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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1925
Page
2
The piece honors American heroes, living and dead, with Father Time turning the page toward Memorial Day. It reflects on valor, sacrifice, and recall of past conflicts while urging reverence for both the fallen and living patriots who defended liberty. It also critiques President Coolidge in relation to simple, frugal tastes and contrasts tobacco preferences across regions.
Washington papers cheer Coolidge enjoying ten cent cheroots as a sign of democratic economy and patriotism. They also note Henry Ford may enter Wall Street, a decision driven by his own Ford interests and not by financiers, while predicting public reaction will be loud or muted. Household and local ads follow, inviting readers to shop at C. B. Lyons Store and other services.
The County Agent reports a new Farm Bureau program running June 1 to 18 with four educational films including The Golden Fleece and Play Safe. The series targets farmers and wool growers with topics on handling, grading, cooperative selling, traffic safety, and potato history.
Forty relatives gathered at the Peters home Sunday to celebrate Mrs. Peters birthday. Attendees included the Dodds, Bowmans, McKinneys, Peters, Edna McKinney, Willings, Gangloffs, Mullins, Cripe family, Ollie Snyder and son Mac, and John Callane.
At the Arc the event runs June 1 and 2 featuring Yolanda with Mari on Davies as a special attraction for a benefit of the D. A. Proceeds go to support the organization’s activities.
Lesson notes recall church growth during peace after Saul's conversion. Peter tours the saints and performs two great miracles, healing Aeneas and raising Dorcas, confirming the gospel with signs and urging outward growth through active Christian service.
Quotation by Henry Churchill King stating that value and dignity of man are defined by God's purpose rather than origin or the method of his work. The idea emphasizes inherent worth beyond circumstance or labor approach.
A sharp line equates self-reliance with North Pole magnitude and self-conceit with South Pole excess. The remark emphasizes that the distinction is vast, shaping attitudes toward independence and ego.
The Hillcrest dancing pavilion at the Norway dam burned to the ground Saturday morning in an apparent incendiary fire. Owner Frank Smith estimates losses at 6000 with partial insurance. An investigation by Smith and White County officials is under way as plans to rebuild, possibly with an outdoor floor, are being considered. Local attendance drew dancers from Delphi Logansport Monon Rensselaer Lafayette and Frankfort. Music was by a Lafayette orchestra and Sam Mohr played saxophone.
Virgil L. Eikenberry former Flora boy and Vincennes schools principal wed Miss Mabel Burgin a Vincennes teacher in Lebanon at the bride’s parents home. After a brief visit they sail June 13 for a two month European honeymoon aboard the Leviathan visiting France Germany England and other nations. Eikenberry a Flora High School graduate and World War I veteran has held posts in Sheridan Lebanon and Vincennes. Burgin is well known in Lebanon and has taught there for several years.
A letter from George A. Spencer informs county auditors that county superintendents will be elected next Monday, June 1. Candidates must meet one of four qualifications, including specific teaching licenses or degrees and experience. The board of education selects the superintendent, with the auditor serving ex officio secretary and a tie vote casting the deciding ballot.
In West Delphi two Johnson sisters show rapid improvement after weeks of illness. Elijah Farmer, injured at Oakdale Dam, is cared for at the Treida home. Shoppers from Logansport include Mrs. Joe Wilson Mrs. Oscar Hall and Mrs. Raymond Bush. Asa Perrigo visits the Hall home as Oscar Johnson recovers from illness.
The article notes small clusters of yellow spice bush flowers in swamps and streams with alders. It explains that the plant’s medicine like odor and flavor are distinctive, and can be identified by crushing a twig to smell or taste.
The D A R plans a program featuring Marion Davies in a Charles Major work adaptation. Details remain unclear due to text garble but emphasize a historic themed event with Davies as star.
Real estate transfers listed by The Abstract Company include Lucy Griffey to Claud M Wall for Lot 2 Butler's Add Delphi at 650 dollars and Margaret L Oyler to Julia E Smoker for Lot 35 West Burlington at 5000 dollars. Multiple transfers show tiny or one dollar amounts for parcels in Burlington Rockfield Pyrmont Cutler Tippecanoe Township Flora and other areas.
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