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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1925
Page
7
Certain Sane Questions on Prohibition and Science
A call for an impartial scientific study of prohibition arguing that partisan debate muddies the issue. It suggests questions on legality, crime, morals, federal courts, and potential regulation, proposing a survey by scientists to determine the remedy for alcohol abuse.
What Price Glory and the World War Graves Chain
The fifth annual report of the imperial war graves commission describes a global chain of British war graves from France and Belgium through Italy Greece and Egypt to India China Australia New Zealand and Canada. Major General Sir Fabian Ware notes hundreds of cemeteries and tens of thousands of graves, ending with the question What price glory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Commission
Macedonia
Balkans
Greek Islands
Gallipoli Peninsula
Smyrna
Syria
Palestine
Mount of Olives
Egypt
East Africa
Iraq
India
China
Tsingtao
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
United Kingdom
Wilson
Buying the Mayor's Office in Indianapolis Debate
The Indianapolis mayoral race centers on cost as Mayor Shank estimates a 300000 spend for the campaign. Republican nominee Wilmeth counters that only about 2 percent of that sum will be spent on his behalf while Lew notes a 6000 bid to win a 7500 annual post. The piece questions whether voters want a bought office or a qualified leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delbert O. Wilmeth
Lew
Wilmeth
Indianapolis
Reader Q and A Surmises on Coast Guard Creed and More
Questions answer common facts from U S history and culture. Topics include serving coffee at buffets, the Coast Guard act of 1915, The American's Creed author and date, England's poet laureate, tax deductions on alimony, the meaning of katoe a Hawaiian vegetable silk, Babylonian sky god Merodach or Bel, and the approximate number of U S movie theaters at about seventeen thousand three hundred eighty six.
Mendelssohn Choir to feature Marguerite D Alvarez in recital
The Mendelssohn Choir under Elmer Andrew Steffen will present a spring concert at Caleb Mills Hall on Monday April 27 featuring Mile Marguerite D Alvarez the famed mezzo contralto from South America. She will perform solos in Victor Herberts The Angelus with the choir and a capella numbers will be featured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mendelssohn Choir
Caleb Mills Hall
Indianapolis
Elmer Andrew Steffen
Mile
Marguerite D’alvarez
South America
Mademoiselle D'Alvarez
Europe
Oscar Hammerstein
Manhattan Opera Company
Chicago Opera Company
Miles D'Alvarez
Victor Herbert
Angelus
Paul R. Matthews
Tabernacle Presbyterian Church
Fuller-Ryde Music Company
Ohio Street
Jail escapes reveal lax Indiana security and mine safety concerns
Nelson Slackie Linton and another convict escaped Owen County jail while guards slept, marking a second break for Linton in recent months amid a pattern of jail escapes. Separately, affidavits in Terre Haute allege nineteen miners at Shirkle No 1 violated mine safety laws after a series of fatal shots, with inspectors citing deep boreholes and improper detonators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slackie Linton
Spencer
Owen County
Ralph Lee
Franklin
Indianapolis
Indiana
Terre Haute
Shirkle Mine No. 1
More War on Shoplifters Looms in Indianapolis Stores
Premisors announce a boosted private detective force as fifteen large Indianapolis stores join the Stores' Mutual Protective Association. Three years of patrols cut shoplifting, and the expanded force aims to curb the crime further. Read: nine-tenths of offenders can buy what they steal, often young women aged sixteen to twenty two act on impulse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mutual Protective Association
Indianapolis
Bishop denounces sheep stealing in Indiana Methodist talk
In a North Indiana Methodist Conference address Bishop Leete of Indian Basins denounced ministers soliciting members from other congregations as sheep stealing. He said Indianapolis shows higher prevalence and warned against treating pulpits as business fronts with card indexes and ad campaigns measuring church success by size over spirituality. He cited the Master’s small flock as a reminder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Qishop Leete
North Indiana
America
Christian Church
New African game kbhoo gains niche in Britain
London reports a fad shift from mah jongg to kbhoo, a Central African origin game likened to jazz. The board depicts a valley between mountain ranges with carved “men” resembling African warriors, signaling a culturally rich pastime entering British leisure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mah Jongg
