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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1925
Page
1
Field day at Linton Junior High featured track events for boys and girls, a kite flying contest and a baseball game won by the Blues 9 to 4. Coaches Morgan and Berns oversaw the program at the city park with multiple student winners listed in kite events.
A garbled report notes a ball game won by the Blues over the Reds with a 4 to 1 score. The lineup appears as Blues Reds and includes multiple surnames such as Dixon Jarman Woosdard Wells Wright Pope and Sargent Duffy among others, but many names are unreadable.
Radio listings for major networks show WJZ and WOR presenting musical performances from Aeolian hall and Tollefson trio, WBZ featuring Vedli opera Aida from Boston, WGN airing Kentucky Derby broadcast details, and KSD with a Grand Central theatre musical program. This program guide highlights scheduled broadcasts at 1 to 5 p.m., 8 p.m., and 8:10 p.m. times across stations in New York Newark Springfield Chicago St. Louis.
In the Three Eye League Terre Haute beat Quincy 7 to 3 and Decatur topped Bloomington 8 to 2. Springfield defeated Danville 8 to 5 as Peoria edged Evansville 8 to 7. In the National League New York 7 Cincinnati 2 and Philadelphia beat Chicago 4 The Brooklyn 8 St Louis 7 rain affected Porton Pitt. In the American League Philadelphia and Detroit 7 Washington 12 St Louis 7 and New York 6 Chicago 0 Cleveland 10 Boston 7. In the American Association St Paul 8 Minneapolis 6 Kansas City 6 Milwaukee 1.
Mr and Mrs Ed Bartley and relatives from Lyons and Nine Mile spent Sunday with Cass Terhune and family. Leonard Greene and children visited Hazel Hirth and John Bobiley. William Rader from Linton joined Mrs Rader's parents John and Mrs Taylor. Fred Noel of Linton visited sister Marion Bobby. Lessie Light and her father moved to live with her sister Mrs Mred Nolting and Adam Miller, former Linton residents now at home.
Visitors and relatives appear across the Vincennes region with reports from Nine Mile Nel river Martinsville and Linton. Mrs Elsworth Riley and Gladys called on Mrs EH Thompson as family ties and quick health updates surface including Theodore Riley’s stay in Martinsville and slight improvement.
All soldiers sailors marines and nurses who have not applied for war risk insurance must do so before June 7. Elmer Sherwood will file your application for you free of charge.
The W R C g will meet at the hall at 7 30 tonight to arrange plans for the Decoration day service.
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