Fragmentary press note from Scripps-Howard and Indiana outlets
Fragmented text cites Scripps-Howard, United Press, NBA Service, and Audit Bureau memberships. Includes references to Times Publishing and Marion-Indiana listings, plus a biblical quote and Byron on death, with garbled OCR artifacts. No clear event or outcome is identifiable.
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Scripps-Howard Naper Alliance
United Press
NBA
Scripps-Paine Service
Audit Bureau of Ad Oe
Indiana
Times Publishing
Marinai
Indianapolia
Byron
Pride and Courage Save Mohawk Passengers at Sea
A New Year’s night storm off the Delaware coast tests the Clyde liner Mohawk. Captain James M. Staples and crew fight a raging gale and fire with steady seamanship. Coast Guard cutter Kickapoo and tugs assist as the ship sinks. 293 lives survived.
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Delaware
James M. Staples
Rac
Lewes
Delaware Bay
Coast Guard Service
Coast Guard
Clyde
Staples
United States
Italy Faces Terror Reign as Mussolini Fights
The piece argues Mussolini’s rule in Italy is doomed despite a veneer of victory. It traces his rise, Fascist abuses, street clashes, and political crisis, noting Lib erals ousted, parliamentary tensions, and looming martial law as opponents gird for battle.
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Indianapolis Times
Italy
Mussolini
Benito Mussolini
la St
Rome
King Emanuel
Fascisti
Fascismo
Leghorn
Mussollini
Matteotti
Peppini Garibaldi
Giolitti
Orlando
Salandra
Nitti
Casati
Sarrocchi
Telling It to Congress Telling It to Congress
Representative Watkins of Oregon argues transportation regulation is a government duty. Zeppelins could transform peace time passenger and freight movement, potentially crossing continents and the canal, with no notable sailing delays or lock accidents reported in Panama Canal notes.
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Watkins
Dem
Oregon
Trides
Panama Canal
Urgent National Oil Policy Seen In Interior Report
Secretary of the interior urges a national continuing oil policy as an urgent necessity for the public interest. The report stresses conservation of oil deposits and economic methods of recapiture to ensure long term supply and stability.
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Secretary of the Interior
Gift Ties By HAL COCHRAN
Poem reflecting on Christmas gifts of neckties. The speaker notes Aunt Sarah Susie sends a greenish tie and another relative sends a black tie. The verse laments ties given as presents and the notion that they are purchased rather than desired, ending with reflections on the modest gift.
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Hal Cochran
Sarah Susie
scattered news items mix of gossip and trivia from various cities
A jumble of short, uncited notes covers crime, marriages, fashion, and entertainment. Topics include a golfer accused of injuring his wife, a bank robbery attempt, housing costs, a warning about cosmetics, a waiter fired for slapping a customer with a pie, a horse raid for beer, a six year old in Los Angeles who plays saxophone, and married women in Denver seeking money from their mothers. The tone resembles a paneled society page with brief curios.
Popular Astronomy bulletin offered by Washington Bureau
Readers can request a copy of a Popular Astronomy bulletin from the Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau. The notice explains questions about the sun earth moon stars and related topics and provides mailing details and a 5 cent stamp request. It also advertises a separate bulletin on stars related to movies.
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Earth
Mars
Washington
Popular Astronomy
Indianapolis Times
Washington Bureau
Gth Ave
Washington, D. C
Tal
Kerosene Dangers Highlight Indiana Fire Tragedies
A house fire in Indiana morning burns kills Rosa Smith and injures five relatives as kerosene use sparks blazes. The piece warns of oil can dangers and urges cautious handling amid a winter of kerosene accidents across the state. A second note criticizes the flood of bills for the General Assembly and the workload on lawmakers.
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Rosa Smith
Gas Tax Debate At IT Indiana Convention
The Indiana Motor Bus Association urged a gasoline tax rise at its annual convention on Tuesday. Advocates argue higher gas tax funds roads and yields benefits, while critics warn diminishing returns and ask for clear evidence the extra levy will increase revenue rather than harm the economy.
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Indiana
Watchmen at grade crossing urged after long delay
City officials plan action against three railroads and an interurban for failing to install a watchman at the N Tibbs Ave intersection despite an August 1923 order. Seventeen months have passed with no enforcement, highlighting safety concerns and the need for real measures over talk.
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N. Tibbs Ave
Tests for Investment Quality
Bayard Dominick of the Better Business Bureau outlines three tests for investment quality: safety of principal, assets and earning record, and management reliability. It covers liquidity, open markets, and the need for steady dividends or interest, warning against speculative stocks without obligation to pay.
Questions and answers from a 1928 newspaper column
A reader Q A column covers varied curiosities and trivia from early 20th century life. Topics include travel fares between New York and India, political figures, climate, chemistry and metallurgy, engineering feats, aviation, and historical facts. It also explains wound treatments and a controversial invention claim investigated by Congress.
Whaling Trends on California Coast in 1852 and 20th Century
Nature Captain Schammon reports 1852 saw about 30 000 whales along the California coast. From 1919 to 1922 only one whale was captured there. A covey of quail roosts with tails together and heads outward, a ring arrangement allowing instant non flight.
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Schammon
California
U S Chamber Reports Upturn in Trade in 1924 Nine Months
Washington January 8 The United States Chamber of Commerce reports that trade with foreign markets in the first nine months of 1924 was stronger than prewar levels. Exports jumped from 12 000 to 135 000 automobiles while imports rose to 34 000 000 pounds of raw silk, with overall gains in value for several commodities. Some imports and exports fell or rose differently when compared with 1923.
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Paashington
United States Chamber of Commerce
United States
Mexico
Brazil
Cuba
Canada
Japan
Great Britain
Straits Settlements
France
Germany
China
America
Italy
Austria
Netherlands
Stella and Harold Sit on Freshly Painted Bench
A brief fragment shows Stella and Harold in a garden scene about sitting on a newly painted bench. Stella remarks on ruined clothes, Harold deflects saying only Harold wore it.
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Stella
Harold and I
Harold
American Legion Weekly
Husband Optimism vs Pessimism Cited in Boston Transcript
Quote contrasts a husband described as an optimist in hoping for the best but pessimistic in working for it, as noted by the Boston Transcript. The line highlights a tension between hope and effort in domestic life.
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Boston Transcript
New Fords for Rent Drive Yourself at Central Station
Advertises self drive Ford cars for rent across all models with no heat taps, available at the new Central Station location.
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New Central Station
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Simms
William Philip Simms
Congress
Peternon
Tom Sims
Atlanta
St. Louis
Miami
Pla
Horse
Detroit
Los Angeles
Sur
Denver
New York News
Harid
Mmake
Yen
New York
Avex
Bulletin
Gaylord Nelson
Nelson
Burreau
General Assembly
Bureau
By Bayard Dominick
Better Business Bureau of
New York City
India
Calles
Hudson River Tubes
Suez Canal
Castkill Aqueduct
Edward VII of
England
Boston
Mass
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Government Service
King Edward
Daniel Webster
Plymouth Dee
South America
Buenos Aitres
Yankee Stadium
Jeff
Statehouse Yard
Philadelphia
John Nixon
Council of Safety of Pennsylvania
Nature
U.S. C
Times
New York Ave
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