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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1927
Page
2
The Delphi Citizen traces origins from 1892 as WHE Carroll County Citizen and notes The Delphi Times founded in 1843. 1924 editor Edmund Parke Beadle and Celia L Beadle are listed with associate editor credentials amid publication details for Carroll County Indiana.
A measured discussion on farming economics compares output with monetary value, arguing protection harms farmers by raising prices on goods and urging removal of artificial restraints. It connects duties, taxes, and constitutional questions to judicial impeachments and the balance of civil and military power.
The speaker argues high tariffs harm industry and argues the 46 to 61 period showed farmer and manufacturer prospering under low tariffs. He contends profitable investment should replace government support for unprofitable sectors and that wage gains for farm households follow cheaper imported goods.
A historical Democratic resolution debate touches free trade versus protection and imperialism across 1856 to 1927, arguing for free trade and criticizing Republican shifts. The text includes a 1927 notice announcing Harvey K. Bohannon as Executor of John Y. Pienk's Last Will in Carroll County Indiana, with legal firm Hanna & Hall.
The piece recalls John H. Beadle’s opposition to mandatory schooling arguing it would raise crime, not lower it. It notes Indiana’s generation under compulsory education and asserts crime has increased, presenting Beadle’s prophecy as history rather than doctrine.
The piece cites Abraham Lincoln on prosperity breeding tyranny and argues current Republicans align with Money while Democrats kept a long tariff era. It recalls Carroll County farmers trading wool for cloth under a past tariff and questions the fate of Indiana woolen factories and the claim of encouraging home industries.
A collage of editorial fragments critiquing James E. Cox and the 1920 presidential scene, mentioning the Wilson era, barber tax issues, a governor's pocket veto, tariff arguments, and scattered notes on commissions and farming finances. It captures a period voice and unsettled political debate with multiple unnamed points.
The piece notes Will Rogers mocking diplomacy over taxation and mentions a 40 mph speed limit as a legislative wink to motor police. It reflects 1920s politics with a Republican slogan urging money.
Carroll Circuit Court appoints ROY P MARTIN as Administrator with Will Annexed of Jennie B Jordan deceased. Estate deemed solvent. March 22 1927. Pollard Cartwright and Wason Attorneys mention.
Carroll County Indiana board of commissioners will accept sealed proposals for grading and gravel road improvement in Adams Township. Bids due April 5 1027 at 2 00 PM. Bonded bids needed with sureties from Indiana residents.
Notice that on March 8 1927 Jition Erwin H S et al filed a petition in Carroll County Indiana for improving a public highway in Democrat Township Delphi with grading and gravel to a 12 foot width. Hearing set for April 5 1927 before the Board of Commissioners at Delphi Court House.
On March 8 1927 a petition by A C Spitler and others was filed in Carroll County Indiana seeking to improve the North East quarter of Section 27 Township 25 North Range 1 East by grading to a common level and gravelling to a 12 foot width with 15 inch center depth and 9 inch side slopes. The rural route crosses the area. The project lies wholly in Carrollton Township and is supported by more than fifty freeholders.
Voters of Carrollton and Carroll County Indiana receive formal notice regarding a session of the Carroll County Board of Commissioners on a date in 1927 at Delphi to address a local matter. The document is signed by county officials including the auditor and county attorney. A separate report notes Judge Dearth facing impeachment and engaging attorney Thomas W rite Meevea Jr in a contempt dispute involving publisher George R Dale.
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