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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1931
Page
8
A collage of short ads and notices lists WANTED items for home and work, sale of a roll top desk and furniture, requests for a china closet, lawnmower repair, duplicate auto keys, and a barber shop schedule. Names include Mrs. Sohn Dye and Harve Hoshaw with contact details in the 421 So Hamilton Street listing.
Mr and Mrs George Popejoy marked their sixty second wedding anniversary with family gathering at their Delphi area homes. Relatives from Peru Indianapolis Rockfield Francesville and Chicago attended a big dinner and birthday cake for Mrs Jennings Popejoy born June 1.
County board reviewers finish assessment checks this week then approve mortgage and soldiers exemptions. Public hearing dates are listed by township, spanning June 12 to June 19, 1931, with towns including Tippecanoe Rock Creek Clay Washington Jefferson Burlington Camden Jackson Carrollton Adams Madison Flora Monroe Delphi and Deer Creek.
Mrs Rosa Wise attended with many guests from Logansport Rockfield and South Bend including Henry Bailey Mary Watts and sons James Smith Warren Kistler Walter Smith and Harry Gardner. Harold E Anderson of Springfield Mass received 114 in damages for two teeth broken while eating baked beans in a lunch room.
The Carroll County tuberculosis clinic met in the Court House on Friday May 29. Forty five people were examined including twenty six adults and fourteen high school students. Dr J F Stygall of Indianapolis led the examination with staff helpers Miss Jessie Murphy and several named nurses assisting.
Washington observers note the Hawley Smoot tariff’s role in foreign trade decline while Chile and Europe discuss unions that could reshape global commerce. Democrats blame tariffs for the drop. Republicans praise the act as a recovery tool. Senator Hull warned tariffs reduce production and spark wars, with income tax ideas linked to wartime finance.
Will Rogers, America's leading humorist, reveals his political alignment in a Valley Forge Memorial Day comment. He praised President Hoover's speech, noting Hoover faced harsh deficits like Washington's army, but warned Democrats may try anything to gain advantage as summer looms.
The Playing Parson's band will give a signal program at the Opera House in Camden on Friday evening in June. The seven member group includes Rev Fred Le Lineberger and family of Columbia South Carolina. The program features classical popular and patriotic pieces. Governor John G. Richards lauds the family as unique and proud. The Lineberger family once lived in Washing township Carroll County. Rev Lineberger was pastor at Deer Creek and Mount Pisgah on Rock Creek and later served as Deer Creek and Rockfield school principals before moving to the South as a noted preacher lecturer and educator. He now heads the schools of Columbia and his wife supervises music.
Rossville held annual memorial ceremonies starting at the Legion home then proceeded to Geetingville cemetery to decorate graves. An afternoon program at the Rossville gym featured music, songs, a Gettysburg address by Richard Yoder, and a memorial address by Rev. Crossman followed by taps. A divorce suit was filed by W F Hughes of Memphis claiming his wife married him out of spite.
By order of the Carroll circuit court the Federal Land Bank of Louisville seeks 3459.15 plus costs. On June 27, 1931, at Delphi Court House south door, the sheriff offers rents and profits for 40 acres in section 14, 26N 2W, Carroll county, Indiana for up to seven years. If insufficient, fee simple title is offered to discharge the debt. Jesse R. Clawson, Sheriff.
In Carroll Circuit Court April term 1931 The Car neae Loan Trust Company administrator presented and filed final settlement accounts and vouchers for Port ee D Haskell deceased with a June 24 1931 examination date Heirs creditors or legatees must appear and show cause why the account should not be approved Clerk Beal Smith & Smith attorneys 14-31
Total gasoline tax revenue for last month rose to 1 686 062 03 from 1 605 305 50 a year earlier as 42 175 595 gallons were sold versus 40 132 637 in May 1930. Refunds totaled 125 489 59, down 5 332 69 from May 1930.
The NOW dam project has a 2,635 day timeline with a $3,000 daily penalty for delays. Only 350 workers are currently employed as government policy debates over overdevelopment and land expansion continue. Critics question if funds would be better spent buying marginal land under cultivation rather than creating new farmland.
A passage warns that converting land to timber could replenish dwindling natural resources while promising future profits. It cautions that overdevelopment may lead to uncertain outcomes and long-term consequences for forest lands.
The paper promotes Camp Tecumseh with 112 acres and a 275 seat dining lodge. It notes property valued at 45000 dollars, a large camp schoolhouse, dormitories, cabins for over 200 campers, and counsellor Hagie Feathers from Walla Walla teaching leather and bead craft canoeing and storytelling. It invites community families to enroll their boys and girls for a summer outing.
Mrs. Isaac Dreifus hosted over the weekend her daughter Mrs. Theresa Salmon and her guests from Chicago, along with Mrs. Mary Bradshaw Patrick and her son from Indianapolis and Miss Jessie Bradshaw of Chicago, among others.
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