Sectional Basketball Tourney Opens in Flora With Tickets
The sectional basketball tournament will be held in Flora on Friday and Saturday March 2 and 3. Season tickets are distributed among Carroll County schools, with single tickets available at the entrance as seats fill. Several classes hold citizenship committees, and a Washington Birthday program plus various school events fill the week. Purdue engineer dean A A Potters spoke on engineering admissions.
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Flora
Carroll County
Mnal
Delphi
A. A. Potters
Purdue University
Delphi town marshal W H McCain seriously ill in hospital
W H McCain former Delphi resident now in Kansas City and later at the Odd Fellows Home near Missouri City is very ill and has been moved to a hospital ward. Dr C S Arnold notes he has great difficulty walking and is mentally failing. He once served as Delphi marshal during his town office tenure.
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Delphi
W. H. McCain
Kansas City
Odd Fellows Home
Missouri City
J. W. Weidner
C. S. Arnold
McCain
Card of Thanks for Kindness During Illness and Death
We express gratitude to friends and neighbors for their kindness and assistance during the illness and death of our beloved wife, mother, daughter and sister Hansel McHardie and daughters Miss Jessie Murphy, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. McHardie, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Zahan.
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Hansel McHardie
Jessie Murphy
E. L. McHardie
Charles Zahan
Cancer Disparities Mentioned Across Southern States
The report notes fewer cancer cases in southern states and countries compared with other regions, suggesting regional differences in incidence.
Carroll County Farm Bureau Meets With New Directors
The Carroll County Farm Bureau board holds its annual meeting in the county agent's office, with new members from several townships. The gathering covers the Farm Bureau Shipping Association and purchasing department, starting at 9 30 A M and features remarks by committee members and speakers, noting land values not to exceed 80 dollars per acre amid current prices.
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Carroll County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau, Shipping Association
Purchasing Department
Claude Wickard
Obe Campbell
James A. Shirk
George W. Peterson
William M. Douglas
Monroe Meade
Charles R. Fellows
Sam Sites
Arthur Ritchey
C. B. Million
J. W. Ehikenberry
Leon Kasten
Lee Henderson
Charles O’donnel
Lor
Harm Bureau
George W. Julien
Burton Honan
George Sites
Fred C. Smith
Jake Harness
Jason Been
Newton Landis
George Peterson
Frank Roskuski
George Allen
Orval Pogue
Lounsberry
Carroll County
State Board
Tax meeting in Delphi with state tax board rep
Township assessors Farm Bureau committee and farmers praised a Delphi tax meeting held last week with C L Lounsberry representing the State Tax Board. Orvil Schock county assess-
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Farm Bureau Committee
Delphi
C. L. Lounsberry
State Tax Board
Orvil Schock
Farmers Attend Camden Livestock Meeting Despite Storm
About fifty farmers from Carroll County heard Walter Fouts of Chili Miami County speak at the Camden gathering of livestock producers. Swank could not attend due to bad roads. Fouts serves as county shipping manager for Miami County where a cooperative association operates successfully.
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Camden
Carroll County
Walter Fouts
Chili
Miami County
Swank
Fouts
March Farm Bureau Meetings Begin in Carrollton Township
The March series of Farm Bureau meetings opens next Thursday night March 1 in Carrollton township. Burlington township Farm Bureau hosts the program on the eastern county side with a meeting slated for Friday night March 2.
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Farm Bureau
Carrollton Township
Burlington Township
White County Candidates Enter Race for Office
White County Republicans released a tentative list of candidates for the primary ballot. Elena R. Slenker a former prosecutor seeks the joint Senate seat for White Carroll and Clinton counties. Roscoe Fraser a former county agent runs for state Representative from White County. Claude Scott county auditor and Ralph Alkire county treasurer seek re election. Lynn Thompson Monon runs for county prosecutor. Charles Hutton Liberty township and Ray Fisher Cass township seek sheriff. Raleigh Heath Jackson township runs for surveyor. W L Henry Monon seeks coroner. F E Miller Idaville a Democrat and coroner is expected to run again.
