Indianapolis Times 1928 August 29 edition notice
The Indianapolis Times published August 29 1928 lists editors Boyd Gurley Roy W. Howard and Frank G. Morrison as President and Business Manager. It notes distribution in Marion County and advertising rates and includes publisher affiliations with United Press Scripps Howard N E A NIS and A B C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scripps-Howard
Indianapolis Times Publishing Co
Maryland Street
Espe i Ind
Marion County
Boyd Gurley
Riley
Roy W. Howard
Frank G. Morrison
Sporting Blood and Indiana Politics in a Governor Race
The piece argues Senator Watson backs Harry Leslie for governor using “sporting blood” as a flawed appeal while warning Indiana to reject four more years of alleged Jacksonism and Bossert influence. It questions national honor, fiscal trends, and rising federal expenditures under Kellogg era diplomacy and predicts possible tax increases as deficits grow.
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Watson
Harry Leslie
Leslie
Arthur Robinson
Indiana
Jim
Kellogg
Senate
Lord
Coolidge
Treasury
National Honor and the Paris Pact
David Dietz discusses how the Paris pact reframes national honor and the road to war. He argues that renouncing war as a policy and settling disputes by pacific means reduces the use of national honor as a pretext for aggression, signaling a moral shift away from empire seeking.
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Paris
United States Senate
Senate
Arabs Carry Torch No 141
The article credits Arab scholars with preserving and advancing Greek and Indian medical knowledge after Rome fell. It highlights Damascus schools, Harun al Rashid era progress, Rhazes, Haji, Mesu a the Younger of Damascus, and the 15th century influence on the London pharmacopoeia. It notes Arab medical contributions across Spain and the Islamic world.
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Rome
Greece
Damascus
Harun el Rachid
India
Spain
Rhazes
Haji
Mesua
London
Beaus and Brummells and the country doctor
The piece compares Beau Brummell and Afghan reform with the humble country doctor of Bunker Missouri Dr J B Gordon who for fifty six years tended a town of 1700 and delivered 6744 babies. It argues the country doctor is essential to the poor and remote and keeps communities healthy and human.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beau” Brummell
Juan Fernandez
Afghanistan
Bunker
J. B. Gordon
Massachusetts Moves Boston Rejects Execution for Dr Kallen
The state would not apply the death penalty if Dr Horace M Kallen is found guilty of blasphemy. Since 1697 Massachusetts has no longer allowed execution for this crime. Salem has ended hangings for witchcraft as part of broader progress signals from the commonwealth.
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Massachusetts
Boston
Horace M. Kallen
Kallen
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Salem
What Average Baby Can Do by Dr Morris Fishbern
The article notes typical developmental benchmarks for infants and toddlers, from rolling at six months to walking around eighteen months, with variations due to environment and individual differences. It cites Gesell on two year olds naming objects and forming simple sentences while stressing patience with slower milestones.
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The
American Medical Association
Hygeia
Susie
Arnold Gesell
Bridge Me Another
Instructional piece on reading partner and opponents in bridge bidding and play. It explains visualizing unseen cards, using bids to locate high cards, and planning finesses and defense, with an example of mirroring partner and estimating outside tricks.
This Date in U S History August 29 Highlights
Event notes for August 29 include 1642 first representative assembly in New York, 1778 Lafayette rode in six and a half hours to beg D Estaing to return with the French fleet to Narragansett, 1809 Oliver Wendell Holmes born, and 1877 Brigham Young dies.
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New York
Lafayette
Providence
Boston
D’estaing
Narragansett
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Brigham Young
San
Readers Voice Views on Hoover Smith Clash
In a letter to the editor J. S. Sadler weighs Mencken and Barton views on Hoover and Smith. He argues for Smith on domestic policy and for Hoover as secretary of state, noting voters focus on home concerns rather than Europe. The writer signs as J. S. Sadler.
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Times
H L. Mencken
Bruce Barton
Herbert Hoover
al Smith
Alice Hughes
Mencken
Barton
Smith
Hoover
Europe
American Farmer
J. S. Sadler
Public debate on Stephenson and liquor policy in Indiana columns
The article critiques D C Stephenson’s silence and alleged conspiracies while comparing the 1920s presidential candidates Henry Smith and Herbert Hoover on prohibition. It notes radio impressions and party stances, highlighting Smith’s plan to redefine liquor limits versus Hoover’s pledge to enforce rather than repeal prohibition.
Answers and facts from the Indianapolis Times Q A page
The column lists quick Q A items on topics from word division and Pullman car dimensions to historical figures and events. It covers electricity origins, heavyweight boxing, Frank Gotch, Lon Chaney film roles, proof coin values, Mexico City population, Dempsey’s fights, neon tubes, and inheritance rules for aliens dying in the United States.
Royalty Idols Are Not Sacred to Their Dogs
N D Cochran argues that public fascination with royalty clashes with reality. He cites a Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals incident where a baron insulted a member, and a royal lady who defended her dog while forgetting human attributes. The piece satirically notes dogs do not grasp social ranks and suggests class boundaries blur in affection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. D. Cochran
Royal Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Lord Sunbury of
Southam
Society
Cory
Bridget O’grady
Mickey O'Connor
Heinrich Schultz
Daily Thoughts and Reflections From Historical Fragments
A compact note compiles two quotations: Job 5 7 on human trouble and sparks rising, and Chapin on a motive揺ing stem from bitterness shaping character. The lines resemble a newspaper card of brief aphorisms from an old page.
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Science
M. E
Tracy
Beau Brummell
Calais
Caen
Encyclopaedia Brittanica
Gents
Beau
Robinson Crusoe
Crusoe
South American
Mustapha Kemal
Turkey
Daily Health Service
Morris Fishbern
Ready Reference Publishing Company
W. W. Wentworth
U.S
South Bend Tribune
D. C. Stephenson
Stephenson
State Penitentiary
James B. Davis
Gary Post-Tribune
Newcastle Courier
Alfred E. Smith
Wabash Plain Dealer
Frederick M. Kerby
Washington
New York Ave
Washington, D. C
Benjamin — Franklin
Alessandro Volta
Franklin
Volta
Tom Sharkey
San Francisco
Cal
James J. Corbett
Frank Gotch
Lon Chaney
City of
Mexico
Jack Dempsey
Jack Johnson
Dempsey
Job
Chapin
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