Delphi Ice and Coal Co., N. Wilson St., 1920 10 YEARS AGO

Purdue anthropology students are conducting research at a construction site where prehistoric human bones were found. So far, the bones of 16 individuals have been found. The work is under the direction of Purdue professor Criss Helmkamp.

“V for Victory” was once a popular slogan. Now “V” for “V-chip” may herald another victory – a victory to help parents protect their children from violent and sexually suggestive TV shows. The Vchip is a device built into television sets that allows parents to block shows they do not want their children to see.

Grain farmer Tim Redding of Flora just won $600 worth of certificates and cash in Carroll County Comet’s “Largest Ear of Corn Contest.” The “golden” ear of corn is 9 1/2 inches long, weighs 13 ounces and is 20 rows around.

25 YEARS AGO

At 12:15 p.m. a man walked in and robbed Wallmann’s Certified Foods in Delphi of $833.

He approached a cashier as if to pay for a toilet brush but, when the cashier put the brush in a sack, he threw it out and demanded the cash from the drawer. At first, the cashier thought he was joking until he flashed a small caliber handgun.

About 90 minutes later a man of similar description robbed Smitty’s Foodliner in West Lafayette.

50 YEARS AGO

Tony Berto, Delphi high school football coach, will be cited as the Purdue graduate who is the most outstanding physical education instructor in the state of Indiana, during the annual Purdue University Alumni luncheon in the Warren Hotel in Indianapolis, Friday at the time of the State Teachers Convention.

Meadowlark Lemon, Captain Clarence Wilson and Bob “Show-boat” Hall will lead the Harlem Globetrotters when they appear at the Jefferson high school gymnasium Monday. Burnettsville high school cheerleaders have been elected for the year. They are: Joyce Best, Janet Best, Marcia Miller and Pam Mulligan. Junior high: Jo Sands, Marilyn Black, Judy Stroud and Jill Sleeth.

75 YEARS AGO

T. H. Douglass has opened a new undertaking parlor at Burlington. At one time he worked in this city for D. B. Myer, later opening a business at Sedalia. For the past twelve years he has been located at Royal Center and other points.

HISTORY A LA NEW DEAL – With a sense of proportion that only an American could have in these hectic days of government spending, a New York market expert has stepped forth with what may be the most concise history (and prophecy) yet written. It follows: 1932: FDR, 1933: NRA, 1934: TAX, 1935: SOS, 1936: GOP.

An Ad from the Oct. 25, 1934 issue of The Delphi Journal reads: Billy Dern’s Dance at K. of P. Hall Every Saturday Night. Music by Chick Mummert’s Popular Orchestra who have proven a success in Delphi. Specialty Numbers by Miss Catherine Cornell. Prices – Couples 25c; Gentlemen 25c. Ladies without escort 5c. Music suitable for modern and square dancing. Prices given each night.

100 YEARS AGO

A stray bullet crashed though the window of a Monon passenger train near Rossville Monday and narrowly missed striking a lady passenger. It is learned that the bullet had been fired from a rifle in the hands of William Sheffler, he having no idea that the ball would carry as far as it did.

The bell was moved last Friday from the old Presbyterian church at Delphi to the new edifice being erected on the corner of Main and Indiana streets.

The popular idea that the American Indians are decreasing in number is dissipated by official figures from Washington, D.C., showing that today there are more than 300,000 red men in the United States.

Local officers were notified Monday morning of the stealing of $200 and a revolver from Marion E. Reed, postmaster at Onward. Reed stated that when he retired Sunday evening he placed his revolver under his pillow, as he had $200 of Uncle Sam’s money in his care. He thinks the robbers gained entrance to his room and administered chloroform while he was sleeping.