Linton’s Coal Boom Memory in Laborer’s Tribune Debut
Reprinted narrative recalls Linton in 1887 as coal boomed with black diamonds turning town into a metropolis. The Laborer’s Tribune first edition from May 24 1887 recounts E B Barlow moving paper from Hutsonville and predicts iron furnaces and vast mineral wealth. The story notes Island Coal Co investment and city growth amid rapid development.
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Linton
Laborer’s Tribune
Charles Earle
West Linton
E. B. Barlow
Hutsonville
Ill
the Tribune
Island Coal Company
Outcome in Spanish Civil War to be decided in diplomacy
Observers say the war's end hinges on Great Power diplomacy rather than battlefield gains. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's talks with Benito Mussolini are highlighted as decisive, with the Valencia front’s losses deemphasized.
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Europe
Mediterranean Sea
Spain
Neville Chamberlain
Benito Mussolini
Valencia
Sullivan Well Sets Deep Indiana Record for Depth
Drilling near Sullivan in Sullivan County reaches 4 160 feet becoming Indiana s deepest well and first to penetrate St Peter sandstone in SW Indiana. The dry hole by Felmont Corporation also shows gas indications at 370 feet and oil and gas between 2351 and 2425 feet. The Johnson county competitor Northwest of Franklin remains shallower and also dry.
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Sullivan
Sullivan County
Indiana
Franklin
Johnson County
Felmont, Corporation
Houston
Texas
St. Peter
Confetti Ban Aboard Train For Honeymoon Couples
A notice posted before honeymoon couples left Melbourne warns couples not to throw confetti, with a penalty of 25 dollars. The ban was aimed at Brides traveling by train to the countryside, preventing confetti from sticking to clothing.
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Melbourne
U.P
Stork Racer Loses Twice in San Francisco
Veteran taxicab driver Walter Lacey has lost only two of ten battles with the stork in rides to hospitals. He blames the two defeats on reaching three hospitals that were all full.
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San Francisco
W.P
Walter Lacey
Dorraugh Injured in Ladder Accident in Washington
Henry Dorraugh of 610 H Street NE is in Free man Greene county hospital after a ladder failed beneath him while he worked on the Sisters of Providence home at Fifth and E Streets NE. X rays pending, condition listed as satisfactory and expected to require several days in care.
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Henry Dorraugh
H” Street
Freeman Greene County Hospital
Dorraugh
Sisters of Providence
New York
U.P
Max Sehmeling
Joe Louis
Robert Emery Brennan
Schmeling
Louis
Maxie
Joe
der Maxie
Marion Williams Dies After Barn Accident In Indiana
Marion Williams 68 a Stafford township farmer and former trustee died after a pole kicked by a horse struck his chest in his barn around 10 15 this morning. He suffered heart disease since January and died before a physician arrived. Williams born Missouri April 27 1869 lived near Marco since 1895. Survived by wife Clara Good seven children and two sisters. Funeral at West Island church Sunday at 2 pm. Burial Marco cemetery.
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Oliver Williams
Stafford Township
Williams
Mr. Williams
Missouri
Mathias and
Sarah Empson Williams
Marco
West Island
Pleasant Grove
Clara Good
Coy Williams
Hollis Williams
Sandborn
Marion
Ollie Brewer
Irmal Strahle
Ivan Williams
Linton
Louis May Williams
Indiana State Teacher’s College
Terre Haute
Mollie Benson
Stadia Shutts
California
Newkirk
Pleasantville
Sea otters Multiply Along California Coast
Dr. Edmund Heller director of the Fleischacker zoo estimates about 800 sea otters now inhabit the Pacific coast waters ranging from Carmel to San Luis Obispo. Each otter's skin is valued at about $1,000 and the population has increased since their return.
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San Francisco
U.P
Pacific Coast
Edmund Heller
Fleischhacker Zoo
Carmel
San Luis Obispo
Beer Declared Necessity in Northern Australia Court Record
Dr. Cecil Cook, chief medical officer for the Northern Territory, testified that beer is a necessity for working men in Northern Australia. The remark is now part of official Australian records after earlier court remarks.
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Darwin
Northern Australia
Cecil Cook
Northern Territory
Australia
South Linton junior baseball 11 Citizen-News 8
South Linton wins 11 to 8 after resisting a seventh inning rally by Citizen-News in the local junior league. North End Indians and South Linton remain tied for first with 3–0 records as WPA funds sponsor summer play.
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South Linton
Citizen-News
Citizen- News
North End Indians
Greene County
WPA Recreation Department
Bernard McAtee
Paul Prudhome
Mahogany From South Florida Aids Violin Making
Miami violin maker Sam J. Davis says the fine grained native mahogany of South Florida is excellent for violin making. The discovery highlights a new use for the local wood and its quality for craft.
