Carroll County Fair Opens With Enthusiastic Attendance
Carroll County Fair hits peak activity as free acts entertain crowds on Wednesday. Notable acts include Hashi and Osai and a trained white collie, with George Popejoy lauded for home talent dog performances. Officials note improving weather boosts attendance and anticipate the biggest Friday for school children and the annual athletic meet.
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Carroll County
Ford Garage
Hashi
Osai
George Popejoy
Popejoy
Mr. Popejoy
New York
Myron Ives
Main Street
Mount& Sons
Haughey- Mount
The
Fair Association
al L. Burkholder
George E. Sites
Burton Honan
C. E. Schnepp
Harry E. Reed
William H. Ashba
Ernest Newell
Artie Million
Orvil Schock
John W. Kerlin
Forrest Orr
H. E. Ackerson
John Kerlin
J. M. Kingery
Fred Smith
Melvin Deeter
Carrie Cox
Harry Reed
C. B. Shaffer
C. Clay Pearson
John Kennard
Yeoman
C. V. Hoover
Adams
Marion Thomas
Burlington
John Sink
Carrollton
Edward Troxell
Clay
William Ashba
Deer Creek
E. E. Stephens
Democrat
W. H. Lane
Jackson
Jefferson
Madison
J. Frank Shoff
Monroe
Rock Creek
A. L. Burkholder
Tippecanoe
Roy Caldwell
Washington
B. B. Mayhill
William Klepinger
Charles Weir
Charles Hanne
Charles Doctor
Edward Baum
William Brown
C. O. Julius
E. P
Dame
Delphi City
Cutler School House Entered by Thieves
A thief broke into Cutler high school last Thursday night stealing violins owned by Rachel Wilcox and DeMarice Retherford clarinets belonging to Thomas Flora Aten Trobaugh and a school clock. Trustee Elmer Shaffer has no clue to the culprits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cutler High School
Rachel Wilcox
DeMarice Retherford
Thomas
Flora
Aten Trobaugh
Elmer Shaffer
Quality comes first we have it service comes next
A small vintage ad for a local meat market emphasizes quality and service as core mottos. The fragment highlights a family or local shop named in a partial slogan, signaling a neighborhood butcher shop presence.
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S Meat Market
Women Organize Smith for President Club in Delphi
In Delphi, women met last Saturday to appoint township coordinators for forming a Smith for President club. Talks and enthusiasm spread countywide as members anticipate hundreds of participants and plan officers next Saturday. The group aims to promote Governor Smith for the presidency and support other candidates locally and statewide. A state organizer will visit the county for group meetings at member homes or other township venues.
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Delphi
Coittees
Farm Bureau to Open Local Store in Delphi
Delphi will host a new Farm Bureau store occupying the east side room of the public square vacated by Cogmey tinshop. Lee Henderson will lead the shop with Paul Wickard and George Sites assisting. the project follows similar cooperative ventures in Indiana towns. The building owner is William H. Bradshaw. Endres of Frankfort had leased space for a hatchery but may not locate there.
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Delphi
Cogmey Tinshop
Carroll County Farm Bureau
Lee Henderson
Paul Wickard
George Sites
Bureau
William H. Bradshaw
Endres
Frankfort
Cray Hatcheries
Rossville
Washington Street
John Hamling
Farm Bureau
Chittick Ditch Bonds Sold by County Treasurer
County Treasurer William AgShba sold the Chittick ditch bonds totaling 21614 to Elias and James Maggart. They paid a premium of 143.50. The forty bonds draw 6 percent interest and are non taxable.
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William AgShba
Chittick Ditch
Elias
James Maggart
William Haslet Farm Sold to W. J. Shields
Mr and Mrs W J Shields of Indianapolis purchase the William Haslet farm in Madison township Carroll County from the Brown heirs. The farm lies in southern Carroll County along State Highway 39 and is noted as one of the county's southern properties.
