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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1921
Page
4
Ef Tage i Grave near Mayfield Kentucky reports a farm house massacre where eleven people were slain and bodies found in a dwelling saturated with oil. Sheriff and coroner see no bullet wounds and suspect an insanity driven massacre by Earnest Lawrence then self immolation.
Attendees at the Sullivan base game between the Sullivan team and the Chicago White Sox include Lee AX Berty Dittemore Otto Foreschke Chas Yates George Meyers Geo Denman Lew Good John Ledgerwood Ersel Stewart Grover VanMeter and many others plus Mr and Mrs Carl Strong Mrs Chester Wills Mrs Otto Wright David McPhail John McPhail and more.
In Louisville on June 28 1921 electrical engineer N C G Howerton aged thirty coughed up a four inch live perch during a severe coughing spell after a night of nausea He recalls swimming as a boy and wonders if he swallowed the fish which then grew in his stomach Doctors find no answer to the miracle claim though Howerton maintains a theory about the fish expanding in his gut
Washington June 28 The Curtis Nelson bill to add about 25 million dollars to the capital of federal farm loan banks for long term farmer loans was completed today with the senate accepting the house reduction from 50 million to 25 million The bill now goes to the president.
Washington June 28 the house passed the Willis Campbell bill by 250 to 98 to forestall a prescription of beer and light wines as medicine under the Volstead enforcement act. The measure, not yet in the senate, is expected to be considered soon.
In Toledo Ohio early today Rita French 25 mother of a 6 year old girl was shot dead after a quarrel with Raymond McNair who then shot himself and was dying in hospital. Police deem the motive a mystery and say McNair had not been seen at the French apartment. Rita was the wife of Emmett French Telegraph Company employee who had been living apart for months.
A blackmailer demanded 5000 in gold under threat of death by poison gas sent by mail to Robert and Stanhope Fleming of Des Moines Iowa. The letter dated June 17 urged payment by June 2 with a painless silent gas release planned in their home, signed with an ancient god name.
Mrs. I R Burkett of Hillsdale Indiana denies confessing to debts against Theodore Roosevelt estate for 87910 12 and says reports of a confession started from a murder story in Illinois She claims she never spoke to the prosecutor and has lost track of key witness Shunson The claim has been on file in New York for two years and grew from a public story that spread after a supposed Illinois murder charge.
Detroit June 28 The Socialist national convention ordered an executive survey of all radical and labor organizations to gauge strength disposition and readiness to cooperate with the Socialist movement A resolution proposed inviting radical groups to a next year conference to deter future wars by general strikes was introduced J Louis Engdhal and William Kruse Chicago left wing leaders endorsed the resolution and asked for a separate general strike motion
A youth named Barker rode a long distance to inspect land when Texas cattle on a prairie field surged after him. He sprinted to a gate opened by the landowner but toppled off his bike, senseless, as the herd closed in behind him. Attendants and the owner intervened to halt the stampede.
Charles M. Schwab spoke in Loretto about a steel breakthrough and told of a railway digger story. A worker suggested rounding shovel corners to cut soil faster. An ironmonger made round corner shovels, the crew preferred them, the boss approved, and the trio patented and small-scale manufactured them.
The article quotes Y Rasmussen arguing that early childhood development is fluid and that children should follow their own interests. He urges minimal distractions and gentle guidance to aid attractively focused play, warning that feeding kids tales of wonder may mislead rather than strengthen healthy imagination.
The sole known flock of snow geese, over 5000 birds averaging eight pounds, reached Cape Tourmente on their annual northward migration from the Southern states. They stop here yearly on the route to the Labrador coast, a pattern more than forty years old, and this year moving pictures were taken by the Dominion parks branch Ottawa film service.
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