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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1927
Page
1
An old timer asks why baby carriages are disappearing from daily life. Local dealers cite rise of the automobile and changing affordability and fashion, noting buggies once bought on installments gave way to cars. Some rural shoppers still use buggies for town trips when not driving their own autos.
Four sisters Frances Norton aged 18 and Mary Dora and Emma Silcox ages 14 12 10 drowned Sunday when a boat overturned near Clearwater Florida. They were daughters of Mr and Mrs Benjamin Silcox of Jacksonville Heights.
George Wade, 55, was jailed in Monongoh county today charged with slaying his invalid wife with an iron pipe in Morgantown West Virginia. The woman, ill for ten years, died of a fractured skull in a hospital after Wade allegedly told police he had planned the act for twenty years.
Tight at once in Anderson Indiana on June 27 reports a Muropein corn borer suspected on a farm five miles northeast of the city. It is the first pest case reported in east central Indiana as state entomologists and federal agents prepare to move into Madison County to combat the worm.
Lou Gehrig of the Yankees hit his fifth circuit drive of the week and narrowed Babe Ruth's edge as Ruth nursed a knee injury. Gehrig stood at 22 homers to Ruth's 24 with the Yankees narrowly pacing circuit hitting in the American League last week. In the National League Hack Wilson led with two more, keeping his overall pace.
June 27 1917 dispatch reports the second contingent of American troops arriving in France. Hyench Seaport shows convoys and khaki troops in the streets as General Pershing is expected to inspect.
The Pons-Winnecke comet is visible at night to the naked eye and lies within about 4,000,000 miles of Earth. Observers report sightings around midnight with the comet near overhead east-north. By June 26 it will be much closer, potentially a megascopic display, while astronomers caution about its size and duration.
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