07 Mar 1925
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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1925
Page
1
A collection of aphorisms and witticisms on manners money love and modern life with references to husbands wives hosts and culture. The quips touch on honesty aging behavior modernity and social norms, reflecting a light humorous tone of a crowded opinion page.
Mrs. Fannie Baum 91 a Carroll County pioneer died at her Yeoman home Friday morning March 6 Funeral services will be held Sunday at the Yeoman Christian church with Rev Ross of Idaville officiating Interment will be in Yeoman She was the widow of Henry Baum and leaves children Marion and Mrs Alfred Roysden of Yeoman James of South Carolina and Wilbur of Chicago
Governor signs multiple bills including moving state department revenue to the general fund. Public officials shift to surety bonds and contractors must pay subcontractors before final settlement on public works. Schools must buy flags with penalties for non display. Transfers of students between districts approved. Moorhead bus regulation and Public Service Commission oversight enacted. IU students gain Saturday night bath. Wright bone dry bill passes. National Guard pay changes redirect funds to fortifications. Mayor Harris dies of heart trouble as Griffey Creek water project advances.
Description of Mrs Coolidge’s inauguration attire in Coolidge gray and moon stone shades. Ensemble of joseena cloth coat and gray silk details with gray fox collar. gray satin crepe gown. Milan straw hat with burnt goose trim. matching accessories. Also notes Dawes and President’s formal attire and inaugural ball gown details.
A Public Service Commission representative will hold a public hearing at Burrows Town Hall Indiana on March 17 at eleven AM on the petition C E Baker et al versus Wabash Railway Company. Notices were issued this week by Commissioner Frank T Singleton.
Harvey Elless conveyed his home on East Main Street to James Weldy, located south of Delphi, marking a notable local real estate deed.
William Smith left Tuesday by auto for Miami to join his brother Gwinn Smith who is now located there. Mrs William Smith and Mrs Gwinn Smith will join their husbands in Florida in April. The Delphi Citizen, $1.50 per none
The Governor Morton Circle Ladies of the G A R met in the Court House with thirty five members present. They voted to give a flag to a new Circle in Princeton and host the June encampment. Three new members were initiated and refreshments followed a social hour. A second note mentions a Tippecanoe tribe hunting party and a promising Indian team from Tippecanoe Tribe.
The Tri Kappa sorority will meet Tuesday evening with Mrs. Willa Bowen and Miss Mary Hinkle as hostesses. Mrs. George O. Cartwright and Mrs. Yanus Wells have been chosen patronesses for this year.
Mrs. Frank Lyon was hostess to the Wel L bridge club at dinner last evening. The Dinner and Bridge club met Friday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Reid McCain. Mrs. Frank Bibbins entertained a flinch club Saturday night. Mrs. George O. Cartwright entertained the A. B.C. bridge club and other friends Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Pirie Beyea addressed Delphi's Woman's Club on today’s boy and girl in relation to home life. Attendance was under thirty due to a date change. Mrs. Beyea, guest of Mrs. James P. Wasers, is a Chautauqua lecturer.
The sixth annual convention will be held in Richmond Virginia from April 16 to 22 1925. The event gathers members to discuss civic reform and voting rights in the post suffrage era.
The Pythian Sisters announce a cooperative dinner to mark their anniversary at 6 30 on the regular meeting night Tuesday March 10.
Mrs Tom Armstrong and Miss Susie Dasher hosted the Methodist missionary society Tuesday afternoon at Armstrong home. Mrs E C Wells hosted the Christian church Missionary society Thursday afternoon with Mrs Frank Lyon leading the meeting.
Mrs L H Smith county chair announces luncheon at Dames on March 19 inviting all county club presidents and executive board members. Plans will be made for the county meeting to be held April 10 in Cutler.
President Coolidge signed the postal pay and rate increase bill granting an average $300 annual raise for postal workers, effective January 1, with rate hikes from April 15 to cover most of the $68 million needed. The act includes a rider limiting campaign expenditures and calls for hearings this summer to review schedules for next session.
The petition for the Arvel Goslee road in Jefferson township was withdrawn and a new petition filed. Viewers Henry Butz Elmer Sheets and Commodore Binney were appointed for the vacation of a highway as petitioned. Additional viewers were named for several roads, with specific pairs appointed for Hershberger Jackson Cunningham Rock Creek Democrat Clay townships. The Bowman road hearing is set after April 7. Reed McCain resigned as en examiner for the William Allen road. The county road superintendent was allowed 56.16 to buy sewers for the Rohrabaugh road on the Deer Creek Madison line.
The American Legion play scheduled for March 17 is canceled due to trouble finding volunteers to take roles and rehearse.
Blythe and Sons to supply coal at The Colony for hard or soft coal needs. Industry note mentions Blythe firm involvement in local fuel distribution and potential partnerships.
Dwight L. Lesh of Burrows returned from a three week Purina Mills Sales School in St Louis at the Warwick Hotel. He notes the program covered all phases of live stock feeding to aid dealers and salesmen in serving local feeders and cites Carroll County figures on dairy poultry hogs and steer production.
Mr and Mrs James Cree of Flora will celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary next Wednesday. Their son Dr Charles Cree of Chicago arranged the day with a family dinner at noon and visiting hours 2 to 5 and 7 to 10. The couple has lived in Flora about thirty years and has four children Charles Rose Never Cochran and Harry, all expected to attend.
A fast eastbound Wabash freight derailed on a curve at Attica and smashed into the depot, starting a fire that nearly demolished the building. Telegraph operator Roy Zémimyre was knocked unconscious but rescued as flames neared him. Three station workers and train crew escaped unharmed. thirteen cars derailed and rails torn for about 100 yards. Loss estimated at 75 000 to 100 000 dollars. a broken rod on an empty coal car blamed. Frank Elliot, formerly of the city, serves as Wabash Agent in Attica.
The county Latin Contest at Bringhurst selected two top students in each class to advance to the Frankfort tournament on March 28, with the state meet to follow in Bloomington. Flora entered two contestants, Delphi led with seven, and other schools were represented.
The first global radio broadcast of a presidential inauguration reached far beyond the United States. Calvin Coolidge’s address drew vast listeners as Marine Band music opened at eleven o’clock central time. In Carroll County communities hosts held inaugurual parties while stations in Washington Cleveland and Cincinnati carried the program.
Indiana I H S A sectional games shift to Flora March 6 and 7 with matchups including Democrat vs Burlington and Wheeling vs Burbhurst. The day features Flora facing Rockfield and Delphi clashing with Rockfield, plus a sequence of winners advancing to newer rounds. Officials are Lloyd Etter and Bert Westover.
Oil teams transported the well rigging from the Acheson farm in Tipecande township to Harry Baum's farm southeast of Delphi to drill a new hole. The current Basserewan 3 well is proving too shallow, and a stronger rig may be erected later to drill deeper and widen the bore.
Noah Fouts and Lloyd Clingenpeel exchange their large dairy operation near Bluffton for a 160 acre grain farm west of Clymers owned by Henry Deitman. The new property will support Fouts Brothers Seyland Seed Farms with diversified seed production.
An anecdote recalls Calvin Coolidge receiving his first presidential salary of 6250 for one month. He remained silent, then softly whispered Come again as the door closed. The tale reflects contrasts with his earlier earnings and public demeanor.
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