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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1928
Page
7
Mrs Rost of Lovett Espanola Washington reports increased energy and color after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She describes a farmer's wife with tiring work regaining vigor and recommends the tonic to others in need.
The counties of Cass Clinton Tippecanoe and Carroll will send delegates to a solicitors school in Delphi on December 3 and 4. Carroll plans twelve delegates per township and a countywide membership drive runs December 5 to 8. Township managers named include Albert Shaffer Charles Wise Courtney Clawson Sam Sites Obe Campbell Frank Redenbacher Olaf Brown Orval Polk Monroe Meade Warner Bowman Charles O Donnell Web Robinson and J Eikenberry.
The solicitors training school will feature the Deer Creek Hoosier Farmer and his wife Maggie along with an entertaining orchestra by Rev. O. P. Manker. Sessions cover Farm Mutual insurance cooperative marketing live stock marketing social and educational work and Farm Bureau campaigns. Attendance is urged for Delphi Flora Camden Rockfield and surrounding towns with special invitation to business people and farm women.
Geneva Shaffer of Washington township won first prize in the county wide boys and girls writing contest on Why Dad and Mother Should Belong to the Farm Bureau. Charline Yeager earned honorable mention as the judges split between Yeager and Shaffer. Shaffer received a free trip to the Indiana Farm Bureau convention in Indianapolis Monday and Tuesday. Township winners include Adams Elizabeth Crockett and Leda McVay. Deer Creek Aileen Jackson. Jefferson Robert Million. Rock Creek Helen Plank. Tippecanoe Gladys Henderson. Washington Geneva Shaffer, Charline Yeager, and J T Downham.
Carroll County farmers traveled to Indianapolis to attend the state Farm Bureau convention at the Claypool hotel on November 26 and 27. The delegation included many names such as Claude Wickard, Chas Wise, Earl Wakeland, George Sites, and others. Carroll County fair board elected C. V. Hoover as president, succeeding A. L. Burkholder, with Mrs. Charles Weil as first vice president, J. Frank Shoff as second vice president, Charles E. Schnepp as secretary, and Harry B. Reed as treasurer. Four directors will be elected later by local township Farm Bureaus.
The passage contrasts Christmas and New Year as cosmopolitan holidays observed by many with Thanksgiving as a distinctly American holiday that grew from a small origin to a national event.
A Battle Creek physician touts constipation as cause of much misery and announces relief with Aparex, a palatable mineral oil emulsion with Agar-agar and endpthalien that lubricates and softens stool for easy evacuation. Obtain a bottle locally.
Wayne Lee, local dealer, highlights a six cylinder Chevrolet with a novel accelerator pump for instant extra fuel and a high gear reduction in the rear axle of 3.8 to 1. Engineers tested 100 engines before approval to ensure longevity, promising a longer lasting motor in city driving.
A historical overview tracing Thanksgiving from its colonial origins in Plymouth and Massachusetts through its evolution to a national observance. It cites Governor Bradford’s harvest celebration, early proclamations in New England, and later federal proclamations by Washington and Madison shaping the holiday.
The International Live Stock Exposition opens next Saturday at the Chicago stock yards. It attracts thousands of visitors from America and abroad for a cross section view of world farming. Over 2,500 head plus various horse classes. trophies from Sir Thomas Linton to reward youth and intercollegiate judging. A Farmers Bulletin No. 1139 F explains how to analyze farm business and improve returns.
A physician's prescription Thoxine is advertised to relieve sore throat instantly and address internal causes. The ad claims safety for families, also effective against coughs, with a money back guarantee. Sold by Adams & Pearson and other drug stores.
The article recalls eighteenth century observances with church services sermons and family prayers. It notes a fast day before Revolutionary times and cites 1789 as Washington’s first national proclamation. It adds 1888 as the year Catholics authorized a Thanksgiving mass and mentions Luna Coffee at 43c in Smith's Grocery.
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