April 10 1908
A baby girl was born to Mr & Mrs Harry Bourne, Sat April 4th.
Wm. Haley has bought the I H Brown property at the north end of Custer. The Browns will move to Kansas City.
Stone masons have nearly completed work on the Dave Mortimer house west of town which was heavily damaged by fire last year.
WC Davis is getting estimates on a stone or brick building on the southeast corner of the square. The building will be occupied by the furniture store and will have a deck.
The case between the city of Delphos and Emma Correll has been decided in her favor. A wooden porch was built on the rear of the Commercial Hotel building, of which she is the owner, in violation of city ordinance. It was built without her permission unbeknown to her.
A baby girl was born to Mr & Mrs Jay Disney April 2nd. Ms Disney is very ill and little hope is entertained for her recovery.
A baby girl was born to Mr & Mrs O McLaughlin, April 5th.
April 14 1933
P & S Service station was held up Thursday evening. Just as Clyde Smith was closing up a stranger drove up and ordered ten gallons of gas and 2 quarts of oil. Grant Kiser and Leonard Young drove up and entered the station. The stranger followed them in and pulled a gun and lined them up to rob them. Just then a crowd was leaving the auditorium and he left with only the gas and oil. The stolen car was found later in the southern part of the state.
Blanche Davis Adams died Monday from pneumonia. She had been ill but was fairly well when her parents left her home two weeks ago to return to Delphos. She is survived by her parents, a sister, Bertha Dildine, a brother Clyde Davis, a daughter, three sons and her husband.
Mr & Mrs D D Bergman, formerly of Delphos, now of Colby, have a daughter Lila Lee, born April 7th.
Mr & Mrs Herman Bates , Bethel, are the parents of a baby girl born Wednesday morning, Mary Helen.
Obituary for Pendleton Wells. Born in Missouri Sept 6 1860, he died April 5 1933. He married Maria Scott 1884. She died May 15 1924. They had one daughter, Rea, who died at the age of 14. At his marriage he took and raised his three year old brother, Arthur, and provided a home for his sister, Nettie Harris, for a number of years. He is also survived by a sister, Lucy Igel.
April 10 1958
Lester Talley has drawn up plans for the new nursing home.
More plans for the ’23 reunion were made. Committee was Hazel Rolph, Jennie Dewey, Neva Stratton, Leslie Tennyson Roscoe Bourne, and Ray Halberstadt. There is a list of all the members of the class and known residences.
Cora King, of Meredith, passed away in Abilene.
Mrs Richard Haley had a Stanley party Monday afternoon.
Charles Barnes is redecorating and repairing the Masonic Hall.
Picture of FFA member Douglas Hoesli, who is putting a house number on the home of John Nace, eventually they will put numbers on all the homes in Delphos.
April 14 1983
Robin Paige, daughter of Mr & Mrs Robert Paige, Delphos, was awarded a scholarship at CentralCollege.
DelphosCemetery celebrates its 100th year. It was chartered at the Union Hall April 24 1883. Geo. W Strickler was authorized to buy land for the cemetery. He bought 4 acres at $10.00 an acre. Lots were $5 and opening and closing a grave was $2.50. Lot owners paid $1 a year per lot. 2 acres were added in 1898 at a cost of $100. 2 were added in 1912 at a cost of $200. and the west side, 5 acres in 1965 were bought for $1130. An iron fence was installed in 1911. In 1956 the board voted to install a more modern entry at a cost of $1600 with Alfred Tasker doing the work.
The first cemetery was located west of town on the B M Halderson farm.
Frances A Thiessen, Denver, funeral was held here, burial at Milo, Barnard. She was a sister of Darlene Meredith.
The Delphos Women’s Club received a thank you from Sara Sanford, winner of the quilt. Sara will soon be Mrs Danny Weber.
Mr & Mrs Louis Banasky, Houston, moved into their new home, formerly owned by Dora Colton at 3rd and Custer. The Jerry Johnsons moved from this home to their new home on the 400 block of North Custer last week.
Article titled Early Days in Delphos by Dorothy Bourne ran. The opera house was dismantled in 1936 and rebuilt by the Bohemian people. 1938, Delphos sold its theatre equipment.
Mayor Bob Klein, Dewayne Kiser and the Jaycees have refinished the floor of the City Auditorium.