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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1927
Page
1
Readable fragments indicate a loan company opens in Delphi with a branch manager Miss Rose Bennett. Office hours begin next Monday January 3, on the north side of the square over Cowdin's living shop, in the former Legal Lior building.
A quirky note describes an American who drops a vowel or consonant and then laughs at an English man for dropping a different letter. The anecdote highlights playful language confusion across borders.
A collection of clipped lines and satirical bits on gender roles society and politics. It parodies phrases about wives Congress dieting aging and Americanism while wryly noting nerves applesauce manners and class norms. The tone resembles a newspaper feature card from midcentury.
Chairman Madden faces a looming deficit as Congress debates meal policy and staffing at the House restaurant during this session. The joke about hotcakes and maple syrup underscores tensions over spending and dining services at the Executive Mansion and Capitol complex.
In the court house for the year, newly elected county officials begin their terms on January first. Jason L. Whiteman becomes auditor with Mildred Whiteman as deputy. Ashba treasurer Riley Sink sheriff and Charles Thompson surveyor, all re elected, transfer keys and continue. Dr H Y Mullin continues as coroner and John Rothrock begins a second term as prosecuting attorney. Charles Billings to join commissioners court next week for a three year term. Court house offices closed all day January 1.
Miss Ruth Brewer daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Brewer and Noland Howell son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Howell wed at Trinity Church at six o clock. Howell works with his father at Miami Produce Co after Kokomo High and Culver Military Academy. After a farm sale George Brewer plans a California prospecting trip with the groom and bride.
Ralph Hanna of Indiana University hosts a New Years Eve gathering at his parents home with nine couples attending. A dinner was held Thursday night and a dance is planned at the Armory. Guests include George Clark Mentone Casper Shepard Frankfort Neil Spurgeon Kokomo Acacia members John Smock this city Jack Alldredge Anderson and Misses Rosamond Risser North Manchester Esther Sheffler Rossville Thelma Harr Noblesville.
The Back Creek School in Buck Creek Indiana hosts the Washington Township Farmers Institute on January 7 1927 with a morning program including prayers and addresses on home life and farm life led by Mrs C N Lindley and others followed by a noon dinner and afternoon events featuring music readings and further talks plus committee announcements and officers to be chosen the event emphasizes community participation and local club roles.
Philip Zoercher of Indianapolis has been reelected as a Democratic member of the State Tax Board. He has served on the board since 1919 and continues in his term amid local notes and questions about the board’s future.
The first Institute of the season will be held at Cutler January 7 and 8 with local talent on Friday. Std. Orville Wilson chairs the two day program featuring County Agent H. E. Ackerson and County Nurse Miss Delaney. Moving pictures will be shown Friday evening. Maurice Douglas of Flatrock Shelby County, a veteran Shorthorn breeder, appears January 8. Mrs. Elmer Waters of Tippecanoe County, a state speaker, discusses farm women’s issues and has led the Home Economics Club and Indiana Home Economics Association.
The petit jury for the January term of Carroll circuit court was drawn Monday. Names include Ross Brown Bert Allison Elmer Showalter Bertie A Rice Andrew I Ferrier William C Mullen H M Meade James Welday Roscoe C Mullin.
T J McQuary of Rockport hosted a chili weiner and sauerkraut dinner in the American Legion rooms at Carroll County Courthouse Tuesday noon. Guests included county council members, county commissioners, and courthouse officers. He has just won a contract to bind books for the county clerk and previously bound volumes for the county recorder.
John W. Kerlin of Rockfield will represent the Indiana Corn Growers Association at a State Board of Agriculture meeting at the State House in Indianapolis on Tuesday January 4 regarding the corn borer situation.
The January term of the Carroll circuit court will convene next Monday, setting the schedule for hearings and filings in civil and criminal matters for the county.
The council fire in the adoption degree was rekindled and the chiefs degree conferred on brother Dickison by the newly organized degree team. The work was well done. Installation of officers will be held next Tuesday. Refreshments will be served and a large attendance is expected.
The Rockfield Home Economics club will hold a special meeting Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Ralph Grace. A miscellaneous program will be given and plans made for Achievement Day on January 18 at Flora. all members are urged to attend.
The Camden K of P lodge elected officers including C C Lee Sink V C Fred Leslie Prelate Frank Brown M W J M Harrison K of R and S C E Baker M F Harry Jones M E E M C M A Abner Leiber I G Cloyd Seward O G Dewey Seward. Trustee for 3 years J C Kennedy.
Camden Pythian Sisters have elected new officers P C Mattie Brown M E C Nellie Sink E S Alice Wilson E J Grace Stephens Manager May Miller Protector Minnie Jones Guard Lavon Martin M of F Cora Lesh M of R and S Effa Snoeberger Trustee Harriet Armick Pianist Kathryn Quinn Representative Ruby Leslie Alternate Harriet Armick Captain of Staff Emma Porter Assistant Eva Dillon Delegate to District Meeting Effa Snoeberger.
A fragmented Camden notice lists names associated with Masons in Camden including Lee, Robison, J. W. Wilson and Cline J.8 among others. The garbled text references trustees, officers, and a Tyler, suggesting a formal lodge deliberation or memorial.
A reader notes a prancing automobile jolted into a lamp post on Delphi Boulevard, one globe already broken. The damaged lamp posts cost fifteen dollars each, a price that strains any purse.
