Indianapolis Times Masthead Historical Note
The Indianapolis Times publishes daily except Sunday from 214-220 W. Maryland St. Indianapolis. Roy W. Howard is listed as President and member of the Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance and the Audit Bureau of Circulations. The paper is a client of United Press and the NEA Service with a ten cent weekly rate locally and twelve cents elsewhere. Phone MA in 3500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Indianapolis Times Publishing Co
Maryland
Indianapolis
Elsewhere
Frugal Stewardship Reflections From Wisdom Voices
A brief meditation on contentment and stewardship cites Prov. 30 8 and George Herbert. The quotes call for balance between personal provision and responsibility to others, framing wealth as a trust rather than a personal possession.
Zener’s Bluff in Indianapolis City Manager Fight Fails
Ex police captain John Zener tried to block a city manager move by circulating a fictitious commission petition. He claimed 37 000 signatures but later admitted fewer than 10 000 and conceded no genuine petition exists. The admission advances Indianapolis toward city manager government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Zener
Shank
Lemeke
Zener
Bill Armitage
Ralph Lemeke
Commission
Lew Shank
Indianapolis
Law and the Shipping Board Power and possible legal challenge
The Shipping Board majority voted to hand five trans Pacific liners to Dollar Steamship Co at a loss. Critics urge the attorney general opinion on legality, citing the Merchant Marine Act aim to maintain a US merchant fleet for defense and commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Shipping Board
Dollar Steamship Co
United States
Dollar
Orient
Dollar Company
Pacific
City to Referendum on Manager Form Ends Primary Election
Zener states sufficient names will be filed soon and the city council must call a referendum on adopting a manager form. The referendum will replace the primary election in the near term to decide the new government structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zener’s
Questions and Answers From The Times Reader Mailbag
A long reader Q and A cover topics from Civil War white house history to language origins and scientific curios. It includes the 1814 burning by the British, wave length in radio, number of bananas per plant, Cain's wife, kindergarten growth, civil service retirement, Knights of Columbus, and details on coffee, Alaska agriculture, the sail-less rotor ship, Lord Kitchener’s drowning, and chess origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Lord Kitchener
Russia
Scapa Flow
Hampshire
Orkneys
Film Review: The Goose Hangs High and Flapper Era Portrayal
The piece centers on James Cruze film The Goose Hangs High with a modern American family facing a flapper era mindset. Evelyn, Doris, and Dick’s tangled ambitions drive plot and humor as Grandma Granny-style wisdom clashes with youth trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Cruze
Cruze
Constance Bennett
Ruth Gordon
Clarence
Edward Pell Jr
Thomas Whiffen
Professors criticize college athletics and highway safety stance
Purdue's E G Malin argues intercollegiate sports have become a professional enterprise harming education. The piece notes public blame and markets athletics with student attraction, while urging faculties to curb excesses, contrasted with highway safety via license revocation versus lectures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. G. Malin
Purdue University
Ohio College Association
Izzard
Middle West
Wife sues for divorce over farm labor pay
RS Clara Henninger, wife of a Logansport area farmer, seeks $4,500 alleging twelve years of farm work alongside household duties. The column reflects on how wives have moved beyond being treated as chattel and argues for remuneration for labor in marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Henninger
Logansport
Iowa
Auto License Revoked After Intoxicated Driving
ACOB MATHIS Jr of Harmony had his license revoked for driving while intoxicated. The incident followed an appeal in city court where a motorist’s fine for DUI was reduced to a dollar, sparking public concern over penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acob Mathis, Jr
Harmony
Hoofsmiths Gather for Indiana Convention in Auburn
Po em style report notes Master Horseshoers of Indiana hold their twenty sixth annual convention in Auburn with a business session, followed by an automobile ride. The piece contrasts past village blacksmiths with modern shops and garages, concluding the horseshoer remains, though in a diminished, minor key.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horseshoers
