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Newspaper

Delphi Citizen

Location

Delphi, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 20, 1925

Page

7

Notice to Bridge Contractors Carroll County Indiana

The Carroll County Board of Commissioners Delphi will receive sealed bids for repairing a wooden Covered bridge Adams Mill Bridge in Democrat Township. Bids must be by 2:00 PM on July 7, 1925, with a double bond and affidavit of non collusion. Lowest responsible bid will win, completion time set after letting.

Adams Mill Bridge Democrat Township Board of Commissioners Indiana Carroll County Agen R. E. Davidson

Sealed gravel road bids invited by Carroll County Indiana

The Gravel Road Contractors Board of Commissioners will receive sealed proposals at the County Court House Delphi for grading and gravel paving on multiple roads in Clay Jackson Democrat Burlington Rock Creek townships. Bids due July 7 1925 at 2:00 PM. Lowest responsible bidder with non collusion affidavit to be chosen.

State of Indiana Carroll County Board of Commissioners Said

Washington township to issue bonds for gravel road

Taxpayers in Washington township Carroll County Indiana are notified that at a June 2 1925 meeting the board of commissioners determined to issue bonds exceeding five thousand dollars to raise about 20000 for the Michael Guckien et al gravel road project. The net assessed value is 3034900 with existing debt 40814 and petition procedures are outlined for aggrieved taxpayers by June 29 1925.

Board of Commissioners Washington Township Carroll County Indiana Michael Guckien Et al The State Board of Tax Commissioners Deer Creek Township

Idaville Family News Notes Local Visits and Travel

Merle Clark returns home for vacation from Illinois teaching. Decatur couple Mr. and Mrs. Ford Townsley visit parental homes. Mayme Bryan leaves Indianapolis for school. Glenn Wood visits Hebron parents. Ruth Friday and Bell Ire lan return from Indianapolis to Idaville. Mrs. Kate McCully hosts visitors from Highmore and former residents attend church. W. C. McCleery family and friends attend Y P C U convention near Tipton. Home Economics club meets at A F Hanna’s. Ed Clark family visits Bloomington. Fannie Friday of Indianapolis visits her parents in Idaville.

Merle Clark Illinois Ed Clark Ford Townsley Decatur Ills J. M. Townsley Mayme Bryan Indianapolis Eva Bryan Glenn Wood H. P. Woods Hebron Ruth Friday Bell Irelan George Steel High Mare South Dakota Kate McCully W. C. McCleery Bessie McCall Blanche Wallace Ireland Young People’s Chrstian Union Bethsaida Church Tipton Home Economics Club A. F. Hanna Merle Bloomington Fannie Ray

East of Delphi Social Roundup Notices

Mrs Martin Boone and daughters shopped in Logansport Wednesday. Miss Josephine Boone visited Thursday with Mrs Joe Turner. Mrs Marvin Wise and children spent Monday at Pyrmont. A visit with Mr and Mrs Noah Wise at Flora followed Wednesday. The Gingrichs of Monitor hosted guests including C Gerber Edna Mills and others from Lafayette.

Martin Boone Logansport Josephine Boone Joe Turner Marvin Wise Pyrmont Noah Wise Flora Theodore Gingrich Monitor John Gingrich Edward Dock Mina Dock Bert Schri Delphi Minnie Baser Jennie Sieber Penn Fred Raber David Stief George Snoeberger Earl Chapman Phillip Leslie Sedalia C. W. Sidenbender Charles Gregg Luther Henry Crook

Guardian reports ward's death and insolvent estate in Indiana

William M. Eikenberry guardian of Susannah Musselman insane reports her death and estate details in Carroll County Indiana. Personal property under 500 dollars. guardian ordered to settle without letters of administration as court proceedings in Carroll Circuit Court. Ward a resident of Delphi Indiana. Date June 6 1925. William C. Smith attorney for estate.

William M. Wbikenberry Susannah Musselman Ward Carroll Circuit Court Carroll County Indiana William M. Eikenberry Delphi William C. Smith

Burlington School Township to Issue Bonds Over $5000

The Advisory Board and Trustee of Burlington School Township Carroll County Indiana met June 4 1925 to determine issuing bonds or other indebtedness over 5000. The proposed total is 48000 at 4.4 percent with funds for repairs additions and heating of the school building. Taxpayers may appeal to the State Board of Tax Commissioners within 29 days from June 20 1926.

Burlington School Township Burlington Township Carroll County Indiana Burlington State Board of Tax Commissioners

Local Social Roundup Records Numerous Visits and Calls

In Monticello and nearby towns a flurry of visits and calls are noted. Many residents including Miss Mary Christie Miss Elsie Arthur Mrs Ella Hall and others spent time with relatives and friends across Logansport Yeoman Reynolds Chalmers and Lafayette with functionaries such as John Burke Delmar Clark and the Viney family among those hosting or visiting.

