Durgan and Halleck face pivotal congress bid in district race
The district prepares for a tight election between Durgan and Halleck. Durgan’s record includes a New Deal eyewitness role, backing Roosevelt’s recovery program, while Halleck is portrayed as cautious and possibly opposed to the president. Voters weigh experience against party stance as January 29 looms.
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Durgan
Halleck
Congress
George R. Durgan
Frederick Landis
Mr. Durgan
Roosevelt
New Deal
Mr. Landis
Ers
G. B
Controlling the Human Crop and Birth Control Debate
A provocative editorial argues reproduction is the defining human issue, urging radical shifts in eugenics or economy. It endorses information access, discusses sterilization as a policy, and cites the United States and Germany, predicting selective sterilization by government if needed. The piece ends with satirical asides on birth control myths and social mores.
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Germany
America
Hoover
Delphi figures in magazine review of canal day era
The Indiana Magazine of History notes Delphi as a thriving trade center on the Wabash and Erie Canal route from 1853 to 1875. Floods in 1858 and 1875 crippled navigation, with Lafayette once a major exporting hub. after 1875 the canal ceased to operate. The Delphi stretch remains busy, not with goods but mosquitoes.
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Delphi
Indiana Magazine of History
William R. Reser
Lafayette
Reser
Delphia
Attica
Wabash Valley Railroad
The Great Barnum Book Promises Sturdy Seller
Wanted book agents to sell Struggles and Triumphs of P. T. Barnum written by himself. It covers 40 years of his life as merchant manager banker lecturer and showman. Everyone wants it.
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P. T. Barnum
Delphic Band Volunteers at O Briens Burial
Especial thanks are due to the members of the Delphi Band for their voluntary services in furnishing music at the burial of P. H. O'Brien. O'Brien edited the Delphi Times and Rochester Standard, sparking sharp editorial feuds with the Delphi Journal, and was to marry soon in Rochester.
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Delphi
P. H. O'Brien
O’brien
Delphi Times
Milt Graham
Delphi Journal
Rochester Standard
Rochester
A Lady's Advice On Evening Calls
A guidance note advises that when visiting a young lady in the evening the caller should depart at a reasonable hour. It warns of a girl hearing the clock strike ten and fearing her father may extend the visit by inviting the young man to breakfast.
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Papa
They Considered This Fast An Ohio Girl Marries Divorces
A fifteen year old girl in Ohio reportedly married, deserted, and sought divorce within three months. The case highlights rapid matrimonial actions and social concerns of the period.
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Ohio
Taxpayer demands cuts without cutting what affects me
A fragmented comment argues for expense reduction while preserving benefits, paired with a simile about a girl who mishandles sausage when told to cook it like fish, reflecting a humorous but crude analogy on guidance and consequence.
She Loves Me Not Adaptation At Arc Theatre
The Arc theatre presents She Loves Me Not an adaptation of the stage hit. Miriam Hopkins stars as the nightclub dancer who witnesses a murder and seeks refuge in a Princeton dormitory causing campus disruption. Bing Crosby sings Love in Bloom Straight from the Shoulder and I'm Hummin'.
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The
Arc Theater
Princeton
Miriam Hopkins
Bing Crosby
Kitty Carlisle
Crosby
Crosby and
Carlisle
Quotations From Public Figures Mixed With Humor
A collage of opinions and quips from leaders and public figures including General Peyton Conway March Henry Mencken Grace Adams Earnest Hooton and Mayor LaGuardia. The remarks touch on war religion obscenity evolution law and everyday judgment in a brisk, brief compilation.
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Euore
Peyton Conway March
Back to Nature Nudists Reflect on Civilization Price
A fragment notes debate on civilization's cost and the appeal of back to nature living. The text also jabs at Congress and Will Rogers, framing politics as a pageant of figures and satire in a periodical voice.
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Congress
Will Rogers
Urges Year's Pay For Mrs Landis
A letter to the editor urges Congress to grant Mrs. Frederick Landis a full year’s pay as compensation for her late husband Frederick Landis a popular former congressman. The writer argues the widow lacked income after his death and that a generous pension would honor the masses who honored him.
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Frederick Landis
Fred
National House of Represent
Landis
Congress
Frederick Lamdis
Carroll Schools Receive 31333.23 From Gross Income Tax
Carroll county schools mailed checks totaling 21200 as their share of more than 4 million dollars in gross income tax funds distributed to schools by the state. Floyd L. McMurray notes the first half year total from three replacement tax laws equals 31333.23 for Carroll County, based on 106 teaching units. Distributions continue in coming months from intangibles and excise taxes.
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Carroll County
Floyd L. McMurray
Carrell County
J. William Bosse
The
of Public Instruction
Transfers in Real Estate Past Week
Cecil S. Million et ux transfer 15 acres in Jefferson Township to Join Gilkerson for 1.00. Charles W. Billings et ux to Mary Alta Bohannon includes lots 9 and 10 Add to Camden and 0.5 acre in Jackson Township for 1.00. J i Whiteman et ux to Cael Stephen 160 acres in Burlington Taga for 1.00. Earl E. Brown et ux to Martha J Trustee 40 acres in Carrollton Township. Martha Apt Trustee to Bar E Brown et ux 40 acres in Dep for 1.00.
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Cecil S. Million
Et Ux
Gilkerson
Jefferson
Charles W. Billings
Mary Alta Bohannon
Camden
Jackson
J. i Whiteman
Cael Stephen
Burlington
Taga
Earl E. Brown
Martha J Trustee
Carrollton
Martha ‘Apt
E. Brown
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Carroll CO. Citizen
Carroll CO. Citizen Times
Delphi Citizen
Myron Uv. Johnson
Gilbert Bailey
Allen Bailey
Indiana
Democratic
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Kentucky
Crystal
Hitler
Elsa Littell
New York
Waldmob Germany
An Am Saériander
Great Barnum
Ace
Red Dutton
New York Americans
Puexe
Tigh
Lie Hoppe
Red
Cigaret
Hirosi Saito
State Department
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Washington Naval
Henry L. Mencken
Grace Adams
Harvard
Earnest Albert Hooton
F. H
George Pell
Pell
W. Somerset Maugham
Maugham
Philip Carey
Mildred Rogers
Philip
Pinchot
Jeanine Voisin
France
Gifford Pinchot II
Dade City
Carroll
Floyd J. Julien
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