Fred Engle Dies in Mayo Hospital
Frederick Engle 66 well known Delphi resident and businessman died at Mayo Hospital Rochester Minnesota Sunday night after months of ill health. He led a storied public life including service as Tippecanoe township trustee county auditor state senator and county commissioner. He later ran Peop les Loan Co and was superintendent of a local canning factory before health forced retirement. He never married and is survived by brother Henry Engle of Danville Illinois. Funeral at the Lutheran church with Rev Keeser officiating. Burial in Odd Fellows cemetery.
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Frederick Engle
Delphi
Carroll County
Mayo’s Hospital
Rochester
Minn
Engle
Germany
Charles Engle
Tippecanoe Township
Christopher
Tippecanoe
Board of County Commissioners
Peoples Loan Company
A. H. Brewer
Fred Engle
Henry Engle
Danville
Ill
Lutheran Church
Keeser
Logansport
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Doctors Win Third Prize In Detroit Golf Tournament
Dr John Carney wins third prize at a Detroit golf tournament held during a physicians convention. His brother Cal Carney and Dr C C Crampton also attended. Cal’s Sunday win over the district champion is noted while the full score remains undisclosed.
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John Carney
Delphi Country Club
Detroit
C. E. Carney
C. C.crampton
St. Louis
Newspaper man visits city guests Delphi visitors
Mr and Mrs Charles Smith of Indianapolis with two children visited Delphi on Wednesday as guests of Mr and Mrs E P Beadle at the Hildebran home. Smith is on the Indianapolis Star editorial staff and a notable state newspaper man whose feature articles are often read with interest.
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Charles Smith
Indianapolis
Delphi
E. P. Beadle
Hildebran
Lions Club Trip Induction Visit To Otterbein
Delphi Lions traveled to Otterbein on Tuesday night to participate in the induction of several members into a town Lions club. Attendees included Ralph Hanna Floyd Julien Haughey Mount C A Smith C A Davies and Rev C J Reed accompanied by Mrs Davies and Mrs J W Reed.
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Lions Club
Otterbein
Delphi Lions
Ralph Hanna
Floyd Julien
Haughey Mount
C. A. Smith
C. A. Davies
C. J. Reed
Davies
J. W. Reed
Car overturn injures Johnson child near city
Barbara Johnson nine, daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Johnson, suffered facial cuts and needed three stitches after their car overturned on loose gravel south of the city last Saturday afternoon. Her parents, driving from Indianapolis to a lake weekend, escaped with minor bruises.
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Barbara
Paul Johnson
Johnson
Delphi Boy Scouts Rule City for Day
Delphi Boy Scouts took charge of city operations on a Wednesday visit. Under Rev. O P Manker they toured the circuit court and jail, then met at the city hall to appoint and inspect offices and discuss good citizenship. They concluded with a site clean up planned for Thursday morning.
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Delphi
O. P. Manker
Circuit Court
Judge Pruitt
Warren Messick
Walter Woodruff
Jesse Clawson
Thomas Mayhill
Joe Messick
J. C. Heller
Charles Beale
Louis Welker
Charles Cauldwell
Edwin Hall
Grant Jacobson
Donald Welker
William Smith
Louis Kirkpatrick
Cleon Holmes
John Smith
Charles Thompson
Robert Julius
Board of Health
Wells
Talmar Arnold
County Board of Review Adjourns Sine Die After Thirty Day Session
The county board of review adjourned sine die after a thirty day session. A potential August fifth meeting was noted if the state tax board requested it. Fewer changes than before were made to assessor lists. adjustments and errors were inevitable. The grand total of taxables is slightly lower than last year due to lower grain prices and reduced livestock. This will reduce county revenue in 1931 despite a slightly cut county rate by the county council.
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County Board of Review
State Tax Board
County Commissioners to Meet in July Session
The board will hold a July session on Monday and Tuesday. On Monday the regular business will be addressed. on Tuesday bids will be received for the George Peterson road in Adams township and for farm supplies including groceries meats shoes clothing and dry goods.
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Board of County Commissioners
George Peterson
Adams Township
Wheeler escapes injury in Indiana car crash
Fred Wheeler escaped injury when his new Ford, driven from Indianapolis, left the road north of Lebanon after he fell asleep. The car was badly damaged but he was unhurt. Mrs Wheeler, who has driven for 22 years, has never before had an accident and Wheeler had never dented a fender prior to this incident.
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Fred Wheeler
Indianapolis
Delphi Park Receives Gift From Local Couple
Captain and Mrs. E. H. Dame are among the first to donate four combination tables and seats for Delphi Park. The items were installed and used during the high school class of 1925 annual reunion held last Saturday.
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Delphi Park
E. H.’.Dame
Lumber Auction Forecloses Ockley Stock
Hoshaw Bros auctioneers last week sold the Ockley Lumber company stock at auction to foreclose judgments filed in the local court.
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Hoshaw Bros
Ockley Lumber Company
Water payment due by July 10 to avoid penalty
Both metered and flat water charges must be paid on or before the 10th of July to avoid the penalty. Water Agent Talmar R. Arnold signs the notice.
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Talmar R. Arnold
Delphi student Owen E. Stewart earns Rector scholarship
Owen Elston Stewart of Delphi high school living at Ockley joins 230 graduates receiving Rector scholarships from DePauw University this year. The foundation plans more awards until September and notes 100 seniors were named Rector scholars this year, with 700 Rector alumni nationwide. Each $800 scholarship covers four years of tuition and fees.
