Delphi Citizen Local Paper History and Pricing
The Delphi Citizen traces origins to The Carroll County Citizen of 1892 and The Delphi Times of 1848, later becoming The Delphi Citizen in 1924. Henry B. Wilson serves as editor and business manager with Mindwell Crampton Wilson as associate editor and B. Crampton as editor emeritus. Subscription price is 1.50 annually in Indiana and 2.00 outside the state.
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Carroll County
Delphi Times
Delphi
Re Co
Henry B. Wilson
Mindwell Crampton Wilson
B. Crampton
Er—R—R
Indiana
Henry Ford Seeks Government Ships For Banana Trade Plan
The 1925 report says Henry Ford aims to buy government ships to move flivvers to South and Central America and return with tropical fruits. The Detroiter notes Ford tends to turn property to public advantage and profits, earning public favor with no sign of hogging profits.
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Henry Ford
South
Central America
Ford
Floridans Set Sailing to Hamburg for Grapefruit Trade
Floridans active in real estate and commerce plan to capture Hamburg by shipping grapefruit to the German city. The arrival of a full cargo marks a notable push in cross Atlantic trade.
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Hamburg
Greed for Citrus Sparks Humorous Chicago Grapefruit Scene
February cargo demand grows for citrus aurantium as a Californi a visitor in a Chicago hotel breakfast room dwarfs a gigantic grapefruit half. The satire notes Floridian and Hamburger fruit tastes clash with the allure of grapefruit, highlighting cross regional preferences.
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Chicago
Florida
Pushing the Waterway Seeks Interstate Push for St Lawrence Link
Representatives from nineteen states gathered in Michigan City Indiana to back a planned St Lawrence waterway. They argue it would create a freshwater Baltic, expand inland reach, and convert lake ports into ocean ports, funded by return on power profits, but face opposition from port and power interests and governmental inertia.
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Michigan City
Ind
St. Lawrence Waterway
North America
European Sea
Great Central Valley
Illinois
New York
Boston
Quebec
Congress
Has the Sunday School Failed
Prof Joseph Collins calls Sunday school education superficial and failing with 27 million Americans receiving no religious instruction. He proposes three hour sessions, fewer but better teachers, and methods borrowed from public schools, while acknowledging organizational gains since 1865 but blaming indifference and funds rather than teaching alone. The piece notes critics and reformers remain hopeful.
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Joseph Collins
Normal School
Stevens Point
Wis
Collins
Friends of the Sunday School
Protecting the President and the Ill Presidency
The article discusses presidential health and duties, noting Coolidge’s apparent recovery after an indigestion attack, his heavy workload and frequent public greetings, and the public’s concern as vacation time approaches. It reflects on how a president’s condition affects national and international interests and the role of the physician in maintaining health.
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United States
Coolidge
Wilson
Harding
Washington
Massachusetts
June the Month of Roses and Promises
A nostalgic tribute to June as a time of romance and memory. The piece envisions outdoor leisure, moonlit canoes, weddings, and heartfelt vows, quoting poetry and songs while praising June as a season of love, weddings, and cherished moments. Louis Varnum Woulfe signs the column.
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Dan Cupid
Maggie
Peter Sees a Stranger Gospel Vision in Caesarea
Lesson outlines Cornelius as a Roman officer of 100 soldiers whose devout life and generosity mark him as chosen for the gospel transition. It covers two divine visions, the meeting at Cornelius’s house, Peter’s sermon on God’s impartial salvation, the outpouring of the Spirit, and Peter’s defense of his Gentile ministry.
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Peter
Caesarea
Cornelius
Joppa
Coriffine
God
Jesus
Christ
Self as Key to Understanding the Universe
A concise aphorism from American Friend stating that the best key to understanding the universe lies within oneself. It emphasizes personal insight as the primary tool for comprehension.
Judgment follows sin as echo follows the voice Prophetic News
A prophetic brief notes that judgment trails sin, describing moral cause and effect in a concise aphoristic line. The piece frames consequences as a direct echo to immoral actions. No named individuals or organizations are present in the readable text.
Fifty Third Commencement of D H S
The 53rd commencement program at the local high school honored fifty graduates in the auditorium. Dr Stott of Franklin delivered the address while Supt Amick and Virgil Stinebaugh presented diplomas. Awards went to top performers including William Clauser, Tom McCormick, Roger Mayhill, Helen Shaffer, and Francis Wingard.
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Friends
Vardon
Helen McCarty
Supt. Amick
Virgil Stinebaugh
Stott
Franklin
Dr. Stott
William Clauser
Tom McCormick
Roger Mayhill
Helen Louise Shaffer
Francis Wingard
George Obear
Alma Nichols
Robert Broadrick
Betty Wason
Josephine Myers
John Smock
Bradshaw
Tom MceCormick
Miss Titlow Dies After Long Illness
Miss Alice Titlow longtime Delphi resident died at home Saturday evening after three months of illness. Born May 23 1855 near Dayston Ohio she taught in Carroll County Indiana and Tacoma Washington before returning to Delphi to live with her parents. She was a member of the Christaan church and survived by her brother Mead and sister Lora. Funeral services were held Monday and interment was in the city cemetery.
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Alice Titlow
Delphi
Alice A. Titlow
Dayston
Ohio
Aaron Titlow
Huntington
Indiana
Pittsburg
Carroll Co
Christaan Church
Mead
Lora
Chicago
E. C. Wells
City
Chicago teachers must wear longer skirts decree
Chicago Superintendent William Mc Andrew orders teachers to dress modestly in schools. He states skirts must be looser and longer by a few inches to maintain decorum in classrooms.
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Chicago
William McAndrew
Red headed office boy aims to multiply in banking tale
A Chicago bank president recalls hiring a red headed office boy who claimed to be good at multiplying. The boy explains he wants to be a banker to “multiply” gains, while the banker notes the need for subtracting and dividing too.
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Chicago
Philadelphia Ledger
Overcoming Evil By Enduring It Says American Friend
A quoted maxim from the American Friend notes that enduring evil bravely makes it conquerable. The line frames courage as the path to overcoming unavoidable harm.
No Life in Dead Sea Despite Historic Floats and Expeditions
The Dead Sea, long navigated, was formed by Strabo and Diodorus into boats for bitumen fishing. Scientific expeditions have studied it, yet life is nearly absent due to extreme salinity, with only a few microbes present. Delphi ene Gy 116 &. Franklin St. 11tf
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Dead Sea
Strabo
Diodorus
Delphi
Franklin St
Trade Winds And Their Global Weather Role
Nature Magazine notes the trade winds drive westward voyages and act as the pulse of atmospheric circulation. Their fluctuations relate to distant weather events and their dry breath powers many of the world’s major deserts.
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Nature Magazine
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine relieves catarrhal inflammation with an Ointment and a Blood-acting Internal Tonic. It touts over 40 years of availability by Keney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, as the remedy restores normal conditions.
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Ewall
Ca Hall
Keney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
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