The Deserted Village and the League's Slow Moving Train
A Maryland town refused a rail line before the Civil War citing safety and Godly design. The piece links that stance to Republicans wary of the League of Nations, noting shifts toward acceptance by some, while predicting the party’s resistance will hollow out its core as the village faded to ruins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore & Ohio
Maryland
League of Nations
George Washington
Theodore Burton
Cleveland
World Court of the League Covenant
The
Hague
League
World Court
Burton
East and West politicking behind the 1924 convention
The piece argues economic distress and farm hardship drive a broader undercurrent in Republican politics. It claims the East dominates the New England nomination while West resentments grow, with two million laws shaping citizen life as the country debates future policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
New England
Plains
Things Named for Buffalo New York
Buffalo is a rail junction for Niagara Falls marriages and personal crisis reports. Early ties trace to 1679 with La Salle. 1792 homesteaders opened a fur store on Main Street. The town moved six miles by lake due to English disturbances, then rebuilt. Pierce met Arrow and started autos. Garden Theater by Mike Shea. Mrs. Statler hosted boarders. In 1891 Pan American Exposition boosted drama culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEA Service, Inc
Offalo
N. Y
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
la Salle
Celeron Park
Jamestown
Main St
Lake
Mr. Pierce
Arrow
Mike Shea
Statler
Radio Night Life Transforms New York City
New York experiences a radio powered night life as night owls replace couch time with broadcasts. Rooftops host aerial wires for guests radios while some seek to connect with distant sweethearts. A penny powered shoe shine costs two cents as wires and voices blend into urban life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Hannagan
New York
Beau Drummels
Indianapolis
Buffalo, New York a Portrait of a City and Its Peculiar Nomenclature
The piece surveys Buffalo as a thriving port on Lake Erie with substantial wharfage and grain capacity while listing local parks and institutions. It notes numerous Buffalo named items from Buffalo Bill to Buffalo Grass, and mentions diverse ethnic newspapers, a zoo, an asylum in Delaware Park, and Peary training in the city. It clarifies the subject is Buffalo, N Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware Park
United States
America
Germany
Buffalo
Polak W Ameryce
Aurora Und Christliche Woche
Corriere Italiano
Hacienda
Dziennik Dla Wszystrich
Xi Psi Phi Quarterly
Horse World
Peary
N. Y
Family Fun Lucky Thing
A humorous dialogue exchange features Gladys Gertrude Binks Jinks and a judge discussing self image snowshoeing elegance and conceit in a playful London setting. The line about talking gracefully in galoshes showcases wit and character banter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Binks
Quip Sharpens on Public News Literacy
A humorous exchange contrasts a trainee teacher unable to name Louis XIV’s date with a mother who dismisses newspapers as unread. A peddler sells a whistle to a housewife, delivering a light punchline about not reading the news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis XIV
Journal Amusant
Paris
Reader Q A from The Times A Knowledge Column
The Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau offers readers a chance to ask questions. It includes Faraday Franklin debate lard starch queries tolls about tariffs jingoism blue nose and Hungarian fruit roll recipe with waterproof haystack coverings and steps.
Wordplay Quiz Of Minute Usage Definitions Try
A compact prompt listing a string of unusual terms including Autodyne Binet Bonnaz Kalastrum and Vitamin Zircite designed to test precision in word usage knowledge. It weaves a playful challenge around defining obscure terms and related concepts.
New Words Find Place In Everyday Speech
Linguist Dr. Frank Vizetelly notes Americans invent about 2,400 words yearly and cites terms like Svyaraj Jitney Hooch Fascisti Bolshevik Mah Jong and Myohist as examples. He warns language evolves with culture and that Myohist a blend of Mind Your Own Business may test time in dictionaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scofflaw
Frank H. Vizetelly
Funk & Wagnalls New Standard Dictionary
Svyaraj
British India
London
Alaska
Italy
America
Radio
Tit Bits Voice Prompt After Supper Visit
A brief item notes a caller asking what time to come and being told to arrive after supper. The exchange centers on a simple social visit and timing.
Milkweed Silk Scientist of Templeton Unveils Fiber Promise
Milkweed silk researcher Ydney Boyce, a 94-year-old scientist from Templeton, Mass, reports producing a fiber from the common milkweed silk that combines top qualities of silk and cotton. He notes other similar claims have been made before and later dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ydney Boyce
Templeton
Mass
King and Labor in Britain a Mutual Look at Monarchy
Mrs. Philip Snowden argues in The Spectator that the British monarchy remains aloof from party politics and is preferable to a republic. She notes Labor's respect for constitutional use and the civil service’s fair treatment, with the King showing no bias toward Labour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Philip Snowden
Britain
the Spectator
Labor Party
Great Britain
Labor
Diffiult
Tin Types By HAL COCHRAN
A nostalgic column recalls old tin types from a family album. The writer likens Mom in puffed sleeves and Dad in a derby to bygone fashion, noting how styles and attitudes shift while love endures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Cochran
Mom
Dad
Saying Between The Lines A Mid Century Quip Sheet
A collection of satirical maxims on manners ambition and society. The wry aphorisms touch on independence self starter attitudes family roles and travel echoing a light humorous social commentary.
Proverbs and Livy Reflections on Work and Pleasure
A compact page item contrasts toil with oil and pleasure, noting the biblical proverb about land and bread and Livy’s remark on the natural link between oil and pleasure, suggesting a moral reflection on work and enjoyment.
Congress Plans Hearings Aboard Ship Washington
The House committee probing the Shipping Board will hold hearings on the liner George Washington while en route to England on July 4. Testimony will cover foreign losses, contract practices, and suspected graft as the panel investigates efficiency and costs of the board’s operations abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times Washington Bureau
New York Ave
Ashington
Congress
House Committee
Shipping Board
George Washington
New York
England
The
L. C. Palmer
Emergency Fleet Corporation
House
Palmer
United States
Europe
Davis
Tennessee
T. W. O'Connor
Immigration bill sparks race tensions in Negro community
Dr. L. K. Williams cautions that the Japanese immigration bill may fuel race antipathy among black Americans, fearing a rising tide of color. Margaret Gaston notes that people often sneer at others whose pleasures diverge from their own.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. K. Williams
National Baptist Convention
Margaret Gaston
Also Mentioned on This Page
Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance
United Press
NEA Service
Scripps-Paine Service
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Indianapolis Times Publishing Co
Maryland St
Diogenes
W. J. Burns
Detroit
Canadian
Boston
Washington
Indianapolis Times
Washington, D. C
Bulletin
Buffalo,n. Y
Cressy
CS Torm
Gladys
Gertrude
Faraday
Franklin
Russia
Turkey
Nova Scotia
Intarvin
Kalastrum
Milline
Neutrodyne
Oireachtas
Potentiometer
Skyography
Soulism
Synura Telautogram Vitamin Zircite
Alexander Herman
Isis
Zarbaugh Aas
Swinming
Donavons
Moria Road
AE Crean
King
Monarch
MacDonald
William Philip Simms
Tom Sims
Livy
Ings
Sayres & Company
PLA
Aed Mul
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!