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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1923
Page
6
A compilation of opinions on using publicity to aid Native American land protections, the movie industry's role in education, and the shifting political scene with Secretary Fall out and Dr. Work guiding Indian land rights. It notes Mrs. Atwood’s advocacy, Edison’s educational film ambitions, and the movie trust’s limits on schools and churches. It also touches on US longevity versus ancient Egypt and the export import balance.
Readers questions span topics from asphalt history and biblical references to the Tower of Babel and ancient city sites to reincarnation claims and natural wonders like the Giant's Causeway. The column also covers Madison's role, U.S. flour imports, sunlight therapy, carving meat at table, and Isinglass vs mica.
President Harding regards Stanley Baldwin's selection as prime minister of Great Britain as excellent. He avoided direct comment but conveyed a pleasant recollection of Baldwin from a recent U.S. visit as exchequer chancellor.
Butler Davenport introduces a free theater at Bramhall Play house offering audience members free viewing with the option to donate to a collection plate. Report notes nightly sellouts and Davenport’s plan to expand to a larger venue named the People’s Theater.
Washington May 23 The plant quarantine inspectors form the first line of defense against insect pests entering the United States. Quarantines cover many trees shrubs and plants and imports are inspected at ocean ports and the Mexican border. Dr R C Althouse says pests from India China and Europe cause heavy damage yearly and Congress passed the plant quarantine act in 1912. Over 2 million dollars yearly funds quarantines with similar state spending and the effort is regarded as highly important.
The United States Bureau of Mines plans to stage controlled earthquakes using abandoned mines and quarries to study the effects of explosives such as dynamite picric acid and TNT. Dr Charles F E Munroe said experiments will compare blasts with known substances, aiming to broaden safe industrial uses of war-surplus explosives.
A pink crepe or satin underslip with an accordion pleated skirt is a versatile wardrobe addition. The piece remains usable after summer, offering negligee foundation potential when paired with a lace georgette jacket.
Our Washington Bureau reports many coupons arrive missing names or proper addresses. Send a copy of the Veterans Bureau pamphlets with a 2 cent postage stamp to the Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau for prompt service.
Yale professor Irving Fisher argues inflation harms savers and buys fewer goods. He uses a Polish clothier example to show how rising prices erode principal, noting the dollar’s loss in purchasing power and calling for price stability to protect thrift.
Prisoners in the Federal penitentiary at Me Neil's Island undergo strict medical exams after Jesus Lira was found with an advanced case of leprosy. Lira is being moved toward the Mexican border for deportation.
In New Orleans Belle Smith fought a serious heart injury after a stabbing. Physicians closed a deep heart wound with three stitches, removed a clot, and sewed the wound. A blood transfusion followed and she has gradually improved despite an initially grim prognosis.
The article notes two pearl strings as a style fact a tight chokethread and a longer waist length strand. The shorter string uses larger beads and is worn close to the throat while the longer strand extends toward the waistline showing a layered pearl look.
A collage of quips and brief notes covers Canada firebugs jailed for arson, a Tennessee congressman, and social foibles. The tone mocks social norms with odd lines about onions, masks, and haircuts, while hinting at maritime imports and insurance attitudes.
New York society is occupied with June weddings. Miss Katherine Bulkley marries W Houston Kelly of Baltimore. Cathleen Vanderbilt is wed Harry C Cushing IHL of New York City. Miss Marie Thayer is betrothed to Junius A Richards of New York City.
A humorous complaint to a flirtatious woman titled To An Uncertain Lady. The speaker longs for peace and longs to avoid her teasing influence, calling her a siren and a pest while acknowledging her charm. Copyright 1923 NEA Service Inc.
Lincoln Nebraska May 23 Re fused re adj to the Nebraska penitentiary from which she had recently been paroled Miss Violet Schmidt 23 swallowed poison tablets and collapsed in the office of the State parole office She a member of a prominent Omaha family was forced to work as a stenographer after her father s death A year and a half ago she confessed to passing bad checks She told the State parole officer no one wants a jail bird to work for them pleading to be taken back to prison to finish her sentence I have been working as a domestic but it is too hard and I cannot get an easier job All my friends have deserted me Please let me go back to prison
Washington May 23 Dr Raymond Dodge of the National Research Council dismisses as highly improbable the Spanish Marquis de Santora's claim that his sleepwalker son can read through opaque objects with an intensified vision. Dodge notes illusions and misdirections in such feats and compares them to stage tricks, saying there is no solid scientific foundation.
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