Local News Notes of General Interest
Eclipse to occur Saturday morning around eight. Mrs Dora Baum and Miss Blanch Calvert spent the weekend in Indianapolis. George Sites spoke at a Farm Bureau meeting in Rochester. Ward of South Delphi returned from Lafayette still poorly. Presbyterian Missionary society met at Mrs John Carney home. Roy Gregg and family back from Chicago after knee operation. Dean Smith serves as engrossing clerk in the House during the legislature. Harry Reed T J Ryan and Harvey Elless attended a Shriner meeting in Indianapolis. Adam Blocher plans to move March first to Mrs Richard Lane farm near Delphi. A E Rogers hosted a family dinner. Mrs R M Isherwood of Lafayette was visiting. Mrs Cynthia Ballard birthday noted with a letter from Washington DC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Blocher
Camden
Richard Lane
Delphi
Carney Hosts Cooperative Supper For Twelve Friends
Dr and Mrs C E Carney entertained twelve friends at a cooperative supper Thursday evening. Mrs Mary Thompson has returned from a visit with her brother Frank Sidenbender and sister Rebecca Sidenbender at Terre Haute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Carney
Mary Thompson
Frank Sidenbender
Rebecca Sidenbender
Terre Haute
Local Notes and Society Happenings
Miss Mary Angell Cartwright hosted a party for twelve at her home Thursday evening. Dr C D Bell, chiropractor, plans to locate in Peru after renting recently vacated apartments. Mrs Josephine Ives and Miss Mary Mason attended the Kappa Alpha Theta luncheon in Indianapolis. A son, Harold Emerson, was born to Mr and Mrs Edwin Allread near Burrows on January 12, mother Alta Hynes. The Missionary Society of the Christian Church holds a market Saturday at 10 30 at the E W Embree shop. Mrs J H Cartwright, in Indianapolis for dental work, returns home Tuesday and will go back Wednesday. Miss Anna Gregg of near Rockfield completes a three year nurse training at St Luke's hospital Chicago Tuesday. Nellie Walsh, visiting Minnie Kearns of Delphi, returns to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Angell Cartwright
Josephine Ives
Mary Mason
Kappa Alpha Theta
Claypool Hotel
Indianapolis
Edwin Allread
Near Burrows
Harold Emerson
Alta Hynes
Missionary Society of the Christian Church
E. W. Embree
Anna Gregg
Near
Rockfield
St. Luke’s Hospital
Chicago
Nellie Walsh
Minnie Kearns
Delphi
Delphi News Briefs and Local Notices
George Smock is named editor in chief of De Pauw magazine. George Woods of Bringhurst is ill with smallpox. home quarantine. Presbyterian Church plans a market at Hall's Meat Market Saturday January 24 at 10:00 AM. Mrs Edna Briggs nurses Mrs Sims in Chicago. Wells ill with flu. A daughter Jo Anna born to Thelma Bowman and Leonard Yerkes near Camden. Delphians entertain guests, travels and illness notes accompany weekly updates. The American Legion Auxiliary market is set for Saturday with hot lunch. Purdue notes chicken flu affecting hens and egg supply. Delphi Republicans elect Abner Bowen Dean Smith Paul Quick and Harley Brewer to lead party. Lawrence Schlang to enter Rockville Sanatorium. doctors report illness. Dr T D Peter of Flora improves after gall bladder attack. Dr W H Forman treats gall stones in Indianapolis. Rev F W Backmeyer to remain executive secretary of Indiana Presbyterians. Grimm & Sons attend Chicago and Grand Rapids furniture markets. Dr Z J Mackintosh of Wabash College ill in Chicago hospital after Christmas operation.
