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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1926
Page
2
The text discusses advertising rates for single column and multiple insertions, notices for reading and legal matters, obituaries and social cards, and the caution that some notices are not of pure news value. It also critiques campaign fund investigations and notes broader political and crime trends, including bank robberies and vigilantism in Indiana.
An official from the bakery trade organization urges American women to avoid extreme dieting and adopt a modest, slightly plump figure. He argues health suffers when the push to be thin becomes widespread, noting irony since he profits from selling fattening goods.
Indianapolis market dispatch reports hog receipts of 5000 with prices around 10 cents lower for heavies at 14.65 to 14.75, cattle receipts at 200 with steady values, sheep receipts at 200 with top lambs 10.00 to 15.00, calves receipts 900 with tops near 12.50, and fresh egg and poultry quotes including eggs 24 268, butter 42 48, fowls 24, turkeys 23 24, ducks 14 1bc.
Notice states Linton Lodge No 560 F and A M will convene at 7 30 pm to perform Master Mason degree work. Visiting brothers invited to attend.
The note recalls George Washington dying at Mount Vernon on December 14 1799 and being buried in the family vault. In 1887 his remains were moved to a present tomb with a marble sarcophagus and sculptured shield and eagle. Welch funeral services emphasize quiet simplicity and cost advice to plan funerals economically.
Gustavis Hesselius is hailed as the first recognized American painter to work in the Delaware Valley era though not born here. He was born in Folktad Sweden in 1682, arrived in 1740 to the Swedish colony, settled Philadelphia, and died May 25 1765. He received the first public art commission in 1721 for the Last Supper at St Martins church in Maryland, which was later destroyed with the church. Hesselius' son Jetin born 1728 became a portraitist and taught Charles Willson Peale who painted the earliest known portrait of General Washington.
An account recalls a Brussels banquet featuring bread baked from wheat found in a pyramid era field and butter from Queen Elizabeth's time. The menu reportedly included a centuries old Corinth vault apple and 1800 year old Pomel apples, with items sourced from distant regions. Members of the Zoological Society of Ireland described Chinese speg as delicious and delicate.
A fragmented account describes elaborate royal pomp in the era of France’s former royal houses. Observers watched king and queen eat and dine with ritual, while Marie Antoinette criticized the spectacle, later labeled a revolutionary symbol of court excess.
The passage explains how skilled potters form cups saucers and plates on a rapidly spinning wheel with kneaded clay. Handles and attachments are added while soft and pieces dry before firing. Firing requires heat and long cooling to prevent cracking during the three day process.
A fragment describes a San Francisco train platform scene where a young girl pipes up to a waiting group of friends and remarks that once the family leaves, they can discuss others and be discussed in return, reflecting blunt child insight into adult behavior. The piece frames a cynical view of adults through a child’s ghastly clarity.
The passage recalls the May 31 1916 Jutland battle off Denmark where the German High Seas Fleet fled to base, and notes its surrender terms under the Armistice of November 11 1918, marking the war’s principal naval engagement and the fleet’s final fate.
A dense classified listing shows multiple sale and rental notices. Items include Glendora coal and coke prices with delivery terms from Dillon Faultless Coke Co, a furnished and unfurnished house rental inquiry at 410 H Street NE, relocation note for beauty parlor services from Mrs Christina Wilson Seucerman, sale or trade of a highway garage on State Road 12 by O D Shoptow Worthington, raspberry crates and farm equipment for sale near Odon and Lin ton, bids for a 7 foot cut binder and cultivator near Lin ton, household goods at 360 Sixth Street NE, a Jersey cow for sale via Wright Transfer Office, two modern light housekeeping rooms for rent at Hattie Sylvester 139 Southeast A Street, cherry orders from Charles Johnson Fruit Farm, and job ads for a reliable distributor position plus at home ad offers from Madison Service.
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