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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1922
Page
5
The Indianapolis Times discusses Mayor Shank's orders on drinking and bootlegging policing, urging strict enforcement and condemning police violations as equally unlawful. It notes Balkan cabinet defections and warns such instability harms small Balkan nations' standing in world opinion.
The piece portrays landlords and architects pushing tiny folding apartments that combine many functions into a single space. It notes three rooms now fit into one, with clever adaptions like a bath tub doubling as a fish bowl and walls of fire clay replacing bars. It suggests divorced couples face cramped, modern urban living in the United States.
Judge T J Moll of a Marion County Superior Court criticizes the ease of obtaining divorces. Mrs Edward Franklin White, deputy attorney general of Indiana, advocates federal action to standardize laws and proposes a one year waiting period after divorce to curb rapid marriages.
The piece argues Jack Johnson may head his own company to perform Othello and the theater could deliver big crowds and money. It notes how publicity can lift any performer, cites Jim Corbett as a crowd drawer, and muses on ex athletes and public figures taking the stage. It also reviews a non support case and concerns about public aid versus duty. Perils in Politics discusses Greek cabinet executions and public perception.
A Times letter argues against a realtors license law, citing constitutional rights and democratic principles. The writer asserts most Indiana dealers oppose licensing, condemns efforts as self serving, and urges brokers to raise standards through personal improvement rather than regulation.
A collection of short quips and wry observations across topics from hunting and weather to fashion and economics. Names such as Clemenceau and Tom Sims appear amid jokes about stockings, Christmas, marriages, oil stocks, and global trivia, reflecting light newsroom humor and social curiosities of the era.
A radiant speaker invokes the Northland’s ice and Borealis allure urging the brave to face frozen seas and icy trials. The caller, identified as Adventurer, contemplates courage amid tempests and uncharted wastes while dismissing the weak hearted.
Detroit leads in traffic safety with intensive public education and enforcement. A dedicated Accident Investigation Bureau probes every crash, pavement ABC warnings appear citywide, and safety zones guard school routes. The plan has reduced fatalities from 240 in 1920 to 134 last year as police and citizens push safety measures.
A. B. Lee, head of the A. B. Lee Elevator Co., who derides women’s colleges and calls for burning Adelphi College for Women in Brooklyn, is invited by the college to visit. Dean A. B. Harvey responds, defending the value of education for women and noting how workers learned elevator skills quickly. The exchange questions logic, philosophy, and social status of educated women.
A guide outlines polite dining habits for the well bred, instructing how to handle a napkin during and after meals. It cautions against refolding the napkin, dropping it into the finger bowl or cup, and tucking it into the dress.
Detroit deploys 2 A Citizens' Complaint Service turning residents into traffic policemen. Blank reporting post cards flood drug stores with about 125 daily receipts. A Safety Educational Division teaches safety in schools and factories with lectures and films while accident counts are shared with pupils. Judge Charles Bartlett's strict jail terms for speeders help boost public approval as he secures over 700 jail sentences.
Facts from a 1923 or 1924 question answer page cover a range of topics. The highest single unbroken waterfall is Upper Yosemite Falls at 1 360 feet, while Kaieteur Falls in British Guiana is cited as a tall cataract. Other entries explain optical interference colors, Browning quotes, fastest French trains, Dead Sea depths, New York to Chicago distance, planet visibility in winter, and cave formation.
In 1904 the Tiberty Ball was brought to Indianapolis hauled through the streets on a flat car, a vivid slice of early 20th century pageantry and city life.
Herbert Quick argues that chemical warfare, though condemned, is a cheaper, potentially effective defense. He compares gas to other cruelties of war, favors defensive use against invaders, and calls for cheaper preparations and opposing profit-driven cruelty.
In Newark New Jersey at 3 am a baby’s crying awakened James Moss of New York leather maker. Moss and Mia Moss alerted police after spotting men on the lawn and calling the sister next door. Three detectives arrived but the text cuts off before the outcome.
United Press report from Milwaukee recounts 13 year old George promising to remove moonshine and bad influences from his mother's home. Judge Walter Sching grants a chance to reunite siblings with the family if the boy can clean up the household by Christmas. The court had previously ordered the four children removed to the Home for the Dependent Children due to the mother's drunkenness and visitors.
Neighbors reported a suspect fled in an automobile after authorities say holes were bored in the rear cellar door using a brace and bit and the inner door unlocked. The cellar held a large pre prohibition wine cellar with a steel vault containing the wine.
Philadelphia report says Lewis Sehmaus a 39 year old boilermaker at Baldwin Locomotive Works fought off six men who trailed him from a South Camden saloon near Kaighn Point ferry and tried to steal $100. He received scalp cuts and bruises and was treated at Cooper Hospital.
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