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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1925
Page
11
The piece reflects on future American leaders from past presidents like Grant and Wilson to today’s youth. It ponders who will become the next generation of presidents and asks where the future first ladies will come from. It closes with a meditation on the cradle and fate.
The broadcast notes that 38,000 young men will attend summer Citizens Military Training Camps. A packing list includes a suitcase, four suits, underwear, pajamas, towels, toiletries, and shaving gear. Optional items cover linen shirts, athletic wear, shoes, cap, swimming gear, and personal items. No firearms.
A ponderous meditation contrasts a sensational life story with enduring ambition. It notes Joy Louise Leeds, an orphan raised in New York and heir to $8,000,000 from foster parents, illustrating luck versus effort and the lure of fate. It then turns to the Dodge brothers whose rise from $4 daily wages to $50,000,000 showcases wealth and goodwill. It closes by musing that eleven future U.S. presidents may be among us today.
The will of Sun Yat Sen, first president of the Chinese Republic, arrives in America. It states he owned no property and left books clothes and his house to his wife while his children are grown. The piece invites readers in public service to judge the man by his words.
An anti US essay argues that American intervention in Haiti led to land expropriation and a plantation system. It blames U S policy across Wilson and Harding eras, urging reversal per Catholic and Protestant church reports. The piece warns of future bloodshed if expropriation continues and links Haiti to a broader imperial critique.
HAL COCHRAN reports a St. Louis divorce case where a husband’s permanent wave caused marital trouble. The woman’s offense over his hair led to separation, warning men to avoid flirtations with risky grooming trends and consider wives’ reactions before changing looks.
Lou E. Holland will finish a third term as president of the Associated Advertising Clubs at the twenty first annual convention in Houston Texas from May 9 to 15. About 500 delegates from 35 countries are expected to attend.
Millings by M E Tracy argues Europe remains groggy from war and will take years to regain balance. He notes Hindenburg’s unlikely rise, French debts and Rhine tensions, and the public’s skewed expectations about reconstruction and political swings as millions suffer wartime losses.
Indianapolis school board voted raises for thirteen employees including the superintendent amid a $250,000 maintenance deficit. Parents described dilapidated School 33 conditions with sewer gas and no desks. Officials say repairs will occur as funds allow while noting broader funding limits.
David Ross, president of the Indiana Indorsers of Photoplays, declares at the state convention that movie morals are improving. He cites fewer questionable pictures and argues the public censors itself by choosing what to view, with censorship arising from box office demand.
The Department of Agriculture conducts a house to house survey in Indianapolis and fifteen other cities to learn meat buying preferences. Preliminary results show beef chosen by three of five families, pork second, with fish and fowl far behind. Meat remains a national staple, shaped by custom and purse rather than statistics.
Marion County courthouse and county automobiles are uninsured after a fire damaged the county garage. The board of commissioners says coverage is too costly and unnecessary. Last week the fire damaged county vehicles and property.
Priscilla Dean will arrive Sunday to promote Hunt Stromberg’s A Cafe in Cairo at the Circle and premiere next week detailing Harry Woods’s deceptive sheik villain role alongside Robert Ellis Carl Stockdale Carmen Phillips Evelyn Seible and Vicente Orona. Theaters today list The First Year at Englih s Keith's Lena Daley and company Californians at the Lyric The Spaniard at the Ohio Wife of the Centaur at the Apollo Sally at the Circle Pride of Sunshine Alley Hooked at the Isis and Leon Sampaix piano recital at the Walther League.
A collage of light quips from 1925 about Babe Ruth Henry Ford and aviation politics. Jokes touch on marriage sleep transportation and fashion with playful asides on society and progress.
The Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau invites readers to send questions for factual answers by mail with stamps. The page lists sample Q A topics including U S population in 1800 1900 and 1920 first horse railroad in 1807 Patrick born date Aramis Athos real identities Rod Le Rocque Monte Blue relation.
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