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Owen Elston Stewart
Delphi High School
Ockley
DePauw University
DePauw
Edward Rector
Chicago
Guards Attend Target Shoot At Frankfort Range
Two members of the Delphi infant ry company have qualified to participate in the target shoot for the 151st Indiana Infantry at the Frankfort range on July 11 and 12. Friends hope they will qualify for the national meet at Camp Perry where twelve men are chosen from the Indiana unit each year. Lieut. Gardner qualified last year for the national meet. Captain William Mahanna Lieut. Roy Gardner and Lieut. Loyal Hoshaw were guests of Col. Roy DePrez at a regimental dinner in Shelbyville at the Blue River Country club last Sunday.
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Delphi Infantry
151St
Indiana Infantry
Frankfort Range
Camp ‘Perry
Indiana
Lieut
Gardner
William’ MaHanna
Roy Gardner
Loyal Hoshaw
Roy DePrez
Shelbyville
Blue River Country Club
Wheat Prices Hit New Low in Carroll County Markets
Local elevators offer 75 cents for wheat Tuesday, down three cents from yesterday and the lowest since 1914, with forecasts of further declines to 60 cents. Corn at about 55 cents, rye down to 40, and a farmer notes costs at 1.12 per bushel last year. Thousands of bushels are in shock as threshed grain risks losses even at 75 cents.
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Carroll County
Lucile Long Shot in Hammond Murder Mystery
Lucile Long known to Carroll county residents was fatally shot in her Hammond apartment last Saturday night. E. R. Penny, a rejected suitor, was seriously wounded. Police suspect a former friend of Long. Long's remains are due in Cutler for burial at Ball Hill cemetery. Long had used the name Mrs. Lucile Haughtin.
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Lucile Long
Carroll County
Delphi
Hammond
E. R. Penny
Miss Long
Penny
Cutler
Ball Hill
Lucile Haughtin
John A. Long
Cutley
Grimm& Sons Undertaking
1Mond
Long
Marrie
Canada
Marriage Licenses for Larimore and Steffey
Harold F. Larimore a machinist from East Chicago and Lillian F. Steffey of Deer are listed as obtaining marriage licenses.
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Harold F. Larimore
East
Chicago
Lillian F. Steffey
Lawyers Enjoy First Holiday
Local bar members spent the first office closed day of the holiday week with varied activities. Judges Pruitt and Wason were spotted in khaki and a Hickory shirt respectively, others fished, gardened, golfed, or prepared to travel to Champaign Illinois for the week. A band concert in Delphi was announced for tonight.
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E. E. Pruitt
James P. Wason
John L. Hanna
Gus A. Harl
William C. Smith
James O. Obear
John Hamling
Ives
Champaign
Ill
L. D. Boyd
B. F. Carr
Politics in the Eighties Indiana Voter Purchase Described
In Carroll County Indiana a fierce party split led to vote buying acts described as a stench to decency. The piece details saloon bosses guiding campaigns, methods to buy votes, and incidents of intoxicated voters coerced into voting a party ticket before the Australian ballot law.
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Indiana
Carroll County
Delphi
Carroll County Loan & Trust Company
Sattat
Tall corn grows seven feet at Grimm farm Carroll county
Believed to be the county's tallest corn, a stalk measured near seven feet on the Lorenz Grimm farm west of the city near the bicycle bridge. Henry Hoover, tenant, and Grimm & Sons are credited for the exceptional crop amid local wagers.
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Carroll County
Lorenz Grimm
Grimm
Henry Hoover
Grimm & Sons
City Water Supply Shortage Forces Night Pump Pause
Delphi faces a severe water shortage as pumps must shut at 11 each night to refill reservoirs. Engineer Charles Brossman and assistant Paul Johnson inspected the system, proposed tapping the main at several points and adding air valves to relieve air pockets, while a leak in the Rohde building basement drains hundreds of thousands of gallons over time. The council urges residents to conserve water, with possible curb cuts for violators.
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Delphi
Charles Brossman
Indianapolis
Paul Johnson
Johnson
Carroll County Loan & Trust Company
Rohde
the Journal
Prosperous Indiana Counties Question State Aid
In Bedford a Indiana Limestone official praised Monroe and Lawrence counties for wages and roads while Bloomington and Bloomington Star amplify growth. The piece questions why other counties should tax to fund public schools when such counties receive state aid despite significant local prosperity and infrastructure. It cites high per capita autos and paved highways as context for uneven funding.
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Lawrence County
Monroe
Lawrence
Hoosier
Bedford
Bloomington
Monroe “County
State University
Indiana Limestone Company
Bloomington Star
Shanswick
General Assembly
Pre Commission
Fire Destroys Roof Blaze at Delphi Property
Delphi firefighters were summoned to Mrs. Elmer Ginn’s property east of Grimm & Sons at 11 on Wednesday to extinguish a roof fire likely from a defective flue. A several foot square hole was burned but damage is expected small. The building houses Vanchie Crumpacker on the second floor and Charles Randall on the lower floor.
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Delphi
Elmer Ginn
Grimm & Sons
Vanchie Crumpacker
Charles Randall
Hoshaw Family En Route to Cheyenne Postcard Travels
A card from Harve Hoshaw and his family, traveling from Marshalltown Iowa to Cheyenne Wyoming, describes the trip as enjoyable and fulfilling. Hoshaw, a resident of Madison township, notes pride in the journey and in addressing the message.
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Harve Hoshaw
Cheyenne
Wyo
Marshalltown
Iowa
Hoshaw
Madison Township
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BOY Scouts
Board OF Review
Owen E. Stewart
Vides University
Sargeant Asa Cohee
WM. C. Smith
Historical Society
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