Beulah Josephine Rota Charles Clark Jay Nace Nace J. B. Turner Idaville Ellen Viney Yeoman Ward Holloway James Viney Mary Christie Monticello David Arthur Elizabeth Clarrage Mahala Henry Ella Hall Marion Lucas Dewey Reynolds Commerce Elsie Arthur Logansport Beulah Roth Blanche Chapman Delbert Chapman Jeffersonville Sarah Chapman Delmar Clark Perry Goslee Willard ‘Cochran Dr. Fairfield John Cossell William Cossell Delbert Dobbins Reynolds John Burke Daniel. Wan Chalmers Frank Diener Carl. Metz Golda Margaret Viney Paul Fred Viney Fred Gaumer Arthurs del Doty Rockfield Thomas Schnepp Charles Johnson Schnepps Carl Metz Martin Loring Harold Marvin Burnettsville John Cassell Charles Gallinger Alonzo Curtis Lester Freeman Marquess Pearl Nicholas John Thurston Marie Oak Grove Josephine Roth Huntington McLain Monon Samuel Wise Bringhurst Ward Eikenberry Flora Glenn Chadd Delphi Mary Chadd Robert Harmon Hall Lafayette Elizabeth Mary Florence Clara Burke

Salvation Army Led by William Peart Promotes Home Service

Commissioner William Peart of the Salvation Army central states outlines the Home Service program in a questionnaire. He emphasizes the transform­ing power of faith, describes 16 major activities, and notes funding by public subscriptions to sustain efficient service.

William Peart Salvation Army Central States Jesus Christ Calvary United States Chicago Army Friends of the Salvation Army

The Game of High Finance

A barber narrator boasts of buying stock from a generous but shrewd patron. He recounts how old Squire Hubbard offered a mortgage and later sold and repurchased High Wallop Oil shares for a profit of five thousand dollars. He brags about his own cleverness and business acumen.

Neck Squire Hubbard High Wallop Oil Company Johnnie Smith Johnnie Squire High Wallop Oil and Development Company

Community Social News from Rockfield and Nearby

A roundup of Sunday and weekend visits across Rockfield including Mr. and Mrs. Barnes guests and extended family trips to Logansport Marion and Indianapolis. Reports note illnesses visits to relatives attendance of church activities and upcoming Presbyterian children’s day programs with multiple local families mentioned by name.

Local Social News Highlights Visits and Guests

Mrs. Mamie Wiley of Ridgeville visits her father Ben Stuart and brothers. Indianapolis couple Grant Collin and wife visit Mrs. John Peterson. Jack Popejoy of Rockfield and Dell Gunyon hosts. Michigan visitor Mrs. James Atcheson with two sons stays with Wakeland family. Chester Gardner and family join Camden relatives. Levi Blickenstaff and children with Logansport Tidrick family. Mourer family from Greenfield vacationing with J. H. Mourer family. Sifred and Bur ris families plus Frank Spence and others call on Ray Sifred and family. Frances Dimmitt visits Grandmother Dimmitt at Allien Blickenstaffs. Suits family from Ida ville visit Mourer. Mourer hosts guests from Sleeth and Wm. Schock. Hopedale meeting well attended with music by Mrs. Joe Turner and Mr. Don Cochran from Winona. Eliott Crowell and others from Logansport visit.

Mamie Wiley Ridgeville Ben Stuart Grant Collin Indianapolis John Peterson Jack Popejoy Rockfield Dell Gunyon James Atcheson Lansing Michigan W. J. Wakeland Chester Gardner S. S. Kleckner Camden Levi Blickenstaff Charles Tidrick Logansport Harry Mourer Greenfield J. H. Mourer Charles Sifred Burnettsville Don Burris Sleeth Frank Spence Lockport Ray Sifred Frances Dimmitt Oakgrove Dimmitt Allien Blickenstaffs James Suits Idaville Charles Mourer Wm. Schock Hopedale Joe Turner Delphi Don Cochran Winona Eliott Crowell

Seaside livelihoods dominate Norwegian communities

In Norway 17 men per 100 rely on the sea or its related work for their livelihoods, reflecting a strong maritime dependency across coastal populations.

Norway

Influential Books and the Power of Fiction

A concise reflection on how influential novels shape understanding, repeating and rearranging ideas to clarify life’s lessons and reveal new connections. It discusses fiction as the truest guide to human experience.

Yama Vegetable Grows as Hybrid Marvel in Maine and Wyoming

A strange vegetable called the yama arrives in Maine and is cultivated in Wyoming by expert Carney, a Bur bank with vegetables. The yama is a cross of melon, squash and sweet corn, growing on vines like a melon with a外外 appearance of five corn ears welded together and a bantam sweet corn taste with squash hints.

Maine Wyoming Carney Burbank

Irish Prefix Explained

The article explains that the prefix O before many Irish family names derives from ogha meaning grandchild. It notes the linguistic origin and how it became a common surname form in Ireland.

Oldest Building, A Temple Near Ur Over 6000 Years Old

The world's oldest structure is believed to be a temple over six millennia old located at Tell el Obeid on the Euphrates, about four miles from Ur.

Tell-el- Obeid Om the Euphrates

Give Dad a Tie Promoted in Father's Day Lot

A local promotion announces a new Father’s Day tie gift option. QUICK and CLIFFORD advertise a new lot of ties as a useful gift for dads.

Dad Quick & Clifford

Auto Laund ry and Nelson Chevrolet Sales Car Wash Ad

An advertisement urges readers to visit Auto Laund ry for a first class car wash and mentions Nelson Chevrolet Sales. The fragment implies a local retail promotion but lacks full details or context.

Nelson Chevrolet Sales

The Nutmegs That Stung A Peddler And The Ink That Paid

A Portland Press Herald piece recalls a wooden nutmeg scam sold by a Connecticut peddler. Grandmother risked wooden nutmegs, learned their falseness, and today advertising proves its value by building trust and steady reader patronage.

Portland Press-Herald

Religion beyond doctrines as naming feelings I think

The author compares religion to naming feelings, arguing doctrines are like words for unseen inner states. He suggests discussion presumes familiarity with things one may have not experienced or touched, much like naming tools one has not seen or handled.

George Eit

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