Courtesy notices to readers and visitors
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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1926
Page
5
Marriage License Issued To Nicewander and Larson
A marriage license was issued Saturday to D. Marie Nicewander of Jefferson township and John E. Larson of Fowler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Marie Nicewander
Jefferson Township
John E. Larson
Fowler
Local society notes from Delphi area visitors and events
Royal Scepter Coffee, Smiths roc, Sam Kerr of Wingate, former Delphi basketball coach, visited friends in Delphi. John Mount Jr spent Sunday with Floyd Redding in the country. The high school glee club will sing at vesper services Sunday at the Presbyterian church. Newton Stenbender returned from a three week visit with relatives in Chicago. William Stewart, Yale student, works at the New York Post Office during holidays. Col A B Crampton of Indiana polis will visit his children in Delphi Thursday and Friday. Mrs Onie Cartwright Johnson of Brookston is spending the holidays with sister Mrs Sue Walker. J Fred Breeze of Muncie in Delphi on business related to the Sarah Breeze estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Madison
Aurora
Frank Munday
John Rehms
Logansport
H. D. Trickey
Profit and Pleasure Club
Chas
Clark
John Lyons
Sterling, NL
Frank Kerlin
Alberta
Florence
Dorothy
Martha
Roy Snoebeger
John E. Margaret Helen
Lois Ruth Snoeberger
John W. Kerlin
Presbyterian Church
G. B
Jason Marchal
Love Groninger
Eva Landis
Helen Smith
Marriana Trickey
Helen Groninger
Margaret Helen Snoeberger
Mary Landis
Lawrence Nipple
Everett Bowman
Alden Trickey
Roy Snoeberger
Edith Wilson
Jennie Bruce
Vera Wilson
Mabel Sanders
Paul Isaac
Garth Galbreth
R. G. Cree
Harry Staggers
Lewis Porte
George Cree
Paul Martin
Marda Helen
Ridgeville
N. B. Grandstaff
Chas. Smith
Flora
C. B. Mellinger
Delmar
Galbreth De“Peoples
Don Mullendore
Jesse Starkey
Carl Million
June
Mildred
J. W. Foust
Harry Foust
Idaville
E C. Patty
Cutler
J. C. Hathaway
Brookston
Community Socials and Local News Recap
Mr and Mrs Willard Redding visited her mother and sister in the city on Sunday. Dinners planned by Carrie Cox and daughters with several guests. Mrs Charles Leazenby and daughters left for Louisville for an extended visit with relatives. Daughters of Isabella held a Christmas fruit shower at the Sisters home in Delphi. Peru Tigers beat Carrollton teams 31 to 17 and 12 to 9. Wilbur Timmons hosted a Christmas party for teachers and families. Mrs Charles Bowen attended Clara Louise Ward’s engagement party in Indianapolis. Ward to wed Charles L Walker January 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Redding
This City
Charles Leazenby
Norma
Mary Elsie
Camden
Louisville
Shield
Daughters of Isabella of Delphi
Sisters of
St. Joseph’s Church
Peru Tigers
Carrollton
Peru
Wilbur “Timmons
Idaville
Charles Bowen
Indianapolis
Clara Louise Ward
George Vickery
Miss Ward
Charles L. Walker
Irelans and relatives gather for Christmas visits
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Irelan of Dunkirk will join Tom Irelan and Miss Mattie Irelan for Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Fountain entertain Homer Irelan, Tom Irelan, and Mattie Irelan for a Christmas dinner. Delphi basketball team plays Thorntown Thursday in the last game before the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Irelan
Dunkirk
Tom Irelan
Mattie Irelan
Mrs
Edgar Fountain
Delphi
Thorntown
Moores visit Los Angeles for holidays
Mr and Mrs E E Moore of Ockley travel to Los Angeles to spend the holidays with Mrs Gilbert Thayer and family. Mr and Mrs Frank Ulery hosted Mrs Jennie Hunter and Mr and Mrs Herman Hunter for dinner. Curtis McCain of Camden visited his mother Mrs Laura McCain in St Vincent hospital Indianapolis this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Moore
Ockley
Los Angeles
Calif
Gilbert Thayer
Frank Ulery
Jennie Hunter
Near Burrows
Herman Hunter
Chicago
Curtis McCain
Camden
Laura McCain
St. Vincent Hospital
Indianapolis
Local Residents Plan Winter Trip to Florida
Mr and Mrs C V Hoover of Adams township prepare a one week winter trip to Mini Florida. Their son Eber lives in the city while John Smith plans a Florida visit with his son Lawrence. Willard Cartwright, formerly with Emerson Advertising, is traveling for work and is in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Smith
Deesfield
Florida
Lawrence
Smith
Willard Cartwright
Emerson Advertising Agency
George
Har ness and Curtain Goods Ad with Local News Update
An advertisement promotes Har do Auto Trimming and Curtain weet with new harness and curtain ideas. A letter from Mrs May Walker Perry notes her Congress Hall Hotel stay in Washington DC for congressional events. John Best, a DePauw student, had surgery at St Elizabeth hospital Lafayette and will miss vacation. Wilbur Timmons of IQaville becomes trustee for Henry J Reid of Monticello after bankruptcy ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Walker Perry
Congress _Hall Hotel
Washington, D. C
Congress
Washington
John Best
de Pauw University
Lafayette
John
Wilbur Timmons
Iqaville
Henry J. Reid
Monticello
Hanna
Purdue band buys South Island for summer training station
Paul Emrick, director of the Purdue band, purchased the South Island in Lake Manitou near Rochester from Oliver Rhodes of Peru. He plans a pavilion and cottages on the island to serve as a training station for the Purdue band each summer before appearances at the state fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Emrick
