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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1924
Page
2
A Times column by Mr Fixit fields citizen concerns about Palmer Street drainage cinders and mud between Draper and Quill Streets. Frank Reid and the street department address each issue. repairs promised on Perry and Shelby ditch, traffic signal requests go to the safety board, and lights along Madison Avenue elevation to McCarty Street will be repaired.
A committee of representatives from several Indiana colleges examined twenty Hoosier college students as Rhodes scholarship applicants. The panel included Dr. William Lowe Bryan of Indiana University, J. J. Osborne of Wabash College, J. A. Batey of Purdue, C. A. Easum of Culver Military Academy, and R. H. Toon of Indiana University. Indianapolis students Robert G. McKee and Paul A. Draper were also examined.
Chemistry as applied to petroleum was discussed with illustration lecture before the Indianapolis Chemical Society at the Chamber of Commerce Friday night. Dr B Morrison of the National Bakers Institute of Chicago Ill was a guest. An original chemistry cross word puzzle was presented by J H Waldo and J P Scott of Indianapolis.
A patronage chart in the office of Republican State Chairman Clyde A Walb lists 1 040 state appointments under the spoils system along with 57 revenue and 29 prohibition enforcement posts. County by county tallies show staggered distributions with many counties receiving one or more revenue or prohibition posts across the Marion Vanderburgh and other counties. Ohio and Switzerland note none attached to their lines as the chart maps out state employment rewards.
K I Free reports a mamma doll valued at 10 dollars stolen from his auto parked at Fourteenth and Pennsylvania Streets Friday night. H A Egolf observes a truck with Christmas trees passing him at Chesapeake and Pennsylvania Streets later linked to thefts from A C Quack and other commission houses.
Charles Kahold, folk dancing exponent, led a program to boost interest in English folk dances in Indianapolis. He spoke at the Normal College of the North American Gymnastic Union and Orchard School, gave a lecture after a 4 p.m. dinner at the YWCA, and conducted a class afterward.
David Kilgore a Shortridge graduate and football player leads the Butler University junior class as president. He is a Delta Tau Delta member and Skulls Club participant. Caroline Godley of Kappa Kappa Gamma won treasurer by a narrow margin over Marjorie Chile of Pi Beta Phi while Mary McMeans and Julia Grown tied for secretary. Bruce Matlock also elected treasurer.
Local Red Men in Cicero Indiana served a free supper to 800 people Friday night to mark the organization's thirtieth anniversary Arch Hobbs of Indianapolis grand keeper of records and seal spoke at the event.
Flower Lovers and Garden Flower Society will convene at 8 p m Wednesday at the Chamber of Commerce. An evening garden gift exchange is planned and the election of officers will be discussed.
Dudley Easely twenty seven merchant policeman suffered injuries when his bicycle was struck by Frank Robertson twenty two at Shelby and Orange. Mary Milher sixty seven was treated for arm back and head injuries after a collision with Frank Wilson fifty two at Massachusetts and 741 Massachusetts. Roy Collins twenty seven was injured in a crash at Sixteenth and Capitol while Patrick Collins sixty one was crossing the street.
The South Fall Creek Club Association approves extending the south drive on Fall Creek Blvd between Central and College Aves and plans to present the resolution to the park board. The group will rename itself the South Fall Creek Civic Association. City engineer Frank C. Lingenfelter outlines widening and straightening Delaware St from Twenty-Second St to the new bridge with a bridge dedication planned for Christmas Eve and a servic association carol sing set as a feature.
Sunshine Committee of the Rotary Club plans a luncheon at the Claypool Tuesday to introduce its work aiding overlooked children. Rev. F. S. C. Wicks chairs the committee, with Ed Nell directing a brief program from the Rotary Gles Club.
A dated advert explains cosmetics cling to pores and worsen skin. Resinol Soap cleanses pores to breathe and remove impurities while Resinol Ointment eases blotches inflamed spots. The ad touts Resinol as soothing and healing to reduce oiliness redness and blackheads.
Godfrey D Yaeger discusses the 1924 revenue act and its complexity. Earned vs unearned income. rules on personal services, capital, and deductions. earned income limits and credits. impact on individuals with various net incomes and dividend-derived income.
A puzzle shows two bishops on a chessboard with arrows marking diagonal moves. Bishops stay on one color. determine the maximum number of bishops that can be placed so that no two share a diagonal line. The concealed words from yesterday hint at a list of animals.
A coroner's inquest in Des Moines explored the death of 27 year old B. D. Gates of Minneapolis who leaped eighteen floors to his death after a refusal by Maxine Kels in a business district incident. Police said the manicurist, 24, refused Gates' marriage proposal.
ALBERT H. HARRIS argues prosperity rests on confidence and sound underlying conditions. He says railroads have expanded transport facilities and are efficient, with continued development needed. He warns against unsound economic theories and calls railroads a national asset. O. B. Altwater, a veteran Pennsylvan ia Railroad worker, receives a gold watch chain and Masonic emblem from colleagues as a retirement gift. Harry C. Hubbard presides.
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