Increasing Your Telephone Rates And City Council Actions
The Indianapolis Sun argues the Monday city council vote granted a franchise to the New and Indianapolis telephone companies, increasing rates and removing city rate control. It contrasts the Central Union proposal offering city oversight and lower costs, suggesting political manipulation and warning readers they will pay higher bills.
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City Council
Indianapolis
New
Central Union
Toledo
Board of Public Works
Central Union Telephone Company
The Big Whistle Above the Little Engine
A narrated parable on self restraint for young men. It compares a slow Mississippi steamboat with a loud whistle to men who exhaust their energy by talking about themselves. It urges listeners to save steam, listen, and work steadily to rise, ending with the advice to shut off the whistle and let the engine run.
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Mississippi River
Speech at Banquet Ends Evening for All Members
Report notes the evening speech at the banquet with remarks by all members and a closing line about the boys claiming it was a corner moment.
Legislation trends and bills in Indiana politics
The piece surveys current bills and party positions in Indiana. Perkins opposes the Pearson employers Mobility bill while its Senate passage is praised by supporters. It notes the Bassett contributory negligence bill failure, a test of tax ferret contracts, housing reform in Evansville and Indianapolis, primary abolition debates, and fiscal restraint by Republicans amid hopes of job preservation.
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Bassett
Edgar A. Perkins
Pearson
Senate
Perkins
Marshall
Indiana
Supreme Court
High Court
Grant County
Harry Goldbail
A. Y. Stout
Stout
Evansville
Indianapolis
Harlan
Proctor
House
Senato Beveridge
Ways and Means Committee
Finance Committee
Legislative Visitation Committee
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Indianapolis Sun
Willis S. Thompson
Ohio Street
Association of American Advertisers
New York City
Wao
Gimlet Club
Sylvia
Hall
Sylva Wowhe
Stimial
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