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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1926
Page
7
A local message urges readers to inform The Delphi Citizen of visits or items to share, describing it as a courtesy. It requests phone contact at Number 14 to relay information and mentions lasting remembrance of visits.
Robert Tyler of Chicago visited Pittsburg over the weekend to catch up with familiar faces and enjoy time with home folks.
Ben Martin & Son of 325 Market Street Logansport marks forty years in the watch business with a note on Hamilton and Elgin brands and the local market.
The Junior Class of Camden High School presents What Happened to Jones at the Camden Opera House on December 11. The event showcases a school production as part of the holiday season.
Grover Farmer was arrested Tuesday night by Cass County Sheriff Walter Bowyer on charges of failure to provide for his wife and children. He was returned to Delphi Wednesday for a hearing.
Isaac F. Myer of Baltimore buys the forty acre farm west of Flora from the S. W. Yundt estate for 7500 dollars. The bid was won by his brother Roy Myer. The Myers plan to visit Carroll county soon for a holiday vacation.
Mrs. E W Bowen is at Wa bash Valley Sanitarium this week enjoying a complete rest and therapeutic regimen.
Mr and Mrs Lou Foster moved from South Delphi to the Frank Barker property on North Union Street. Mrs J H Cartwright returned from Indianapolis after a visit with Mrs M A Ryan and Mr Cartwright spent Sunday in Indianapolis.
Mr and Mrs William Ashba Mr and Mrs Paul Ashba and Miss Audrey Shaffer motored to Lafayette Wednesday evening and heard Ford and Glenn at the Mars Theatre.
A promotional note invites customers to visit the Main Street Fashion Shop for a complexion product demonstration. The message mentions a jar of Complexionals and encourages trying it during a showroom event.
Merle Carson a mail carrier on rural route 4 out of Monticello was badly injured Tuesday evening in a collision at Main and Ohio streets. His car was struck by Earl Parish's heavy motor truck driven by Earl Kellenberger.
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Miller entertained Thursday with guests including Mr. and Mrs. Lee Reynolds Mrs. Anna Miller Mrs. Lois Harshman and son Billy of Delphi S. L. Inskeep of Romney F. O. Acheson and daughter Florence of Battle Ground and Mr. and Mrs. Jap Hughes and son James.
E. W. Embree in Delphi Indiana advertises harness repair and oiling service plus new handmade harnesses and auto trimming. The shop invites customers to bring curtains for celluloid and showcases updated harness offerings.
A daughter was born Friday to Mr and Mrs James Clifford in Delphi. She has been named Dorothy Ann.
The item notes Leather Goods for Christmas from Ben Martin & Son in Logansport and various local visits. Mrs. Josephine Ives travels to Indianapolis to see her daughter Mary and attend The Barber of Seville at Murat theatre. Fremont Hildebrand visits Toledo and Cincinnati to see family while Dwight Lesh becomes Carroll County Sun Life rep with H. L. Cantelon assisting.
The engagement of Miss Ruth Friday a teacher at Idaville schools and Harry Hatton a Burnettsville High School teacher is announced. A marriage date is not set. The Daughters of Isabella plan a market Saturday at 10 in the Margowski room. Larry Guthrie and his children visited the Stuarts in Adams township last week.
Mrs. L. R. Drake and her son Dean of Hanson Idaho arrived in Delphi Tuesday evening for a several week visit with her father Hiram Thompson and sisters Misses Hazel Nola and Nellie Thompson, brothers Earl and Arthur Thompson and other relatives.
Miss Lorene Lathrop of Kees visits Margaret Lathrope in town to see her parents Mr and Mrs Frank Wingard and her aunt Mrs T J Ryan along with other relatives during a holiday visit. Prices advertised include Meldoris powder 75c, Mad Cap items 75c, rouge 1 25, Brilliantine 39c, nail polish powder 39c.
George Schaffee one of the Lafayette men arrested for attempting to rob the Standard Oil station in Delphi secured bond and was released from Carroll County jail. bond set at $2,500. Robert Schaffee, with bond at $10,000, remains in jail.
Sale notice for Maxwell and Shaffer Main Street fashion shop inviting customers to come in and view stamped goods and hand made gifts with all hats reduced.
The Tri Kappa sorority held a market and bazaar in the library assembly room on Saturday, with a tea service offered in a attractively arranged corner. No charge was made for tea, enhancing sociability of the occasion. E W Bowen and son Abner Bowen traveled to Missouri for business then to Springfield Ill for Abner to usher at the wedding of Margaret Reid and John P Green. Mr and Mrs Charles Bowen left for Springfield to attend the wedding with Charles also ushering. Mrs N J Howe Mrs John Best and Miss Mary Cochran are in Indianapolis for the state library meeting and history conference. Mrs Howe attended a D A R Council meeting. Mrs Best will visit her son John at DePauw in Greencastle. Mr Porter Haskell accompanied his sister Mrs Howe to Indianapolis.
Lon Overholser a noted auctioneer and farmer died at his home on the Michigan road north of Darwin Wednesday night from complications after a year and a half of ill health. Born October 8 1868 in Burlington township he was 58. He married Lula Richardson June 21 1890. Survived by widow two sons Curtis of Indianapolis Claude of Gary and a daughter Mrs Fred Lines of Gary. Funeral Friday at 2 pm at Sharon Baptist Church with W T Lytle Rev Yundt and Rev Yarian officiating and Maple Lawn cemetery burial.
Mr and Mrs Hez Robinson of near Burrows hosted a Sunday dinner for friends including Mrs Julia Ireland Miss Anna Hardy Delphi Mr and Mrs James Sharp Peru Boyd Miller his mother Mrs Robert Miller and Miss Flora Wharton Logansport An accident near Rockfield involved Edith and Catherine Timmons car turning over with no injuries Two other rollovers Sunday morning left Al McCain and stepson uninjured near J W Strain home A sheriff family member Mrs Riley Sink sustained back injuries in a ditch crash near Flora
The $10 000 damage suit of Charles Weaver of Delphi against Hot Spot gasoline Co of Kokomo, moved from Delphi to Logansport and was compromised Tuesday morning before jury selection. Weaver received $2,250 and defendants paid court costs. The suit followed the death of Weaver team’s wife from burns after she poured liquid on a fire she thought was kerosene.
The Cunningham couple observe their golden wedding with a dinner reflecting changing times. Mr Cunningham is 76 and Mrs Cunningham 74 on Christmas Day. They were married northeast of Flora by the late Harvey R Todd in a half century of community life.
1927 county printing contracts let to Haywood Publishing Co Citizen Printing Co and Journal Publishing Co. Adams township Hershberger gravel road petition continued to January Henry N Easton gravel dispute in Burlington to be heard December 18. Merritt Johnson visits with wife and parents in law Roy Redding. Missionary society hosted by Mrs Roy Nelson. Local high school play attended in Lafayette. Deer Creek Farm Bureau reelects Andrew Gerbens president and Andrew Wise secretary. Health bond purchased. French Italian and domestic Xmas cards noted.
Funeral services were held for Theodore Dock his daughter Mrs Everett Groninger and granddaughter Ruth Marie Groninger after an automobile interurban crash at Pe Loy crossing. Alice Groninger remains in St Josephs hospital slowly recovering as relatives travel from Detroit Cincinnati Springfield San Jose to Camden for the somber rites.
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