Robert Goslee, 70, was seriously hurt Tuesday after noon when his car struck a northbound passenger train. The deaf driver failed to notice the oncoming train, the vehicle torn from its frame and dragged along the track. He was unconscious and taken home for care amid possible internal injuries.
The county council and board of county commissioners met Tuesday to finish the year's business. They approved multiple department expenses including Clerk 309.96 Auditor 44.72 Recorder 2.35 Sheriff 7.08 County Supt mileage 24.27 Coroner inquest 62.23 and other items, while requests for new appropriations such as deputy auditor 400.00 per diem for attendance 72.00 were denied. The attendance officer salary dispute was noted and slated for early council review.
The township home economics clubs of the county will hold a meeting in the Community Building at Flora on Tuesday January 18. A cooperative dinner will be served and attendees are asked to bring three sandwiches and one covered dish with table service. Everyone is welcome to attend as a splendid program and a good speaker have been arranged.
H. E. B. Ackerson was chosen as chairman for the state county agents short course to be held at Purdue this month.
Mrs Florence Lathrope and son Tom of Rochester visit sister Mrs T J Ryan. Mr and Mrs Paul Orr of Watseka IL visit C H Orr family. Ruth McCormick hosts nine at dinner. Dudley Pratt Tom Caulkins and Ruby Stout of Indianapolis attend Tri Kappa dance with Delphi friends hosting Dr G I Christie of Lafayette and Dorothy Wilson of Logansport.
Dr Gertrude I McCain professor of mathematics at Westminster College New Wilmington Pa is spending the Christmas holidays with her father C E McCain.
County officers and their families who begin duties on New Year’s day will attend a cooperative dinner in the Legion rooms of the courthouse on January first.
Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Carey hosted the Past Presidents club of the Ladies of the G. A. R. and their husbands at a six o'clock dinner Monday evening. A Christmas tree with gifts for all was a feature of the evening. Mrs. Fred Craven Smith received a large quantity of mistletoe as her gift from Mrs. Hattie Polleys Smith of Muskogee Oklahoma, who shared her gift with many friends.
The Past Masters Association of Carroll county held its annual meeting at Flora on Wednesday December 29 with a banquet served to members at 6 o'clock by the ladies of the Order of the Eastern Star.
Mrs N J Howe and Porter D Haskell were summoned by the death of their eldest brother Mason S Haskell. Funeral services were held at the home and burial took place in Lakeside Cemetery. W F West of Burrows and guest J R Chissom of Yellow Grass Saskatchewan were in the city recently. Mr Chissom paused at Burrows en route to Texas for a lengthy visit before returning to Canada.
Wilbur Hall hosted a group of friends on Christmas Eve. After Midnight Mass the party walked the town singing carols and visiting the home where candles lit the windows.
Miss Lillian Blythe hosted Christmas guests including Brooks Blythe Bradshaw and family of Evanston Indiana J H Bradshagg of Lafayette and Ed Blythe of this city Miss Jane t Brackenridge of Lafayette was a guest on Monday.
Professor Fren Musselman of Kent Ohio lectured at Lower Deer Creek church on his travels in Egypt and the Holy Land Sunday morning. He is the son of Wm Musselman of Camden.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Church of Indianapolis and Mr. and Mrs. Emory Fitzgerald with Mrs. Swanson of Peoria visited relatives here over Christmas and attended the Boyd Lyon Robbins family dinner. Mrs. Church is the daughter of the late Mrs. Anna Noland Eversole. Mrs. Fitzgerald was Miss Edith Noland, a former Delphi resident.
Several dinners were held Tuesday evening before the Tri Kappa dance at the Armory. One dinner at the Wason home seated fourteen including John Hiett Ives George Wason Robert Wason Charles Wilson Thelma Gustavel Ralph Hanna Charles Baum Jean Wilson and others from this city plus Miss May Davis Monticello and Miss Thelma Hart Noblesville. A second dinner at Hiram Kerlin home hosted by Hi Kerlin Howard Bradshaw Willard Cartwright Frank Roskuski Flora and Forrest Knight Indianapolis. Guests included Mrs Kerlin Meredith Carney Lafayette Marguerite Baker Wabash and Mary Hooker West Lafayette.
A water notice states that both metered and flat water rents must be paid on or before January 10 to avoid the TALMAR. The notice is signed by R. Arnold, Water Agent, with filing reference 44-21-1p.
The school board approved purchasing the Garfield Shafer property for 9000 dollars and the Jordan property for 3500 dollars for a new school site. A city alley may be vacated and added to the site. Plans by architect Gordon of Greenfield move toward January contractor notices.
Governor Jackson forms Indiana Lincoln Union to plan a state memorial to Nancy Hanks Lincoln. Mrs. Henry B. Wilson is on the executive committee and travels to Indianapolis. the 125-member group includes Mrs. Anne Studebaker Carlisle and notable Indiana figures like Thomas Taggart and Dean Stanley Coulter.
Mr and Mrs Gwin Smith and their son William Harper visited Lafayette for the weekend. C Flint Harper, employed at Seneca Falls New York, also spent Christmas with his parents Rev and Mrs C Is Harper who reside in the chaplain s cottage at the Indiana State Soldiers home.
The writer reflects on Gene Stratton Porter who died over a year ago yet published pieces in McCalls Magazine. They recall Porter and her wife Porter's prewritten articles, Christmas messages, and the busy year end mood with cards, remembrances, and family gatherings.
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