Hard surfaced road plan signed by Carroll County officials
Carroll County commissioners signed a contract for the construction of a hard surfaced road through the southern part of the county along state road 39 after a detailed survey and negotiations with farmers and landowners. The plan includes road right of way, potential rail line parallels, bridge reconstruction on Middlefork Wildcat Creek, and funding from state highway measures and county gasoline tax proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Board of Commissioners
Indianapolis
Monon
William Martin
Frank Rodenback
Middlefork Wildcat Creek
Prince William Road
William Dunn
Wny
Gus A. Hall
Highway Commission
State Highway Commission
Funkhouser
Mrs. Florence Stouse Dies Sudden Death Near Lockport
Mrs. Florence Stouse, 67, died suddenly at her home near Lockport Sunday night from heart trouble. She is survived by her husband and a sister Mrs. Wilson of Bringhurst. Funeral services were held at an church Wednesday conducted by Rev. Cecil Atkin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Stouse
Lockport
Wilson
Bringhurst
Cecil Atkin
John H. Taylor Dies From Cardiac Failure At Home
John H. Taylor, about three miles north of the city, died from cardiac failure around 11 a.m. Monday. He was 74 years old, born in Hamilton County, Ohio, and had lived in Carroll County since boyhood. Survived by a widow and five children Carl Kokomo Alvin Bloomington Paul Marion Mrs Iane Austin Indianapolis and Mrs Allen Delphi. Funeral services were held Wednesday from his residence, with Rev. Knox of the Christian church officiating and burial at Wingard cemetery Grimm & Sons handling arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Taylor
Mr. Taylor
C. W. Hunter
Hamilton County
Ohio
Carroll County
Carl
Kokomo
Alvin
Bloomington
Paul
Marion
Iane Austin
Indianapolis
Allen
Delphi
Knox
The
Christian Church
Wingard
Grimm & Sons
Middlefork Bridge An Old Timer Reconstructed With Logs
The Middlefork Wildcat bridge, debated by the board of commissioners on Tuesday, has stood for about 75 years since the old plank road era. Wade Thompson rebuilt the south abutment about ten years ago, discovering logs well preserved beneath the current concrete remains. The plank road linked Indianapolis with Michigan City and largely followed the modern highway route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlefork Wildcat
Board of Commissioners
Highway Commission
Wade Thompson
Indianapolis
Michigan City
George Burkhart Dies at Country Home
George Burkhart 83 Civil War veteran and Cass county representative from 1899 to 1901 died Monday night of heart disease at his Logansport area home. He had been in failing health but supervised farm work until death. Survived by widow Rosetta H. Burkhart four sons Irvin Harry Joseph Frank and a daughter Mrs Coy Shanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Burkhart
Cass County
Logansport
Camden Dance Club Hosts Third Winter Party
The Camden Dancing Club held its third winter dance last Tuesday at the Knights of Pythias hall with 25 couples waltzing to Logansport orchestra music. Hosts Mr and Mrs William Stangle offered homemade cracker jack. next dance planned in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden Dancing Club
Knights of Pythias Hall
Logansport
William Stangle
Mower of Monticello Quits State Position
Schuyler C. Mower of Monticello resigns as state inheritance tax administrator effective February 15 to practice law in Indianapolis. A World War I veteran, he was one of fifty A E F men selected by General Pershing to return from France to support the fourth Liberty Loan band and is well known in Delphi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schuyler C. Mower
Monticello
Indianapolis
Mr. Mower
John Pershing
France
Delphi
Will Sell Lytle Farm at Auction
Homer C. Harrison as administrator of the Hiram C. Lytle estate will auction a forty five acre farm in Tippecanoe township three miles north of Pittsburg and a mile and a half east of Range Line road on Friday February 22 at 1 o'clock with Earl Page as auctioneer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer C. Harrison
Hiram C. Lytle
Tippecanoe Township
Pittsburg
Range Line
Earl Page
County Latin Tournament at Camden Next Week
