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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1925
Page
8
The piece argues that a wife should engage with the world beyond the home and apply the same self improvement rules as a husband. It suggests actions like taking a boarder, sewing, or making candies to earn income while maintaining family happiness. It presents a practical view of balancing home duties with personal enterprise.
Louis Howland will preside Tuesday evening at a memorial meeting for ex-President Woodrow Wilson. The Indiana Democratic Club and Seventh District Woman's Democratic Club host at 22 E Vermont. Frederick Van Nuys will speak, with Senator Samuel M. Rakston invited. Franklin N. Taylor performs songs, Arnold Davis plays violin, and Mrs. W. Long reads Walter Grenough's poem The Vision.
Beatrice Summers' scenario follows a wife obsessed with youth, visiting beauty parlors and buying youthful dresses while her husband, outwardly entering new fashion, grows distant. She notices their widening rift as his attention shifts to a younger woman at a luncheon, revealing the couple’s estrangement and the emptiness of chasing youth. Copyright 1925 NEA Service, Inc.
This scenario continues with the Eng Queen Marys famous doll house on display at the Ideal Home Show. Built to one inch to one foot scale it embodies the modern home, weighs over four tons, and involved more than 600 craftsmen. Little books for its library were authored by 170 writers.
In Scarborough England 82 year old Mrs Mary Ann Hick keeps her late husband’s seat and hat in place at her table since his death nearly twenty years ago preserving his memory in daily ritual.
R Barr of Magill near Adelaide becomes a great grandfather of 125 children. He has fourteen of his own, is 92, moved from Scotland to Australia fifty years ago, and knitted socks for soldiers during the war.
Mrs John Herman chairs the Music Committee for the Old Time Concert and Family Album. She will also be a soloist at the Sunday evening event held at Hollenbeck Hall by the Children Sunshine Club of Sunnyside.
Reports describe gas poisoning incidents when occupants were away in a car with faulty heaters. The heater pulls in exhaust gases from a loose manifold connection, risking suffocation in enclosed spaces. Emphasizes maintaining airtight manifold connections to prevent such accidents.
James Lucey, a cobbler friend of President Coolidge, seeks to unseat his rival in the House. Only James H. O'Dea agrees to sponsor the petition. Lucey contests Northampton recount errors and claims a slim win. The elections committee will hear the petition.
NEA Service reports quarantine lines against the European corn borer expanded to more areas in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan. Only parts of New England remain under last year’s restrictions as authorities, led by the Federal horticultural board, work to prevent further spread through regulated shipments of potentially infested products.
Ohio leads the United States in value of vegetables grown under glass, per a study by Ohio State University horticulturists. About 443 acres under glass yield over 7 million dollars annually, with Illinois close behind at 450 acres. Ohio derives 37 percent of its vegetable receipts, while Illinois relies 15.5 percent on vegetables, the rest from flowers.
Official trade figures show Canada exported 1,058,057,898 dollars in 1924, up from 1,014,944,274 dollars in 1923. Imports for 1924 totaled 808,195,573 dollars, down from 903,030,515 dollars in 1923.
The description highlights a silk dress with large red poppies on white crepe de chine and wide black stripes. It notes a spring coat using fur except on the collar and cuffs, and mentions long ties and leg streamers on capes and coats as part of the latest sport chic.
A Census Bureau survey shows a sharp shift from horse drawn to motor vehicles. In 1921 there were 967 horse drawn vehicle makers. by 1923 this fell 49 percent to 493. In 1923 overall motor vehicle production reached 3,890,134 while 236,691 new horse drawn vehicles were produced.
The Rubber Association of America reports balloons comprise about eighteen percent of cord tire production. One of the largest balloon tire makers is not listed in the association’s findings.
The latest census reports Japan's total population at 59,138,000 with 11,812,200 residing in Tokyo city districts. The figures highlight urban concentration in the capital and demographic distribution across prefectures.
Invites issued for a tea on February 11 by HENRY LIDOLLMAN of 4243 Washington Blvd. A surprise dinner honored Mr. and Mrs. Peter Dale of Sterling Colorado at 1056 N Belle View Pl. Dale guests plan visits to Terre Haute Bloomington Logansport and St Louis before returning to Denver. Also notes Review Club meeting at 3810 Washington Blvd and Monday Luncheon Bridge Club at the Propylaeum Mofflay with twelve. Flower Club plans a 4:30 gathering at 306 N Delaware St. Sahara Grotto Auxiliary program set by A A Williamson.
The text outlines a family meal plan with breakfast items like pineapple, fish, cereal, toast, milk and coffee, Luncheon macaroni and cheese and stewed tomatoes, Dinner of cod steaks and parsley butter with asparagus and apricot fluff. It includes detailed fish preparation, a muffin and bran recipe, and baked apples with nut and raisin filling. Children should avoid pineapple and fish at breakfast and orange juice timing is given.
Miss Inez Norton of New York visits Miami Beach and attends a Denison gathering. The New Era Club, Irvington Woman's Club, and First Moravian Episcopal Church Ladies’ Aid report meetings with speakers on topics from Mexican culture to domestic science. Members, guests, and residents travel to California and Martinsville while plans include a card party at 3644 W Washington St.
A reader writes about a six month marriage and a quarrel over jealousy toward his wife spending time outside the home. The response argues against keeping a wife at home, praises her kindness to others, and notes she will focus on family once she has children.
A 17 year old wife writes that she and her 21 year old husband and their 8 month old son live with her mother after losing their home and his job. He now has a temporary job and they fear instability if they must move. They ask for guidance on whether to move.
By Times Special Columbus Indiana February 2 Arthur Fritz 26 Vernon Miller 20 and Lowell Long 25 of Brown County were brought here and jailed on charges of robbing and torturing Mr and Mrs James Richardson in their Helmsburg area home two weeks ago.
Diamond Dyes promises guaranteed results for dyeing and tinting fabrics in cold water or boiling. Each 15 cent package includes simple directions enabling any woman to dye lingerie silks ribbons skirts waists dresses coats stockings sweaters draperies and coverings. Purchase Diamond Dyes only and tell the druggist the material type wool silk linen cotton or mixed.
Mrs Otis Stewart living at 516 Michigan St says a brick was thrown through her bedroom window Sunday night and the same thing happened a week earlier at the same hour. No suspect named or motive given in the report.
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