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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1929
Page
8
Times Special reports Dr A A Brill blames withholding sex education from adolescents for many social ills including bachelors spinsterhood and unhappy marriages. He cites two girls from his experience illustrating outcomes of open versus closed discussions with mothers about mating and dating.
Harlan Wells of Columbus, 23, confessed to passing a forged check at Columbus and asked police clerk Edward Moore to contact the sheriff. Moore was drafting a theft report when Wells entered, wearing a woman's wrist watch, and Wells was locked in the city prison.
Isaac Ramsey led God's Army Mission at 523 North Noble street for a Christmas party. The event featured carols readings and fruit distribution including candy apples oranges bananas and jelly glasses.
A Christmas gathering at the Lyric theater in Indianapolis features Mickey the 3 year old Alaskan seal as the center of attention. The seal receives a stocking full of fish while performers Don Santo Exie Butler and Their Gang entertain. Mickey interacts with trainer William T. Pickard and nuzzles as the cast enjoys a post performance dinner.
New York reports Charles Chaplin, later a comedy king and millionaire, earned 60 dollars a week fifteen years ago. Harry Carr recounts how Mack Sennett hired him in 1914 and Chaplin found props and his future fame after wandering the studio.
A biographer recounts Sennett challenging stars to improvise on camera, noting a 17 second moment that redefined motion picture comedy. The text also reveals early careers of Ramon Novarro as a Keystone Kop and that Harold Lloyd and Wallace Beery served with the police troupe.
A Catford cat can enter a house without assistance by using a door knocker or turning a knob. The United Press report notes the animal climbs to reach the entry and acts independently to gain access.
Indianapolis announces Dr Albert Stanley denture specialist and author of the Stanley School of Denture Prosthetics is now co located at 1107 Odd Fellow Building LI 7101 advertisement.
A clever cat repeatedly paw lifts a door knocker to create a loud knock. If the handle fails to turn, it taps again with a forepaw and performs the routine until the door opens.
In Wiesbaden on December 25 the German city reports motor bus transport advancing as street cars yield entirely to buses. The experiment is described as very satisfactory and mirrors progress seen in the United States.
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