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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1926
Page
2
Obituary for Thomas W. age 92 years 2 months 13 days, died December 27. Funeral from residence 1246 Shepherd Street Wednesday at 2 PM with burial at Powateestiie. Friends may call after Tuesday morning. Also an employment ad for an advertising solicitor at The Times and various hoarding notices.
Brand new console phonographs priced 59.00 down 1.00 weekly with a 125.00 in stock including orthophonic reproducer. Walnut or mahogany finish plus twelve Victor orthophonic records. Wilson Stewart Music Co offers delivery and flexible terms. Boyer’s Hatchery advertises poultry items, while a note warns against payment delays and suggests phone or home visits for signings.
A bustling ad page lists diverse offers from dealers and individuals. Cars include a 1925 Chevrolet coupe with balloon tires, a 1926 Chevrolet coupe four months old, a 1923 Dodge touring, a 1925 Dodge sedan, a 1926 Essex coach, and a 1924 Ford roadster with balloon tires. Terms offered range from cash prices to monthly payments with down payments, trade considerations, and convenient financing from dealers like Equitable Securities Garage and Stone Chevrolet. Local locations include Washington Street and Meridian Street showrooms.
A catalog-like listing mentions multiple 1926 automobiles including Garden Roadster Chrysler Roadster Stutz Sport Aubrn 8 88 Sedan Auburn 8 88 Brougham Cadillac Coupe Paige Sedan Gardner 8 Sedan Stutz Safety Coach Garden 6 Sedan Auburn 6 Roadster Elear Sedan Elear 4 Pass Coupe.
A local sale lists several vintage autos including a 1924 Ford Coupe, 1923 Garden Tour car, 1924 Essex Coach, 1923 Maxwell Coupe, 1924 Overland Tour, 1922 Stephens Rods, and 1924 Flint Touring with prices ranging from 173 to 435. The catalog notes model years and vehicle types for potential buyers.
A reporter posing as a beggar in Buenos Aires records alms by class and gender. He earns 6.25 dollars in five hours, four times his 15 hour newsroom pay, with servants and widows most generous and critics questioning police coverage of panhandling.
Comptroller General McCarl reports nearly 300 million dollars in improper government payments found and awaiting collection or uncollectable, with 3 million directed to Justice and total overpayments nearly covering 1925 staff costs. He urges Congress to centralize disbursing to curb abuses and notes court mandates overruling his disbursement bans.
A damaged legal notice fragment mentions a trustee Williams and a tenant on a farm. The readable text references names Shel- Rontan Mages and Shelbyrle with unclear context and a phrase Makeover Renan UCT. The partial data lacks dates or locations to establish a full action.
Washington notes that Horace J. Donnelly of the Postoffice Department reads publications to decide if they should be barred from the mails. He indicated he plans to read Revelry by Samuel Hopkins Adams but would not confirm if for work or leisure.
A Rio theater manager provided five tons of coal to Central Brazil Railway to move his company to Sao Paulo after a coal shortage halted service. He paid passage in coal for the troupe and all equipment, trading reliance on stranded actors for a practical fuel solution.
Nebraska Congressman Shallenberger cites the state guarantee as a model and urges a federal law protecting all national bank depositors. He notes Nebraska’s no loss record since 1908 10 and cites widespread bank failures in surrounding states with estimated losses totaling tens of millions. He argues a nationwide guarantee would aid farmers and stabilize credit during fallings of 1925.
Washington reports on Southern Democrats in Congress opposing the McNary Haugen farm relief bill. The plan would have funded cotton support and raised prices, drawing Southern critique while leaders debate whether political beliefs will shift in the short session. Workmen near Zurich unearthed Stone Age dwellings dating over seven thousand years.
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