Carroll county Latin students will hold a Latin tournament at Camden on Feb. 23. Each school is entitled to two representatives. The winner of the county tournament will represent this county in the district tournament at Crawfordsville in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Camden
Crawfordsville
Quiet City Observes Lincoln's Birthday
The city was unusually quiet all day Tuesday as banks closed and no court sessions occurred. Government offices at the courthouse saw little activity while Lincoln's birthday was observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Court House
Armory Probe Urges Thorough State Investigation
The editorial notes a state armory probe underway to examine armory construction across Indiana including Delphi. It calls for a full, public airing of records, says officials and the financing company may face scrutiny, and urges bids and accountability for public funds. It mentions a sixteen page Adjutant General booklet and urges readers to form their own conclusions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
Delphi
General Assembly
Orgcity
Legislative Investigation Committee
Adjutant General
State of Indiana
State Senate of
Indiana
Army Board
National Guard Unit Audited by Regular Army Officer
The Delphi National Guard unit was inspected Wednesday night by Major F W Huntington from Columbus Ohio. Captain William Mahanna and Lieutenants Roy Gardner and Loyal Hoshaw led their men and gear in top condition, and though no report has been released confidence remains high the unit will rank among the state’s best.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi
National Guard
F. W. Huntington
Columbus
Ohio
William MaHanna
Roy Gardner
Loyal Hoshaw
Huntington
McDowell Brothers Plan Move to Delphi at March Start
Charles and John L McDowell farmers from the north part of the township prepare to move to Delphi. They have purchased John Myers residence on North Washington street and will occupy it around March 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles and
John L. McDowell
Delphi
John Myers
Washington Street
Union Pomona Grange Meeting at Radnor
The Union Pomona Grange will hold an all day gathering at the Welcome Inn Grange hall in Radnor on February 20 with a noon basket dinner. All grangers are invited and officers will be installed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pomona Grange
Welcome Inn
Radnor
Not Guilty Verdict in Horse Selling Case
Emanuel Skiles was found not guilty after a three day circuit court hearing before Judge Gus A. Hall and a jury for selling a team of horses to Robert E. Logan, one horse alleged moon-eyed. The case drew heavy interest, with Hanna Hanna defending and prosecutors Ives and Cartwright Wason presenting for the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emanuel Skiles
Robert E. Logan
Gus A. Hall
Floyd Kimble
Hanna & Hanna
Ives
Cartwright& Wason
Arthur Fetterhoff
John Pitzer
Lawrence Herr
Clay Pearson
James A. Warden
Adam HA
Hankee
Ross
L. Downham
Frank Rodenbacker
Guard Trustee Bill Taken Off the List
The Citizen reports that a proposed Guard bill to void teaching contracts by township trustees was indefinitely postponed. It targeted James Caughell of Adams township and Jesse McCarty of Rock Creek, both life teachers with licenses, risking their dual roles in public service and education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guard
Senate
House
Carroll County
James Caughell
Adams Township
Rock Creek Township
Jesse McCarty
Rock Creek
Adams
Court notes and estate actions in Carroll County Indiana
Flora State Bank purchases real estate of Carroll County Loan Trust and Savings Co. for 11100 cash with deed. Wills probated for S Ellen Thompson and Annetta E Ferris estates. Appointments include Wade P Thompson executor and William F Riley administrator. Guardians and reports filed for SoloMon K Randolph and Helen Stewart. set aside judgment race in Holder case. Divorces and alimony suits noted. Receivership setoffs granted to John Zartman and Lulu Widegardner. Flora Saw Mill Co claim allowed. Emanuel Skiles found not guilty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora State
Bank
Carroll County Loan, Trust & Savings Company
S. Ellen Thompson
Wade P. .Thompson
William F. Riley
Annetta
E. K. Ferris
Lorene C. Grimm
Moses B. Karr
John Randolph
Solomon K. Randolph
Ora Earl Stewart
Helen Stewart
