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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1924
Page
5
A manifesto urging more parks and outdoor spaces to counter urban confinement. It argues cities as jail-like systems driven by property rights, calls for state and local park expansion, backyard gardens, and tree planting to reconnect people with nature and ease modern nerve strain.
Victor for Senator Morris notes progress as Senate Agricultural Committee votes 10 to 6 against reporting Henry Ford’s Muscle Shoals bid without amendment. Norris praises the effort to keep the water power in government hands and signals growing Senate sentiment favoring public ownership over private exploitation.
The excerpt ties Sam Gompers to near beer objections and notes Courage With Coolidge as a new slogan. A Detroit bandit with a mandolin hints at brutal impulses, while Daily Rows in Parliament suggest Americanization gains. It hints bootlegger union plans but expects no shorter hours.
Troy novelist Will Cressy notes Troy New York has produced many famous talents including a foreman who invented the extension ladder and many bartenders. He mentions Troy across the river from Green Island near Cohoes and hints at local fame beyond a single industry.
A reflective piece argues that being listed in Who's Who matters little. It urges readers to act with integrity and kindness, build friendships, and persevere with spirit, regardless of recognition, noting true worth comes from character, not notoriety.
A humorous reminiscence paints Troy as a hub of famous vamps and gleaming collars, shirts and laundries. The narrator riffs on Helen of Troy, laundry economics, and social scandals, with a closing note that Will Cressy will write from Boston next week.
A compact fragment recalls biblical wisdom from Proverbs urging diligence and a quote from Coleridge on people with nothing to do quickly tiring of their own company.
A humorous chat is quoted where a boy asks Eunice if she can see in the dark and she replies no, prompting the boy to say he heard her tell Hajley he hadn’t shaved. The remark appears in a Denver Clarion snippet.
A collection of wry one liners touching on politics crime luck and culture. Jokes reference Hollywood police life elections marriage and dancing with a tongue in cheek tone.
In Parliament Lady Terrington M P runs a close second to Lady Astor as both push public policy into the spotlight. The rivalry keeps parliamentary debates lively and widely watched.
Washington dispatch analyzes the Dawes plan as the last chance for allied unity with Germany. It warns failure could trigger a new European war, with Britain, France, Russia and Germany reshaping power and potentially delaying postwar recovery.
London Holborn district adopts a new noiseless rubber brick pavement laid on firm bases with tight joints. The surface promises fifteen years of durability under normal heavy traffic, improving on older cobble stones and rivaling wood blocks in quietness and grip.
The life of George Friderick Handel began in Halle in 1685 with family opposition to his music. He studied intensely until 18, then moved to England where he gained fame and a 10 000 pound pension from Queen Anne. His later years saw declines in fortune and health, a turn to spiritual music, and the creation of the Messiah before his death in 1759 after conducting its first performance.
The Washington Bureau column answers reader questions on topics from prison education and labor to Bible birds and tolls of 1923. It lists metrics on 1923 building permits, U S bank counts, Sullivan knockouts, and the 1908 Japan United States agreement with concise factual responses.
A motorist kills a hen then gives a dollar to Edna on her way to Neighbor Reed's. Edna tells her mother, who muses about saving the money and cutting the hen's head for cooking. The mother jokes about letting the Reeds eat the hen.
In Washington on May 26 the House of Representatives, after a long delay to reach a quorum, hustled with parlor humor and roasts as members filled the chamber. Nick Longworth and J Napoleon Tincher drew cheers while lines from the cloakroom choir punctuated the adjournment fight before a quorum finally formed at 8:15.
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