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White County
Elena R. Slenker
White
Carroll
Clinton
Roscoe Fraser
Claude Scott
Ralph Alkire
Lynn Thompson
Monon
Charles Hutton
Liberty
Ray Fisher
Cass Township
Raleigh Heath
Jackson Township
W. L. Henry
F. E. Miller
Idaville
Fred B. Robinson Remembered as Ninth District Chairman
Fred B. Robinson, a key witness in Gov. Ed Jackson’s Indianapolis trial, formerly chaired the Ninth district and lived in Crawfordsville. He later served as a state accounts field examiner, then state purchasing agent under Warren T. McCray, and was recently named to a state board of control.
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Fred B. Robinson
Ed Jackson
Indianapolis
Crawfordsville
Robinson
Carroll County
State Board of Accounts
Warren T. McCray
Jackson
Public Sale Planned by Administratrix Near Owasco
Orpha Miller administratrix of the estate of Joseph Miller will hold a public sale of personal property at Mr Miller's late residence southwest of Owasco on Tuesday March 6. Hoshaw Bros will cry the sale. Gus A Hall is attorney for the administratrix.
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Orpha Miller
Joseph Miller
Survey by United States Department of Commerce on Airplanes
A survey by the US Department of Commerce reports 156 different airplanes. The brief notes variations in models and design features among manufacturers.
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United States Department of Compoorias
Carroll County Tops in Land Value Rankings
Carroll County ranks near the top among thirty two Indiana counties for land value with Clinton, Benton, Tipton, Howard and Rush ahead. The article notes improvements per acre are lower than land value but still well above average. It lists a comparative county table and discusses county advantages. Iron masks for convicts are proposed to protect officers during transportation, with notes on practicality and speed of deployment.
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Carroll County
Clinton
Benton
Tipton
Howard
Rush
Tippecanoe
Onduran
France
Igree
Unemployment Crisis Echoes Across States in 1927
Distressing unemployment reports reach Washington with New York pushing public works to aid job seekers. Labor Bureau estimates around four million out of work nationwide, including a 1.9 million drop in manufacturing and 1 million farm workers moving to cities. Reports describe bread lines, poverty in Bicknell Indiana, and plant shutdowns in Pawtucket and Salem signaling broader economic distress.
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Washington
New York State
New York
Empire State
The
Labor Bureau, Inc
United States
U. S. Department of Labor
Illinois Bureau of Labor Statistics
Associated Press
Chicago
U. S. Senate
Evansville
Ind
Bicknell
Eed
Pawtucket
R. I
Salem
Mass
Local Hatchery Auction Offers Mixed Chick Varieties
Oaks Hatchery in Flora Indiana advertises baby chicks for sale, including Barred and White Rocks Buff Orpingtons and Reds. Birds are qualified and blood tested with 4c each, 13 percent discounts offered on bulk lots.
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C. Oaks Hatchery
Flora
Ind
Fountain County Road Chief Refuses Resignation Amid Charges
Fountain County Superintendent of Roads Charles Holland defies a new Democratic commissioners board and faces charges after resisting resignation. The Republican official remains in office as a hearing unfolds in Covington, with roads reportedly in poor condition and party pressure mounting.
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Charles Holland
Fountain County
Board of Commissioners
Covington
Carroll County
Commissioners Board
Bank at Wolcott Closes Over Frozen Assets
The Citizens Bank of Wolcott was closed Thursday morning by order of the state bank examiner amid frozen assets. A consolidation with Wolcott State Bank was discussed at a recent meeting but failed to succeed. The institution carried assets around 25 000 dollars with deposits near 184 000 and bonds about 180 000.
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Citizens Bank
Wolcott
State Bank Examiner
Wolcott State Bank
Sarktasy
Second annual Make Merry Minster on March twentieth
The event announces the second Make Merry Minster to be held March 20 with trade activities featuring Delphi merchants.
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Delphi
Football origins marked by Gerrit S Miller in Boston
The text traces the first organization of American football to 1862 led by Gerrit Smith Miller at the Epes Sargent Dixwell school in Boston Liberty.
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Gerrit Smith Miller
Epes Sargent Dixwell School
Boston
Liberty
Ashes to Dust in the Philadelphia Inquirer
A reflective line from the Philadelphia Inquirer muses on a man ignoring dust on a library table to avoid facing likely scolding for spilling ashes on the rug.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
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