Funeral for James McNeill Held in Delphi Church
Relatives of James McNeill, killed at the Oakdale dam last week, held his funeral Monday at St. Joseph's church in Delphi, with burial in the Catholic cemetery. His brother Henry McNeill of Milwaukee, who arrived with his wife, claimed the body after tracing his kin through local undertakers and a Chicago contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McNeill
Oakdale Dam
St. Joseph’s Church
Delphi
Henry McNeill
Milwaukee
Wis
Grimm and Sons
T. Dolan
Chicago
MccNeill
Gunnin
Widow Mrs. Jacob Heron 77 dies in Delphi after long illness
Mrs. Jacob Heron aged 77 died at her home in Delphi Sunday night after a long illness. She was born near Monticello July 31, 1847 and lived in White and Carroll counties. Survived by husband, one daughter Laura Hayward of Kansas City, two sisters in Tennessee and Battle Ground, and brother Frank Ramey of Lafayette. Funeral at home Tuesday at 2 p.m. conducted by Rev. E C Wells. burial in I O O F cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Heron
Delphi
Heron
Monticello
White
Carroll Counties
Laura Hayward
Kansas City
Sarah Johnson
Tennessee
Susan Coates
Battle Ground
Frank Ramey
Lafayette
E.C. Wells
Mrs Prudence Sheridan Rites Held in Rossville Burial at Cemetery
Prudence Sheridan aged 58 former Rossville resident died Tuesday at her Searcy Arkansas home. Burial followed yesterday in Rossville cemetery after a Methodist church service led by Rev Appelby of Brazil. She is survived by one brother Samuel Haslet and several local relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prudence Sheridan
Rossville
Searcy
Ark
Methodist Episcopal Church
Rev
Appelby
Brazil
Samuel Haslet
Death of Mrs Mary J Davis in Democrat Township
Mrs Mary J Davis aged 71 died Monday morning in Democrat township from complications of diseases. She is survived by her husband two sons James of Kokomo and John at home three daughters Mrs Archie Hill Moran Mrs Nellie Sheets Avery and Grace at home. Funeral services were held at the home Wednesday at one o'clock Rev Rouen of Rossville M E church officiating. Burial was in Rossville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary J. Davis
Democrat Township
James
Kokomo
John
Archie Hill
Moran
Nellie Sheets
Avery
Grace
Rouen
Rossville
M. E. Church
Mrs Jennie Rapp 51 Died At Home Hospital Lafayette
Mrs Jennie Rapp wife of Willis Rapp aged 51 died Monday evening at 5 30 at Home Hospital Lafayette from heart trouble She was born in Carroll County daughter of Louis and Malinda Clawson lived here until eleven years ago Then moved to Lafayette She was in the M E Church Survived by husband three daughters Miss Lora Smith Mrs Karl Irion both of Lafayette and Mrs Fay Silver of Albuquerque New Mexico three granddaughters her mother three brothers Charles Harvie Clawson Radnor John and one sister Mrs James N Coomey Delphi Funeral from family home Thursday at 2 30 Rev C L Harper officiating Interment Springvale The article also notes the death of Lee Thomas son of Frasier Thomas and brother of Hal and Walter Dr Guy Thomas of Lafayette Dr F I Thomas of Logansport Chester Thomas of Fort Wayne and Mrs Anna Hunt of Logansport who died in Chicago and burial at Rushville Saturday at 4 00 o'clock
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Rapp
Willis Rapp
Home
Lafayette
Louis
Malinda Clawson
Carroll County
M .E. Church
Lora Smith
Karl Irion
Fay
Lee Thomas
Frasier Thomas
Hal
Walter
Guy Thomas
F. I. Thomas
Logansport
Chester Thomas
Ft. Wayne
Anna Hunt
Chicago
Rushville
Card of Thanks from Herron Family
The J. Herron family expresses gratitude for the sympathy and help shown by friends and neighbors during their bereavement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herron and Family
Card of Thanks for Kindness and Floral Offerings
Mr and Mrs Claude Chissom express gratitude to neighbors for kindness and sympathy shown during the illness and death of their beloved father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Chissom
Mayhill Leaves for Washington on Business Trip
B B Mayhill departed Wednesday for Washington on a business trip. Marriage licenses were issued this week to Harry C Williams of Logansport and Mamie Davis of Rockfield. Sunday School will hold a market at Zook's Meat Market on Saturday January 81 at 1 30. The Evangelistic services at Buck Creek by Rev R B Kern of Delphi ended last Friday. fourteen were baptized and sixteen joined. Funeral for Glen Sherman Leslie aged 43 of Grand Haven Mich held at Ockley A B church with burial at Pyrmont cemetery. A birthday dinner honored Mrs Chas Quinn and Alva Thomas with relatives from Battle Ground Bringhurst and nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry C. Williams
