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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1925
Page
2
The issue mixes ad rates for Office-Citizen Building with brief city notices before turning to editorials. It notes a grim winter ahead, jokes about silk stockings strikes, and critiques debt commissions. It also reports French positions in the Rift and hints at Christmas setbacks for trench warfare.
The speaker argues that people will revert to old-fashioned dances at roughly the same time as returning to the old-fashioned horse and buggy, suggesting a cultural pull toward past customs alongside transportation. The comment implies a nostalgia-driven vision of societal habits.
At the Linton Corn Carnival to be held at City park the week starting October 5 prizes will be awarded for various corn varieties. A cautionary anecdote warns home distillers to avoid confusing corn with corn liquor as a Kentuckian mistakenly held up a glass while offered corn at a dinner.
A humorous rebuttal questions evolutionists claim of cave man courtship. The critic argues women would not accept force and proposes a gentler, nature inspired alternative using feathers berries flowers and gifts to win a mate. A light satire on prehistoric romance persists in the debate.
The Ladies' Aid society of the First Christian church will hold a Wednesday afternoon gathering in the work room located in the church basement. All members are urged to attend.
Bloomington resident C. Fe Hawkins suffered the season's first hunting accident when his shotgun discharged while alighting from a car yesterday in Bloomington Indiana. He lost a limb as a result of the incident.
Governor T. Jackson praises the national dairy exposition coming to Indianapolis October 10 to 17 at the state fair grounds. The event, first in Indiana, aims to unite city and rural communities to promote best practices, dairy products, and healthier, more prosperous cities and citizens.
Bandits in three automobiles held up the Bridgeton post office and forced the postmaster to surrender about 380 dollars. Bridgeton and Brazil police pursued the vehicles as they headed east. The suspects are described as gypsy-like in appearance.
Frankfort Indiana reports R L Pickell scout master of Boy Scouts with a service bar marking 572 consecutive Sunday school attendances. The gold diamond bar totals three sections and reflects periods in three cities where Pickell has lived.
Indiana dispatcher briefs report a garden sunflower with 299 blossoms in Martinsville. Geyer faces jail in Michigan for liquor charges while his wife seeks divorce. McGuire’s knot resembles Marine fleece in Atlanta. American wives boost kitchen cabinet orders in Bloomington. Milton Alexander guards cows from calf-nest thieves at La Fontaine. calves steal from the calf lot by reaching through wire.
United Press dispatch from Indianapolis reports Herry McGinnity of Cicero was robbed at Georgetown road and Cold Spring road as two bandits stole $42 a watch with a diamond insert valued at 85 and his car key. He chased the men and found his car towed to a garage by the Horse Thief Detective association, forcing him to pay the tow-in fee.
In a severe weekend accident on the National road near Pleasant Gardens, the Old Trails Express company truck overturned after a storm blinded the driver. The gasoline tank exploded, destroying the vehicle and a cargo valued at $5,000. loss fully covered by insurance.
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