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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1923
Page
5
Feature column notes visitors flooding Indianapolis for Speedway events and urges fair pricing. It contrasts public spirited merchants with rare profiteering and credits the Better Business Bureau for discipline. The piece also touches on a Sioux land damages suit and asks readers to preserve Indianapolis goodwill.
Questions from the Times query column cover etiquette, politics, and history including Bryan's 1896 speech and the Pony Express. Also noted: Indianapolis priests Rev Joseph Duffy Rev John Geran and Rev Jerome Pfau were ordained by Bishop Chartrand at St Meinrad seminary and hosted a banquet at the Catholic Community Center.
Berton Braley presents a humorous monologue about dieting and temptation. The speaker narrates resisted and surrendered food choices from lettuce to scalloped potatoes. He acknowledges the struggle to diet while indulging in tempting fare.
Ina Mae Stephens, survivor and principal of the Cleveland, South Carolina school, calls for strict safety laws as Governor McLeod and State Superintendent Hope push measures. She recounts the tragedy that claimed 76 lives and describes how doors opened inward and panic unfolded during the disaster.
Legends of Delmonico's fortune making waiters fade with the restaurant's closing. Veterans recall cash tips and Wall Street windfalls, with waiters like Jimmy Hebron and Baptista Ravera. The famed house moved through multiple addresses since 1828 before yielding to a bank and office building.
A meditation on money and need contrasts two quotes. The first links earning cash to food, strength, and work. The second presents poverty as creating rags, money, banks, loans, and renewed poverty through a circular critique of wealth.
Mayme Lee Kelley, an Omaha native who moved to the Canal Zone seven years ago, built a cafe cabaret and the Jardine Hotel in Colon. Her twenty-one cash registers handle dollars from U S Navy personnel, while her cabaret of thirty five entertainers competes with Broadway spots. Prices are posted in moderate ranges, and she promotes American-Polish free spirit in Panama with Stars and Stripes pride.
Uncle Sam notes a postmaster, 93, claims to be oldest in the U S. He served 39 years. if dismissed he quips the job was never permanent. Included are notes on steel history, child labor exams, and a Wyoming Teapot Dome oil well with Marines at the scene.
The Bureau of Education notes that forming parent teacher associations creates a semi social forum where teachers and parents meet regularly. This fosters friendlier feeling and allows current school questions to be discussed from both home and school perspectives.
Tom Sims notes that Ubands and mosquitoes seldom rest, emphasizing persistence and ubiquity in daily life. He highlights the nuisances of pests and the resilience of common creatures in ordinary seasons.
A nostalgic column riffs on international affairs and travel, noting China’s governance, Turkey’s tensions with Greece, and the cost of vacations. The tone is wry and observational, blending commentary on politics and leisure for a reader-friendly snapshot.
A garbled collage of adage style lines. The text muses on rumors politics fashion and work life with whimsical snippets about Henry Ford, gas, bootleg joints, coal dealers, knickerbockers, teeth, collars and diamonds. The piece reads like a collage of aphorisms from a bygone era.
Clouds gather as official facts point to drastic sugar price cuts and sugar boycotters' success. Government figures say consumption falls by at least 30 percent, while Cuban crop prospects improve and beet and European production rise. World sugar output could set a record, with farmers in Louisiana and India reporting strong crops. Protests to President Harding and Secretary Hoover warn of legal risks amid the boycott.
A U S Bureau of Forestry proposal promotes a Cascade Creek unit mill near Thomas Bay Alaska. The plan covers 243000 acres of timber land and a 300 ton daily pulp capacity power site with power development to proceed after bids open July 31. Revenue includes 1.7 million from wood sales, with one fourth for Alaska schools and roads.
London readers now ask for the weather forecast the next day by telephone after 5 p m. The new service is described as convenient for patrons seeking timely meteorological updates.
In Brussels on May 28 Cardinal Mer cier visited the theater with his clergy for a private performance of the miracle play Guibour starring Mme Guilbert.
Doorn authorities order former Kaiser Wilhelm to pay income tax to both the Dutch State and the municipality of Doorn.
Paris reports a new French government decree makes cannibalism in western and central Africa punishable by death. Previously cases followed local native customs with many sentences by milas.
A Washington Bureau bulletin offers guidance on WEIGHT REDUCTION and WEIGHT INCREASE. Readers can request copies by filling a coupon, affixing postage, and mailing to the Indicatington D C address with city and state details, to obtain tips for gaining or losing pounds.
The United States Department of Commerce seeks to answer whether rubber can be profitably grown in the Western Hemisphere. Experiments under Prof. Harry N. Whitford and J. J. Blandin aim to locate viable rubber plantation regions in the Americas while surveying global potential.
Fifty grandchildren attended a birthday party for a 90‑year‑old woman in Blyth Northumberland marking a family milestone.
An English calf born to a cow owned by R. F P. Barker in Coxwold displays two heads and three ears. The unusual birth was reported from the farm, with no further details on health or fate provided.
Two human skeletons and earthenware from the Gallo Roman period were found along with a fragment of sculpture from a triumphal arch by workers dismantling old houses in Geneva on May 28.
Paris reports an outbreak with three times as many women as men affected by typhoid fever. Medical authorities say veterans who received anti typhoid vaccination during the war are now grateful for the protection.
In Rome on May 28 Premier Mussolini announced compulsory French teaching is ended in Italian schools. Pupils will learn one of several languages, with English among the options.
Bat tersea England May 28 Eighty years of continuous church choir service ends with the death of Joseph Kenningham 91 long time soloist at Salisbury Cathedral and a regular performer at the Handel Festivals since 1862.
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