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!
This newspaper page contains 19 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1923
Page
6
Daily newspaper masthead listing address 25-20 S Meridian St Indianapolis subscription rates ten cents a week for Indianapolis edition and twelve cents for Nowhere edition. Phone contact Main 3500.
The essay urges Americans to pressure the Senate to approve joining the World Court, arguing it offers a path away from a looming world war. It cites isolationists like Senator Lodge and calls for letters to Senator Ralston and President Coolidge demanding favorable action to prevent blocking the peace effort.
More than 1,000 postal employes in Indianapolis press for a fair wage and reclassification. The Times editors urge readers to write to Congress, recalling Republican pledges to run the postal service for service, not profit, and to address wage injustices amid ongoing infrastructure and political chatter.
A Kobe informed confession claims Captain Amakasu Masahiko killed socialist Osugi Sakae his wife Ito Noe and a nephew during the 1923 Tokyo earthquake aftermath. He describes luring them to a gendarmerie room strangling Osugi and then Noe, with further steps unspecified.
The captain confessed to strangling a woman and a boy after luring them, then hiding the bodies in a well with bricks. He claimed the acts were his own scheme not official Gendarmerie orders, done for the Empire.
A humorous exchange about labor and rest appears alongside quips from the Bible and Shakespeare. A cook recalls a bashful guest who, for now, simply eats while Mary hosts a young man in the kitchen.
Born in Louisville Kentucky on May 6 1862 this lawyer served in the Fifty fourth and Sixty third Congresses from Alabama He was a United States Senator from 1915 to 1927 elected Democratic Senate leader in 1920 and served as commissioner plenipotentiary for the United States at the armament limitation conference in 1921 His home was in Birmingham Alabama.
A collection of humorous aphorisms about women men luck temper and social trends. The quips touch on stuffy reformers bootleggers fashion and the countdown to Christmas with seasonal sarcasm and playful clichés.
Scientists anticipate a major Mars observatory when the planet comes closer to Earth than in a century. The search focuses on canals thought to be irrigation lines and the possible signs of vegetation, with debates on whether the dark markings are solids or ephemeral vegetation responses to sunlight.
A veteran reporter recalls being punished by a Port Huron principal as a child and later meeting the man years afterward in ill health. The writer notes a lifelong grievance softened by maturity and humor as they share the encounter.
Mrs. Herman Schuenemann preserves the Chicago Christmas Tree tradition. The battered schooner Fearless again supplies evergreens, with 10,000 trees loaded as she hopes to keep faith after her husband’s 11 year tragedy aboard the Rouse Simmons. Forest fires and thinning woods press on the supply.
Stories of theft and thirst unfold in Indiana. A jailed man who found a purse returns the money with a dime for a cigar. Another case sees railway agent Frank Lofton fined and jailed for possessing an illegal bottle found on company premises.
Birds in Rome markets reportedly sing after their eyes are burned out as a supposed method to improve song. Beaver behavior is described by Edward R. Warren, noting four dam types and a canal as a pinnacle of engineering. Yellowstone's predator control reduces wolf and coyote numbers, allowing antelope and elk populations to rise and benefiting other wildlife.
Readers submitted questions on topics from leper colonies to the Mons Star, caracul fur, Governor Sulzer impeachment dates, population of Mexico, stove enamel restoration, Mt Rainier name, largest building, bacteria size, brass tacks origin, and the Unknown Soldier. Answers reference U S public health service Carrville La British service bars, and other factual details.
A playful verse from 1923 humor features a gibberdin creature with seven feathered fins and erratic dances. It satirizes foibles through comic imagery, ending with a light moral about dark green whiskers and optical bleaching.
A collection of editorials notes on Indiana issues and public safety. It critiques civic leadership, road risk from grade crossings and auto intoxication, and ends with a quip about a daughter's arranged marriage.
Wyeth Fisher disputes J Dondono’s speeding figures for the mile square and city limits. He argues rush hour speeds are 8 to 15 mph, cars reach about 20 mph at night, and no car averages 40 mph with frequent stops. He defends drivers’ street rights amid taxes and pedestrian hazards.
A collection of humorous quotes from newspapers and jokes, including a Iowalike man liking olives, a doctor delivering twins, a tax joke from a judge, a shoe polish misunderstanding, a London Opinion quip on surgery, and a marriage proposal banter.
Dr. R H Miller argues miracles prove present power while Mina Van Winkle laments declining morals among girls and urges home formation as goal. Gerard Swope calls labor management clash schematic, framing it as an engineering problem to be solved with engineers’ input.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.