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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1925
Page
14
A Fountain Square fountain leaks and the public asks Mr Fixit to address water flow. Readers request repairs on White River Blvd potholes and alleys at 219 to 225 S Trowbridge Ave and rear lanes. Street inspectors will assess and correct drainage at 2123 2125 Barrett Ave after recent paving left standing water.
A R White praises Tanlac, saying three bottles rebuilt his health after months of rundown condition, sluggish liver, and loss of appetite. He reports renewed vigor and enjoyment of food. Tanlac available at all good druggists.
The one room apartment gains popularity, guiding romance and affordable living. It guides decor with soft greens and ivories, balanced windows with green gold fabrics, twin cupboards as wardrobe and dressing table, and simple elegant furnishings around a mantel and day bed.
Fire Chief John J. O'Brien reports seven more men on the department's lists than budgeted. R. E. Thompson asks for action. A plea for additional fire alarm boxes on Fifty-First to Sixty-First Streets is acknowledged. John Berry will inspect next week to install three or four boxes. Beecher Street flood condition to be investigated by the street commissioner.
Polk Sanitary Milk Co announces a nationwide one cent per bottle price increase due to butter fat shortages and higher costs. New retail prices take effect Thursday, with milk pints eight cents and quarts thirteen, cream pints twenty eight, half pints fourteen, buttermilk quarts eleven, nursery milk quarts seventeen and pints ten.
Two Indianapolis students, Frankie Byrne and Bernice A Boner, earned perfect averages while among nearly 10,000 Urbana Illinois University of Illinois attendees last year. Only seventy six achieved this mark, and their addresses are listed as 5912 Central Ave and 25 Maple St.
The city designates Saturday as Forget-Me-Not tag day to raise funds for families of disabled World War I veterans. Delta Gamma Sorority at Butler University pledges twenty volunteers. more help urged via the D. A. V. committee at 16 E. Michigan St.
Times Special Columbus Indiana October 7 funeral services were being arranged for Rev George Rader 2 pastor of the Christian Church and city engineer for Columbus and Beech Grove. He died suddenly Tuesday night.
A carpenter expert and specialist on framework explains that the stability of joists studding and rafters determines the service life of the entire house. He warns against assuming hidden framework lacks importance, noting wrong material workmanship and specs lead to long term defects like cracked plaster sagging floors leaky walls sticking doors and windows.
Suppose Griffith wanted to use your home for a scene in one of his screen dramas would it stand the test The article notes how the movies have popularized good clothes cars manners and artistic home interiors and questions the appeal of the trim and artistic setting in American homes.
E L Cothrell Realty begins building about 200 modern bungalows in Creston on Rockville Road at W Washington Street. Fifteen homes under construction with more planned this fall and winter. Opening weekend drew over 1,000 visitors to a show home furnished by People’s Outfitting. Creston features paved streets lights water gas and sidewalks with strong demand as homes are engaged before completion. Supplies include septic tanks from Indianapolis Septic Tank Co plaster cement lime from Circle Coal and Cement Co cement blocks from Lewis Cement Block Co and porch bricks from Emulsified Asphalt Co.
The Cothrell bungalow at 3500 Rockville Rd Creston opens for inspection daily and Sundays. People's Outfitting Company furnishes a sample home showing an overstuffed living room two bedrooms a dinning room with walnut suite and a kitchen with porcelain top table and gag range. A four room Good Housekeeping outfit priced at 495 includes rugs and linoleum and can be customized to fit buyer needs and payment plans.
The text extols imagining a future home before construction begins. It emphasizes the thrill and anticipation of planning, ensuring everything is provided, and the idea that many build only once in a lifetime. It urges readers to study home building for real success.
A new large cone shaped glass bowl offers a pleasing departure from traditional aquariums. It comes in clear green or amber with a low wrought iron stand featuring a delicate leaf design. This low bowl suits wide window sills or large tables and improves on older square or round bowls with ungainly stands.
National Picture Week runs October 12 to 22 with Lyman Brothers at 223 E. Ohio St. showcasing framed pictures, varied frames, and a complete line of pottery, vases, book-ends, dinner chimes, and console mirrors to beautify homes. The shop invites readers to visit and enjoy the range of artistic home accents.
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