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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1928
Page
5
A local notice requests readers to mention visits to The Delphi Citizen as a courtesy and to telephone Mem of any kid to Number 14, reflecting community outreach and guest etiquette.
Miss Nora Turner of Chicago visits her Turner family. A Burkholder succumbs to facial poisoning from hedge trimming at his farm. William Davis and his brother Ed Davis spend Sunday with Ed at his Muncie home. Mr and Mrs John Carney of Indianapolis visit Dr and Mrs C E Carney. Meredith Carney returns from Indianapolis. Presbyterian church Social Union to host cafeteria supper Thursday evening March 29 from 5 to 7.
Charles Stewart at St. Elizabeths hospital Lafette is improving nicely. John Smith dairyman has been off duty this week with the flu. Mr and Mrs Nick Schrader and daughter Josephine and Mrs Foster plan a weekend visit to Crawfordsville.
Mrs John Hanna and Miss Fern Ferling spent the week end in Indianapolis. Miss Ora Davis of Pittsburg visited Mrs B F Thayer and Miss Grace Swatts in Delphi. Mr and Mrs Edwin McGuire and Mr and Mrs James Trent visited in Lafayette Sunday. Mrs Charles Barnard of Chicago was guest of Dr and Mrs W W Gochenour and Mr and Mrs Ray Gochenour earlier in the week. A Kokomo Negro chorus will perform Sunday afternoon April 1 at 3 o clock at the Disciples of Christ church.
A local ad promotes spring suit fittings with new options from Quick and Clifford. Prices are listed at $18.50 $23.50 and $28.50 as customers are urged to visit for a fitting.
Local items report George Chapman undergoing an appendectomy at St Elizabeth’s hospital in Lafayette. A parade of visitors and social events follows with relatives and friends hosting luncheons dinners trips and weekend gatherings across Delphi Logansport Kokomo Indianapolis and Lafayette.
Terre Boone underwent a successful operation for appendicitis last Wednesday evening at a Lafayette hospital. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Boone of near Delphi. A. H. Brewers promotes a biannual bargain event with shoe sales.
From Lafayette last Thursday evening, Attorney Gus Hall and daughter Martha attended the musical comedy Hit the Deck at the Mars theatre. Also present were Mrs Marguerite Ryan Miss Nellie Haughey Florence Cox and Elsie DeLaney. Mr and Mrs W H Bradshaw returned Saturday from an eight week visit with relatives in Dallas and during the trip stopped at Fort Worth Oklahoma City Tulsa and Independence Kansas to attend events.
Indiana farm records show chick rearing success drives flock profits. Replacing half or more of laying stock annually requires successful broodiness and well developed pullets. M. A. Seaton of Purdue University extension staff stresses this key factor for success.
A pavilion run by a local owner and his family hosts Wednesday dances for families and guests who value clean entertainment. Musicians provide live music while parents accompany children, inviting community members to attend and advertise locally.
Mrs LeRoy Robbins opens Snow White Simplex Home Laundry in Pittsburg. The shop features the latest equipment with electric mangles and offers complete laundry services including rough dry and wet wash.
Albert Blickentaff aged 20 received a one to ten year term in the State reformatory after a forgery conviction. Judge B E Pruitt handed down the sentence following Blickentaff’s recent release and new job in Newcastle, which involved a breach of trust.
Donald Woodruff charged with banditry and holdup at the Poundstone store in Deer Creek last year will face court in the April term. He allegedly took several hundred dollars from the proprietors at the point of a pistol.
All Democrat voters in Deer Creek township are urged to meet in the commissioners room at the courthouse Friday evening March 23 at 7 for selecting precinct committeemen and organizing the campaign committee.
Reed C Schermerhorn has been appointed administrator of the estate of his mother the late Josephine C Schermerhorn. William C Smith is attorney for the administrator. It notes Mr Smith was attorney in the Burke Schermerhorn estate settlement forty five years ago.
Mrs. Florence A. Armstrong has been named administrator of the estate of the late T. W. Armstrong. Hanna & Hanna have been retained as attorneys by Mrs. Armstrong.
Edwin Lynch and William West gained ownership of the Dean Balser farm a mile north of the city on Monday. The 55 acre property joins farms already owned by the pair. The purchase price was not disclosed.
Sherman D. Wilson student Cutler wed Hilda Ruth Enoch Cutler in a recent license issuance. The ceremony details remain or provide background in local notices.
Dr. R. M. Reagen Monon health officer reports year 1927 details for Monon White County population 1500. There were twenty six births and eleven deaths. ages range up to eighty with one accidental death at forty. no deaths from communicable disease and no child deaths occurred.
The Grange helps push expanded federal spending for agriculture research with a projected addition of 1.75 million dollars. National Grange pressuring Congress and President Coolidge secured support for boosting industrial uses of farm products to relieve food surplus.
An old newspaper snippet advertises Royal Scepter coffee at Smith's Grocery and promotes subscribing for The Citizen. It notes pricing at one dollar per item and mentions Mrs. L. M. Pletcher.
Notice is given that Reed C. Schermerhorn is appointed executor of Josephine C. Schermerhorn's last will in Carroll County Indiana. The estate is believed solvent. March 21 1928. William Smith attorney for estate.
A and Pearson Drug Store advertises a 1 cent sale running Friday and Saturday. Shoppers are urged to visit the store for the special price on various items available during the weekend sale.
An advertisement touts Thoxine as a fast sore throat remedy with no gargles or bitter taste. It claims relief within 15 minutes, contains no iron chloroform or dope, is safe for the family, and offers a money back guarantee with prices of 60 cents and 1 dollar.
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