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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1924
Page
3
The Indianapolis Times lists Roy One Howard as president Felix F Bruner as editor and M A Mayburn as business manager. A Proverb and Cicero quotation emphasize the value of counsel and steadfast adherence to good advice despite misfortune or death.
Indiana taxpayers have spent 3.026 million on the Pendleton reformatory still unfinished. Superintendent A F Miles says at least 1.0 million more is needed to complete cellhouses J and J cells. The old Jeffersonville institution sale proceeds are small compared with current outlays.
Labor unions in New York plan to build three model apartment houses with basic rent of 9 dollars per room. The banks will supply funds at legal rates with no brokers, and tenants invest 1000 dollars to own their unit. The effort aims to improve crowded city housing without loss to involved parties.
The report notes December 1923 had the heaviest canal traffic with 16.3 ships per day and June 1924 the lightest at 12.6. Representative Jones argues for government power to call citizens and draft property rights to support national service.
The speaker outlines two approaches for affordable electricity: regulation by state commissions and a national government division. The excerpt contrasts local regulatory mechanisms with a broader federal role in ensuring low cost power for households.
Senator Nor tris of Nebraska argues the State or municipality should own key instrumentalities for producing and distributing electric energy, advocating public control over essential utilities.
The Coast Guard reported that 2 462 persons were saved or rescued from peril by cutters and stations. Representative Lanham reflected on helium, noting two large dirigibles with more than two million cubic feet each have floated above since the last session.
A brief exchange references a first rejection of a Claude proposal and a counter with a returned stance. The dialogue hints at tense negotiations tied to a named figure in Oklahoma amid a stormy moment.
A Boston Transcript passage records Margery and her father debating sneezing at the table with playful dialogue about timing and manners.
As prosperity grows, labor leaders push for a share of railroad profits while managers seek deeper cost cuts. The Railroad Labor Board awarded a 5 percent wage rise to some engineers and firemen, seen as a railroad victory. Pacific coast lines vote 96 percent to strike if demands aren’t met, and discussions follow despite prior deadlock.
The piece discusses Mayor Shank inviting citizen letters for next year and argues city success needs active citizen involvement. It weighs compulsory liability insurance as a remedy for careless driving but warns it may be hard to enforce and only partly address irresponsibility.
Readers submit questions to The Times Washington Bureau for personal answers. Topics include charity fund pooling, animals, Valentino, Archimedes, death rates, ages, calendar dates, citizenship restore dates, lever principle, and U.S. wheat classes with numerous varieties.
A collection of quirky statements on copper origins, ancient math, exotic fruits and animals, and curious proverbs. The items mix facts and fanciful claims, noting curiosities like pearls in cornh nuts and blue poppies, with playful musings on holidays, footwear, and savings clubs.
Hunters from Warren Township farmers held a fox hunt near Irvington to curb pes tif erous chicken stealing animals. The event broke with royal sport rules by killing four foxes, balancing sport with a practical goal for the community.
A man was crushed to death by a streetcar on E Washington Street. Police say the hand brakes caused the fatality, noting a second such accident in ten days. The Street Railway Company still uses about twenty hand braked cars versus 325 air controlled units. Air brakes offer safer stopping, so relics should be retired or put in a museum to prevent further loss of life.
The Indianapolis Federation of Community Civic Clubs favors compulsory automobile insurance for all owners and asks its legislative committees to study the proposal for the upcoming Legislature session. The discussion cites rising insolvency issues over streets and highways as factor in backing the plan.
Science secretary Griswold studies Aryan origins in India dating to about 1700 B C. The piece notes theories on Egyptian influence, Aryan mixing with black Indians, and the spread of a culture along with customs like suttee. Other items include early horse taming in Asia, a 780 pound ambergris find, and tall Australian eucalyptus trees at 480 feet.
Ambergis is a waxy substance from whales described as a great treasure of the sea. It is believed to form from a disease like gall stones and has a strong penetrating odor. Perfume makers use it as a base in fragrance composition.
A humorous line about singing lessons misdelivered by mail from Williams Purple Cow. The quip plays on correspondence school expectations and a pun about lost lessons.
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