Who Is Responsible For Marion County Building Fiasco
The Marion County council and The Indianapolis Times urge the State board of accounts to fix responsibility for two failing buildings at the poor farm and Julietta insane asylum. Investigations find sagging beams, bowed floors, and unsafe cement work. officials face questions over lack of proper inspection and approval. Public officials must act promptly to uncover accountability.
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Slamming Us One Silent Plea on Midwestern Politics
The piece ridicules Indiana politics and warns against nominating weak candidates from the Middle West. It notes Coolidge’s strong GOP prospects while decrying the Indiana Governor’s prison sentence and Ohio’s recent failure, arguing the region’s political reputation is low and unlikely to produce ideal leaders.
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Banks Safer Yet Crime Report Shows Rising Bank Thefts
Crime Prohibition reduced overall crime but bank robberies and related offenses reportedly rose to heights unseen. J. E. Baum of the American Bankers Association notes 48 percent higher forgery and theft rates year over year while stressing banks remain far safer than other hiding places. A French remark contrasts poor losers and winners with domestic political calls for a house cleaning from a female speaker.
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The Soldiers Bonus Law Explainer Bulletin Issued
The Indianapolis Times advertises a Washington Bureau bulletin detailing provisions of the War Veterans Adjusted Compensation Law. It explains who qualifies, how to obtain benefits, and how the administration will operate, with a request for readers to mail in for a copy accompanied by 5 cents.
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Coolidge Coolness Evident at Republican HQ
Washington May 28 That well known song Sweet and Low might have been dedicated to the Republican national committee headquarters The place is quiet and calm as chairs in state over Potomac park John T Adams committee chair sits with Publicity Director Gordon and secretary Litschert while orders are whispered to Stearns in a low voice The atmosphere is described as riotous like a county morgue with many earnest workers at hand
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In the Garden by Hal Cochran
A light verse about a family gardening together in spring. Dad hoes while Mom spades, old clothes reappear for digging, and the garden brigade battles weeds and makes ridges for seeds. Some plants fail to return, yet workers stay cheery as they toil for the table.
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Thought on righteousness and mercy inspires life and honor
A devotional line citing Proverbs 21 21 and Sophocles on kindness. The message links pursuing righteousness and mercy with life and honor and equates kindness with its own reward.
Weather letters puzzle Professor Humphreys on rain causes
Washington May 28. Professor William J. Humphreys of the US Weather Bureau handles daily letters from the public about weather. A farmer in Indiana blames radio for heavy spring rains. Humphreys plans to explain the science and convincingly refute the claim.
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Moon Not Responsible For Crop Growth Says Professor
A scientist declares lunar phases do not affect farming. He cites soil fertility, looseness, photosynthesis, humidity and weather as key factors, noting moonlight is far too weak to influence growth or air tides enough to alter temperature. Farmers should ignore the moon when planting.
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Republicans eye 1924 race amid convention talk
The passage notes Cleveland delegates preparing for a national convention while Republicans and Democrats alike display confidence in choosing their next president. It hints that Coolidge is a likely whispered answer among party members.
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Verdi’s life and operatic triumphs through tragedy
The passage traces Giuseppe Verdi from child organist to renowned composer. It notes his early study, marriage to his benefactor’s daughter, the death of his wife and two children after his first opera, and the subsequent prolific output of thirty operas ending with Falstaff at age eighty. His enduring sorrow shaped works like Rigolello, Aida, and Il Trovatore.
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Rigoletti
Notable quotes on birth, war, and faith from public figures
A collection of remarks from Mrs Martha Toombs Billy Sunday Anatole France and Lord William Gascoyne Cecil touches on birth control religious faith and war. The speakers span a mother of twenty two children a sick evangelist a French writer and a British bishop, reflecting varied views on population and morality.
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Martha Toombs
Los Angeles
William Gascoyne-Cecil
Flour moth pests threaten mills and stores across nations
The Mediterranean flour moth likely originated in Germany and spread to Canada before reaching this country. A serious pest in flour mills and a nuisance in storerooms and kitchens, eggs cling to sacks and groceries. Larvae spin webs, clump flour, and clog mill machinery. they eat rice and buckwheat flour but will attack most cereals.
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Cold light via quartz discharge at Oxford lab
D L Chapman and L J Davis at Jesus College Oxford report quartz emits light under electric discharge and chills with liquid air boosts phosporescence. Scientists seek heatless illumination, claiming this as a major advance in cold light research.
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Ornery Weather Man Shows May's Hard Temper
Weather forecast humor cites May's lingering heat and storms as the "ornery" forecastors mood. The column lampoons the forecaster's stubborn stance and the May weather pattern as a humorous personality trait.
Bulls Auctioned Herd to Hearst Raises Rumors
The Bluffton Banner reports that Tom Taggart sold his entire Hereford herd to William Randolph Hearst, prompting questions whether Taggart passed the bulls to his New York friend.
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Refugee Eva Martinez Aids Fleeing Neighbors in U S
Eva Martinez a Mexican refugee and former head of a Mexican Red Cross equivalent now assists others who fled across the boundary line. She works to provide care and support to fellow refugees seeking safety in the United States.
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Witty Proverbs and Pithy Sentiments From Tom Sims
A humorous column of maxims and quips on happiness work marriage wealth war and politics. It runs through light observations about conscience beauty debt marriage and ambition with satirical notes on a French general and a congressman’s stance on amplifiers.
Pirate in Hope of Release
Jo hn Alseph Kerwin, noted as America s only pirate, is serving life at Leavenworth Kansas for a Great Lakes boat raid. He edits the prison paper Leavenworth New Era and has long sought parole or commutation with limited success. He has held an outside pass allowing some movement within the prison.
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Kerwin the Prison Pirate Without a Ward
The narrator recalls Kerwin a likable prison figure who roams the facility despite years of confinement. Kerwin has greeted more than eighteen thousand inmates as they complete terms, wishing them well, and continues to claim soon freedom. The pattern repeats across decades as the pirate-like inmate speaks of imminent release.
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California votes against Bible teaching in public schools
A Lebanon Reporter note says California voters rejected teaching the Bible in public schools, suggesting the Bible places Heaven as paradise rather than California. The Lafayette Journal and Courier quips on a speaker claiming two can live as cheaply as one, urging cautious judgment of such claims.
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Questions and Answers from The Times Washington Bureau
A reader asks about Dr Carleton McCulloughs church and Masonic membership the Peak Mt Pike the height and location and other general knowledge questions. The Times lists sample Q and A topics from 1908 including Tom Mix address Alberta Vaughns studio and Salvation Army dinner counts.
Jokes and jibes mix at private dinner on spirits and suitors
Family Fun Senator Underwood mocks Spiritualist talk by Sir Oliver Lodge and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle claiming spirits speak absurdly about Heaven. A Detroit News quip notes a girl finding heaven without spectacles. Another joke recalls a clock trick to avoid waking a partner.
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Gloomy Glitter of Broadway and Rural Club Opened
Washington reports the Congressional Country Club opens fifteen miles from the city amid fanfare. Notable patrons like J Ogden Armour and John D Rockefeller Jr join as life members with 750 others funding the rural relief effort. President Coolidge attends despite a cold, praising simple, unpretentious values.
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Cakes and cheeky reply echo London humor
A London Mail quip captures a mother scolding Johnny for eating too much with a playful return to pass the cakes and move aside. The brief joke showcases domestic warmth and wit in a concise exchange.
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