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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1926
Page
2
Advertising rates listed for baths and reading notices per line. Obituaries cards of thanks and announcements of non social character charged at regular rates. Classified advertising one cent per word with a minimum. Partial line mentions are readable fragments.
A column notes that advertising fosters informed shopping yet praises cautious use of ads. It contrasts consumer savvy with political debates in Iowa and Congress, suggesting debates over salaries and honorariums while pondering outcomes of adjournment and rail incidents.
The third year intermediate girls class of the Baptist church Sunday school enjoyed a social afternoon and evening at teacher Mrs. David Shields country home. Outdoor games swimming and music followed by a picnic supper on the Shields pond bank. Present were Misses Mable Thrasher Margaret McDonald Bernice Armstrone Helen Trinkle Bonnie Davis Vivian Wright Edith Humphreys and teacher Mrs David Shields My and Mrs Louis Jaffre were present.
The youthful body of King Tut was embalmed in a costly process lasting weeks and placed in gold coffins in a tomb with art valued at $50,000,000. Modern science offers superior methods, and patrons deserve skilled, careful funeral service at Welch, with a policy of superior service without higher prices.
Eighteen charter members of the local Rotary club will gather at the New Linton hotel for a banquet at 6:30 PM. Visitors from Sullivan, Bedford, Bloomfield, Vincennes, Washington, and Bloomington join local Rotarians for music and addresses. Ben Sherwood of Bedford, Indiana Rotary governor, will present the charter, marking a new era for the chapter.
Expressing gratitude to those who provided kindness during illness and death of mother. Thanking physician for efforts to ease suffering, pastor for consoling words and prayers, undertaker for services, Hamilton couple for consolation and song, pallbearers and others. heartfelt appreciation from McPhail family.
A tangle of scores reports wins and losses across major matchups including Philadelphia over New York 6 to 2, Pittsburgh 3 over St Louis, Chicago 4 with Cleveland 3 in ten innings, Detroit 9 over St Louis 4, Washington 8 over New York 1, and other listed games featuring Philadelphia Boston Louisville Kansas City Minneapolis Toledo Milwaukee Indianapolis St Paul Columbus and more with partial totals due to damaged text.
Mrs Blanché Dunning hosted a party yesterday afternoon for the seventh and ninth birth anniversaries of daughters Mary Catherine and Vivian Gertrude. Guests enjoyed games, dancing, ice cream and cake with candy suckers as favors. Attendees included Helen Smull Melva Jeanette Page Rebecca Jane Pike Lillian Maxime Bledsole Virginia Armstrong Marguerite Lacer Priscilla Dean Phipps Imogene Small Noma Lee Bledsoe Kenneth Armstrong Philip Barnard Harold Lacer Junior Hall Pike Claude Huffman Lorena Mae Barnard Audria Barnard Mrs Armstrong Bledsoe Mrs Josephine Helms Newcastle and Mr and Mrs Joe Barnard.
Miss Nellie Cox hosted a pleasant W. S. H. Club evening with embroidery, singing, and dancing a mock wedding provoked merriment and refreshments were served to guests Edith O'Brien Florence Cox Velma Doyle Edna Owens Elizabeth McChristie Arietta Denham Nellie Cox Isabelle McChristie plans a picnic at the city park in two weeks.
Aden Messick son of Mr and Mrs M G Messick of this city has earned early professional recognition. He was admitted to the bar of both the Federal and Supreme Courts in Indianapolis on June 10, enabling him to extend his practice. He is linked with a prominent Peru attorney in law.
Fidelity Circle will gather with Mrs Charles Poe on I Street northwest Friday afternoon for a local meeting.
An advertisement by Burton Battery Service promotes Rusco brake lining as superior. The copy asserts brake lining must be asbestos based, specifically Canadian chrysotile, and touts Rusco as the durable choice backed by a 92 year Russell Company heritage. It claims other linings are inferior shoddy equivalents.
Classified notices show multiple sale offers including a span of young mules, a used singer shop ad, a Kessex couch, a Shetland pony with saddle and bridle, a gilding greeting cards job offer, a Ford touring car, and goose feather pillows with contact cues in Omaha style phrasing.
The Rainbow Reading Club met at the Library with thirty eight members present. A program for a party for members' parents was planned. Plans for a July picnic were completed and a song written by Mrs Wayne Hamilton was learned for a Fourth of July parade float.
In a brief church notice, the Ladies' Aid announces a pie sale to support parish activities. The event highlights community participation and local fundraising efforts, inviting residents to attend and contribute.
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