Logansport
Mamie Davis
Rockfield
Methodist
Zook’s
Satorday
Buck Creek
R. B. Kern
Delphi
Kern
Ockley
Glen Sherman Leslie
Grand Haven
Mich
Ockley A. B
Pyrmont
Haslet
Leslie
Kenneth
Near Battle Ground
Chas. G. Quinn
Cutler
B. F. Chapman
Bringhurst
Alva Thomas
Dorothy Chapman
Delphi boy savors first day at school reading comics tomorrow
A Delphi boy enjoyed starting school for the first time last Monday. He told his parents he would read the comic section the next day without disturbing his father. The line mentions a boy named Forrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi
Forrest
Baptist Church Holds Full Day Services In 1940s Schedule
Rev. E. M. Martinson leads a Bible School at 9 30 A M with Osee Wells as assistant. Morning worship at 10 45 A M features The Christian's Race. B Y P U meets at 6 P M with Katherine Conn Ruth Wilkinson as presidents. Evening service at 7 P M includes Listening In radio sermon. Midweek conference and prayer is Wednesday at 7 30 P M. All are invited to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Martinson
The
Bible School
Osee Wells Ass’t. Sup
Early Advertising as Practiced in Old Rome
The article notes Pompeii ruins reveal wall inscriptions and campaign posters signed by women. It contrasts ancient Rome’s early advertising, where shop windows were rare and goods were shown in open stalls, with later adoption of show windows, price tags, and shop signage after contact with Greeks and Orient trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Pompeii
H. Doelling
Frankfurter Zeitung
Milwaukee Journal
Orient
Occident
Delphi Produce Market Notice to Hunters
Notice from Bogan Jaques Co dated January 24 1925 lists prices for farm goods including eggs butter fat spring chickens ducks geese hens old cocks leg horn hens beef hides and horse hides with per unit prices for each category. The document appears as a market notice likely intended for hunters and traders in rural Delphi.
Local property owners bar hunting on premises in Delphi markets
A notice from multiple landowners in Delphi markets bans hunting with guns dogs ferrets traps spades or shovels and trespassing on their premises without written permission. Signatories include John Stewart Arthur Hildebrand Thomas Williams Frank Hinkle and others in Rock Creek Deer Creek Tippecanoe Adams Burnside and related areas."]
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stewart
Rock Creek
Arthur Hildebrand
Thomas Williams
Frank Hinkle
D. S. Adams
Deer Creek
Lucy A. Lehnert Burnside Haynes
John H. A. Anderson
Tippecanoe
Henry RB. Peters
E. W. Landis
Adams
Emily W. Guthrie
Wilson Sterrett
Gould
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Iloest National Bank
U.S
Citizens National Bank
Citizenrs National Bank
Indiana
Dora Baum
George Sites
Rochester
Farm Bureau
C. D. Ward
South Delphi
Presbyterian Missionary Society
John Carney
Roy Gregg
Dean Smith
House of Representatives
Harry Reed
T. J. Ryan
Harvey Elless
Shriner’s
A. E. Rogers
R. M. Isherwood
Cynthia Ballard
Washington, D. C
C. D. Bell
Henry Johnson
Peru
J. H. Cartwright
the Quality Grocery
North Side Square
Delphi, Indiana
Minnewawa
Florida
Phoenix
Bonita Coffee
Delphi, Ind
George Smock
James C. Smock
George Woods
the Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
Edna Briggs
John Sims
Mr. Wells
Sims
Leonard Yerkes
Jo Anna
Thelma Bowman
Robert Coates
Vancouver
Wash
Oregon
British Columbia
Madison Arnot
Laura Hughes
Plymouth
Ill
Viola Hughes
Carl McFarland
Will Klepinger
Curtis McCain
Burrows
E. M. Cripe
Andrew Musselman
Ft. Lauderdale
Art Whelan
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion
Court House
Purdue
Republicans of
Abner Bowen
Paul Quick
Harley Brewer
Charles Ross
Crawfordsville
Henry B. Wilson
Myron Ives
Robert W. Royster
Standard Furniture Co
St. Louis
Robert
Lawrence Schlang
Delphi Lad
Rockville
T. D. Peter
Flora
W. H. Forman
F. W. Backmeyer
Presbyterian Synod of Indiana
Hip
Presbyterian Churches
Cage
Lawrence’ Grimm
Grimm & Sons Furniture Store
Grand Rapids
Z. J. Mackintosh
Wabash ‘College
Presbyterian ‘Hospital
Mackintosh
McNeill
Mrs
Mary Davis
B. B. Mayhill
Washington
Bogan-Jaques Co
Delphi Markets
McCormick-Deering
Tractor School
Tractor
L. M. Pletcher
Zook
Zook’s Meat Market
Duroleum Mats
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