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William Haslet
W. J. Shields
Indianapolis
Brown
Madison Township
Carroll County Land Boarders
Mortonsville Grocery Sold to Quinns
Mr and Mrs John Quinn bought the Mortonsville grocery once owned by Mr Hamilton then by Frank Dotson. The couple took possession last Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Quinn
Mortonsville
Mr. Hamilton
Frank Dotson
Andrs. Quinn
Baer Buys New Chevrolet Truck for Transfer Business
Harry Baer purchаsed a new Chevrolet truck for his transfer operation with delivery completed by Lee Chevrolet Sales.
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Harry Baer
Lee Chevrolet
Marriage Licenses Granted for Gordon Garrison and Myrtle Yerkes
Gordon W. Garrison a Flora farmer and Myrtle L. Yerkes of Flora obtained a marriage license in the local filing office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon W. Garrison
Myrtle L. Yerkes
Change of venue in Rosa Sills vs Stott case
The Citizen notes a change of venue for the Rosa M. Sills versus William N. Stott et al dispute from Kite County. Advertisements may be placed to inform interested parties about the new venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa M. Sills
William N. Stott
Kite County
Plan to Truth Resolve Soap Stock in Delphi Court House
County leaders propose a joint plan to have a disinterested party inventory soap and court house supplies, audit four years of expenditures, and report unpaid bills. Riley Sinks and another Republican appointee will select the third party and publish the findings in Delphi newspapers by November 1, 1928.
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Court House
County Board of Commissioners
John W. Kerlin
Kerlin
Riley
Board of
County Commissioners
Delphi
Riley Sink
Republican County Central Committee
State Road Cop's Car Purloined in Delphi Theft
Chester Schuck 26 of Kokomo a painter and paper hanger pled guilty to stealing a State Road patrol car from Washington street Delphi, after being found in Brookston where he attended a fair. Judge Pruitt sentenced him to one to ten years in the Indiana reformatory. The car was recovered undamaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Schuck
Pruitt
Indiana Reformatory
Delphi
Larimore
Studebaker
Washington Street
Crosby Hotel
Schuck
Drake
Brookston
First Football Game to Be Played Sunday
Company F of the National Guard will meet the Monticello Independent football team in Delphi on Sunday afternoon October 6 at 2 oclock. The Monticello squad comprises former local stars of recent years and the starting lineup for Company F remains uncertain though several players are certain to see action including Lon MaHanna Gardner G Campbell R Campbell Wason Weckerl y Hunter Suddith Baum Hoshaw F Hemming M Hemming McCain Bicknell Trent Jerrigo Sink and Smith.
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Company F
National Guard
Monticello
Delphi
Co. F
Lon
MaHanna
Gardner
G. Campbell
R. Campbell
Wason
Weckerly
Hunter
Suddith
Baum
Hoshaw
F. Hemming
M. Hemming
McCain
Bicknell
Trent
Jerrigo
Sink
Smith
Local boy honored at Wabash College
Thomas J. McCormick of this city is chosen with another student as a Rhodes scholar candidate at Wabash College in Indiana. Selection reflects scholastic and literary attainments plus qualities of manhood leadership and interest in outdoor and athletic activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. McCormick
Wabash College
Indiana
Hall Denies Bailiff Retention Promise as Unfounded
Democratic candidate Gus A. Hall rejects a circulating report that he promised to keep John Long, a former court janitor, as bailiff if elected. Hall calls the claim a total lie and says he would violate campaign law with such pre election promises, urging strong publication of his denial.
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E. E. Pruitt
John Long
Court House
Hall
Mr. Long
Citizen
Jdur
John Long Named Circuit Court Bailiff
John Long, longtime janitor of the courthouse, was appointed court bailiff in the State vs. U.S. Drake case in circuit court. Judge Pruitt noted Long took the oath of office in the absence of the regular bailiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Long
Court House
State
U.S. Drake
Former Delphi Woman Dies in Lafayette
Mrs. Stanislaura Schwieters wife of Gerhard Schwieters died in Lafayette at 5 50 o clock Monday evening. Born May 8 1854 in Margolinie Prussia she came to the United States at 16. She and Gerhard Schwieters married October 23 1877 at St Josephs church Delphi had eight children. Surviving are husband seven children three daughters and two sons and six others plus eight grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral was at St Boniface church Delphi relatives attended.
