The Big Business of Farming in the United States
The National Council of Farmers' Cooperative Associations expects $2.5 billion in 1925 sales, about one fifth of all farm business. Large regional coops dominate, with 12,000 coops and 2.5 million members, notably in Kentucky Virginia New York Georgia Oklahoma and Texas. Co-ops cut middlemen, raise prices, and improve grading while expanding motor bus lines under streetcar control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walton Peteet
National Council of Farmers’ Cooperative Associations
Washington
New York
Borow
Burley Tobacco Growers’ Association
Texas Cotton Growers
Oklahoma Association
United States
Peteet
Kentucky
Virginia
Georgia
Oklahoma
Texas
California
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Kesting
Kentucky Motor Truck Club
Indiana Transfer and Warehousemen’s Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
Green Defends Tax Bill Amid Wealth Benefit Criticism
Chairman Green responds to charges that the Houses Ways and Means plan favors the rich. He notes those earning over 1 million dollars saw about a 50 percent cut due to the surtax cap of 20 percent, arguing lower-bracket cuts would reduce government revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Ways and Means Committee
Mellon
Green
Mr. Mellon
Enforcement Vision and Holiday Notes Mixed
A column discusses speed laws and the aim of reducing dangerous driving, noting that more arrests do not prove effectiveness. It calls for uniform patrols, cites AAA protests, and mentions a Indiana civilian-clothes complaint against speed cops. The page blends weather and social blurbs on Christmas shopping and football.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Automobile Association
Indiana
Countess Karolyi recounts Hungary revolution and exile
ARIS November 30 dispatch recounts Countess Karolyi detailing her husband’s rise during Hungary’s 1918 revolution, the siege of Budapest, and attempts to secure power. She describes crowds in the streets, mutinies, royal indecision, and her failed mission to Vienna to appeal to her father. The narrative foreshadows her exile and his reappointment as prime minister.
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Countess Karolyi
Scripps- Howard
ARIS
Cable
Ondi
First Republic of
Hgary
Tober
Bucharest
Charles
Vienna
Count Julius Andrassy
Budapest
Karolyn
Karolyi
Louis Kossuth
Louis Batthyany
Hungary
Hapsburgs
Hapsburg Dynasty
A Sermon on Smiles by Rev. John R. Gunn
The sermon urges choosing smiles over frowns in daily life. It compares the smile of motherhood and romance to the negative impact of frowning, noting a smiling appearance improves beauty and harmony, and that a cheerful greeting invites goodwill everywhere.
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Israel
Mother
Coppright
John R. Gunn
Confidence Man Moran Arrested on Mail Fraud Links
Indiana reports detail Happpie Moran a nationally known con man arrested by federal officers in St Louis for mail fraud tied to a $90 000 loss in Illinois. The piece traces Moran’s long criminal record across multiple cities and questions bail practices and federal regulation impacts on industry.
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Happie Moran
St. Louis
Illinois
Moran
Detroit
Denver
Pittsburgh
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Louisville
Hot Springs
Indianapolis
Elwood
Gary
Ind
Danville
Ill
Indiana
Want Building Finished Let Mr Fixit Solve Your Troubles
A reader asks The Times to press city officials on finishing a two year old uncompleted house on Tuxedo Street and to install a street light at St Clair and Tuxedo. The Fixit column notes no legal obligation to finish a started building and flags a request for light at Church and McCarty Street as referred to the board of works. A reader cites danger from darkness near that corner and recounts a late show walk. The column identifies Samuel Henderson as Indianapolis' first mayor, serving 1847 to 1849.
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Fixit
Times
City Hall
MR. Fixit
Tuxedo St
St. Clair and
Tuxedo Sts
Board of Works
Murdered widow's killer faces third trial delay and debate
The Indianapolis case of Helen Whelchel ends with John Thomas Shaw awaiting a third trial after two prior convictions and hung juries. Separately, Gerald Chapman’s reprieve delays his fate in a Connecticut murder case. Marion County prosecutor William Remy denounces court delays as a societal disgrace while noting long waits.
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Helen Whelchel
Indianapolis
John Thomas Shaw
Marion County
Supreme Court
Martinsville
Gerald Chapman
Muncie
Connecticut
United States Supreme Court
William H. Remy
Bar of Justice
Better Street Car Service Expands in Indianapolis
The Indianapolis Street Railway Company operated sixteen more street cars daily in the first nine months of 1925 than in the same period in 1924 and added 21 motor buses. Despite higher service, expenses fell by 40 834 dollars. Regular daily passengers exceed 300 000, while independent buses carry about 10 000, prompting calls for fare increases and favorable routing to sustain growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Street Rail-ay
Indianapolis
Public Service Commission
Diana of the Hind statue praised beside Apollo Belvedere
A description compares Diana of the Hind at the Louvre to Apollo Belvedere noting similar style and a hurried hunting posture. The statue shows Diana drawing an arrow while a Hind runs beside her and bears witness to high artistic merit without surpassing the Apollo.
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Diana
Louvre
Paris
Apollo
Moderation League critics urged to show real motive
A reader protests The Times editorial These Men Are Thinking questioning Wayne B Wheeler and the Moderation League. The letter accuses the league of importing wet propaganda from Canada to undermine prohibition and cites Elihu Root Kermit Roosevelt and others as supposed officers. The writer argues the league is a deception backed by liquor interests. SHUMAKER Indiana Anti Saloon League superintendent.
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the Times
Wayne B. Wheeler
Moderation League
United States
Canada
Europe
Washington
Wheeler
Elihu Root
Liquor Interests of America
Vols
United States Supreme Court
Kermit Roosevelt
Association Against
Western Union Telegraph Company
Board of Trustees
Columbia University
Nicholas Murray Butler
New York
I. Es. Shumaker
Indiana
Anti Saloon League
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The
Indianapolis Times
Roy W, ID
Peuix v. Bruner, Walter
Scripps-Howard
Audit Bureau of Circulation
WM. A. Mayborn
Bus
Mgr
United Press
NEA Service
Eegg
Suladag Sne Times Publishing Co
Maryland
Public Service Commis
Florida
Ferguson
For
United
Kuar
Fordianapolis Times
Scripps
Revolution
Gaylord Nelson
Chappie Moran
Federal Truck Control
Federal Regulatory Bureaus
Church and McCarty Sts
Samuel Henderson
Better
Voriting
Jaski
Ime Times
Venir
Ee Oeetone Wit
District of Columbia
District
West Indies
Bahamas
Hawaii
Irish Republic
Harriman National Bank
York
Irish Free State
de Valera
Kreney Furniture CO
Washington St
Cedar Chest
Statehouse
Shoegstore
Washington Street
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