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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1928
Page
11
The piece argues voters should inspect voting machines, criticizes Coffin machine protection, and defends Scripps Howard independence. It reflects on editorial honesty, partisanship, and the role of press in shaping public opinion, urging light not distortion to guide choices. It includes a section on visiting English editors and notes on Anglo American understanding.
OCERN life offers too many thrills for politics to be as interesting as it once was. Orators had their heyday when men faced no greater adventure than wilderness or ox kicks. We take drama where we find it as science and flight surpass politics. History repeats in principle but not technique.
An editorial argues for fact driven inquiry over partisan debate, praising democracy, scientific progress, and the shift from word based ideas to brain work. It contrasts past and present, warning against nostalgia while urging pursuit of knowledge and freedom of conscience. It highlights technology and human rights as guiding principles for the era.
Standard Oil of New Jersey joins British oil giants Royal Dutch Shell Burmah Oil to form a three-way interlock aimed at shutting off Russian oil markets. The alliance seeks anti dumping tariffs and price fixes, potentially global monopoly control, while denying Moscow crucial revenues.
Journal of the American Medical Association summary notes that color blindness affects red green perception most commonly, with blue yellow less common. total color blindness exists in a minority and heredity plays a role. Dr Beach cites limited remedies like shaded lenses and memory aided by color placement to aid tasks such as threading a needle and recognizing signals by brightness.
A mixed, sharp clipped column mocks political groups and international affairs. It lampoons immigration, European ties, and U S public figures while touching on Prohibition, war, and world events with a flurry of quips about Gene Tunney, the Yankees, and the Cardinals.
Frederick M. Kerby answers reader inquiries on stamps tempering wrestling history airships Byrd polar flight and immigration quotas. The column explains stamp values, tempering metals and historical notes on wrestling from ancient times to the 1800s, plus details on the Josephine Ford airship and meaning of A D after dates and England quota at 34 007 per year.
A lurid sketch on the front page recounts Mrs A in a drunken escapade leaving home for days with a four year old and a baby. Neighbors witnessed her in a raincoat and boots, police called, and her court case led to the babies being placed in the Indianapolis Orphan Asylum as the community contemplates the wider tragedy of lives wrecked by alcohol and neglect.
On October 6 events included North Carolina repealing secession and abolishing slavery in 1865 United States troops preparing to occupy Havana Cuba in 1898 and Nicaraguans surrendering Leon their last stronghold to United States Marines in 1912.
A short devotional note references Proverbs 16 18 about pride and downfall and echoes a theme of humility before consequence. The piece labels pride as a dangerous flaw and contrasts vast significance with lesser self view in a concise moral line.
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