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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1926
Page
3
Lank Hudson of Bloomfield died at Freeman City Hospital about 9:15 last night after a two week illness and a prior operation. He was 51 and leaves a wife and several children. The body was taken to his Bloomfield home.
Indiana dispatch reports June 23 market activity in Indianapolis with hog receipts at 9 000 and prices 26 cents lower. heavies 14 50 to 14 60, mediums 14 60 to 14 70, common to choice 14 90 to 15 00. bulk 14 50 to 14 90. Cattle receipts 1 400 steady with steers 8 to 10 25, cows and heifers 6 to 10. Sheep receipts 600 strong, lambs 12.00 to 15.00. Calves 1 200 down 50 cents, tops 12, bulk 11.50 to 12. Eggs fresh 25c. Butter 41 to 43.8c. Fowls 24c, leghorns 24-25c, old turkeys 23-24c, ducks 14-15c.
Laurel Gladville of Bloomington was discharged to home today. Orville Lash underwent a operation at Freeman City Hospital this morning and is listed in good condition.
Petersburg Ind June 23 Emery Miley a pioneer fisherman of this city landed a 44 pound catfish in White river Monday on a small hook. He baited with crawfish tails to catch small catfish and perch and when he pulled the line he thought the hook was fast to a log. He hauled the line to the surface and saw the big fish. He released it then used a dip net to land the fish and sent it to his boat. The Mississippi catfish was one of the largest taken from White river this spring.
Miss Martha Bates the girl who slapped a minister over a pulpit hair condemnation faces a jail sentence and now barbers in Eastern Kentucky towns pledge donations to help her acquittal bid. Berbers in several towns also raise funds to buy Thorn ton Creek girls a new automobile.
The Hiawatha Club will not meet tomorrow due to a band concert by the Masonic Home Boys' Band.
The Grand theatre begins a two day showing of Soul Mates featuring Aileen Pringle in Hlinor Glyn's The Reason Why. Fate forces a woman to wed a man she has never met in a stunning romance of wealth, power, and passion. A cave man wooing subplot adds a melodramatic twist alongside a Pathe comedy Never Too.
Otis and Curtis Rhodes have gone to Flint Michigan for work. Mex Mitchell was in Linton Friday. Army worm damage minimal this season. Everett Pruett spent Saturday in Linton. Rawley Coley shopped for cherries in Vicksburg. he hails from Ellestville. Charles Sims visited his parents Friday at Gilmour. Mrs. Lex Skinner spent the weekend in Bloomington. Local families including Brown and Sims visited Farmersburg to see an electric shovel. Jasper Greene is able to move about again. New homes and remodeling projects appear in Vicksburg this summer. Mrs. Hodge Tetrick and Mrs. Malcolm Gardner visited Charley Britton Saturday evening. Children’s night at Vicksburg Baptist Church drew a large crowd. Roscoe Davidson returned from Florida.
DuQuoin, IL June 28 Williamson County leads southern Illinois coal output for a 44 year period, ahead of Franklin, Sangamon, Macoupin and St Clair. Totals show Williamson at 178,437,868 tons, Franklin 149,142,062, Macoupin 147,956,608, St Clair 186,296,450 and Madison 102,258,627 tons, with Franklin losing first place after 27 years.
United Press dispatches report a three inch diameter strawberry shown by William Krasape in Indiana. Other notes record a Richmond fire confined to a city dump, a crane crash into a temporary bridge north of Scottsburg, Lake Michigan’s unusually high early season temperature drawing bathers, and Hammond actions against hand bills dodgers.
The measure prohibits promiscuous handbill distribution and will be enforced as part of the city cleanup program, aiming to reduce litter and nuisance while guiding public conduct during campaigns and local notices.
The Clairion Club will meet with Mrs Curtis McAtee Thursday afternoon to discuss important club business.
The city of Rochester in New York was named for Nathaniel Rochester, an American pioneer and Revolutionary officer who helped found the Genesee valley and the settlement that bears his name.
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