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Stanislaura Schwieters
Gerhard Schwieters
Lafayette
Margoline
Prussia
Poland
Germany
Schwieters
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
William Schwieters
French Lick
Fred Schmidt
Clarence Hughes
Frank P. Riedel
Mary
Harriet
Francis
W. S. and
Ceasar Margowski
City
George Margowski
Detroit
Mich
Frank Margowski
Denver
Col
Ignatius Polski
Los Angeles
Calif
Ursula
St. Agnes Academy
Indianapolis
Agnes Margowski
Delphi
St. Boniface Church
St. Boniface
Oakdale Plant Site Eyed by Commission Man
Engineer Lebo of the Indiana Public Service Commission, in Delphi two weeks ago, surveyed Oakdale and the distance to town. President H B Wilson says Lebo favored a direct line from Oakdale to Oakdale, avoiding a 66,000 volt feeder from Buck Creek toward Lafayette, but locals expect opposition. Fort Wayne officials say the new line could be ready by January 1.
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Lebo
Indiana Public Service Commission
Delphi
Oakdale
H. B. Wilson
Chamber of Commerce
Oaksdale
Komo
Lafayette
Fort Wayne
Water Rates Due By 10th, Warned by Water Agent
Water notice states all flat water rates must be paid by the 10th to avoid penalties. Water Agent T. Rv ARNOLD issues the reminder.
Boyd Martin Bullet Sets Speed Record At Peoria Race
In Peoria Illinois a Boyd Martin Bullet powered by an Elto Quad motor shattered world speed marks in a six mile Class D race with 42.5 mph. John Leslie of Delphi won Class B in a Bullet at 33 mph. The Midland plant celebrates, planning winter work to meet spring orders and boost Delphi’s reputation nationwide.
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Peoria
Ill
Mississippi Power Boat Association
John Leslie
Fred Martin
Leslie
Focal Plant
Delphi
Mr. Martin
Political literature found in court house
A report notes a large amount of political literature was left in the courthouse during the past week with banners on walls and pamphlets on tables. It argues literature of any party should not be scattered in the building though meeting lithographs may be shown during a gathering and removed after adjournment.
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Court House
Smith Files Bankruptcy Petitions in Camden and Flora
James A Rienier of Camden and Sarah A Stewart of Flora filed petitions in a U S court in Hammond with attorney William C Smith as counsel. Liabilities are about six thousand dollars per case while assets total roughly one third. Stewart is Carroll County's first woman to use bankruptcy law, reflecting Republican prosperity. In the past year Smith filed seven bankruptcy petitions, a local record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Rienier
Camden
Sarah A. Stewart
Flora
United States Court
Hammond
Smith
Stewart
Carroll County
Settle Commended for Farm Bureau Leadership and Policy Fight
Adams Township notes William H. Settle a Republican leader and Indiana Farm Bureau president who pressed for McNary Haugen farm relief and opposed political influence in agriculture. It criticizes Coolidge veto timing and calls for clear agriculturist policy, marking Settle as a key bureau figure.
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William H. Settle
Indiana Farm Bureau
Settle
McNary- Haugen
Barnes Grain Exportation Trust
Board of Trade
Coolidge
Mr. Settlesire
Supreme Court
Congress
Kansas City
American Farm Bureau
Adams Township
Big Coon Chase Set for Camden This Saturday
Camden's community club sponsors a coon chase in Camden on Saturday October 13. Organizer C A Spitler says many dog owners will enter their canines for one of twelve cash prizes. The race uses elimination rounds starting at 10 60 o clock with a $1 entry per dog.
