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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1923
Page
7
Indianapolis merchants report a 30 percent rise in Christmas sales over 1922. Uncle Sam through the Postoffice Department predicts a record mail season with the first five days registering $26 000 more receipts than the same period in 1922.
The piece argues that motorists face higher costs with a 1924 license tax and a 2 cent gasoline tax while Indiana expands roads. Officials claim current revenue will suffice for highway needs next year despite calls for more funds. The article notes Indiana’s 76,246 miles of roads and growth in surfaced highways and intercity rural transport.
The piece stresses the value of teachers and argues for pension benefits. It notes 12,000 Indiana public school teachers have joined the retirement fund, with nearly $1,000,000 saved. It laments past state underfunding affecting older teachers and outlines pension rules including full refunds after under twenty-five years and a $700 annual annuity after forty years with state support of $400.
A reflective view on U S fire losses notes Indianapolis and other cities observed fire prevention week while detailing how fires destroy $16 of property each second and $1 000 each minute with 15 000 deaths in 1921. The piece urges safer habits and condemns indifference.
OM Sims critiques proposed tax cuts and a soldier bonus, lampooning politicians and reforms. He suggests absurd substitutes like making war veterans chase politicians, bootlegging, or misusing common workers to reduce taxes, framing the piece as political commentary.
The page jests on global calm, notes a pig theft from an Indiana farmer, and reports a Texas aviator jailed for drunk flight after wrecking a lone state tree. It cites Giff Pinchot’s coal conferences prompting a potential counter-meeting, while farmers from South Dakota to Vermont send greetings to granite diggers and rural workers unite.
This fifth installment outlines how a Mah Jongg hand develops from the initial 13 tiles, the draw from the wall, and the discard order. It explains pungs and chows, the priority of a winning Mah Jongg hand, and the exposure requirements for pungs and chows.
A compact reflection quotes John 14 1 18 and a verse by Rowe praising divine comfort. The text juxtaposes assurance in God and Christ with the uplifting image of the sun dispelling gloom, signaling solace amid care and sorrow.
In Incinnati Ohio Mrs E G Dobyns runs a cleaning business supervising crews that scrub exteriors of buildings and skyscrapers. She also works as a bookkeeper for a local florist and oversees her 12 year old daughter’s home education before and after her workday.
A compilation notes editorials from Bluffton and Muncie on utility rate increases versus small municipal gains. It includes Logansport remarks on coal mine shutdowns and a Farce piece about Will G Irwin, who denies gubernatorial ambitions and prefers his desk and job rather to politics.
Governor Warren T. McCray clings to the Indiana office amid sharp urging by Chairman Wald and the Republican central committee that he should resign. Observers cite two motives for his stance the risk of admitting guilt and the governor's salary as a major income source.
In a Smoking Room anecdote a smoker recalls Gene Knott and Bill Reedy. Reedy, a prolific Middle West writer, allegedly borrowed from Knott and later sends a note. Reedy then phones Knott to arrange a creditors meeting at the Coliseum on Saturday night seeking help.
The Indianapolis Times reports Coolidge campaign managers seek all Southern negro votes to nominate the candidate. Reform measures from 1920 aim to reduce Southern delegation power. steamroller advances toward the Cleveland convention. Officials sketch private reparations talks while world court plans and Esch Cummins railroad law disputes unfold.
The article credits Thomas Fraham as a pioneer in colloid chemistry and outlines how early Earth conditions and lightning may have formed the first organic compounds. It explains cell formation from grouped molecules and the role of carbon chains in protoplasm development.
Naturalist notes show chicadees balancing upside down on branches and using fringed toes as snow shoes. A brood of baby crows is carried to a house and fed by parents the next morning. Chinook salmon migrate 1000 miles inland to spawn, starving until eggs are laid, then die. The text ends mid thought near a lake bisecting us near Bares.
A reader asks about lifelong sea life sentences, world wool production, biblical letters, short ballots, postmortem hair growth, American prominence from hardship, presidents chosen by the House, the Leviant, fall laying ducks, Isle of Pines ownership, the Louisiana Purchase value, and the St Lawrence Waterway Project. The department provides concise clarifications and historical notes on these topics.
Poet Berton Braley muses on the allure of wandering byways over paved highways. He longs for unmarked routes free from traffic and cop surveillance, while acknowledging the practicality of expanding smooth main roads. The piece weighs speed against freedom in travel.
Mrs Latta Mick of Wingate possesses a Mick family Bible believed to be over 150 years old. It is bound with fawn skin, hand sewn, and entries include births for John Mick 1772 and Priscilla 1776. The pages list many Johns and Priscillas in a long genealogical record.
An editor receives thanks from Hoo sier City Branch No. 39 of the National Association of Letter Carriers for publicity in a salary campaign. A second letter questions a smoky city decree and discusses citizenship, education, and federal highway and tax policy changes with satirical critique.
A collage of snappy quips from city papers features humor about missing quarters and keys, Aunt who marries aviators, a betrothed plea, a sight challenged messenger boy, and a playful remark on Ed and Nell's marriage, capturing early 20th century newspaper wit.
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