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Miami
Fla
U.P
South
Florida
Sam J. Davis
Coal Firms Deduct From Miners Pay in Conspiracy Trial
In London Kentucky on June 23 a witness testified that coal companies made numerous deductions from miners pay from burial funds to bathhouse use as the Harlan conspiracy trial examined alleged violations of the Wagner Labor Relations Act. Eugene Robinson a negro miner alleges discharge for union activity while the defense says he quit. Cornett-Lewis payroll clerk O B Cornett produced the pay slip to show heavy deductions.
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London
Harlan
O. B. Cornett
Cornett-Lewis Coal Co
Eugene Robinson
Indiana Senator Announces PWA Grants for Evansville
Senator Sherman Minton said the Public Works Administration approved a $319,500 grant for Evansville waterworks improvements. Other Indiana grants include Bloomington university improvements $21,234 Vincennes cemetery $79,945 and Bloomington city school addition $13,635.
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Washington, D. C
Sherman Minton
Indiana
Public Works Administration
Evansville
Ind
Bloomington
Indiana University
Vincennes
Plane crash kills seven officers in France
A military airplane on a night trial flight crashed near Tours, France, killing all seven aboard, including five officers of the air force general staff.
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Paris
France
Tours
Air Force General Staff
PWA Announces 279 New Recovery Projects Nationally
Washington June 23 The Public Works Administration unveiled 279 additional projects valued at 61.75 million dollars as part of the recovery program. The total approved now reaches 210.55 million with 869 projects. 28.01 million grants and 1.58 million loans were issued. Projects include 115 schools and related buildings, 63 water works and sewage systems, and 18 jails hospitals and other public facilities. Roosevelt at Hyde Park outlined to reporters a major address for Friday focusing on the lending spending program and its economic meaning. He also defended the program against critics who call it a $12 billion Congress, saying much was authorizations or loans not yet appropriated.
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Washington, D. C
U.P
Public Works Administration
PWA
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
White House
New Wading Pool Planned for Linton City Park
Work by Greene County NYA starts July 1 on a 40 by 35 foot wading pool in the southeast corner of Linton City Park. The pool will have four inlets and an eighteen inch depth to keep water fresh. Nearby sand pits, repaired baseball facilities, and enhanced paths and landscaping accompany the project. Four NYA girls supervise daily play. Sam Stockrahm aims to make the park the best in the region.
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Linton
Greene County National Youth Administration
NYA
The
Sam Stockrahm
Linton’s Park
Le Clochard: Tramps Publish Paris Newspaper
Paris tramps publish their own paper Le Clochard to inform vagabonds about issues affecting them and to share the lives and hopes of the itinerant poor. The venture aims to communicate with both tramps and the broader public.
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Paris
U.P
le Clochard
Dugger Pastor’s Wife Dies After Fracture Skulls
In Dugger Indiana Mrs. Alonzo B. Simpson 55 died at Mary Sherman hospital Sullivan after a fall from a moving car caused a fractured skull. Her husband Rev. A P Simpson and daughter Mona Phay survive with two brothers and a sister. Funeral plans set for Olive Branch church near Linton.
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Alonzo B. Simpson
Dugger
Mary Sherman Hospital
Sullivan
Mona Phay
Dugger Baptist Church
Olive Branch Baptist Church
Linton
Claude Powell
Terre Haute
Orville Powell
Indianapolis
Orbey Powell
Rushville
Nellie Hasnymore
Evansville
M. J. Aikin and Son
Olive Branch
Subpoena Issued in Milk Monopoly Case
U P Federal Judge James H Wilkerson issued a subpoena against the International Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers in Washington DC in connection with a DOJ probe into a Chicago area milk monopoly. The order covers records and correspondence with 41 affiliates from 1929 to 1937. This marks the first subpoena in a major investigation affecting milk and dairy income nationwide.
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Chicago
U.P
James H. Wilkerson
International Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers
Washington
D. C
Department of Justice
Hospital Reports Births and Procedures
Mrs Edward Bough of Bloomfield rural route underwent an appendectomy Wednesday evening. Mrs Charles Anderson of A street southeast became mother to a daughter this afternoon. Both mother and baby are doing nicely. Henry Dorraugh of 610 Hf street northeast was admitted to the hospital this morning.
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Edward Bough
Bloomfield
Charles Anderson
Henry Dorraugh
Prison inmate McCall to be released in Chicago
In Chicago on June 23 Thomas McCall was ordered released after serving a five year penitentiary term for criminal assault of Miss Virginia Austin at the Joop hotel. The defense cited an 18 year old man who later repudiated a prior confession.
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Chicago
U.P
Thomas McCall
Cornelius S. Harington
Criminal Court
McCall
Virginia Austin
New York
Joop
Joliet
Robert Nixon
Austin
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Leroy Hubbard
Clay Williams
Keith Morgan
National Foundation For
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Ilegal
Barbara Hutton
Haugwitz-Reventlow
Woolworth
London Evening News and Star
Bow Street
Lance
Barbara
Wor
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Donavan
Corbett
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Jeffries
Dempsey
A. B. Simpson
Sullivan Hospital
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