Boston Tea Party explained by misread legends in 1930 column
The Indianapolis Times outlines a counterview on the Boston Tea Party claim, detailing how the British East India Company sought rebates on tea sold in America, not a king driven plot to fund royal pleasures, and noting Parliament’s program held firm against duty removal.
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Boston
George III
Boston Harbor
Harbor
Sarah Cooper Hewitt
Henry Ford
Hewitt Estate
America
British East India Company
England
John Hancock
Sam Adams
Not So Crafty Ruth McCormick Faces Prohibition Test
The piece views Ruth Hanna McCormick as straddling the prohibition issue in her senate race. It notes a rival woman candidate has been brought forward by wet organizations and argues a clear stand on prohibition could decide the race and signal national political consequences.
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Chicago
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Ruth
Jim Ham Lewis
Democrat
Mark Hanna
Senate
Mary
Endurance fads and civic concerns in a restless era
The piece rails at loud neighbors, barking dogs, noisy motorbikes, and nuisance noises while urging orderly housing, faster federal building programs, and a cautious view of Eugene Meyer Jr. as governor of the federal reserve board. It reflects anxieties about public order, architecture, and economic policy.
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Dad
Eugene Meyer Jr
New York
Federal Reserve Board
War Industries Board
War Finance Corporation
Federal Farm Loan Board
Platt
Meyer
Federal Reserve District
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Coolidge
Hoover
Federal Archive Fire Destroys Federal Trade Commission Records
President spoke from a summer camp as a wartime building in Washington burned destroying irreplaceable FTC and Children’s Bureau records. The loss erases years of government research and investigation, with blame widely discussed but not assigned as archives legislation remains stalled and funds debated.
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Archives
Washington
Census Bureau
Agriculture, War
National Capital
Federal Trade Commission
Children’s Bureau
Congress
Lincoln in Indiana and Nancy Hanks Park Memorial
Frederick Landis reflects on Nancy Hanks Lincoln Park in Spencer County Indiana and Lincoln’s Indiana years. He notes the gravesite and cabin landmarks, urges the Lincoln Memorial Association to recover the cabin, and muses on how Indiana shaped Lincoln’s life and fate.
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Nancy Hanks
Lincoln Park
Spencer County
Lincoln
Thomas Lincoln
Indiana
Illinois
Douglas
Boston's old world charm meets modern architecture
Boston, tercentenary city and home of the sacred cod, faces a clash between its colonial charm and modernist design. Isi dor Richmond argues that while new buildings rise in business districts, many residences and institutions still follow colonial Tudor Gothic and Gothic styles, with a broader shift driven by science and evolving needs.
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Boston
Oston
Massachusetts
American Institute Architects
Isidor Richmond
Farneil Hall
Old Statehouse
Beacon Hill
Old North Church
Old South Meeting House
Park Street
Richardson
Trinity Church
Copley Square
McKim, Mead & White
Public Library
Harvard University
Boston College
Che
Richmond
Galveston Tornado Disaster of 1900
A Sep 1900 report recalls the West Indian hurricane and tidal wave that drowned thousands in Galveston Texas. More than 8,000 died and $20 million in damage occurred as the city flooded four to sixteen feet. Aid poured in and a rebuilt city emerged with a 20,000 population core.
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Galveston
Tex
Daily Thought Psalm 7:1 Trust in God in Little Things
A devotional line invites faith and patience, urging believers to place trust in the Lord for small daily concerns and guidance. The text echoes scriptural assurance and personal reflection.
Scratch Can Lead to Fatal Poisoning
Dr. Morris Fishbein explains how germs from the pyogenic group invade the body causing sepsis and fever. Staphylococcus and Streptococcus can enter through skin breaks, leading to pus formation, rapid pulse, and potential death within hours or weeks. Treatments focus on supportive care, drainage when possible, and improving overall resistance.
Cartoon clashes and campus sniffing in editorials
A columnist reviews a cartoon attack from The Daily Worker and a reply from the artist. The piece lampoons Prohibition enforcement plans by Amos W. Woodcock and mocks Senator Brookhart. It discusses humor about Marx brothers and socialist figures and notes Oberammergau meaning over the Ammer river in Bavaria.
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Karl
Franklin Ford
Washington
Amos W. W. Woodcock
Smith Wildman Brookhart
Oberammergau
Ammer River
Bavaria
Germany
Waterway to Chicago debated by Times reader
A Times reader criticizes a proposed Gulf to Mississippi waterway arguing for a scientifically straight canal without meanders and without dikes. They call for Coxey's bill to finance broad public benefits and recall Lincoln's stance supporting all people over a small class.
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Times
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi
Chicago
Gulf
Ohio River
Coxey
Lincoln
Mystery and Collapse of Argentina's Irigoyen Regime
The piece assesses President Irigoyen and his party as flimsy power holders who fooled the nation with mystery and patronage. It notes their apparent strength in police and military backing, yet argues the revolution reveals a broader pattern of weak regimes that survive on fear and illusion.
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Irigoyen
Argentina
Trigoyen
Dr. Martinez
Latin America
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Indianapolis Times Battering Co
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Boyd Gurley
Roy W. Ao
Frank G Morrison
Newspa Enterprise
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Frederick Landis
Gentryville
Lincoln Memorial Association
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David Dietz
Ichmond
Daily Thought
Nye
Morris Fishbein
Journal of the American Medical Association
Hygela, the Health Magazine
Daily Health Service
Heywood Brown
Daily Worker
Homer Davenport
Davenport
Marx Brothers
Peeping Tow University
Bishop Cannon
North Wing
South Wing
Mark Twain
Tom
Tom Sawyer
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M. E. Tracy
Young Men’s Models
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