Hidden Room Costs Worse Than Idle Space
A speaker argues that unused rooms in a house waste money because maintenance costs accrue without any usable benefit. The message emphasizes that keeping an unused room incurs ongoing expense without value.
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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1925
Page
2
A speaker argues that unused rooms in a house waste money because maintenance costs accrue without any usable benefit. The message emphasizes that keeping an unused room incurs ongoing expense without value.
Unclaimed freight sale at the C C C and St L Ry Co yard corner Capitol Ave and South St Indianapolis Indiana. Rugs and linoleums 9x12 including Bruseele and Gold Seal Congoleum at low prices. Other items include velvets Axminsters Wilton rugs and full line of home goods. Dorfman Rug Co opposite Statehouse. Also notices for musical instruments and apparel with assorted bargains.
A cluttered page shows Oakley Motor Sales listings with model names and prices, plus Ford touring cars and a Capita loan company ad. It also includes extensive city zoning ordinance amendments and a public works notice scheduling a Sept. 14 assessment hearing on Bancroft Street improvements in Indianapolis.
A fragmented notice mentions bargains and sale prompts with unclear details and few readable facts. The item references discounts or pricing but lacks concrete names, dates, or locations to fully identify.
Dr. B. S. Shumaker of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League defends on warrants for police to search autos on Indiana highways for liquor. He replies to Hoosier Motor Club president Robert B. Rhoad who says tourists avoid Indiana to escape such checks. Shumaker cites Indianapolis police captain Paulsell noting city cops do not stop strangers' cars. He warns that denying the power could lead to "saloons on wheels."
About 600 to 800 local businessmen manufacturers and railroad executives will tour the industrial area of Indianapolis by special train on Tuesday. The run starts 12 45 p m from Union Station and ends 4 45 p m at the same station to allow out of town guests to depart. An extra 250 admission badges were ordered due to high response, with 1 000 badges already distributed to luncheon clubs and railroads invitees.
International Study Club will hold its opening luncheon Westduesday at 1 p m. at the Columbia Club. The program includes piano numbers by Mrs. William Fleming Jr and Mrs. C J Summers and vocal selections by Mrs. James W Stock ton and Mrs. Marguerite Grouleff of Greensburg Ind. Mrs. Samuel Artman will talk on Brazil More than 100 reservations have been made. Mrs Roy J Pile is chairman assisted by Mesdames J Hoy Peterseim Vincent Binnawer Frank Legent Ralph E Duncan Gurthie Stephenson
John Hartman aged 26 and Harold Jorgensen aged 21, members of the Hollowell Hartman high school gang, are jailed in South Bend as police probe a Friday hold-up. Hartman’s overturned car was found near the robbery scene and the pair were captured hiding a short distance away.
The Indiana League of Women Voters calls its September board meeting for Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the Spink-Arms. The meeting day has shifted from the third Thursday to the third Wednesday each month. Mrs. B. B. White of Terre Haute, state president, will preside.
The I C C authorized the receivers of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railroad to issue nine million two hundred seventy thousand dollars in equipment trust certificates to purchase additional rolling stock. Garrett Indiana reports Gar rett High School shows better football prospects this season than in a decade with captain William Moran returning and several previous players back on the squad.
A Friday night theft at Indianola Park saw a car owned by A Shea taken from the corner of Elder Avenue and Washington Street. Patrolman Gibson fired shots, but the thief escaped in the vehicle reported to be located at 335 Darnell.
Walter R Jarvis park superintendent will travel to Ford Illinois on Monday for the annual American Park Conference. He will join fellow park officials to discuss conservation and recreation programs and to share best practices.
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