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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1924
Page
1
A collection of quips and musings touching on language faults political irony family life and culture. The fragments reference Ford Sinclair Coolidge and various social moods with playful fables and tongue in cheek corrections.
The Paul Dresser national drive marker through the Wabash valley is designed with I. O. M. on a white field with a black border. The letters stand for Indiana Ohio and Michigan and the road traverses these states. Telephone pole markings will begin soon by county committees.
T W Armstrong had his Chevrolet touring stolen in South Bend after attending the Notre Dame Nebraska football game. The two year old car had 8000 miles and was in good condition. No trace has been found.
An old Delphi column contrasts early settlers hunting for Thanksgiving meals with modern, costly feasts. It lists estimated prices for turkeys, chickens, ducks, geese, oysters, cranberries, celery, eggs, and butter, and notes local officials and community figures attending the Scottish Rite Conclave in Indianapolis.
The November term of the White circuit court opened in Monticello with Judge B. F. Carr starting a new six year term. Irene Whitehead of Logansport, court stenographer, has been reappointed to replace Miss Bess Wilson who resigned.
Mary Swartz sends one dollar for subscription coverage while in Muncie for the year. Buel Emrick returns to Denver after visiting parents and wife. Mrs Emrick accompanied him to Chicago then returned to Delphi staying with Swatts.
Tippecanoe County Commissioners awarded Wallace Marshall Company of Lafayette a contract worth 64 312 for a reinforced concrete bridge over the Tippecanoe river at Hog Point. The project includes cutting down the hill and rebuilding approaches. additional work covers painting and repairing the Bashash river bridge at Americus and improving Americus road. John Mahoney funeral held at St Vincent's church Logansport with Rev Father Crosson officiating.
Mr and Mrs George Fry celebrate their golden wedding on a Nov 19 anniversary at the Larimore home in Deer Creek Township Cass County. They were married Nov 19 1847 at a Lutheran parsonage in Camden officiated by Rev J T Guard. The Frey family has lived in Cass and Carroll counties and Deer Creek for years. They have five children and twenty two grandchildren: Charles Fry Celilo Ore Mrs Frank Larimore near Young America Hattie Williams east of Young America Usual Fry Deer Creek Ross Fry Deer Creek.
The Tri Kappa sorority plans a Wednesday evening dance at the Red Men Halls in Monti cello on November 26. The Red and Black Seven Piece Orchestra of Peru will provide music. Public invited.
Harry Schrader of Kokomo, a multi store tire operator, will open a tire shop and auto accessory store in Delphi next week. He has rented the Bradshaw room at Franklin and Market streets, formerly Coomey Oil and Gas. Schrader ranks as the second heaviest tire purchaser in the state.
Mrs. Sarah Rogers and Mrs. C B Lyon entertained a group of ladies yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Rogers in a social gathering reflecting local social life.
Mrs John Carney and Miss Anna Trobaugh entertained sixty ladies at 500 Tuesday at the home of Mrs Carney. Dainty refreshments followed the card game.
Mrs Ed Gerard hosted a Daughters of Isabella event for members husbands and friends at the D I hall Monday evening. The gathering opened with card games followed by refreshments then dancing. Music featured square dances by Mr and Mrs Tom Malia and John Roskuski and a dance set by an orchestra including Hilda Roskuski Donald Koontz Mary Louise Gerard and Robert Roskuski with solos by Hubert Clifford and Lawrence Argowski. Hall decor included ferns and flowers and lighting by bridge and kewpee lamps.
The County Anti Tuberculosis Society will host a free medical clinic in Flora on December 5 with Dr A E Amos of the state society as consulting physician. The clinic is open to all and costs nothing.
Relatives and friends gathered November 15 at Mr. and Mrs. Leander McKinney's Burrows home to celebrate their fifty six years of marriage. Attendees included the couple's son David McKinney and family from Grand Rapids and many Logansport Deer Creek Camden and Rockfield neighbors. A noon picnic dinner followed a day-long social visit.
A gasoline ignition at F. E. Heiland’s Lafayette garage caused a fire Wednesday evening. Heiland, repairing near the drained line, was six feet away as flames enveloped the building. The structure suffered $100 in damage and the Ford sedan was a total loss. Frank, a former Delphian, worked for The Citizen.
Joseph H. Thompson aged 66 of Cutler died suddenly Tuesday morning at ten while operating a cream-separator due to heart trouble. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon and interment followed at Ball Hill cemetery. He had resided in the county fifty years and is survived by a wife and five children. The children are Charles.
Dealers say coffee has advanced seven cents per pound, placing prices 17 cents higher than a year ago. The gain is attributed to a short Central American crop and Brazil's output regulation.
Two suits for damages each seeking 10000 for Peter and Effie Clawson were settled in Clinton circuit court. A judgment of 1500 plus costs was awarded to J. C. Smock as administrator of the estates against T. H. I. & E. Traction Co. The Clawsons, former Radnor residents, were killed near Frankfort on May 27, 1923 when their car was struck by an interurban car.
Rexall sale advertised at Margowski's Rexall Drug Store with promotional details visible on page 39. The notice conveys pricing and discount emphasis for shoppers.
A reader in Oelwein Iowa saw Margowski's Rexall ad in The Citizen and placed a substantial order for Rexall goods. A Camden Arkansas subscriber later wrote to Jordan Wilber to order their famous eighty cent silk hose advertised in The Citizen.
A large conference at Dame's Hotel focused on extending the Christmas seal campaign to every home and business in Carroll County. Mayor Robinson introduced Mrs. James P. Wason who hosted, with Henry J. Vogel of Metropolitan Life Insurance and Edna M. Bivins detailing Tuberculosis Health Crusade efforts and county anti TB work.
Poet William Herschell gave a unique program at the Delphi Presbyterian church for the annual guest meeting of the Woman's Club. Readings of his poems and travel stories from Indiana drew a capacity audience, with musical numbers by local performers and remarks on James Whitcomb Riley.
County residents and business leaders spoke in support of a Christmas Seals campaign to raise funds for health work. Speakers urged active participation with mail sales beginning November 28 and discussed sending 2000 letters to Carroll County. The meeting featured Mrs. J P Wason and W L Casper of the State Education Society, who recounted the Hoar story and emphasized broad cooperation.
At the annual county conference of the Christian Churches of Garrell county officers were elected. The list includes W. Ge Million as president, Nels ny as vice, Yantis relia Bible Superintendent, Mrs Teeter as superintendent, and Ida M Nelson as Missionary Superintendent.
Floyd Julien assumed the Carroll Circuit court clerk position last Tuesday and greeted visitors with eating apples. He and retiring clerk Clay Pearson spent two days reviewing records, while Pearson prepared to step into a new role as partner at Adams & Pearson drug store after a two day vacation.
Mrs Clarice A Wilkinson wife of Delphi fire chief Charles Wilkinson died at 5 45 am Saturday at the family home in South Delphi after a year long illness She was 43 born in Neogo Illinois the family moved to Delphi from Flora six years ago Surviving are the husband two daughters Ruth and Elizabeth two brothers and a sister Funeral was held Monday at 2 pm at the family residence with Rev E M Martinson and Rev R O Kimberlin officiating Burial was in the Masonic cemetery
Mrs. Florence Harding, wife of the late President, passed away at 8:55 Friday morning. News reached Delphi via radio.
A road beggar asks a housewife for cake or pie and wine on his birthday. The matron jeers at the request as a high-toned beggar, while the knight explains he celebrates his twenty ninth birthday and hints at planning his own surprise. The narrator notes how birthdays are kept by gifting to oneself with a playful domestic scene.
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