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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1926
Page
11
The International Confectioner notes three methods to value a dollar. One finds out what must be given for a dollar, another spends to see what a dollar buys, and the third saves while doing without yet keeping the dollar intact.
Granny Gillmore a near eighty year old farm owner in Tower helps the town with six plump chickens each Christmas delivered by her and granddaughter Margaret. A fall leads to a medical visit where Doctor Andrews grows fond of Granny and her granddaughter, foreshadowing a wedding feast next Christmas.
A driver caught with a carload of rare Christmas trees faces three hours of labor per offender and collateral toward the rest. The owner and constable agree the loss could reach $800 for malicious trespass and theft, with work as the remedy during Christmas.
A short note urges stockings for those in need this Christmas season. Local volunteers organize drives to collect clothing and gifts for needy families and individuals across the community this December.
A fragmented family scene shows a child announcing a caterpillar incident as a vehicle the Reo becomes involved. The text reflects a religious metaphor of Moses guiding the Israelites and a failed effort by a woman to teach children.
Sunday visitors included Everett Groninger at the Kerlin home and Hobart Campbell party from Lafayette. Birth announced for Donald Bruce on December 9. Presbyterian Sunday School re-elected officers for 1927 led by Everett E. Flora. Church women plan a December 23 market at the Boy Scout hall.
James Caughell and Mrs. John Peterson released from diphtheria quarantine while Charles Weaver and Albert Shaffer leave scarlet fever quarantine. Various residents visited kin and attended a funeral at the Dutch church south of Royal Center. burials followed at the Dutch cemetery.
The article lists Caesar cast members including Gardner Martin Antony William Perigo Brutus Donald Chapman Cassius John Roth Lucino and others plus students Miss Mary Davies absent due to illness and Supt Amick touring new school buildings in Northern Indiana. The Girls Glee Club performed at Farm Bureau and Eastern Star events. Mrs Barker's class had perfect attendance and Christmas holidays for city students extend over New Year with school dismissals Dec 23 and restarts Jan 3.
The revolving turret was patented by Theodore Ruggles Timby on September 20 1862. Ericsson later used Timby model to build the Monitor the first turret battleship in history.
A Lebanon Reporter column critiques the belief that wealth equates to happiness and challenges the notion that the poor are content, arguing the assumption undermines real conditions and dignity.
The earliest known commercial movie picture featured a serpentine dancer at Koster and Bial's music hall in New York City on April 27, 1896.
A garbled column quotes Hi Ho the sage of Chinatown and Uncle Eben on conscience and wealth. The dialogue riffs on worth vs bank balance, with early Washington Star flavor and misheard phrases about silver linings and airships.
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