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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1925
Page
7
The text shows the newspaper’s masthead for The Indianapolis Times edited by Felix F Bruner. It notes daily publication except Sundays and a subscription rate of ten cents a week with a mailbox phone line and a constitutional quotation about free speech.
The state of Indiana is urged to confront damaging reports about conditions and to improve highway hospitality. A banquet for visiting Dixie highway tourists drew only five attendees, others detoured to Illinois, prompting calls for lawful, sensible law enforcement and better state image.
The speaker argues Indiana was dry before federal prohibition and notes the legislature acted for the people. The eighteenth amendment did not alter Indiana, and prohibition itself is not an issue. Focus remains on enforcement methods and rights violations, with a call to restore the bill of rights before debating prohibition.
President William Green of the AFL rejected Soviet aligned taxix influence at the Atlantic City convention. He declared the labor movement would not affiliate with communism and would fight to the death any external or internal destruction, drawing cheers from delegates. A British MP and communist figure was noted as present, illustrating two approaches to handling communist visitors.
Obert Mantell stars in a modern Hamlet in St Louis with a tuxedo and opulent gowns for Ophelia. The piece contrasts stage costume with timeless themes of love jealousy and tragedy citing real women in Indianapolis facing divorce courts and life pressures.
The Hoosier Athletic Club celebrates almost fifty years in Indianapolis dating from its 1879 founding as the Independent Turnverein by thirty German American citizens. After remodeling, it hosts a large membership of about 1400 with extensive gymnasium and swimming pool use and notable civic involvement.
The text explains the origin of stock exchanges with public debts at the end of the seventeenth century, cites the East India Company, and mentions 1720 speculative peaks in London and Paris. It notes brokers at Change Alley, the 1801 London Stock Exchange Building, 1826 Paris Bourse, and NYSE on Broad and Wall Streets opened by 1903. It also answers questions on tuna-like horse mackerel and 1925 U S hospital count at 7 281.
Dr. Du Ulgald C. Jackson of the electrical engineering institute invites select students to join an honors group. Members may attend or skip lectures, must pass term exams, and can conduct independent lab work with faculty advisers guiding focused, original investigations.
The Indianapolis board of public works approves a $56,000 N Meridian St bridge with a fifty eight foot roadway and awaits proper approaches. While parks gain popularity Indiana pursues Dunes tract and Lake James plan, stressing esthetic value over immediate profits as visitor numbers rise.
Indiana reformer Will Miles proposes deporting 28 alien prisoners from Pendleton and hints at expanding to other state institutions with Governor backing. Michigan City inland suspects 75 foreign born inmates could be sent home, but concerns arise over dependents and the ease of return to Indiana.
ICHARD LIEBER, director of the State conservation department, says 139,419 people visited Indiana State parks last season, up 18,032 from the year before. Turkey Run and Clifty Falls drew the most visitors. A privately operated amusement park with a ferris wheel derby racer barbecue stands and a bathing beauty parade will attract crowds.
A police ordered cleanup of the Indianapolis Avenue described as the brunet Tenderloin restores order within 24 hours. Officials report gambling joints and liquor venues close, but critics say the force only acts after external pressure and urging daily police diligence.
A collection of witty quips and aphorisms from 1925. Tom Sims notes lack of fun in Washington since the oil boom while offering cautious advice on cider and home keys. The passage reflects social musings on hats, numbers in a phone booth, bravery, luck, and the harvest moon.
Gloria Swanson stars as Nadine Gathway in The Coast of Folly with Gloria as her daughter Joyce, a tale of wealth, scandal, and redemption. Marion Davies appears in Zander the Great delivering a barber act amid melodrama as she escorts a child to his father in Arizona.
Movie verdicts praise Classified as a fine domestic comedy about business, The Potters hailed as a great American stage comedy, The Iron Horse recommended for broad viewership, Zander the Great introduces Marion Davies as a female barber, and Gloria Swanson in The Cost of Folly plays a dual role showing range.
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