Virginia L. Holder
Albert E. Holder
James H. Glenn
Esther M. Oyler
John H. Oyler
Carroll County Loan Trust & Savings Co
John Zartman
Lulu Widegardner
Flora Saw Mill Company
Carroll County Loan Trust & Savings Company
State of Indiana
Emanuel Skiles
Mrs Henry Larg er Dies at Flora Home
Mrs Henry Larger aged 50 died at her Flora home at seven Saturday morning after a week bedridden and a year of worsening health. Survived by husband and son Ernest of Flora. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the Flora Brethren church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Larger
Flora
Ernest
Flora Brethern Church
Ellen Thompson Will Filed for Probate
The will of the late Mrs Ellen Thompson was filed with County Clerk Floyd Jul ien for probate. Dated February 27, 1926 it leaves all property to husband Wade Thompson for life with $125 to Delphi Methodist Church after his death and names the survivor as executor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Thompson
Floyd Julien
Wade Thompson
Delphi Methodist Church
Thompson
Duncan Trying to Get Liberty in Theft and Forgery Case
Albert Ward, U.S. district attorney, opposes Russell V. Duncan’s petition for a suspended sentence in Indianapolis. Duncan, former Carroll County man and ex-state legislator, was convicted of theft and forgery of a government check around $3,000. Judge Walter Lindley will rule after hearing new evidence Ward plans to present, despite the appellate court’s affirmation of Duncan’s second conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Ward
United States
Indianapolis
Russell V. Duncan
Carroll County
Walter C. Lindley
United States District Court
Danville
Ill
Duncan
Leavenworth
Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
District Court
Internal Revenue Department
Ward
Charles W. Tilton
Howard Hamilton
Internal Revenue
John Smith
Muncie
Smith
Tilton
Hamiltons
Robert C. Baltzell
Lindley
Miss Noah Leahy Feted By Hanrahans In Ireland
Miss Nora Leahy of Loughrea County Galway Ireland visited with cousins the Hanrahan family southwest of town. She was aboard the US S America that rescued 32 Florida survivors at sea. The rescue tale she told reporters ran in New York papers and AP broadcasts. She is the youngest of four sisters. her sisters are nuns in Cincinnati and she entered the Cincinnati convent on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora Leahy
Loughrea
County Galway
Ireland
HanrAhan Brothers
Miss Leahy
U. S. S. America
New York
Associated Press
Cincinnati
Miss Mary Alread Participates On Program
Mrs Rankin and Mrs Powell hosted the Manitou chapter of the D A R in Rochester on February 11. The event featured period decor with sweet peas and roses, an antique melodian, readings of a Washington love poem, songs by Elizabeth Van Trump as Nellie Curtis, and Martha Washington themed luncheon pies with guest Florence Lathrope of Noblesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Rankin
Ralph Powell
Manitou
Rochester
Martha Washington
Florence Lathrope
Noblesville
Judges Salary Bill Fails in Indiana Assembly
The measure to raise circuit judges salaries from 4200 to 6000 dollars a year was voted down in the Indiana General Assembly. Protests at the state house opposed both the salary hike and a proposed 150000 dollar governor mansion project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana General Assembly
State House
Indiana Service declares quarterly dividend on preferred stock
The board of directors declares a regular quarterly dividend of one and three quarters percent on the 7 percent and 6 percent preferred stocks. The payout is due March 1, 1929, to stockholders of record February 15, 1929.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Service Corporation
Delphian couple wed in small Tuesday ceremony
Jerry N. Holsinger and Laura R. Gripe were married at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the home of Rev. and Mrs. L. T. Holsinger in South Delphi. The Rev. Holsinger and Rev. F. G. Replogle officiated. The couple, both connected to local Brethren churches, will reside in Delphi with the wedding party and families attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. T. Holsinger
South Delphi
Jerry N. Holsinger
Laura R. Gripe
Metzger Lumber Company
Delphi Brethren Church
Gripe
William Replogle
Pyrmont
Brethren Church
