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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1925
Page
1
A new Hobos College for Wandering Willies opens in Chicago promising practical training for streetwise skills. The program touts self reliance and urban navigation through class sessions and demonstrations led by seasoned instructors.
C Atkins and Company hold a New Year opening of their general sales convention. The event began Monday with E C Atkins and Co salesmen attending and will run through the week at Beverin.
Berlin marked a wide open New Year celebration ending wartime sorrow and poverty. Cabarets hotels and beer halls stayed lively until dawn while Adlon hosted nearly 1000 guests at high prices. Carp in beer and pfrannkuchen dominated menus as lotteries offered cash and saddle horses.
Arthur Bayless, 30, of 3648 Rit ter Ave., faces assault and battery after his car hit a coal truck driven by Isiah Bruce on Delaware St and Madison Ave. Bayless and Arthur Phillips, 23, were cut. Taxi driver Steven Senteny, 25, was charged with assault and battery and driving on the left after a Meridian St collision. Charles Hacker’s car with Winifred Brown, 4310 Arrollston Ave., was involved. Brown was cut on the head and taken to Deaconess Hospital.
An old feud between Ku Klux Klan and anti Klan factions flared on New Year’s Eve. Harl Jones, a street car conductor, was shot in the stomach by a stray bullet near a hall where the Klan gathered. Several shots were fired at a large fiery cross.
Roscoe Coléman, 21, died by his own hand after drinking poison and shooting himself in Montpelier Indiana. Domestic troubles were blamed for the tragedy.
Timea Nton reports a January incident in Tf CLINTO ind where injuries occurred when a vehicle was struck. Details are limited but the event involved a damaged auto and unspecified party parties. Further information is not provided in the readable text.
Two men died and two women and two men were seriously wounded as stray bullets struck revelers in Chicago at New Year 1925. Police reports noted record crowds, rare open liquor displays, and heavy spending across the city while one man, Adolph Bonnie, 21, died. Charles J. Corby, 52, was arrested for investigation.
New York marks New Year’s Eve with Father Knickerbocker and Father Time. Liquor flows freely and crowds flood Times Square while theaters signal revelry. No drunken arrests reported in night court despite noise complaints from 22 peddlers.
Three people were wounded in Michigan New Year celebrations. Imogene Campbell, 15, died shortly after being shot by Joseph Ryan, a Selfridge Field soldier. Ryan then shot himself, with doctors fearing his wounds.
Thomas Donahue 85 of 3761 Boulevard Pt. died after being struck by a machine driven by Harry L. Dorman 61 of 4140 N. Capitol Ave and then run over by a second vehicle driven by David Kolhug er 4214 N. Capitol Ave near Thirty-Highth St and Capitol Ave at about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday. Donahue was walking when the first car struck him, placing him in the path of the second. Degman, who faced an assault and battery charge, saw the charge reduced to manslaughter after the coroner’s report.
Police reports show three downtown thefts. Mrs. Orville Sanderson’s purse on Indianapolis Ave. lost nine dollars while Louis Cooper on E Mar St. had twenty seven dollars stolen aboard a street car. A dip operated in the area was noted.
The Weather Bureau will suspend the daily forecastecard with the Wednesday issue and provide the same information via noon and later afternoon papers. Armington notes forecasts reach a wider audience through these editions and radio broadcasts, with station lists and times available on request.
A fresh blanket of snow covered the southwest, ranging from one inch in Kansas City to three to four inches in western Kansas, with accumulation expected to continue. Trains and wire service operations were not affected, according to weather bureau reports.
Firemen at Engine House 32 Broad Ripple host a New Year dinner tonight at 6 with dancing to follow at 7 30. Captain B J Riley and Arthur Shaffner with J B Day and Marion Wildrick lead the program as Broad Ripple officials including Chief John J O'Brien Mayor Shank Battalion Chief James McKinney and Assistant Chief John J Blackwell are invited.
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Officials estimate about $40,000 was spent on entertainment across nine downtown venues including clubs cafes hotels and principal theaters for New Year’s Eve. The figure is based on reports collected from several sources.
Merle Sidener and Edgar Evans urge city officials to educate residents about Indianapolis and streamline civil service. Suggestions include strict civil rules for all departments, for-cause removal of board members, a uniform stop and go signaling system, staff reductions, and tax relief. Readers praise the administration while calling for downtown parking controls and business development along key streets.
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