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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1925
Page
5
Dr. Herman G. Morgan, Indianapolis city health officer, says warm weather lowers sickness and mortality. He notes August is surprisingly healthy, while winter brings colds and pneumonia, with measles peaking in spring and sanitation efforts reducing summer illnesses.
Sponges found on an anchor off Chichagof Alaska indicate potential large sponge beds nearby. Water at 20 fathoms was 18 degrees warmer than surface, a condition favorable for sponge growth.
The document lists capital, net assets, and liabilities for multiple insurers including Crum & Forster United States Managers and Hartford based firms. It shows capital paid up amounts, cash in banks, mortgage loans, real estate, accrued securities, reinsurance, and losses due. Presidents and secretaries are named such as Harold M. O’Brien, Frederick O’Brien, M. S. Cremer, and Henry F. Tuerk.
Miss Florence Rena Sabin, physiologist at Johns Hopkins Medical School in Baltimore, becomes the first American woman crowned by science with laurels by winning life membership in the National Academy of Sciences.
United Press reports Chicago investigation into the furniture industry led by Roger T. Shale as the Justice Department probes alleged price trusts. About 250 midwest manufacturers ordered to submit books. early results not yet available. A four room “love nest” could cost around 1300 dollars at current rates, with detailed price items listed.
Itemized list covers chairs and buffet rug total 410 bedroom set with dresser chiflonier night stand bench chair mattress and spring rug total 335.35 kitchen items stove table refrigerator cabinet Mnoleum total 153.20 Four rooms subtotal 1374.25 excluding drapes.
Dexter Missouri May 14 192? Twenty years Newburn May had denounced personal crisis reports then despondent he shot himself with a rifle ending his life.
In London on May 14 the Royal College of Surgeons Museum houses the world’s largest skull collection with over 6 006 specimens dating back to 9 B C.
A young married couple browsed a furniture store for a bedroom suite. The husband asked for twin beds, but the wife clarified they only needed a cradle for their new home. The scene captures a light moment from London Tit-Bits.
In a Cornwall church a medieval minister installed a small door near the altar to let the devil escape when worshippers renounced him. The article also notes Wright, the new U S marshal for Arizona, recalls his license, telephone, P O box, and street number, all are 646.
Mrs. C. A. Love, 82, is among the most enthusiastic anglers in York Pennsylvania. Leaf Insects thriving on guava trees mimic the leaves so closely they change color with the season.
Sydney reports Ernest Bradshaw, a chauffeur and 1928- marriage to Mrs. Walter Howard Smith widow of a shipbuilder, inherits one million dollars after his wife dies from poison taken by mistake.
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