Great Britain
Central Africa
Music notes of varied interest gains and event notice
Mrs Henry Schurmmann president of the Indiana Federation of Music Clubs joins the Advisory Board of the Indiana College of Music and Fine Arts. A dance is set for Monday night April 20 at the college. students and friends are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Schurmmann
Indiana Federation of Music Clubs
Indiana College of Music and Fine Arts
Har rington Van Hoesen to headline Tabernacle spring concert
Har rington Van Hoesen will be guest baritone with the Tabernacle Presbyterian Church choir for the annual spring concert at Tabernacle Church. The program includes works by Handel and Grieg with Walter Flandorf and Paul Matthews as accompanists. The concert is set for the third week of May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flandort
Mary Willing
Megie
Burlely
Grieg Walter Flandorft
Mr. van Hoesen
Paul Matthews
Fred Newell Morris
Baritone Harrington Van Hoesen Featured at Tabernacle Choir
Harrington Van Hoesen a young baritone will be the assisting guest artist at the Tabernacle Presbyterian Church choir spring concert next Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tabernacle Presbyterian Church
Harrington van Hoesen
Boston Fire Sparks Three Pajama Neighbors Scare
Tom Sims reports a Boston blaze where three neighbor girls in pajamas carried out actions that left locals uneasy about safety. An innocent bystander in Los Angeles is expected to recover from injuries. Bakers strike in New York with about ten thousand union members seeking higher dough. A New Jersey bank teller robbed the bank before becoming cashier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Los Angeles
Carving for Tots Delays Family Supper
A humorous domestic vignette shows a caregiver serving four hungry children at a table. While carving and dishing up meat and potatoes one by one the adults finally sit to eat, only to see their own meal go cold as the kids beg for more.
Are New Yorkers Americans and the diverse merit group
New York editor James W Dean notes sixteen New York board of education selections for merit and leadership to meet President Coolidge. He lists diverse nationalities including Italian Austrian Greek French Chinese Syrian Irish Russian Spanish Polish Brazilian Cuban Argentine Czech Slovakian and German. He also praises New York sidewalks and mentions Warren G Harding returning to America after three months abroad with notes on his observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alice Duer Miller
New York Board of Education
Coolidge
Warren Gamaliel Harding
America
Carence
Egypt
Greece
Syria
President and
Ives
Columbus
Ohio
Eagles of the Financial World and the Dodge Tale
The piece traces the origins of the Dodge automobile company founded by John and Horace Dodge, their early bank skepticism, and 1914 formation of a $10 million firm. It then follows Dillon of Wall Street who rises to head Morgan’s bank, eyes the Dodges, and orchestrates a landmark deal to take control from Morgan and GM. It ends with a parable about the eagle watching gulls for fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodges
Dillon
Harvard
New York
Wall St
Dodge Company
House of Morgan
General Motors
Dodge
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Newfoundland
William Tyler Page
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Robert Bridges
Alfred Austin
Merodach
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United States
Frances Ann Wishard
Elwin Jones
Metropolitan School of Music
Odeon
Jones
Metropolitan School
Scarlatti
Beethoven Miss Wishard
Porpora-Kreiler
Mr. Jones
Charles Repper
Mise Wishard
Francis Berk
Helen Stephenson
Lavoran Robbins
Kathryn Georgieff
Elizabeth Roberts
Eleanor Corrie
Kathryn Harrod
Jean Allen
Louise Co
Kathryn Walker
Ross Rissler
Lorena Letsinger
Betty McFadden
Thelma Gardner
Alice Wagnon
Virginia Whabng
Mildred George
Helen Emert, Lucile Carter and
Cordes
Sculpture Court
John Herron Art Institute
Matinee Musicale
Edith Jane Fish
Ruth Rainier
Miss Fish
Herbert Witherspoon
New York Evening Musical
New York City
Daughters of Indiana
Astor
Circle Theater
Sigma Alpha Iota
Nelson
Hoosier
van Hoesen
Oratorio Society
Elijah
Indianapolis Oratorio Society
Mendelssohn
Hollenbeck Hall
Y. W. CA
People’s Chorus
Horace Whitehouse
H. van Hoesen
Tom Sims
New Jersey
NEA Service, Inc
Sims
Hal Cochran
James W Dean
Eagles of Financial World
By M. E. Tracey
HBY
John and
Horace
Louisville
EPER
Dixie-Flyers Daily
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