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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1925
Page
10
Allene Sumner visits Miami to examine housing for working women and finds scarce rooms, high rates, and a supply crisis as the city expects a tourist surge. Landladies push shared rooms to fill December demand, with few solo options for self supporting women.
A brief note records a woman paying 20 dollars weekly for her room. The text also mentions an article segment about securing employment in Miami.
Allene Sumner describes her first day in Miami noting scarce hotel rooms and rising costs. She highlights difficulties for working women to obtain single rooms for under $20 a week, with hot water and gas heaters considered rare luxuries and wages rarely reaching $75 a week.
Miss Wilona Cutler describes the Y W C A housing crisis with 100 rooms and 110 more to come. Rooms cost 2 to 5 dollars weekly and thousands seek space to avoid street life. A tenant sharing a 12 50 weekly room endures no heat or hot water and lacks basic appliances due to the embargo.
John S. Powell chief accountant for the public service commission says no motor company in Indiana is profitable after appraising Interstate Public Service Company's bus equipment at 193000 dollars. Powell adds a five cent per mile fare is needed for a seven percent return as Interstate seeks higher fares. Critics Smith Bowman and Robert I. Marsh say five cents a mile is unreasonable.
A vintage ad touts Heet as a harmless penetrating heat treatment for pain in arms, elbows, neck, shoulders, hands, knees, feet, legs, or back. It claims instant relief by drawing pain from joints and nerves, scatters congestion, and offers permanent relief with two soothing ingredients. The advertisement notes Heet is a clean fragrant liquid that does not stain or irritate skin and is guaranteed by druggists for 60 cents per bottle.
The Brunswick Panatrope was shown for the first time at an Elks Club dinner in Indianapolis hosted by Walter J. Baker with H. M. Reynolds of Brunswick detailing improvements. A ballroom demonstration in the Elks Club is planned to showcase its use for dancing.
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