Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 April 1919 — THEY GO SHINELESS IN DELPHI ON SUNDAYS [ARTICLE]

THEY GO SHINELESS IN DELPHI ON SUNDAYS

Easter Sunday goes on record in Delphi as the first “shineless Sunday and also puts that city on the map as the only one in the state where bootblacks are not allowed to operate on Sunday, no matter how hard it rains. As a result of this 'measure many devout citizens were forced into a choice of wearing muddy boots or doing their shine act themselves. It is said the could not legally enforced ahd it is thought it will not last long.