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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1926
Page
7
The piece reflects on Christmas as a timeless call for peace and goodwill beyond creed. It contrasts the ideal of harmony with political hypocrisy and criticizes spendthrift favoritism while urging communities to adopt acts of cooperation and service. It emphasizes hope for peace on earth and love between nations.
The author critiques the holiday as overly commercial, noting how salesmanship borrows from charity and urging restraint. He laments the cycle of vow and relapse as December arrives with snow flurries ads and eager children seeking Santa.
International bridge authority outlines how North should respond to partner support and West bids in several example hands. It covers when to assist, deny, or bid No Trump, and includes scenarios with spade and heart contracts.
The piece blends a Sinbad inspired tale of giant birds with a real 85 story Detroit building topped by a 1000 foot mooring mast. It links such feats to future homes and the spread of aviation with Eddie Rickenbacker predicting a house size airplane in about twenty years.
Harley Clarke seeks a combined $55 million valuation for Indianapolis electric firms but a one month delay allows buyers’ attorneys and public observers to gather evidence of true value. Attorney General Gilliam accuses rebates robbing homeowners, naming Indianapolis News as beneficiary, and urges the commission to investigate and potential jail for violators.
The article notes President Coolidge reportedly pushes emergency police bells around the White House to see what happens. It describes this as a rare glimpse of a playful side from the dignified leader during a holiday season talk of practical jokes.
A December payment of 92 950 000 dollars is sent to American creditors as the British government discharges part of its wartime debt. The piece notes Sir Austen Chamberlain’s stance and cites varied jests and observations on current events.
A Birmingham Post editor notes a letter from C. H. Lane of Carbon Hill Alabama praising the church while defending honest critics and the Ku Klux Klan’s membership as a matter of conscience. Lane lauds church allegiance, birth, family, and faith, and asserts equal rights under the Constitution despite differing beliefs.
The season stays robust as people indulge in festive displays and spending. Shoppers seek respite from strict budgeting and enjoy childlike merriment, even if it means months of aftercare and repayment.
The article argues that despite cynicism in youth the Christmas myth and the sight of children revive belief. It claims the impact of babies and parent examples sustains the season, noting how traditions, trees, and late nights of family rituals reinforce moral and social values.
A columnist lampoons the holiday hypocrisy as older families pretend not to enjoy Christmas. The piece muses on dads gifting mechanical toys and mothers sewing doll dresses, celebrating the simple joy of childhood laughter at dawn.
The piece extols Christmas spirit as vital to humanity's better nature. It contrasts violence with giving, praising strangers who aid others and noting the Good Samaritan as a symbol of selfless helping amid human flaws.
Mrs. Mary Ethel Weir, 32, left with her husband and two small sons at a farm home while they went shopping for Christmas gifts. She died of exhaustion after trudging through muddy roads toward the house with her infant in her arms. The husband was arrested on intoxication charges as the couple returned from town.
The Chicago Auditorium presentsMozart’s Don Giovanni in a New Year's Eve gala after a major production overhaul. Star lineup includes Rosa Raisa Edith Mason Tito Schipa and Alexander Kipnis with Polacco conducting, as the week features repeated operas and Christmas performances across the season.
A newspaper prompts readers to review a Bible test with ten questions on topics from creation to the New Testament. It asks about Solomon’s mother, Hagar, Jonah, Judas, Malchus, Agag, and a psalm quotation, ending with a garbled last item.
A Sunday night pageant at Tabernacle Presbyterian Church written and directed by Charles Norris Houghton a 17 year old student at Shordridge will be repeated. It was recently presented at the church with impressive effect.
Of the 22,969,421 coins minted in 1883 for the five cent denomination, 6,479,519 omitted the word cents on the reverses. The remainder bore the cents designation. This reflects a partial privacy in inscription across the year’s issue.
A reader asks about discharge and return after Navy desertion and the two year statute of limitations. The editor explains desertion, voting rights for DC government employees, sun facts, and Poland’s area and population, with brief name meanings Beulah Elizabeth Ann.
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