Purdue Band
South Island
Lake Manitou
Rochester
Oliver Rhodes
Peru
Purdue
Christmas Specials and Students Home For Holidays
The notice lists Christmas bargains at Main St. Fashion Shop and a long roster of students returning home from colleges and universities including Purdue Notre Dame Indiana University Michigan Oberlin Wabash Syracuse Illinois Butler and others. It names Magaret Pearson Karl Grimm Marjorie Wilson Roger Mayhill Catherine Morton and many more among the homebound students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purdue
Magaret Pearson
Clay Doty
Karl Grimm
Marjorie Wilson
Roger Mayhill
de Pauw
George Smock
Catherine Morton
James
George Obear
Francis Wingerd
Jean Wilson
John Best
William Clauser
Lewis Shaffer
Western College
Helen Shaffer
Mary Angell Cartwright
Indiana University
Ralph Hanna
John Smock
Loren Ayres
Meredith Carney
Michigan
Joseph Ives
Mary Joel Arnold
Notre Dame
Dick Haugh
Oberlin
Mary Louise Wason
Wabash
Jack Swatts
Tom
Cormick
George Wason
Mahlon Kerlin
Lanore Harris
LaVerne Goff
Illinois
John Hiett
Ives
Syracuse University
New York
Hazel Shaffer
Teachers College
Catherine McCain
Butler
John Love
State Normal
Isabelle Blickenstaff
Cow Found After Six Days Hidden on Farm Near Smith Center
Will Chandler tracked a missing cow on his Kansas farm near Smith Center for six days then located her down a creek bank. The animal had slid into the waterless hollow but remained on her feet with no food or water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith Center
Kans
Will Chandler
Voting List Anecdote Draws Laughs in Massachusetts Town
A ragged OCR fragment recalls a laborer comment and a bemused resident in an Massachusetts town about getting on a voting list. The quip hints at local humor during an election day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Christmas Gifts That Count Most
A grandmother’s homemade soap from Grandma Cook becomes a meaningful gift symbolizing friendship and service. The piece contrasts gifts of money with gifts chosen from care and thought. A neighbor recalls a boy delivering a simple, handmade parcel of candy yarn ball nut meats and a jackknife, highlighting gifts of effort over cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enry
Mrs. White
Henry
Grandma _ Cook
Frank Herbert Sweet
Western Newspaper Union
Nature Gifts at Christmas by Mary Graham Bonner
A reflective verse celebrating nature’s transformation at Christmas. Snow covers trees and fields, icicles sparkle, and the world glitters with ice and light. The poem personifies nature as giving exquisite gifts to humankind and ends with a warm Yuletide greeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Graham Bonner
Western Newspaper Union
Wrap Gifts Attractively
A Christmas gift gains charm from its wrapping with new boxes papers and ribbons. One striking idea encloses three pairs of chiffon stockings in a lacquer box in red gold or black tied with bright colored or gold cord for a delightful effect.
Poor Fish Wry Wish About Santa's Drying Suit
In a lighthearted comic line a character named Poor Fish sighs for a dry drying suit as if appealing to Santa. The quip reflects humorous holiday sentiment without further action or context.
Christmas Time Revelation of Christ's Footsteps
A reflective verse noting that at Christmas the humble may walk in sacred fields once tread by the Holiest and that the silvery trumpets of Christ reveal mankind as children of God. Phillips
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Qwins
God
Phillips
Weather Bureau Sharpshooter Becomes Daily Guesser
A man in the weather bureau makes a living from daily guessing contests and securing sure bets. He may rely on forecasts and luck to win prizes through repeated stabs at predicting outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Greatest Pleasure Beyond Duty and Good Deeds
The fragment speaks of true, sincere pleasure found not in worldly joys but in fulfilling duty and doing good for others. It emphasizes moral satisfaction over secular rewards.
Christmas Scenes and Dinners Across Local Families
Residents and visitors share Christmas visits and gatherings in Aurora Logansport Ridgeville and surrounding areas. Families including the Madisons Munday Rehms Kerlin Snoeberger Trickey and Foust enjoy dinners gifts church activities and social events with friends and relatives during the holiday season.
Gives Himself Away in a Quip by Uncle Ezra
An Old Boston Transcript remark quotes Uncle Ezra declaring the habitual kicker reveals his own inefficiency by advertising that he cannot manage on his own. The quip frames the subject as self-contradictory and humorous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Ezra
Boston Transcript
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Santa
Phi Citizen
Royal Scepter Coffee
Smith’s Groc
Hall’s Market
Citizens National Bank
Delphi, Indiana
Smith’s Grace
George O. Cartwright
John Mount, Jr
Floyd Redding
Mrs. Newton Stenbender
Smith's Roc
Sam Kerr
Wingate
William Stewart
Yale University
New York Post Office
Col
A. B. Crampton
Onie Cartwright Johnson
Sue Walker
J. Fred Breeze
Muncie
Sarah Breeze
Best
Merriest of
Crone’s Market
Carrie Cox
June Scott
James Weidner
Nellie ‘Haughey
Eva Griffith
Sonpierres
Luna Coffee
Smith’s Grocery
Ray
E. W. Embree
Main St
Aberdovey
Scotland
Ature
Radiolas
RCA
Radio Corporation of America
the Ruffing
Indiana
Parker
Bibles
Cigars
Conteen Sen Enn
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