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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1923
Page
6
Publication details for Indianapolis Times including address 25-9 S Meridian Street and contact MAIN 3500. Rate card shows ten cents weekly in Indianapolis and twelve cents elsewhere. Lists memberships in Scripps Howard networks and professional bureaus.
An Indianapolis column urges expanding parks and protected pools to keep children safe and calls for a modern, well heated school program. It argues against portable buildings and previews political hurdles while noting historic women rulers as examples of leadership.
A compilation of Q and A items covering altitude records, Tutankhamen, the Cyclops disappearance, land bridges, asbestos curtains, Shakespeare, fishing baits, buttermilk, sailing the seven seas, the Declaration table, and coal capacity. Includes facts on Everest altitude by oxygen aid, 1870 war participants, and other trivia details with named places and figures.
NEA Service for The Indianapolis Times reports wets gain momentum nationwide as New York Governor Smith signs repeal, Wisconsin moves, and other states discuss restoring beer and wine. Districts from New Orleans to Evanston weigh personal liberty against dry laws amid a looming 1924 campaign.
Fred V. Williams reports on America’s fight against drug traffic. He chronicles how narcotics move across borders from San Francisco to the Northwest and beyond, noting hidden cargo like drugs in spare tires and sampans returning from Honolulu. He warns that most arrests capture only “small fry” while major dealers evade capture.
Robert N. Carson argues that talosophy is a discipline of appreciating courtesy. By regularly reporting courteous acts to superiors, workers and the public service can encourage more kindness and reduce unpleasant encounters in daily life.
The Federation of Community Civic Clubs of Indianapolis takes the water rate issue to the public utilities committee EE 0 Snethen announces. A dinner at the Chamber of Commerce features Corp Counsel Groninger and talks by committee members, civic leaders, and Indiana University professor Dr Frank Bates on future planning. The program includes music by the Marimba Band and readings by Miss Francis Patton.
Police seek Floyd D. Rice aged 19 of 114 Senate Ave and Albert Frick aged 46 of Madison County after they escaped from the Central Hospital for the Insane. Local authorities issued notices and directed civilians to report sightings.
Times correspondent William Philip Smith argues the United States faces global pressure as nations grapple with revolutions conflicts and wars. He notes Harding defies isolationist Republicans while Wickersham cites hostile sentiments in Europe and debt disputes fueling a drive toward international engagement.
Advert asks readers to request the HOME CANNING bulletin from The Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau. Send five cents and address details to Washington Bureau 1822 N. Y. Ave Washington D C.
The board announces extensive staff shifts including Kate Mason and Lena Swope as new principals and a long list of transfers among elementary and high school leaders. Changes follow confirmation that Barry avoided involvement in staffing decisions while some executives urge broader coal mining coal-bid rules.
More than five hundred members of the American Unity League plan to attend the city council meeting next Monday to urge passage of Councilman Otto Ray's ordinance prohibiting wearing masks. The meeting followed a Wednesday gathering in the assembly hall where Lynch denounced the Ku Klux Klan to the crowd. Other speakers included Joseph P. O'Mahoney Dr J H Ward George Rice and James J Deery.
Tom Sims hosts a miscellany noting June graduates and light social quips. Items include a traveling man in New York, a Spokane boy losing ten dollars, and a joke about Dempsey Gibbons. Mentions of egg producers, a New Jersey judge ruling on auto and a woman, and California map clues appear as short notes.
Indianapolis reorganization plans call for a larger voting membership from city charity groups. New constitution and a council of local social agencies are to be formed under the guidance of Nicholas Neves. Fred Hoke was to preside and M. Bookman of Cincinnati was to speak at an upcoming banquet.
Shepard G. relay of the Advertising Club of New York wired the Indianapolis Advert ising Club to praise its condensed milk program for Near East Relief. The message was read at the New York club luncheon and urged the effort spread widely. A special show for youths at the Ohio Theater will admit entry with a can of milk this Saturday morning.
A 1923 poem depicts a Doughboy challenging God over hero status and postwar neglect. A Gob voices cynicism about civilian ingratitude and social snobbery, arguing veterans still perform duties beyond peace. The dialogue highlights wartime sacrifice versus peacetime forgetfulness.
New York residents flock to Tin Beach the roof tops and rooftops host crowded scenes on sunny Sundays as offices and factories workers seek fashionable color and simple leisure. The piece notes public band concerts in Central Park and reflects on New York’s mix of small town roots and urban life with signs posted near Prospect Park kiosk.
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