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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1926
Page
5
Sullivan Indiana June 18 A slate fall hidden a smoldering coal fire from May 11 reemerged as air flow restarted. Mine officials expect quick extinguishment with Hose equipped Sullivan fire department ready. If needed a section may be sealed and work resume.
Evansville June 18. Dr W C Caldwell of St Marys hospital asks for 25 healthy volunteers to donate a pint or two of blood for $25 a pint. The appeal follows the departure of about eighteen Evansville college athletes from the hospital list. Blood transfusions have saved lives here with 12 performed in the last year.
Fire damage at Whites Pharmacy No 2 in Clinton Ind may exceed $2000 after a display of fireworks in a Main and Elm street storefront window ignited. Blasts echoed as flames spread through the display, injuring surrounding items including a half-window of kodaks.
Russell Judd of Evansville, blind, graduates from Indiana University School of Law with high honors and is admitted to the bar. In Decatur, firemen challenge Van Wert, Ohio firemen to a water battle for the July Fourth celebration, with a loving cup awarded to the winner.
GREENSBURG June 18 John Wise of St Paul badly burns his hand on a steam drill and accidentally sets the bandage on fire while lighting a pipe worsening the injury. MICHIGAN CITY June 18 a carrier pigeon seeks shelter from rain and cold, lands on the prison window sill, and is admitted by guards for the night.
An all day mass meeting is set for Dugger Park on Sunday with expected attendance from as far east as Bloomington. Organizers call for broad community participation during the event.
Maud Claxton longs to see the world but clashes with John Latimer over marriage. Enter Arthur Mandeville, a worldly suitor, who charms Maud and her parents. John offers a wedding trip to major cities if she stays, and Maud finally marries him, deciding the great world isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
Charles Turpen of Illinois University visits family this week with father Joseph Turpen and relatives. Paul Deckard of Lafayette visits relatives. William Alkire and family of Linton spend Tuesday with his mother. Berthe Galager and daughter visit parents Henry and Mrs. Cross. Horace Turpen and wife motor to Indianapolis. John Pove and Charles Heim in Bloomfield. Geneel Turpen of Bedford visiting Newel Sharp. Kathleen Wright at business college in Indianapolis visits home. Winnie Turpen family visit Stinesville. Warren Hamm family near Shiloh visit Dan and Mrs. Smith. Winnie Turpen and daughters Berthie and May visit Anna Goodrich in Bicknell. Rev. George Veel of Plainville was here on business.
A Market gag captures a grocer denying rodent problems with a jokey claim that a cat sleeps in a barrel nightly. The quip, attributed to Progressive Grocer, frames a lighthearted dispute over crackers and pests.
The report lists multiple game results across leagues with team pairings and scores. Notable results include St Louis 4 Boston 6, Chicago 9 with 10 innings, New York 6 Pittsburgh 5 in Cincinnati Philadelphia Iain, and Cleveland 8 Boston 1 among others.
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