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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1934
Page
2
The piece surveys common New Year resolutions and offers samples for different walks of life. It notes the habit of drafting goals often outweighs following them and cites varied aims from workers to presidents, urging good faith and providential guidance.
The column defends mixing local and national subjects in a community weekly. It argues Delphi readers deserve local voice on relief and recovery topics and that small towns can and should comment on nationwide concerns. The editorial stance remains to cover general problems affecting communities.
Obituary notice recalls Lorenz Grimm a longtime Delphi resident and retired businessman. He enjoyed leisure time with his son’s fox terrier and was seen sprinting home from a shower with the dog. The piece notes his 27 years in Delphi and his continued community value.
The passage notes widespread anxiety about a possible hoax, stressing that concern is real and not just a fabrication. It highlights public doubt and calls for careful verification of claims amid tense reactions from observers.
A farmer four miles from Lafayette reports while plowing a corn field lava and a foul stench erupted from the soil. Smoke and flames appeared and the frightened man seeks Professor Cox to investigate possibly an entrance to infernal regions. Parish officials warn residents of a booming underground noise as Lafayette awaits further developments.
The famed pianist Blind Tom will visit town Monday evening for a musical entertainment at Holt and Rinehart's Hall. The note notes a quiet week in the city with printers enjoying recreation while others stay away.
The Delphi firms Hannum and Lee, Best and Graham, Watts and Howe, Fred Nieworth, Olds and Bragonier, Charles Crook, Noah Corey, Eldridge and Haugh, Holt and Strawbridge are cited as doing business in a Dayton Journal editorial. The paper says the surest path to reducing relief rolls is to place people in work, a job mainly for business and industry.
The bio by the prize winning author of Life of Sam Houston, 1929, argues Marquis provides a mature, thorough, well documented Jackson study. It emphasizes clear up of knotty career questions, portrays Old Hickory as a living, dashful hero with ample notes and index. Subscribe for The Citizen.
Washington official Willliitra I Myers heads the Farm Credit Administration with other notable speakers from Purdue Ontario and Milwaukee at the Myers on Tuesday. Ontario Professor Christie and J. E. Skinner of the Agricultural Experiment Station will also attend the event with sessions on taxes beekeeping forest conservation rubber tires and farm management. Carroll county farmers are expected to attend the conference which promises a broad program on the future of American farming.
A collection of brief opinions and quotes from various figures notes broad ideas on happiness humor neighborliness letter timing and American creative life in music with no unified news event or report. The items reference William Lyon Phelps Kin Rogers Marie Darrach Don Herold Brooks Forehand and Leopold Stokowski.
A farmer letter reviews Congressman Durgan’s votes on farm relief and recovery bills. It notes support for H R 3835 and H R 4759, funds for agricultural relief, and details on the Norris Simon Amendment and other measures affecting grazing lands and processing taxes. The piece portrays Durgan as aligned with farmers and labor interests.
The Citizen explains it fears not government but the home folks who demand sensational edits and exact details. It rails against readers seeking florid obits, misnamed relatives, or urgent notices, arguing censorship comes from local expectations more than state power.
Delphi offers round the clock activity with three all night establishments serving travelers late dates and night owls. The town’s sidewalks stay open and residents remain active throughout the hours.
The Federal Reserve member banks report deposits increasing to 4.2 billion by late November, with 1.9 billion above legal requirements as confidence in banking grows. Senator Borah urges a wealth redistribution platform for Republicans while absurdism about securing 4 million dollars from Rockefeller or Ford is noted by Columbia City Post. A Grant cadet appointment error reveals Ulysses S. Grant’s birth name was Hiram Ulysses Grant.
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