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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1923
Page
2
St Peter's Catholic congregation ladies sponsor a lawn social and dance at the Knights of Columbus home on North Main Street Tuesday evening June 9. Special music planned and the public is invited.
The Masons will hold a special called meeting Saturday evening at the local temple at 8 15 oclock. There is important business and it is urgent that every member attend.
The guarantors of the chautauqua will meet at the public library this evening at 7 30. Tickets will be on sale tomorrow at several business houses in the city. The canvassing committee will also be at work. Everybody be present this evening.
Planes did not come back to Linton yesterday. The management contacted the Citizen from Terre Haute at noon Saturday and was understood to say they would be here later.
The Struckmeyer family expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for support during bereavement. Special thanks to those who sent flowers offered car rides pallbearers flower girls and the Ladies Aid. Appreciation to Rev Corts Baptist chair and Earl T Aikin for consolation and kindness.
A fragment from the Linton Indiana issue includes advertising rates for the Office-Citizen Building, obituaries, and notices. It also contains editorial quips on foreign policy, politics, and teacher employment, with local tax and subscription details interspersed. The piece reflects era printing and local concerns about roads, oil wells, and the Ford machine.
Sig Rodgers invites customers to come to his Bloomfield area fruit farm on Monday or Tuesday before shipping cherries. Local ad notes Sig Rodgers as the seller and Bloomfield as the location.
Miss Mayme Symms a Linton High graduate won third prize in the essay contest on The Department of Labor receiving ten dollars. Secretary Davis sent a congratulatory letter praising her work and urging conscientious effort? to the best of her ability and a reminder that good work leads to future prizes.
Announcement from Huntington Ind reports Miss Bona M Sharpe 15 daughter of Mr and Mrs L B Sharpe wed to William K Hosford of South Bend. The bride taught in Linton and Mishawaka schools before the marriage at 2 pm Saturday. The groom works for Standard Oil in northern Indiana and they will reside in Huntington.
Louie Friedman a prominent Linton businessman left for Rochester Minnesota to undergo a kidney operation at Mayo Brothers hospital. He prepared for possible fatal outcome by arranging disposal of his property. He is unmarried and has led business in Linton for over twenty years.
For the housewife a new dessert idea by Alice Graham Butler. Frozen fruit salad mixes apricots banana cherries pineapple marshmallows with pineapple juice and syrups, folded into whipped cream and mayonnaise dressing, served on lettuce. The dish acts as a dessert or salad and aims to tempt the palate with a dainty, easy preparation.
Mrs Minnie Small was taken to Linton Hospital yesterday where she will undergo an operation. Her condition is described as grave.
The Rebekah lodge will meet Tuesday evening at Odd Fellows hall at 7 30 o'clock.
Miss Mignon Christy leads Sunday school class to meet at the U B church tomorrow afternoon for a picnic at 3 o clock sharp. Everyone is urged to attend promptly.
The Bolten oil well two miles northwest of the city drilled by Indian Refining Co. is down about 600 feet. Work started at midnight last Sunday night and has proceeded continuously. Progress has been rapid but will slow as very hard rock is encountered.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary society of the Methodist church will hold a June tea tomorrow at 2 o'clock at Mrs. J. W. Warner's home. Members are urged to attend and bring one guest. Mrs. Conner, a well known reader from Terre Haute, will attend and give several readings.
Edmond H. Stoelting, popular Jefferson township teacher, and Opal D. Howard wed at the bride’s home Saturday morning at 8 with Rev. George Peel officiating. The couple began a motor trip to the Great Lakes region, joined later by Carl Stoelting and Miss Margaret Ladson. The group stopped at Sullivan, where Carl Stoelting and Miss Ladson wed at the Baptist parsonage. Guests included William F. Stoelting, Frank Stoelting, and others connected to the families.
James Sage of this city writes from New Herrington County Durham England that he is having a swell time though it is very wet nearly every day. He notes England faces a cold summer and says an overcoat is comfortable. Sage mentions coal miners and sentiment for broader labor understanding with the United Mine Workers of America and expects to return home in September.
Maurice Cravens, son of Mr and Mrs John C Cravens, who with Abner Taylor runs an auto laundry at the Ford building, suffered a fracture of his right arm Sunday morning when the Henry he was cranking kicked back. He is known as an industrious popular lad and friends hope he recovers to try another flivver with more caution.
Persons with society lodge or church notices are asked to call the society editor at 277. For business office inquiries call 177. This station emphasizes timely submission and accurate contact details for community notice sections.
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