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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1926
Page
1
A collection of humorous dicta and wry observations touching marriage wealth aging and manners. It riffs on modern fathers prudery feminine wiles and social pretensions with faint nostalgia. The piece collects quips about family life work travel and language with dated humor and light irony.
Twenty-one Carroll county residents are enrolled at Purdue University this semester, bringing total campus enrollment to 3,231. Registrar R. B. Stone notes growth over last year and lists Carroll students from Flora Burlington Delphi Cutler Yeoman Bringhurst and Camden among the attendees. Enrollment for the second semester begins February 1.
Madison Township prepares a Farmers Institute at Hope school on Saturday February 6 featuring J. P. Prigg of Middletown and Mrs. E. T. Stanley of Liberty Ind. Prigg speaks on Hog Breeding and Feeding and Cooperative buying. Stanley on A Square Deal For the Farmer and His Family and Why I Live on a Farm. The program includes music and readings and the Gee Haw Male Quartet. Dairy lunch dinner available for 35 cents.
Supplementary reports detail donations from Washington Township deer creek and Tippecanoe Township groups. A letter from John F Burke to the Era expresses gratitude for seals and notes his daughter’s recovery after hospital care at Rockville.
The North Central School of Washington township earned pins from the state Tuberculosis Association for splendid work in the Health Crusade. One school room will win a pennant for merit, under the direction of the county health nurse.
Mr and Mrs Dick Sales of Providence Rhode Island visit his sister Mrs Will Hefling and family. After their stay they plan to go to Arkansas then Florida. Puretest aspirin claims to have no heart effects. Sold at Margowski s drug store. fp-11-48
Mrs Fred Miller superintendent reports county Y P S S organized except one district. District No 1: superintendent Mrs Roy Cobb president Paul Irelani vice president Mabel Casad secretary treasurer Helen Million. District No 2: superintendent Estal Mhullin president Roger Hunt secretary Ruth Wagoner treasurer Golda Smith. District No 3: superintendent Chester Wagoner president Ansel Walker. County U P conference planned in March. District 2 meets Feb 5 at Burrows Presbyterian with Mr Everet lora speaker.
By Algernon Hervey S R of London England a notice lists a guest party for the Missionary Society of the Christian Church at 3 o clock Sunday Jan 31 in Lafayette. On Feb 4 Mrs Haughey Mount hosts with assistants Mrs Charity Pearson and Mrs Roy Nelson. Guests are church members not in the society.
By agreement of creditors the Ralston Wilber store stock and fixtures are turned over to Herman Kamp as trustee. Kamp will dispose of the goods at once with everything reduced one half and expects to sell the stock in one week. Proceeds will be divided among creditors. The bankrupt sale starts this Saturday at 9:00 AM.
Mrs. Edward Hayse, 52, died January 19 in a Colorado Springs hospital after a brief battle with acute diabetes. Her body arrived in Frankfort Sunday, with funeral at the Christian Church Monday at 2 PM. Burial followed at Springvale Cemetery. Survived by husband, a step daughter Mrs. Coy Druckenville of Delphi Ohio, three step grandchildren, four sisters and one brother. A member of the Christian church and the Macabee lodge. The Hayses were long time hotel proprietors in Carrell County and widely known.
Dr C C Crampton of Delphi has been named Ninth District chairman of Indiana American Legion rehabilitation and will lead a district committee to aid disabled veterans. A conference of posts and officers will be held in Indianapolis on Sunday January 31. The plan aims to secure aid for all eligible veterans and to locate those yet not filing claims. Miss Roberta Gardner returns from DePauw for winter vacation and plans to attend a business college in Hammond after the term.
The Tippecanoe Tribe No. 505 I O R M Delphi will travel to the Wigwam of Wabash in Lafayette next Wednesday to confer the first and third degrees on a class of palefaces. Mayor Ross and city officials will participate. Red Cloud of Indianapolis will confer the second degree. The order traces to colonial times and emphasizes freedom friendship and charity. The tribe grew from 85 to 140 members last year.
The Carroll County Indian Taxpayers Association met January 25 1926 in the Delphi courthouse assembly room elected William McGlynn president and Andrew Wise secretary and adopted resolutions urging prudent bond financing for school and road projects. The group favors steel bridges over concrete for lower costs and easier maintenance and supports delaying new projects if debt burdens warrant caution.
Arthur Gros a lifelong Delphi resident died at St Elizabeth hospital Lafayette Friday night at 10 30 after months of illness. He was a retired farmer 63 years old survived by widow Blanche Julien Gros son Carl Julien Gros Grand Rapids Michigan and sister Mrs W H Bradshaw Delphi with her husband abroad on a four month tour. Funeral conducted from W H Bradshaw home Monday at two oclock Rev F R Pittman officiated burial in Masonic cemetery. Gros was a Knights of Pythias member.
The U S senate voted 76 to 17 to enter the World Court after reservations acceptable to current members, with 40 Republicans and 36 Democrats for entry and 14 Republicans, 2 Democrats, and 1 farmer labor opposed. Indiana's Watson and Robinson opposed. Robinson spoke against entry. Watson offered no campaign risk speech.
Benjamin J. Stuart of Delphi Indiana described the Paul Dresser National Drive on a radio broadcast. He traced the route through the Maumee and Wabash valleys from Detroit to the Ohio River via Fort Wayne Huntington Wabash Peru Logansport Delphi Lafayette Terre Haute Vincennes and beyond. He praised Indiana cities and farms and urged residents to stay in the valley rather than leave Indiana.
Mrs. Robert Coats entertained at her South Delphi home with an old time quilting party. Guests enjoyed a chicken dinner and a delightful day.
A broadcasting station in Pensacola Florida named WCOA on 220 meter wavelength opens at 7 30 PM February 3. Perry Reed of Delphi wrote the song Down in Pensacola Bay and will play piano with his wife Mary Le Sourd. Local friends hope to tune in.
Choughts in Passing by Caleb Peaslee emphasizes January as a time to grow the mind for farming. The Purdue Agricultural Conference in January offers readings and short courses to boost learning between tasks. The article compares self improvement to primed machines on a road trip.
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