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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1929
Page
2
An 1848 established Delphi newspaper outlines political shifts with editor Edmund Beadle and associates. It discusses farm relief, rural marketing, and the need for local markets, federal support, and price mechanisms amid agricultural concerns and a 1924 renaming.
The speaker argues for cautious regulation of sek as it enters interstate commerce under federal oversight. They criticize the notion of a return to the old normal with farm produce quotas and low wages, insisting on a forward outlook toward broader opportunity and a better environment, avoiding reactionary policy.
The piece reflects on the ten years since World War I and the promise of Wilsonian principles. It lauds Calvin Coolidge and Gustav Stresemann as pivotal, contrasts American and German paths, and warns that Europe edges toward another conflict amid disarmament debates and Russia recognition debates.
A reflective piece contrasts Germany’s democracy with the United States shifting toward autocracy. It laments press, pulpit, and government influence shaping public opinion and censorship, praising Germany’s supposed torch of liberty amid a climate of restrictive wartime measures.
Landis mocks Pennsylvania’s conscience in a column blasting Senator Elect Vare, Rockefeller naming mountains for Byrd, Hoover farm relief, and Prohibition police in a biting critique of early American politics and international affairs.
A certified extract from Carroll County Indiana lists allowances approved by the county commissioners at the May Term 1929. It names numerous individuals and businesses receiving payments, including Clawson Crook Overholser Wallace Wallace Bennett and many others, with various monetary amounts attached. The document is signed by auditor J L Whiteman and confirms the accuracy of the record.
The Carroll County Board of Review will meet at 10:00 AM on Monday June 3 1929 in the County Courthouse to hear complaints review assessments and equalize valuations for 1929 payable 1930. The board may reconvene August 6 1929 to consider uniformity reports from the State Board of Tax Commissioners.
A public highway improvement petition filed May 7 1929 by W H Chapman and others asks Carroll County Indiana auditors to hear plans for a 30 foot wide gravel road looping from the Michigan Road through Third to Stockton and Jackson streets in Burlington with seven branches to Michigan Road. Hearing set June 4 1929 before the Carroll County Board of Commissioners at Delphi Court House.
Notice of guardian sale of Jacob Foy Guthrie's real estate in Carroll County Indiana. Sale at private auction starting May 1, 1929, 10:00 AM, at Carroll County Lawn and Trust Co Bank, Delphi. Property includes undivided one eighth of several tracts totaling about 162.82 acres and other parcels described by metes and bounds near Section 24, Section 19, and along the Wabash River, with bid to be at least the appraised value.
The Carroll County Board of Commissioners Delphi will receive sealed bids by 2 00 PM June 4 1929 for one motor grader minimum 10 20 HP with 12 foot blade scarifier 16 inch rear wheel rubber tires both ends. Board may reject any bid. Also administration notice for Elizabeth Clasr le late of Carroll County with administrator RTIE MELLION May 1 1929.
Bids for construction of Rossville Delphi Road project No 129 Miles 3789 State Road 39 Rossville to 3 miles north of Radnor Clinton and Carroll Counties Indiana to be opened May 28 1929 at 10 00 A M at the State House Annex Indianapolis. Plans and specs available with bond requirements and low bidder award condition.
Florence A. Armstrong as administratrix of Thomas W. Armstrong deceased filed final settlement in Carroll Circuit Court. The examination is set for May 27, 1929, at Delphi Indiana. Heirs creditors or legatees must appear and show cause why the account should not be approved. (Seal) Floyd J. Julien, Clerk. Hanna & Hanna, Attorneys for Administratrix. Grass seed at Elless & Orr's Drug Store.
The administrator Irwin W. Humes will offer by private sale on May 20 1927 at 10 AM a 26 acre tract in the West Half of the Southwest Quarter Section 10 Township 23 North Range 1 West described by metes and bounds. Sale is for cash and not below appraised value. Gms A Hall attorney.
Taxpayers of Monroe Township Carroll County Indiana are informed that on May 7 1929 officials determined to issue bonds not exceeding 22800.00 dollars for the Omar Billings gravel road project The current net assessed value is 3644170.00 with existing debt 47581.00. Any aggrieved taxpayers may appeal to the State Board of Tax Commissioners by filing with the County Auditor within twenty nine days from May 7 1929.
Notice announces appointees as administrators or administratrix of several Carroll County Indiana estates. Names include Adrian Smith for John M Hufford with April 23 1929 date, Sarah C Beard for Elizabeth Tope May 9 1929, Artie Million for Sarah J Allison April 9 1929, Margaret A Stewart for Samuel M Stewart May 9 1929. Attorneys listed Cartwright Hanna Wason Bee Sa.
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