York
Paris
Col. Lindbergh
Standard Oil
Standard Oil Company
Middle West
Linton, Indiana
Ilene News
Carl H.roach
Sunflower
Landau
Oakland
Pontiac
General Motora
Plata
Burton Motor Sales
General Electric Laboratories
General Electric
General Electric-Leading
Electrical Research Organization OF the World
Jack Spice
Addrey
R. G. Moore
LaPlante Bldg
Vincennes
Ind
Ace, Sage
Ge ‘Bt ‘Haing
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