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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1924
Page
8
Women view rich silks for spring sewing with plans for multiple new dresses blouses and skirts. The store offers rare mixed crepes at 1.50 and a range of ginghams and percales touting best value and competitive prices.
Spring arrives in the store with colorful modes replacing winter tones. The shop displays a delightful array of spring rain garments and accessories reflecting the new season’s spirit.
Spring coats showcase tan camel hair and polo cloth with full flare lines and novelty patches. Crepe linings and colored buttons enhance ultra smart styling. Prices range from 15.00 to 49.50, offering options for every budget.
The Historical Society met at the Public Library to a full house with chairs brought in. W C Smith opened with a cow bell relic from pioneer days. Papers on early debating societies and the first mill in Carroll County were read, with discussion by G W Julien and others. Chalk portraits, including Mrs Magdaline McCain and Mr Conover, were shown. Next meeting March 28 will feature sugar camps and maple sugar making with old and new equipment, inviting pioneer incidents.
E. S Theater of the Eastern Star and its auxiliary will entertain the Masons and their families Friday evening March 14.
The Pas and Mas Club was entertained Wednesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Abner Bowen.
Mr and Mrs Paul Quick and Mr and Mrs Earl Newell will host the Tuckabatchee Presbyterian Sunday school class at the Quicks home next Wednesday evening.
The League of Women Voters was hosted by Dr and Mrs L H Smith Tuesday evening for a social gathering at their residence.
Mrs Charles Best hosted the Social Twelve Bridge Club dinner at her home Tuesday evening. Mr and Mrs J C Downey were initiated into the Eastern Star on Monday evening.
Mrs. Jason Been filled hosts a Social Twelve Bridge Club session with friends on Monday afternoon. A cooperative supper Tuesday evening featured Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Grimm and guests including Mr. and Mrs. George Lyon Mr. and Mrs. Roy Clauser Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Grantham Miss Martha Grimm Charles Cartwright and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stewart. Bridge followed the meal in a winter series of gatherings at various homes.
The K of P county meeting will be held at the Castle Hall at Delphi on Wednesday evening March 12. A large attendance of county members and visiting knights from a distance is expected. The knight rank will be conferred by a mixed team from county lodges. It is hoped to make this the banner meeting of the year.
The Tri Kappa sorority will meet Monday evening at the home of Mrs Mindwell C Wilson and Mrs Helen Quick.
The Make Merry class of the Methodist Sunday school was entertained by Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Kimberlin Mr. and Mrs. Will Frazer Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Woodruff and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Weil. Games suited to Washington's birthday were played and refreshments of chicken sandwiches coffee and salad were served.
The Odd Fellows of Delphi host an entertainment at Delphi lodge hall on Wednesday March 12 at 7 30 with music readings and a address by Joseph E Long grand warden Logansport. An Arc theater entertainment follows at 9 30 p m All members and families invited no tickets required Carpill and Delphi encampments schedule patriarchal and Golden Rule degrees Friday March 7 at 7 30 p m at Delphi lodge hall.
The ladies of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society announce a March 28 social to mark the fifty fifth anniversary since the organization's founding. They invite guests and request the date be reserved for the event.
Bessie May Cox aged 22, daughter of Mr and Mrs James L Cox of Rossville, died at home after a long tuberculosis illness. She was born September 8, 1901 in Radnor and lived in Rossville five years. She leaves parents, three brothers Fred Russell and Raymond at home, three sisters Mrs Raymond Collins Mrs S L Myers of Frankfort and Mary Katherine, all surviving. She was a member of the Rossville M E church.
Flags in ports, on government and private buildings may remain at full mast after the official mourning period for former President Wilson ended Monday at midnight. The conclusion of the mourning allows continued display at full height in many places.
New arrivals every day in Spring Millinery. We invite you to call.
A Delphia chamber committee reports widespread complaints about faulty electric service. It urges immediate action with the lighting company and city authorities, notes obsolete street lighting, and proposes a boulevard and globe lighting system to be developed with the city council.
Ernest Cassidy of Tippecanoe township near Battle Ground owns 11 pigs from his 1928 Boys and Girls Pig Club entry. The sow’s litter, sired by a son of the state fair grand champion, won sixth place in the state fair show last September.
In an ancient festival scene Saturnalia in Italy, slaves dressed in masters’ garments and waited on their lords. The custom highlighted social role reversal during the harvest celebration, with participants adopting the attire and duties of those they served.
R B Kern of Covington announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Representative from Indiana's Ninth District, with primaries set for May 6, 1924. Kern, born in Lehigh Bonney, Pa, has education from Schuylkill Seminary Dickinson College and Northwestern University Theological School, and has served as pastor in Hillsboro, Kingman, and Covington. He holds multiple affiliations including Farm Bureau, Chamber of Commerce, Knights of Pythias, and Masonic orders.
Judge Harry O. Chamberlain named as special judge for Governor McCray’s trial. Marion County jury commissioners were ordered to draw talesmen for the jury. Trial date moved from March 4 to March 17 due to the governor’s federal court appearance on March 11 to enter pleas in indictments.
Walter Tucker helped a newborn calf drink by offering his finger to suck but the calf jerked suddenly and he dislocated his shoulder, tossing the pail from its stall.
The piece argues that success in business hinges on finite attention and detail plus choosing a site with an appropriate amount of similar activity to avoid oversaturation. It emphasizes balancing focus with market context to maximize outcomes.
A landlady chides Mr. Snively for overpolishing his knife and fork at table saying it isn’t necessary and only soils the napkins.
The swiftest winds occur in temperate latitudes at five to seven miles up, while winds speed declines above that altitude.
A fragment notes a sea creature, the sluglike mollusk called Were toriois, reputed among ancient peoples for venomous properties. It mentions use in poisonous potions and hints at its presence in early botany or ethnography reports.
A humorous dialogue captures a busy supervisor asking why a party was given the busy signal while the operator jokes she was busy doing her nails showing office frictions and light workplace comedy.
National Geographic Magazine notes the Etruscans grew rich from a fertile plain and lavish living. Diodorus cites excesses of gold vessels and embroidered cloths as Rome legends tie the people to a grand but vanished era. The text traces Etruscan origins to the Po region and to colonies in Magna Graecia.
Sam described a frightful encounter as he walked from a cowshed with a milk bucket. A sudden sound by the road sent his nerves to work and, back home, he found the milk missing and two pounds of butter left in the bucket.
A humorous collection notes music themed quips about a prima donna and violinist. A daughter clashes with her father over painting, revealing tensions between art and discipline. The piece uses playful phrases about harmony and being in tune with the world.
A fragment recounts that the first meerschaum pipe was made about 200 years ago by a Hungarian maker. The note calls the craftsman clever and notes woodwork influence in early pipe design.
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