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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1939
Page
4
Per single column inch subsequent insertions per inch classified advertising. Pen word rate first insertion 254 leading notices per line ire obituaries and cards of thanks an engagements not purely social notices of news character at regular times. Rates for permanent condense made known upon application.
Members of the Merricks club at Merrick House complete a 6 inch telescope after five years and 2000 hours of work. Ben Szabat led the project by spending 924 dollars to fund and persuade fellow clubmen to join the effort.
Szabat, a lens grinder, led a group of club members who ground mirrors in a basement room they built. Their first 4 inch mirror failed, a 6 inch lens followed, with flaws found in the tool. After six semesters of night classes, they completed a third mirror for about 50 dollars, claiming a commercially made unit would cost around 1500 dollars.
Merced resident Lu Redding, once a high school basketball star, recalls the 1929 team while claiming a 10 year old charm marked rash at a local jewelry store. The charm was ordered a decade ago and finally delivered.
Alaskans expect a large salmon haul as the 1939 season opens amid tensions with Japan over fishing rights and potential federal conservation impacts. Industry data show catches rising since 1935 with a likely restricted year ahead. labor questions loom, possibly prompting an industry-wide election. Local residents in Indiana note weekend visits among families and towns.
The Greene County Commissioners will consider a long list of expense claims and salaries at the regular session in the courthouse. Items include officers' salaries, court costs, public service payments, and numerous reimbursements to individuals and local businesses.
An advertisement touts a large unabridged dictionary for home use as daily reference and for office use as final authority on spelling pronunciation meaning and usage. It invites readers to see the new work at book dealers or request descriptive pamphlet from GC and C Merriam Co Springfield Mass Dep t 13.
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