Indiana
Auburn
Brewmasters
Rome
Greece
Endowment Fund Transferred to Legion Corporation Leaders Named
The American Legion moves its 5 million dollar World War disabled veterans and orphans endowment to the American Legion Endowment Fund Corporation. National Commander James A. Drain serves as president. Fletcher American National Bank of Indianapolis to act as depository with directors including Drain and other notable officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
American Legion Endowment Fund Corporation
James A. Drain
Flecher American National Bank of
Indianapolis
Commander Drain
John R. McQuigg
Cleveland
Ohio
James G. Scrugham
Nevada
Royal A. Stone
Minnesota Supreme Court
Alexander Fitzhugh
Mississippi
Charles H. Cole
Massachusetts
Wilder S. Metcalf
Kansas
Edgar B. Dunlap
Georgia
Russell G. Criviston
Seven seek Republican mayoral nomination in Richmond
Esther Griffin White is among seven candidates seeking the Republican nomination for mayor of Richmond Indiana. Harry M. Strade, a councilman, has filed to oppose the renomination of Mayor L A Handley, a Democrat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Richmond
Ind
Esther Griffin White
Harry M. Strade
L. A. Handley
Wainwright Elected State Sigma Chi President
Wainwright of Indianapolis is chosen as state president of Sigma Chi at a banquet Saturday night at the Lincoln. Edward Arenas is vice president and J Dwight Peterson secretary and treasurer. Fred Bates Johnson served as toastmaster. Chester W Cleveland, editor of Sigma Chi quarterly, spoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy A Wainwright
Indianapolis
Sigma Chi
Creek Letter Fraternity
Lincoln
Edward Arenas
J. Dwight Peterson
Fred Bates Johnson
Chester W. Cleveland
Sigma Chi Quarterly
Goose Hangs High and Cheaper to Marry at Ohio Apollo
Review notes The Goose Hangs High a wholesome family comedy at the Ohio theater praising a big clean picture with a knockout musical program. Cheaper to Marry a not too clever adaptation plays at the Ohio. One Way Street at the Apollo features strong acting by Anna Q Nilsson despite a faulty story. At the Circle the Circle shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claw
Anna Q. Nilson
Sylvia Hutton
Hutton
Bobby Austin
Ben Lyon
Bobby
Lady Hutton
Miss Nilsson
Bakaleinikoff
Circle Orchestra
Dessa Byrd
The
Circle All Week
Ohio
the Ohio
the Apollo
One Way Street
Anna Q. Nilsson
Circle
Boosters Praise and the Power of a Compliment
The piece argues that praise from friends and boosters fuels effort for both men and women. It notes that encouragement helps overcome laziness and motivates better work. It urges giving credit to boosters while recognizing family support as essential to a person's character.
Mad last June bridegroom profile and quick quips
A humorous column from 1925 jokes about marriage, bachelor life, working girls, yard advice, and social foibles. The piece uses playful aphorisms on relationships, chores, and Mosquito mischief, ending with a light note on assistants being husbands.
Meditative Lenten Reading On Cleansing The Temple
A church meditation from 1925 urges personal moral cleansing to align life with divine authority. It cites Jesus driving evildoers from the temple and calls readers to cleanse the temple of the Holy Spirit through prayer and steadfast devotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Jesus
God
F. L. Fagley
Also Mentioned on This Page
Indianapolis Times
Roy W Howard
Felix F. Bruner
WM. A. Mayburn
Mgr
United Press
NEA Service
George Herbert
Law and the Shipping Board
Washington Bureau
New York Ave
Washinton
D. C
Cain
of the Knights of Columbus
Leopold
Loeb
Joliet
Alaska
Anton Flettner
Institute of Aerodynamics
Amsterdam
Holland
Herbert
Hindustan
Benjamin Franklin
Stone
Flapper
Lewis Stone
Jim Knight
Evelyn
Paulette Duval
Doris
Marguerite de la Motte
Conrad Nagel
Samuel Shipman
Jim
Claude Gillingwater
Charlie Chase
Irving Berlin
Dolly Gray
Emil Seidel
Earl Gordon
Apollo
Lionel Barrymore
Granny
Grandma
Charlie Davis
Ohio Theater
Lester Huff
Cy Milders
Milton Byron
Keith
Mile
Theo Hewes
Ballet
the Lyric
Sherman, van and
Hyman
the Palace
Chicago
Cadet Band
Hoot Gibson
Pathe
Marriage
Nelson
Corporation To
Legion Endowment Fund
Wainwright
Hal Cochran
Tom Simson
NEA Service, Inc
Sims
Yroper
Alabama
Washington
Schwab
New York
Rful
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!