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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1921
Page
3
Undertaking today is a highly specialized profession. The piece says a well conducted funeral requires scientific embalming, dignified handling of details, and solemn burial rites. It emphasizes three keys: thorough training, years of experience, and a genuine love for fine work regardless of price as the mark of service by Harry Welch Funeral Director, always ready with the best of service.
Herbert Bennett aged 10 drowned in Letsinger pond near Jasonville yesterday afternoon. He could not swim and wandered into shallow water with companions. After he did not return home a search party found him in water just over his head. He was the son of Clifford Bennett, formerly of this city, now living with his mother Mrs Sherman Ransom of Jasonville.
Dreamland presents Summer Days Topics Crossed Clues and Hurry West at Dreamland Tonight. Western with Hoot Gibson features alongside comedies for all audiences. Tickets 10 and 26 cents. Dreamland runs tomorrow Sunday.
Coal in ancient and medieval times was called sea-coal to distinguish it from charcoal. Medieval writers note sea-coal arrived by water, while Chester Ewloe and Derbyshire also supplied coal. In Elizabeth I’s era coal was measured by the barrel with nine barrels per ton.
A Louisville Courier Journal note humorously traces humanity’s quest from Columbus to discovering the North Pole and seeking a cure for colds. The piece frames the North Pole as a pinnacle of exploration achieved in the end.
A Steens Mississippi woman describes four years of nervous fatigue and pelvic pain improving after using Lydia E. PinkhamVegetable Compound. She reports restored strength and ability to do housework and recommends the remedy, noting the company’s letters are kept confidential.
A jewelry firm dismisses a trusted clerk after a ring is stolen from a tray. The narrator investigates with help from Miss Lara Vesey, traces suspects to a diamond shop, and uncovers the clever use of an apple core and gum to conceal gems. The Jewelers Board of Trade assists, a confession follows, and the narrator becomes a secret service man while marrying the sympathetic stenographer.
In Terre Haute on June 18 the suits of Sarah Squires and David Squires of Bloomfield against the Terre Haute Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Co were filed in circuit court for a total of 7000 dollars. The woman seeks 5000 dollars claiming injury when an interurban car struck the automobile she rode in at the first crossing west of the Wabash river bridge on August 26, 1919. The husband alleges the car was badly damaged and he lost work caring for his wife after the crash and that the surface along the tracks was not repaired to be level with the pavement.
The center of the chinaware industry in China is China te chen. The city has a population of 300000, with about two thirds engaged in manufacturing and selling porcelain.
The Baptist church will host a picture sermon tomorrow night titled On the Hillside With the Common People. The event features more than forty fine pictures for attendees.
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