Jackson family power play at Indiana facility sparks controversy
Dr. Byron G. Biggs resigns as superintendent of the Indiana School for Feeble-M minded Youths at Fort Wayne. James Jackson, governor elect candidate and Klansman ally, is named to succeed him, while Governor-elect Jackson expects trustees to appoint him. The Allen County Medical Society condemns Biggs removal as improper.
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Indiana
Jackson
Byron G. Biggs
Indiana School
Ft. Wayne
James Jackson
Jim Jackson
Emmett F. Branch
Harley Somers
Biggs
Allen County Medical Society
Join the Navy and Show the World, says Douglas Robinson
Douglas Robinson Jr. proposes replacing the Navy poster slogan with Show the World to stress defense over display. He argues the United States needs a strong, ready Navy and Army to keep peace, not to show off, citing Wilhelm’s militarism as a warning.
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Douglas Robinson
T. R
Navy
Counsin
United States
Wilhelm
Army
Genius for Happiness by Herbert Quick
A Russian nurse Evangeline survives war and revolution, travels with Cossacks and allied forces, joins the American Red Cross, and seeks immigration to join her lover in America. Quick praises her resilience and calls her a genius for happiness amid trials.
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Herbert Quick
Siberia
Evangeline
Moscow
Caucasus
India
China
Japan
Sea of Japan
Koltchak
American Red Cross
America
Red Cross
Young Woman's Christian Association
Service Bureau
Humanity
Gabriel Lajeunesse
Basil
Gabriel
Europe
Mr. Quick
New York
Wife's Answer to Proposals Cited in Quip
A quip quotes a wife recounting that several men proposed before her marriage. When asked why she did not marry the first fool, she replies I did end with a sharp retort attributed to Hamilton Gaboon.
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Hamilton Gaboon
Postal deposits increase in Postal Savings Bank gains
Washington reports postal savings deposits reached 136 144 898 dollars, up 1 142 000 from last year. First yearly gain since 1919, with 412 584 depositors across 6 758 branches, and Postmaster General New seeking congressional approval for higher interest, for deposits from school children, and from fraternal organizations.
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Postoffice Department
Washington
Postal Bank
Postal Savings Banks
Postal Savings Bank
New
Congress
Resolutions By Hal Cochran
Year end reflections urge concrete action and personal resolve. The piece emphasizes planning, follow through, and avoiding empty promises, urging readers to commit and pursue goals with determination.
Jails and gold finds loom in Indiana scene
The piece critiques Marion County jail conditions overcrowding and mistreatment while noting a judge inquiry. It then shifts to a Tipton scene where John Stafford reports placer gold in Cicero Creek as Indiana adds a gold producing claim though not a boom likely. It ends with reflections on gold’s elusive abundance and civilization’s pursuit.
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Marion County
Anderson
D Court
Stafford
Cicero Creek
Tipton
Ind
Bridge Opening Sparks City County Ceremony Dispute
Officials argue over who will dedicate and open the Fall Creek bridge built by Marion County. City and county plan separate celebrations while residents focus on the bridge’s opening rather than formaldedication. Delaware Street bridge remains the local reference point.
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Fall Creek
Marion County
Delaware St
Bank Failures Seen Low as State Banks Hold Steady
State bank commissioner Brenel Wolcott reported in his annual review that only two state banks failed last year, down from five the prior year. The note warned that even a single bank collapse can undermine public confidence and affect community finances.
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Brenel Wolcott
Tridiana
Senior Edition Booster Staff of Manual High
January senior staff rosters for Manual Training High School list names and roles in the Booster staff photo. Members include Ruth Ormsby as business manager, Margaret Copley as assistant business arranger, Lillian Rieman circulation manager, Myla Herrmann feature writer, Olga Bonke historian, Thelma Armfield prophet, and others across rows with editors and advisers. additional staff appear not pictured.
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Manual High
Manual Training High School
Ruth Ormsby
Margaret Copley
Aranger
Lillian Rieman
Myla Herrmann
Olga Bonke
Miscellany of oddities and light news from Indiana and beyond
A Gary cafe cook starves himself to death while attempting to lose weight in a dark joke of a tale. Other items report a bank safe stolen near Terre Haute, a senator singing at a banquet, a Dawes swearing quip, a barefoot walk to California bet, a New York fin ger lawsuit, a Chicago bucket shop jail stay, a marriages and a bandit tale. Copyright 1924 NEA Service.
What Is electricity and the ether in wireless ops
A professor notes electricity is a mystery yet the form traveling by wires is simple compared with radio waves. It can pass through a vacuum tube, brick walls, and even a bank vault via ether, though ether remains unproven as a theory for wireless transmissions.