Court House
Holsinger
Delphi Youths Find Ride After Recognizing Perry Wilson
Two 17 year old boys William Foley and Floyd Thompson from Richmond were picked up by a Delphi resident after asking for a ride to Lebanon. They recognized Perry Wilson a former Richmond resident and were allowed to ride to Lebanon despite being out on a cold winter day. Wilson described the youths as regular visitors in his Richmond home and active in his boys work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Lebanon
Boone County
Richmond
Frankfort
Delphi
Perry Wilson
William Foley
Floyd Thompson
Wilson
Plans for Lake Freeman summer and winter resort
Monticello moves on a resort at Lake Freeman proposing ten nis courts a golf course and play grounds for summer use and toboggan slides and ice hockey rinks for winter. The town’s publicity agent snagged metropolitan notice with an Indianapolis paper feature last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Freeman
Monticello
Indianapolis
Assessors Plan March 1 Start Under State Guidance
Carroll County township assessors met in County Assessor Orvel Schock's office as a state tax board member from Indianapolis outlined instructions for starting work on March 1. Discussion covered items from dog taxes to household goods and related procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll County
Orvel Schock
State Tax Board
Indianapolis
Flora man seeks bankruptcy relief in federal court
Frank McCain of Flora has entered voluntary bankruptcy proceedings in federal court listing assets of 65 dollars and liabilities of 5000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank McCain
Flora
Mount & Son Paints Refresh Hardware Store Front
Mount and Son hire Haughey Mount to repaint the interior of their hardware store. The refreshed premises yield a more attractive, improved appearance.
Carroll County TB Association receives filing cases in memory of Larry Bowman
Miss Jennie MacFarlane presents filing cases to the Carroll County Tuberculosis Association in memory of Larry Bowman, son of Commodore Bowman, a longtime Delphi resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie MacFarlane
Carroll County Tuberculosis Association
Larry Bowman
Commodore Bowman
Delphi
Indiana salary committee proposes 1927 raise for county officials
A legislative committee report outlines proposed salary increases for Carroll County officials in Indiana. The plan raises the county auditor to 2700 with 1500 deputy hire, treasurer to 2400 plus deputies, clerk to 2700 with 1200 deputy, sheriff to 2400 with 900 deputy, and recorder to 2000 plus 600 deputy, while reducing the surveyor’s pay and boosting commissioners and the prosecuting attorney notably.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana General Assembly
Carroll County
Secretary of S State’s Office
General Assembly
Whiteman
Irwin Flora
Floyd Julien
Jesse Clawson
Haynes
Thompson
Orvel Schock
Equalization Board
Ives
Court House
Prominent Farmer Weds in Danville Ceremony
Newton Short Sr of Delphi and Katherine Lester of Flora married in Danville Indiana on Friday. Short, a well known local farmer, will reside about three miles south of town with his bride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton Short
Delphi
Katherine Lester
Flora
Danville
Mr. Short
Indiana Retail Clothiers Meeting Held In Indianapolis
Mr and Mrs C O Julius attended the annual meeting of the Indiana Retail Clothiers Association in Indianapolis. Julius serves on the executive board. A banquet is scheduled in the Riley room tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. O. Julius
Indianapolis
Indiana Retail Clothiers’ Association
Julius
Riley Room
Used Car Bargains Priced Cheap at Delphi Motor Sales
Delphi Motor Sales promotes six used cars including a Flint 6 sedan and a Ford Foredoors with various parts. Prices range from $15 to $35 per vehicle, with details unclear but advertising a sale of Ford cars and a Ford Truck Chassis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint
Ford
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John Taylor
Middlefork Bridge
Camden Dance Club
MOWER
Lytle Farm
Armory
Columbus, Ohio
Grange
Bill
Fats and Leans
Delphi Armory
Noah Leahy
Hanrahans
Mary Alread
Laura R. Cripe
Carroll
Groom
Delphi Motor Sales
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