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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1925
Page
2
An Indianapolis and Oakland car row advertises Durant and Overland models in good condition with small down payments, balance monthly, and painting available. Other listings include a 1926 Oldsmobile Deluxe with service updates and a Household Finance Corporation notice.
A 1926 classified ad lists Capitol Loan Co offering loans from $10 to $300 on pianos Antos furniture and other items. The notice includes address 141% East Market and contact Main 1278 and references legal notices and bids for school construction in Indianapolis with plan details and bid requirements.
Eisley W. Johnson announces at the municipal dinner that R Walter Jarvis will remain as park superintendent. Johnson reports the city owns 24 parks totaling 2550 acres with 46 miles of boulevards, 18 hole golf courses, 42 playgrounds, 6 beaches, 42 baseball diamonds, 10 baseball fields, 65 tennis courts, 6 horseshoe courts, 2 theaters, 2 community houses, and a tourist camp.
Birth announcements and listed residents appear for Edward and 1tt Dorel. 44 1A Seank Bnd Daisy. Irma Munday. Iona Compton. Walter and Kathe Justus. Josephine Burket at city hospital. Oliver and Mattie Sammons. Dora McGeath. Helen Austin. Hazel Littell. Mildred Ranger. Imri and Louise Blackturn. Blanche Voops. Vianna Beach. Regina Walters. Dorothy Fox. Fred and Elsie Kennady. Sido Wilcox among others with multiple street addresses and local institutions, reflecting a community registry.
A fragmented death notice lists Theodore Moore aged 14 at city hospital with acute illness, Mee Essighke 84 of Meridian, Pate T Layton 81, and Carrol Coffman 10 at city hospital. Olga Maria Alander 27 from 2025 N Ta Johin, Brownback 7 at 4096 Walter with hemorrhage, and Piatiids Bran 06 of City Hoe with cerebral illness.
New York financial circles buzz over a half billion dollar Standard Oil consolidation and anticipated moves by Pan-American Western Petroleum and General Petroleum. Rumors say Associated Oil may be acquired by Texas Company and a Standard Oil Pacific combine could redistribute control across Pacific Coast Texas Texas Wyoming Alaska markets.
The police motorcycle squad arrested eight drivers Tuesday night. Six faced fast driving charges. Aryal Ambrose 40 Cumberland Ind charged with speeding assault and battery and reckless driving. Fred Borst 21 222 N Pershing Ave charged with speed and improper driving. speeding defendants included Frank Kinzey 23 1726 W Morris St W A Wilson 25 1244 N SlNols St Harold B Johnson 31 1902 N Meridian St Hugh Hanna 22 1735 N Pennsylvania St Harold Leonard 22 351 W Thirtieth St Otto Hisenlohr 17 3760 N Pennsylvania St held on disobeying a traffic signal.
Iowa farmers bankers and business leaders unite against the White House farm policy. They back a plan for a government controlled export corporation to fix agricultural prices and fuel a Midwestern protest, challenging tariff and economic policy amid farm distress.
United Press dispatch notes Tonight’s broadcasts and live shows. Roxy and his gang perform at 10 p.m. EST from Havana with PWX at 8:30 p.m. The Havana Municipal Band also appears. Chicago’s WLS airs a circus program at 11:30 p.m. CST. Nashville’s WSM features the Scottish Rite Choir later in the evening. Denver’s KOA presents Koa Players in The Silver Fox at 8 p.m. MST.
A fragmented schedule lists evening radio programs from WBZ KDKA KPRX and other stations. Entries mention dinner concerts orchestras and services with times around 6 30 p m including cities like Pittsburgh Hastings Gary Boston Cleveland and New York reflecting a busy regional broadcast scene.
The page lists evening radio program broadcasts across stations like KPRC WIR WWYI KFAB WEBH WHO WLIT WBAP WJZ KYW WEBH WLIB WDAF and WJJD, with orchestra performances and talks. It also mentions York Movie Sidelights, classical organ programs, and various concert features from New York to Richmond and Nashville, along with local town musical pieces and opera notes.
A dense rundown of radio time slots and concert mentions across multiple stations and cities. References include WCCO WOC WEEI WBZ WGY KYW KOA KDKA and others with notes of orchestras vocalists and birthdays, alongside various venue cues and program phrases.
Readable fragments show orchestras trios and vocalists by city including Des Moines Chicago New York Pittsburgh and Bend. Mentions of WJZ WLS WBBM WDAF and WIND indicate radio airings of concerts and musical features across stations with references to violin flute tenor and choral works.
Senator Irvine Dosfort of Wisconsin, head of the Coolidge Republicans, announced he will run for re election next fall. Lenroot supporters plan a campaign against the La Follette faction and aim to replace Lenroot with Governor John Blaine, a La Follette ally.
Col. John C. Coolidge, father of the President, was reported very comfortable after another restful night in Plymouth Vermont. A nurse said there were no recurrences of heart block and the paralysis in both legs had shown no development.
Sizable radio program guide lists groups and performances in cities including New York Chicago Springfield and Denver. Entries mention orchestras choirs and dancers with times and stations such as KFAB WMCA WSM and WIZ, plus acts like a harp concert and a tenor recital.
An extensive OCR readout outlines a dense schedule of radio programs across cities like Chicago Philadelphia New York and Los Angeles. Entries feature dance orchestras ensembles soloists and midnight revues along with station call letters and broadcast times.
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