Give Light and the People Will Find Their Way
The Indianapolis Times argues Indiana Republicans must purge corruption and resist Coffinism and Stephensonism, urging Hoover loyalists to vote against straight tickets. It notes prior party fights, calls for a clean ticket, and warns of fake fears aiming to push old interests back into power. It also reports on rising U S foreign investments, predicting total holdings near sixteen billion by year end and stressing the need for a president with foreign affairs expertise.
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Earl Klinck
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Remy
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New York
United States
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Pacifist Hungarian Seeks Citizenship Fueled by War Stance
The Department of Labor argues Madame Rosika Schwimmer, a pacifist, is not fit for American citizenship for opposing war. A higher court had reversed a prior denial, and the department plans to take the case to the Supreme Court, challenging her naturalization.
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Kellogg
Department of Labor
Rosika Schwimmer
Madame Schwimmer
United States Supreme Court
Icaragua
United States
Baloney Not Bacon Anticipation Fails to Deliver
The piece notes Al fielded strong support in New York but failed to meet lofty prophecies of a Westward surge. It says he did not win over the farm belt or “knock ’em cold” as anticipated, bringing back only baloney, not bacon.
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Baloney
Marc Antony
Demonsthenes
William Jennings Bryan
New York
Antony-Demosthenes-Bryan
Bandits
Iowa
China
Mellon
Harrd McCormick
International Harvester Company
Ganna Walska
Paris
Atlantic Ocean
Spontaneous generation myths and Redi’s key experiment
The piece traces historical beliefs that life could arise from inanimate matter. It recounts Redi’s meat experiment showing flies come from eggs laid by existing flies, refuting spontaneous generation and leading Spallanzani toward microbiology.
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Nile
Lazzaro Spallanzani
University of Reggio
Italy
Redi
Spallanzani
Campaigns Shift Focus From Safer Roads to Prohibition Debate
A public stance argues safety of autos and machinery deserves focus over Prohibition. The writer cites 95,000 avoidable deaths and 500,000 injuries yearly from accidents, with 27 hospitalizations and two deaths from drink, urging government action on traffic safety and grade-crossing elimination.
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Nicaragua
The Science of Child Diets Through Growth Stages
The article traces how basal metabolism rises from infancy to adolescence, noting oxygen use as the energy measure. It details calorie needs per pound by age, giving daily calorie totals for key ages and stressing age appropriate diet planning with reference to educational diet tables.
Fragmented political quips on war debts and public figures
A collage of caustic remarks on wartime debt, Senate consent, advertising, Mussolini, weddings, governors, Betsy Ross, bandit spoils, and public figures. The item satirizes Mussolini, Curtis, Mellon, Harrd McCormick, Bryan, Conan Doyle, Hoover, and Al Smith with sharp, punchy lines.
Janet's unfinished tale ends as she joins a troupe
Janet, mother of a baby, deserts Indianapolis with a troupe led by Jasper to Kansas City. The pair promise marriage and the baby accompanies them. Welfare aid intervened but Janet fled with the troupe, amid rumor and a threatened expose, seeking a fresh start with uncertain consequences.
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Janet
Kansas City
Jasper
Indianapolis
Family Welfare Society
Welfare Society
Eastern Publishing Company
Airport site criticism prompts farming valuation concern
A Times-Consistency reader criticizes the airport site committee for appointing a Real Estate Board sub‑committee to value sites as farm property. The writer laments farmers bear the burden of location and platting factors and urges consistent treatment.
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Times
Indianapolis Real Estate Board
Indianapolis
Smith's frankness under fire in campaign preview
Ashington October analysis outlines Republican attacks on Al Smith's supposed frankness and platform. It surveys prohibition, farm relief, immigration, intolerance, and tariff positions, noting potential shifts and the coming trials as he tours the circuit.
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Ashington
Smith
Milwaukee
Omaha
Congress
Coolidge
Hoover
St. Paul
This Date in U S History October 2 events
Highlights include 1774 Henry Middleton elected president of the continental congress in South Carolina. 1780 Major Andre hanged for treason after a military board conviction. 1833 Anti Slavery Society formed in New York. 1871 Brigham Young arrested in Salt Lake City for polygamy. 1889 Pan American Congress organized in Washington DC.
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Henry Middleton
South Carolina
Continental Congress
Major Andre
Anti-Slavery Society
New York
Brigham Young
Salt Lake City
Utah
Washington, D. C
Reflections on Mortality and Darkness in Verse
A compact meditation pairing Genesis 3 19 on dust with Shakespearean lines about facing death. The pieces frame mortality as fate and intimate encounter with darkness. No further context or events are provided.
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