Indiana Times daily edition brings local notices and quotes
The Indiana Times Publishing Co. issues the daily Marion edition with standard newspaper branding. Front matter lists pricing, addresses, and affiliations including Scripps Howard Alliance and Audit Bureau circulation. Quote from Dante appears in the masthead as a motto.
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Bubliffs-Nnward Newsfafer
Indiana Times Publishing Co
Maryland Street
Marion
Ida Business Maneeer
Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance
Enrise Association
Uacerae
Preantion Dervicn
Audit Bureau
Ircuiatione Ie
Iepaea
Dante
Cherington calls for education to strengthen prohibition stance
The piece contrasts Rev. Ernest Cherington of the Anti Saloon League with current leadership. It argues for broad education and a public sentiment against alcohol, asserting enforcement hinges on citizen support and juries. It criticizes reliance on political pressure and urges the Cherington approach for lasting lawfulness.
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Indiana
Anti-Saloon League
Ernest Cherington
Cherington
League
World League Against
Richey
Senate rejects Smith of Illinois and Vare of Pennsylvania
The newspaper notes the Senate's rejection of Smith and Vare, emphasizing the public mood against these figures and the broader issue of money in politics. It recalls the Reed committee's exposure of financial excess and its impact on reform.
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United States Senate
Smith
Illinois
Vare
Pennsylvania
Senate
Scripps-Howard
Reed Committee
Walb to quit field of politics before Christmas
The head of the Republican State Committee plans to resign before Christmas, a move framed as retirement but urged as overdue after three years of controversial leadership. The piece argues his tenure harmed public service, linked to corruption accusations and conflicts of interest, and warns of broader party changes that may follow.
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Republican State Committee
Walb
Watson
Robinson
Reed
Republican Party
Willis of Ohio Emerges as Presidential Candidate Joke or Not
The piece critiques Senator Willis of Ohio as a possible candidate while warning against the lingering impact of the Harding era jokes. It notes Willis’s ties to Daugherty and questions the Anti-Saloon League’s influence on nominations, urging cleaner leadership.
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Coolidge
Senator Willis
Ohio
Harding
Republican Party
Willis
Anti-Saloon League
Anti- Saloon League
Daugherty
Denby
Forbes
Jess Smith
Harry F. Sinclair
White House
United States
Senate
Hughes
Kansas City
National Republican Committee
Golden Gate
Detroit
Mid-West
John
Association Against
In Court or In Jail The Petroleum Institute Faces Controversy
The American Petroleum Institute re elected Edward L Doheny and Harry F Sinclair as directors claiming they deserve due process. Supreme Court rulings described Doheny as part of collusion and fraud in the Teapot Dome case. The piece questions whether the institute intends to condemn them only after jail or not at all.
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American Petroleum Institute
United States Congress
Edward L. Doheny
Harry F. Sinclair
Doheny
United States Supreme Court
Fall
Sinclair
Teapot Dome
Institute
Peter E. Grimes
Broadway
Congress urged to reimburse Doheny for Pearl Harbor lease losses
A civic column urges Congress to pay Mr. E. L. Doheny 13 million dollars for oil taken from Pearl Harbor reserve after the lease was canceled and a court ruling against him. The piece cautions about politics and balance in government budgets while noting other contemporary topics and figures.
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E. L. Doheny
Congress
Doheny
Pearl Harbor Naval Oil Base
Hawaii
Andy Mellon
Secretary Fall
Hoover Boom Faces Organization Challenge in 1928 Drive
The memo notes Hoover’s rising popularity hinges on disciplined leadership and action. It cites Republican strategy in Kansas City and cites figures like Willis. It contrasts legal but immoral acts, cites Capone’s Swan Song, and reports on new primary flying schools in San Antonio and Riverside with December exams.
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San Antonio
Texas
Riverside
Cal
America
Editors Debate Anitas Move To Vienna In WWII Era Heckling
Critics mock Anita Loos and husband John Emerson for planning to live permanently in Vienna arguing literature needs staying authors. They cite H L Mencken Sinclair Lewis Sherwood Anderson and Booth Tarkington while praising Indiana writers as loyal. The column also includes a word ladder puzzle and rules.
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Elkhart
Anita Loos
John Emerson
United States
Vienna
Anita
H. L. Mencken
Turkey
Sinclair Lewis
Sherwood Anderson
Indiana
Booth Tarkington
Maine
Meredith Nicholson
Indianapolis
Theodore Dreiser
Terre Hautee
New York
Indiana Political Debates and Press Scrutiny Echo
The Bluffton Banner derides Governor Jackson over alleged bribery and calls for vindication or trial, while The Indianapolis Star is pressed to reveal Senator Watson’s stance and the Stephenson black boxes. The piece jokes about a Star revival and urges full public disclosure of political misconduct.
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Muncie Press
Jackson
Indiana
Commonwealth
Bluffton Banner
Democrat
Indianapolis Star
Watson
Star
State Highway Commission
Commission
Remy
Kion County
Senator Robinson
Stephie
Robinson
Answers to Readers Questions The Indianapolis Times
A long reader questions column covers deer antlers composition and renewal, Raymond Griffith’s speech, asparagus etiquette, widow card engraving, a Bible verse location, a cinch bet, largest world circulation papers, frozen pipe bursts, De Witt Clinton High enrollment, day-of-week of historic dates, Lloyd George’s address, mate tree beverage, sea otters status, youngest contract movie star Sonny McKeen, and England’s poet laureate Robert Bridges.
Readers Voice on Capital Punishment and Theatre Praise
Letters from Peter E. Grimes and others debate capital punishment and the Wright bone dry law, with civic praise for Meredith Nicholson and the Ibsen play An Enemy of the People, and a local man arguing for strict enforcement of liquor laws amid personal tragedy.
Mr Fixit relief eyed for Chuck Hole streets
Streets commissioner George Woodward promised relief for unimproved streets where residents shipped in complaints. Fourteen letters listed holes and mud on Burton and Roache, 251 S Are Senal Ave, 2917 W Ida St, Pratt St, and other blocks. additional cases filed include alleys and streets around New York and Market, College to Broadway, and Ohio from Elder to Traub Ave.
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George Woodward
Mr. Fixit
S. Aresenal Ave
Ida St
Burton Ave
Roache St
Pratt St
Goodlet Ave
Centennial St
Hoyt
Denny
Leland and Ellenberger
New York
E. Market
Twentieth ‘St
College
Broadway
State
Raymond
Ohio
Elder
Traub Ave
Grespens
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Ibsen
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