Local News Notes of General Interest
Miss Mary Davies bought a Ford roadster. Larry Boone and Grace of Chicago visited over Sunday. Robert Wason vacationing at home from Brooklyn. Bartley Boone of Kokomo and Margaret visited relatives. Fred Heiland returns to work after an appendicitis operation. Mrs. Thompson of Logansport and Alfred Conn of Chicago were Easter guests. Joe Thayer and son visited the Thayers last week. James Caldwell from Santa Barbara spent days with Dave Boone family. William Baker Smith of Chicago visits his parents in South Delphi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Conn
Chicago
Mrs
Robert Conn
James Caldwell
Santa Barbara
California
Dave Boone
William Baker ‘Smith
Wm. C. Smith
South
Delphi
James H. Kelley
Joseph
Edward Hughes
Mary Gallagher
Indianapolis
James H. Coomey
Glenn Cushman
Miss Thelma
Mrs. Cushman
Lafayette
Bert Hazlett
Mulberry
Myrtle Isley
Loyal Hazlett
Hollie McKinney
Kokomo
Delphi social notes and regional wedding guests
Will LeSourd of Dundee and Miss Genevieve Ryan plan visits as various families host Easter gatherings. Notables include Dr Rodney Troutman’s death prompting Logansport travel, church membership gains, and Delphi track meet with oratorical contests. Several residents and visitors from Purdue Chicago Indianapolis Wisconsin and Texas appear among weekend socials and travel.
Local residents and visitors share Easter week events
Mr and Mrs Bryce Adams and daughter Mary Belle returned from War ren Indiana. Ed Johnson moved to the Mortonville property formerly occupied by Verd Thompson. Easter guests included De Pauw students Ruth Wason Joyce Wilber James Ober Joseph Ives Lorene Wingerd and others from Indianapolis Lafayette and Chicago. A Fall Flora funeral, basketball tryouts, and band plans were noted along with a 52nd birthday dinner for Mrs Hazlett and various visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryce Adams
Mary Belle
Mr. Adams
Belle Thompson
Warren
Ind
Ed. Johnson
Mortonville
Verd Thompson
Mr. Thompson
Margowski
North Market
Ruth Wason
Joyce Wilber
James Obear
de Pauw
Joseph Ives
Illinois
Lorene Wingerd
Art Institute
Indianapolis
Christian Stewardship Theme at Sunday Services
Sunday morning includes Sunday school at 9:30 and preaching at 11. Admission is free for all. At 2:00 pm the Manchester College Glee Club performs a program of choruses glees part songs and quartets. Evening study topic by the C. W. M. and pastor at 6:30. All invited. J. K. Eikenberry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Stewardship
Manchester College Glee Club
Fruit of the Saguaro Cactus Eaten by Papago and Pima
Papago and Pima tribes in New Mexico are described as eating the fruit and seeds of the giant Saguaro cactus. The article notes traditional use of the plant as a food source and references the fruit as a harvest during the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Public sale of household goods and town notices
A sale of surplus household items takes place at east Franklin street Delphi on Saturday April 26 1924 starting at 1 oclock. Items include oak desk fireproof safe dining tables chairs dressers incubators and more. Also notes about Adams township school activities a commencement address and a 24.19 acre land tract near Lake Shafer sold to Indiana Realty and Development Company with hotel development planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Franklin Street
Delphi
Vernice Martin
Salas Oe
White County
Richard Hinshaw
Indiana Realty and Development Company of
Indianapolis
James Milton
Monticello
Lake Shafer
Tippecanoe
Norway Dam
Monticello Country Club
School Dedication by Prof Christie in Adams Township
About 400 people attended the dedication of the Consolidated school in Adams township on a Friday marking the last day of school. Prof G I Christie of Purdue extension gave the dedication address on Things That Matter Most in the Rural Community and spoke about the new facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christie
Adams Township
Burnettsville
G. I. Christie
Purdue Extension
Delphi Produce Market Prices April 26 1924
Local market list from Bogan Jaques Co shows egg grades No 1 and No 2 Butter fat and weight brackets for old hens spring chickens leghorn hens old cocks dicks and various beef and horse hides with listed prices per unit. Prices reflect commodity rates for eggs poultry hides and leather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bogan-Jaques Co
Sale of tract for resort use to spur cottage growth
The land from the dam north to the Cooper farm has been sold for resort purposes and numerous cottages are expected to be built in the coming weeks.
Who is that fine-looking man over there
A dialogue from New York Daily News pits Jasper who asks about a handsome man against Jumpuppe who labels him a highly suspected citizen in a terse exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasper
Jumpuppe
New York Daily News
Floral couple wed in Delphi procession parade
A wedding of Rosa Beard and Doyle Kirkman was marked by a belling and a procession of autos through Delphi streets. The bridal couple rode in a cart attached to the lead car. Flora school plans a parade and pageant this Saturday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa
Beard
Doyle Kirkman
Flora
Delphi
Flora School
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Delphi Dry Cleaning CO
E. Franklin ST
Hall’s Meat Market
Automobile
Eet Ree) Tae
Lowe Brothers Automobile
Lowe Brothers
Elless & Orr
Mary Davies
Larry Boone
Miss Grace
Robert Wason
Brooklyn, N. Y
Bartley Boone
Margaret
Fred Heiland
Josephine Odell
Mrs. Thompson
Logansport
Joe Thayer and
B. F. Thayer
Will LeSourd
Dundee, Ill
Verne Whittlesey
Genevieve Ryan
William Gardner
Hoopston, Ill
Robert A. Lathrope
Bucannon, Mich
Joe Lathrope
J. W. Weckler
Christina
Peru
Willard ‘Redding
Charles Deck
Rodney Troutman
Methodist Church
Christian
Baptist
Presbyterian
Claude and
Robert Giles
Madison Wisconsin
Brookston
C. C. Crampton
William
Daytona
Fla
Frances Haugh
Paul Noe
Melvin Deeter
Della Roush
Brownsville
Texas
Matt Julius
Elkhart
Scott Clark
Carrollton Township
Catherine Wilson
Purdue
East Monroe’ Street
Alice Risk
North Dakota
Verne Clawson
Walters
James Skinner
Mindwell Crampton
Wilson
the Citizen
Pi Beta Phi
Grace Coolidge
Pi. Phi
Delphi-Monticello-Rensselaer
Rensselaer
Jack Swatts
New South
Stella Stewarts
Quo Vadis
the Quality Grocery
North Side Square
Delphi, Ind
Sara Lee Bandwick
Ohio
C. C. McFarland
Indiana
Mace Arnott
Shore Ammerman
Marion
George Hoffer and Sons
Madison Arnott
South Delphi
Herbert. Devitt
Suzanne
Mary Cochrane
Cochrane
Mayme Snyder
Kathryn Thomas
Mary Gustavel
Frankfort
Murat Theatre
Forrest H. Orr
Worthy
Eastern Star Lodge
James Sink Jr
James Sink
Camden
Presbyterian Church
Maple Lawn
William Mitchell
Sarah Mitchell
Bringhurst
Mitchell
Marine Service
Marine Barracks
Annapolis
United States
Garfield Shaffer
East Monroe Street
Paul Smith
Smith
Mildred Tremaine
G. E. Tremaine
Bloomington
Church OF the Brethren
New York
J. T. Ives & Sons'Co
Milleary
Vata
Delphi Produce Market
Arkets
Arene
Ana Nee
Roy
Hobly
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