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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1926
Page
4
The Citizen prints Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address in large type at Boothroyd Post G. A. R.’s request for Monday ceremonies. The event centers on a commemorative reading with local veterans group involvement.
The article notes births in Japan at a rate of 3.88 per minute. It mentions John C. McCouch from near Radnor being taken to Home Hospital, Lafayette, by Blythe ambulance on Thursday night. Other items include a Memorial Day visit by Mrs. William Corns to Indianapolis and a birth in Burlington of a daughter named Marcea Collene. The funeral of Mrs. William Kennedy at the Delphi Methodist church is recorded, with burial in the city cemetery. Royal Scepter Coffee and Ladies Silk Hose ads are included.
The Gettysburg Address delivered by Abraham Lincoln on November 19 1863 honors fallen soldiers at a Civil War battlefield. It asserts a “new birth of freedom” and a government “of the people, by the people, for the people” enduring long after the war.
Mrs Crowder endured a painful hand injury when a needle pierced and broke off in the center of her left hand while washing. An X ray confirmed the break and removal followed. A daughter of Mrs Crowder had a broken elbow last week and was hospitalized in Lafayette for treatment.
Mrs Anna Baer marked her eighty first birthday on Sunday with a large gathering at her home and the home of Mr and Mrs Everett Baer More than twenty friends attended including Mrs John Lowe and family Mrs John Porter and family Mr and Mrs Smallwood Ora Porter and family Cloyd Perkins and family Dennis Crane and family of Kokomo Dick Burgett and family of Wabash
Irvin S Cobb recounts Doughboys in a shell hole during Meuse Argonne fighting. A soldier reflects on fear and home memories while enemy fire roars and guns blast around them. The piece blends wartime danger with nostalgia and change in a soldier's feelings.
The Rockfield Presbyterian Missionary Society will meet next Thursday afternoon at Miss Ruth Snoeberger's home. Assistant hostess will be Mrs. Everett Groninger. The devotional will be given by Mrs. L. J. Deel and the lesson by Mrs. Bryan Miller.
The Rockfield Home Economics group gathered Friday at Mrs. Dewey Zinn’s home. Members discussed learning to eat disliked fruits and cereals, presented a peace program by Mrs Martha Galbreth, and enjoyed a patriotic reading by Miss Kathryn Burke with piano accompaniment by Mrs Joseph Turner. The event featured flowering decor and a focus on planting trees.
The Ladies Mission Circle of the Baptist Church will hold a silver tea in the church parlors on Tuesday afternoon June 1 at 2 30. Mrs Bradshaw will give a talk on her trip around the world. All ladies invited.
The Mission Circle of the Christian church will meet Friday evening June 4 at the home of Miss Jean Pruitt.
Mr and Mrs Will Klepinger hosted the Twin Six Bridge club for dinner and cards on Wednesday evening. Mrs George OQ Cartwright entertained a group for a bridge afternoon honoring her sister Mrs Willard Zoliman. Mrs Lyon hosted the G O P Bridge Club on Mayday.
Mrs Lena Powell entertained the Country Community club at her Delphi area home on Wednesday. Guests included Mrs Toni Sleeth and Mrs Sarah Daugherty. After games, a two course luncheon was served. Mrs Mary Swaim will host the next meeting.
The Ladies of the G A R a Morton Beeci met Wednesday afternoon in the G A R room at the courthouse. Charles Bowen entertained the young men of the Sunday school class of the Presbyterian church at a picnic supper Friday evening. Dr H Y Mullin and A S Martin were at Warsaw and are expected home by the end of the week.
Senior class picnicked at Luther McCain Camp with several chaperones while Juniors visited Merlin's Camp at Oakdale and Freshmen picnicked at Sleepy Hollow with Russell Bryan as chaperone. Kenneth Liebert broke his leg in a horse riding accident Saturday. Teachers held a gathering at Miss Elizabeth Best’s home with Lois Underhill as guest of honor. Grade and Junior High teachers picnicked at Deer Creek and hosted a shower for Miss Ethel Zinn for her upcoming wedding.
Mrs Emma Ammerman 69 dies at her Flora home after several weeks illness. Survived by husband Penn Ammerman daughter Nellie Leslie of Converse and four sons Charles Leonard Sheer and Frank. Funeral at Flora Methodist church Friday 10 a m with Rev Stovall and Rev Crosswhite officiating. Burial in Galveston cemetery.
Mrs. Bessie Carter, 45, died at her Flora home Wednesday evening after a year of illness. She is survived by her husband Harry and two children Ruskin of Florida and Ruth at home. Funeral services will be at 5 p m Sunday at the Methodist church with Rev. Stoval presiding. Burial will follow in Maple Lawn Cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Shanks, Miss Mary Crume and Mr. and Mrs. Nies from Indiana Harbor arrive today to visit Mrs. Shanks and Miss Crume's parents Mr. and Mrs. Oregan Crume of Monroe township and Mr. and Mrs. John A. Shanks of Carrollton township.
The Presbyterian Vacation Bible School begins Tuesday morning June 1 at 9 oclock with Rev R Dale LeCount as general superintendent Mildred Wise in charge of the kindergarten Sadie Keever primary assisted by others. All Presbyterian boys and girls ages 4 to 12 may attend. Lindsey Stewart hospital bound recovering from appendicitis neighbors report. A77 planting effort on his sixty acre field was completed with five tractors twelve planters and twelve teams. Mrs Josephine Ives hosted the Honest Club sewing party honoring Mrs Willard Zollman of Denver Colorado.
Mrs Lu wina Rebecca Flora died at home in Kokomo after a two year tuberculosis illness. Survived by husband John R. Flora and five children Dale Walter Flora Matilda Phelps Homer R. Miller and A E Long. She leaves twelve grandchildren and is noted for Baptist church service and Royal Neighbors membership.
Charley Tripp aged 78 and Hannah Fogle aged 70 were married by Rev Knowen last Thursday and will live in Rossville. Effie Stinebaugh visits North Manchester to enter Manchester College. Missionary meetings at the Church of the Brethren yielded $330 for world missions led by Elder W B Stover. The Daily Vacation Bible School opens with 150 children, under Miss Minerva Metzger and twelve teachers, with Irin congregations aiding the school in the school building.
Fragmentary OCR notes reflect a discussion of injustice and a recurring behavior by an unnamed subject. The brief mentions a pattern of unfair treatment and a claim that the person avoids accountability or consequence. The exact details remain unclear.
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