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Camden
C. A. Spitler
Floyd Sink Reports Narrow Potato Crop This Year
Floyd Sink of Jackson township in CG 11 County, a major Irish potato raiser who plants thirty acres, says only about half an average yield is expected. He notes typical yield is 150 bushels per acre, with no more than 75 bushels to be taken from the ground due to poor stand and crop failure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Sink
Jackson Township
Sink
Farm Bureau Group Defends W H Settle in Indiana
One hundred sixty Indiana Federation of Farm Bureaus members marched to the federation offices in Indianapolis led by Fred Monical of Brooklyn and presented a resolution endorsing W H Settle policy leadership. The board met in a two day session to discuss farm bureau policies and criticisms. Everett McClure prompted the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Federation of Farm Bureaus
Federation
Indianapolis
Board of Directors
Farm Bureau
W. H. Settle
Fred 8. Monical
Brooklyn
Morgan County Farm Bureau
L. K. Wyckhoff
Valparaiso
Porter County Farm Bureau
Farm’ Bureau
Tridiana
Hoosier Farmer
Indiana Farm Bureau Federation
Everett McClure
Tax board hearing fuels county tax clash in Delphi
Phillip Zoercher of the state tax board faced heated questions as Carroll County Deer Creek and Monroe townships contested an appeal. County Attorney Gus A Hall pressed for adherence to law and publication requirements while Hall and Zoercher debated valuation changes and funding. Local officials McFarland Smith attended as James Shoewalter eyed utility issues amid accusations of improper conduct and valuation shifts.
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Phillip Zoercher
State Tax Board
Carroll County
Deer Creek
Monroe
Gus A. Hall
Board For Commissioners
Zoercher
Hall
State Board of Accounts
State House
Jefferson Township
C.C. McFarland
Glen O. Smith
Monroe Townships
James Shoewalter
J.A. Smith
All
Shoewalter
State Board
Delphi
Soldier Who Served With Custer Is Dead
George Francis Davis died at his home two and a half miles north of Rossville after a year long illness from diabetes. A New York native aged 78, he married Josephine Feeney in 1872. An old soldier, he joined the U S regular army after the Civil War and served with the Fifth U S Cavalry, Custer's regiment, from 1878 to 1883. He survived by five children James Davis Frankfort Mrs Walter Sheetz Avery Mrs Margaret Hill Moran and John and Grace Davis at home.
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George Francis Davis
Rossville
Mr. Davis
New York State
Josephine Feeney
U. S. Regular Army
General Custer
Indiana
Fifth U. S. Cavalry
Custer
James Davis
Frankfort
Walter
Sheetz Avery
Margaret Hill
Moran
John
Grace Davis
Pyrmont School Exhibit Lost in Bush Disarray
Disappointment swept Pyrmont school pupils as posters failed to reach judging on time. Delivered to the county courthouse they were misplaced and only found after the judging, located by County Assessor Orvel Schock in an out of the way place. The exhibit drew favorable comments once displayed, with previous year ribbon awards noted for Pyrmont students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pyrmont School
Court House
Orvel Schock
Pyrmont
School Sania
Tegenbaeks Lela
Harold Isaacs Joins Wabash Glee Club Tenor Line
Harold Isaacs a city freshman at Wabash College and Tau Kappa Epsilon pledge has been chosen as one of the tenors for the Wabash College Glee Club.
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Harold Isaacs
Wabash Glee Club
Wabash College
Wabash College Glee Club
County fair keeps courthouse open for display night
Custodian Albert Pitzer kept the courthouse open during the county fair night allowing visitors to view a wonderful display in the various departments. The event offered residents a chance to explore city facilities and enjoy the exhibit.
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Albert Pitzer
Julius' Fall Opening on Men's Suits and Overcoats
Julius announces a fall opening featuring men’s suits and boys’ overcoats. The event highlights new styles and seasonal fits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius
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Cutler
Smith For President Club
State Reformatory
Baliff
Boyd-Martin
Bullet
James Rienier
Floyd
Farm Bureau Group
Federation Office
TAX Board
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