Minds Would Trust A Fool Over Himself
A reflective line contrasts self perception with reality citing Proverbs and Goethe. It notes people overestimate their value and place and urges humility as wiser judgment than self praise. The aphorism invites readers to examine vanity and self deception.
Rhetoric From Leaders and Figures on Public Life
A collection of quotations from Dr Otto Gessler Senator Ashurst Miss Inez Hardin Clarence Darrow and Victor Murdock on defense economics crime drink and cross border trade. The remarks reflect humorous bold and pointed views on governance culture and policy.
Christmas Charity Plea From W Alexander Marsh
W Alexander Marsh laments Christmas gift swapping and urges redirecting funds to aid the needy. He argues the current system widens wealth gaps and calls for an anti gift swapping campaign to fund real service, hoping to spare children from empty stockings.
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Santa
Phiilanthropic
Rachel
Six Nations Confederacy and Questions on Mammoths and COs
A reader asks about the Six Nations, a historic Iroquois confederacy later expanded by adding the Tuscarora, occupying central and western New York. The piece discusses mammoth extinction theories and notes on rheumatism friendly fruits and the ROTC system and training.
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New York
Nature Erosion Threatens U S Farmlands Across Regions
Erosion grows as a menace with wind eroding topsoil west of the Mississippi Rockies and water devastates treeless eastern farms. A twelve hour high wind can blow an inch of soil into ravines, while water’s power rises with the sixth power of velocity, producing gullied lands.
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Mississippi
Rockies
Care of the Baby bulletin offered by Washington Bureau
Readers are invited to order a government bulletin titled Care of the Baby covering pregnancy through nursing. Fill out the coupon with name address and postage and send five cents in stamps. A second bulletin Embroidery Stitches is also available for eight cents.
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Tiblanapol
Ma Times
Washington Area
York Ave
Washington
Hfelitar
Bulletin
Washington Bureau
Mall
Indianapolis Times
New York Ave
Washington, D. C
Young photographer offers baby enlargements for $8.79
Advertisement by a bold photographer promises to enlarge tint and frame a baby photo for $8.79. The quirky notice, cited by Jack O Lantern, highlights an ambitious merchant in a period press style.
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Edison
Jack O' Lantern
New York Briefs Show Navy Science and City Trade
Uncle Sam’s sailors discuss alcohol in torpedo propulsion and a pink colorant to prevent drinking. Shoe shines drop to 8 cents in Nassau Street amid price wars. Caruso’s last public appearance, Eleazar role shifts, and Jewish Home for the Aged studies. Church sale for office block at Forty-Fifth Street, Fifth Avenue prompts a new build, while a Thirty-Third Street barber shop touts free manicures drawing crowds.
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New York
Sam
Nassau St
Caruso
la Juive
Eleazar
Martinell
Jewish Home For the
Bronx
What Her Pa Said Follies Quip About Marriage
A humorous Quip notes a suitor asking the father for marriage. He did not refuse but declared in severe terms that he would see the couple hanged first, reflecting a dramatic family reaction in a Follies style gag.
Why Mas Love Em and a Tiny girl exchange lines
A fragment presents a dialogue between a mother and child with a playful exchange about beauty. The brief excerpt hints at affectionate banter and memory, anchored by the Experience publication voice.
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Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance
United Press
NEA
Scripps-Paine Service
The
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Maryland St
Indianapolis
Hal Cochran
NEA Service, Inc
Tipton County
Nelson
Conservatiom
Inteerite
Leavenworth
Torian
Thelma Armfield
Gertrude Bluemel
Mildred Wessel
Louise Engelking
Augusta Dudley
Harold Darnell
John Billingsley
Henry Errand
Will Maker
Robert Stoffler
William Sponsel
George Lupear
Edward Kintloway
Frank Schmeler
Frank
Haupt
Tools Bowsher
Jacob Axelrod
Gliys Norman
Mvelywn Nordish
Tom Sims
Gary, Ind
Gary (Ind
Tack
Terre Haute
Washington News Today
Dawes
West Virginia
California
Chicago
Science
Goethe
Otto Gessler
Defense
Ashurst
Arizona
Inez Hardin
Drew
Clarence Darrow
Chicasro
Victor Murdock
Kansas
Canada
Marty
Inianapolis
W. Alexander Marsh
Asia
Harvey Wiley
President Coolidge
Massachusetts
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Mer
Nature
By James W. Dean
Fifth Ave
Church of the Heavenly Rest
Forty-Fifth St
Ninetieth St
Thirty-Third St
New Central Staton
Kentucky Ave
Lincoln Garage
Lincoln
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