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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1927
Page
11
An Indianapolis Times front page snippet quotes Dante and the line Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way. The section notes a Saturday date of December 10, 1927, and references a telephone main number. The readable text includes a motto and a brief attribution without further context.
A public debate urges Indiana Democrats to present a bold program and denounce the Ku Klux Klan aligned leadership within Republicans. Voters demand reforms, while critics tie Republican losses to corruption and anti democracy tactics, and call for clear stands on Evans, Stephenson, and historic figures.
Maj. Gen Jadwin presents river control measures for the Mississippi to Congress, with backing from the War Department and President Coolidge. Congress may accept as is, modify, or reject and substitute, given the plan’s immense importance and the high estimated cost.
Washington Herald front page and Senate erupt over a Hearst report alleging $1,200,000 paid to four U S Senators by Mexico. Senator Davis Reed urges inquiry as Mexican officials deny the charges. Congress names a five senator committee to investigate.
Robert Minor, arrested in 1918 after the armistice for distributing mutinous pamphlets among American troops in Germany, was spared the firing squad by executive clemency. He recently spoke in New York denouncing the U S government as a skinflint, illustrating how mercy altered war’s rules.
Nicholas Longworth warns that the republic will suffer if parties split along religious racial or sectional lines. He says parties have survived by focusing on economic policy rather than passion, yet zealots risk repeating past religious bitterness seen at the Democratic convention of four years ago in 1928.
M. E. Tracy cites Darwin and Kingsley speeches at the twenty first annual convention of life insurance presidents at the Hotel Astor New York. Darwin P Kingsley of New York Life attacks the declaration of independence and equality arguing demagogues threaten national continuity while comparing royalist and red critiques of democracy. Dr E E Slosson is quoted on controlling nature and progress. Sale pd.
The passage argues that democracy fuels change and innovation while class rule stifles progress. It cites Rome and Greece as republics, contrasts monarchy’s stagnation, and notes democracy spurs education, opportunity, and wealth. It warns big business seeks permanent power, referencing Kingsley and tax fights as modern echoes.
A Waterloo Press column praises Judge Omar H. Montgomery for overruling a motion to quash the indictment against Governor Jackson and co-defendants in a bribery conspiracy, then reflects on Joseph B. Kealing’s death and public service. It also notes President Coolidge and Charles Evans Hughes declining the Republican presidential nomination and discusses D C Stephenson’s murder case and Governor Jackson’s trial date set for February 7.
A compact note explains letter golf: transform one word into another by changing one letter per stroke, staying with valid common words and preserving letter order. Example shows COW to HEN in three steps: COW HOW HEW HEN.
Questions and answers cover topics from biblical sightings of God to the hottest place on earth, a lion in a snow pit, and a Seagrave auto’s power. The piece blends trivia with brief notes on science and religion, reflecting a late era newspaper column style.
Questions cover manufacturing output in 1925 with a figure of 10 967 628, dragon folklore, Ireland snakes, Nicaragua president rules, maritime shipboard ethics, Motor Cycling magazine, New Holland to Australia, diamond facets, gray battleships, plebeians at academies, McMillan's polar voyage timing, Scopes trial stenographic reports, and obituary notes for Seymour Indiana merchant Johnson.
A Times letter column features reader praise for Will Durant's Story of Civilization and discusses Heinrich Schliemann with details of his life from California to Troy. The page also carries a protest over poor south side streetcar service in Indianapolis and a tribute to James L. Mitchell of the University of Michigan Club.
A poem fragment presents Father William reassuring a young man about aging and devotion. The speaker notes cheerful acceptance of life and faith, with the aged man recalling his God in youth and acknowledging divine memory through age. Robert Bourney cites lines from The Old Man's Comforts.
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