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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1928
Page
2
The Delphi Citizen and Carroll County Citizen present a price summary for subscriptions. Outside Indiana one year costs $2.00 while inside Indiana one year costs $1.50. Editor Celia L Beadle profiles and official Democratic alignment noted.
Charles W. Billings seeks the Second District seat while Lester D. Dickinson runs in the Third District. Both candidates appear on the same ballot in local elections, outlining competing visions for city governance.
A historical note recalls William J Bryan's stance on the Ku Klux Klan issue and his prayer at a party meeting, recounting the events and personages involved. An Indianapolis News editorial challenges a Literary Digest poll interpretation, arguing it underestimates Democratic shifts and overstates Hoover gains.
A letter from Isaac R. Strouse of Rockville Ind dated Oct 10 1928 argues for divine guidance in public life. He frames a prayer seeking cleansing of bias and unity through Jesus Christ while reflecting on the Bryan Smith dispute and religious liberty as key issues for Governors and the nation.
In a Virginia appeal, Senator Carter Glass defends religious liberty and cites John Wesley Roger Williams and Thomas Jefferson. He invokes Monticello and Jeffersonian legacy to argue against anti Catholicism and urges voters to resist a whispered campaign on November 7.
The quotation “Great is Tammany, and Richard Croker, its prophet” sparks swift backlash as supporters and critics clash over Bryan’s exuberant compliment to the famed political machine and its leader.
The author laments preachers who mix religion with politics during elections. He condemns activists and media voices who claim voting for Al Smith harms moral progress, defending opponents and urging them to critique their own party instead.
Voter rules warn that moving from a precinct before election day will forfeit voting rights. Requirements include six months in the state, sixty days in the county, and thirty days in the precinct. Absentee voting and registration rules are explained with emphasis on personal booth voting. Failure to vote in a May primary does not disqualify future participation.
A brief, opaque fragment echoes a biblical admonition about self inspection and judging others, paired with a stray rhymed line about shinny on your own side. No identifiable people or organizations are present in the readable text.
Ed Howe lauds Al Smith as a creditable man and capable governor who could be a presidential candidate. He notes Smith’s Catholic background and criticizes a Protestant preacher who labels him a morality menace, arguing abuse by critics is false and hypocritical.
The Citizen warns Carroll County farmers that Chicago market manipulation to boost wheat prices before elections influenced Northwest votes four years earlier. Republicans feared Lafollette carrying the Northwest. late marketing in Dakotas helped. Farmers, especially in Wisconsin, should beware this tactic again.
The Indianapolis Times appears aligned with Hoover in the political controversy around Tom Adams and Leslie, avoiding direct criticism of Adams while presenting the issue in Hoover's favor.
The Indianapolis News notes Al Smith may doubt the banker spin on prosperity as he speaks to workers, farmers, and the unemployed. He targets those harmed by Republican prosperity and mortgageed farms, arguing the country remains unprosperous.
In a New York City speech on April 22, 1920, Herbert Hoover boasted of restricting wheat prices during World War I, claiming the Grain Corporation kept prices low while other costs rose. He cited 1917 wheat at 2.20 per bushel versus potential 5.00, noting farmers could have earned 40 to 50 per hour.
A century ago pamphlets attacked Rachel Jackson calling her unchaste and ridiculed by smoking a corn cob pipe though not circulated in Tennessee where Jackson had killed the man who started it. The current whispering against the wife of Governor Smith persists despite lack of circulation.
The query questions whether Bryan could have backed all three campaigns with a hefty Democratic fund, suggesting that such backing would have altered a dark chapter of American history if it had existed.
The piece argues this campaign differs from all prior ones and notes a Literary Digest poll predicting GOP success as inconclusive, indicating the poll adds no reliable forecast for the outcome.
In a political climate the saying Lodges speak only to Cabots and Cabots speak only to God reflects closed networks. The remark implies exclusive influence and limited public discourse shaping policy and leadership. It signals guarded communication and elite alignment amid public scrutiny.
The passage notes how whispering women unsettled people beyond Al Smith and how political preachers disrupted the Republican platform.
A fragmented report notes Maine politics signaling continued engagement in state affairs as the region readies for a Hartford convention style gathering. The passage suggests ongoing interest in Democratic party activity and regional political events.
The text mocks propaganda while noting whispers of rage and hints that Abe Martin did not vote in the Who's Who poll. It suggests a general suspicion about participation and wisdom in the electorate.
Report notes the Who's Who poll cost Republicans around five thousand dollars. The cost is described as cheap and the writer questions secrecy in reporting the figure.
Carroll Circuit Court, Septem ber Term, 1928, in the matter of the estate of Frank Stephens deceased. Carroll County Loan & Trust Company, administrator, No. 4681, petitions insolvency and settlement. Creditors must file claims on or before November 15, 1928. Witness the clerk's seal October 15, 1928 in Delphi Indiana.
Executor of Jasper J. Hufty deceased offers at public auction at the late Delphi area residence in Tippecanoe Township Carroll County Indiana on October 30. Sale begins at 10 A M with household goods livestock and farming items listed including beds furniture organ sewing machine ranges and tools plus 92 shoats 26 brood sows 185 spring pigs and a Duroc boar.
A 1923 sale lists cattle including bull, cow, spring calf, yearling calf, four two year old heifers, and farm tools plus one land roller, one feed erind er, two gasoline engines, a spring wagon and automobile. Terms require cash under $5 and nine month credit on larger sums with note, 8 percent interest, and attorney fees. Executor Thomas D Hufty dated October 15 1923.
Ray W. McCouch administrator of John H. McCouch deceased will sell at public sale at the late residence in Radnor Carroll County Indiana on the 27th day of ee 1928 at one oclock M. Items include beds mattresses rocking chairs dining chairs tables stove and various household goods Credit over five dollars requires a promissory note with eight percent interest and attorney fees Auctioneer Sam Swatts Clerk Ben Bates Attorney L D Boyd for Adm 33 2
Carroll Circuit Court 1928 notice announces executor Carl W Scott presents final account for Winnie C Scott. Heirs creditors and legatees must appear November 1, 1928 to show cause why account should not be approved. Floyd J Julien Clerk. Delphi Indiana. October 3 1928. William C Smith attorney.
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