Division in Upper House Fails to Follow Party
Washington report notes a split in the Sixty-Ninth Congress with 56 desks for Republicans and 40 for Democrats. A core group of twelve Senators, including Borah, Couzens, Howell, Johnson, McLean, Capper, McMaster, McNary, Norris and Shipstead, hold decisive sway, forming the balance of power amid party lines.
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Charles B. Warren
Borah
Brookhart
Capper
Couzens
Frazier
Howell
Johnson
McLean
Ladd
McMaster
McNary
Norris
Shipstead
Senate
Connecticut
Kansas
la Follette
Indianapolis Times Motto and Quotations
The fragment quotes a biblical verse from I Kings 10 7 and a Hazlitt line about fame. It notes the Indianapolis Times staff including Roy W. Howard student editor Bruner and Bus. Mgr Mayburn. The text reflects newspaper masthead style and a literary quotation collection.
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The
Indianapolis Times
Roy W. Howard
Lix F. Bruner
A. Mayburn
Hazlitt
Keep your yacht Mr Coolidge keep Mayflower for the president
The piece argues President Coolidge should keep the presidential yacht Mayflower despite annual costs around half a million dollars. It contends the yacht provides privacy and utility for the chief executive, noting naval crew wages and constant security scrutiny as part of the expense.
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Mr. Coolidge
Hail the Woman News Item Across Nations
The piece surveys women’s rising roles worldwide from India to Germany, Britain, and Brazil. It notes two Indian appointments to magistrate posts in Madras and Mangalore, compares U S gender advances to global progress, and highlights women achieving political and professional milestones in multiple countries.
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India
Madras
Mangalore
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Washington
California
Council of State
Geneva
Czechoslovakia
Scandinavian
Baldwin
Great Britain
Calcutta
Bombay
Bagdad
China
Hawaii
Rosalie Kaliinoi
Chamber of Deputies
Rio de Janeiro
University of Berlin
Durban
South Africa
Home Grown By HALCOCILRAN
A cheerful exhortation to home gardening celebrates square plots and hoeing. The piece urges readers to grow their own vegetables, praising the satisfaction and tastier results of homegrown produce over store bought goods.
Margaret Young Sings of a Morris Chair and Unlucky Love
A Brunswick recording review highlights Margaret Young’s song I’d Got Nobody to Love about a comfy Morris chair bought with no one to share. The piece notes her persona and a second side Knows What a Red Head Can Do, plus Ben Kassover’s steam breath harmonica novelty Hot Sure Can.
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Margaret
Minine
Margaret Yung
New Brunswick
Miss Young
Ben Kassover
Okeh
Kassover
Spring Elopement and Long Married Couples Noted
A Cedar Rapids mother and daughter eloped and wed the same day signaling spring. A Wykoff New Jersey couple just marked 75 years of marriage. The piece touches on political and cultural musings of 1925, including ministers and Congress, plus music reviews and theater listings from Indianapolis.
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Cedar. Rapids
Wykoff
N. J
Indiana limestone praised as world’s oldest building stone
Nelson S. Brightly, director of the Indiana Jr. Quarrymen's Association, touts Indiana limestone as the oldest building stone with an estimated 18 million year age. He notes nine figures of annual quarry output, its use in courthouses and public buildings, and its lasting value as a major Indiana industry.
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Indiana
Savings safety fears spark home storage urge
Wagensreiber of Ross Berd withdrew 3500 from a bank eight years of savings. He hid the money in a trunk at home, but it disappeared after a walk. The story notes many distrust banks and recalls early savings methods before formal banks widespread.
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Wagensreiter
Ross Berd
Common
Women Legislators Club Formed Ahead Of General Assembly
A small Indiana group, the Women Legislators Club, announces its first convention with four members eligible for two years. They plan a simple gathering, noting clubs arise from shared interests like men, and warn against overorganization as America nears a clubbing frenzy.
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Seventy- Fourth General Assembly
Women Legislatores’ Club
Indiana
Legislative
America
Radio Slogan Sought for Indianapolis Broadcasters
The Broadcast Listeners Association of Indianapolis seeks a distinctive city slogan for local announcers to identify Indianapolis to radio listeners. Three stations already broadcast from here but a memorable phrase could boost recognition. however strong programs matter more than the label.
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Iowa
America
XYZ
Podunk
Good Old Days by M B Tracy and Local Auto Crash
A Times Special from Noblesville Indiana reports March 11 that John De Hart a grocer was blinded in one eye when an auto struck a guy wire the wire pierced his face and split the eyeball The item follows a meditation on aging and youth noting life moods and the altered perspectives of age.
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Rome
Athens
Noblesville
Ind
John de Hart
Anderson
Shelbyville G A R Commander shifts Memorial Day date
Thomas F. Chaffee, local G A R commander, announces Memorial day services will be held Sunday May 31 instead of May 30 due to speedway races in Indianapolis.
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Bu Times
Shelbyville
Ind
Thomas F. Chaffee
Indianapolis
What is the tallest building in Europe apart from the Eiffel Tower
A reader answer column lists facts: Cologne Cathedral at 512 feet is the tallest European structure aside from Paris’s Eiffel Tower. It also notes Carrie Nation died in 1911, umbrellas origin in eastern countries, symbol of royalty, European use from the eighteenth century, sororicide is a less common term for killing a sister, fratricide covers brothers or sisters, radio station call letters are assigned by government with Commerce Department oversight, tear defined as the saline drop from the lacrimal gland, and the Johnson Willard boxing bout occurred April 5, 1915 in Havana Cuba.
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Europe
Eifel
Faris
Cologne
The
Department of Commerce
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Lillian Hamilton
Good Deedes
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George Somnes
Little Theatre
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Jack Johnson
Jess Willard
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