Indianapolis Times Masthead and Policy Note
The Indianapolis Times publishes daily except Sunday from 214-220 W Maryland St Indianapolis with ten cent weekly rates for local readers and twelve cents elsewhere The paper lists Roy W Howard as president and notes affiliations with Scripps Howard Newspaper Alliance and Audit Bureau of Circulations. It includes a constitutional pledge supporting free interchange of thought and opinion.
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Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance
The
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Indianapolis Times Publishing Co
Maryland St
Mentenapolis
Indianapolis
Restoration of Law and Order Led by William Bosson
The author credits gray haired city attorney William Bosson with leading the move to restore law and order. Bosson, 68, observed his fortieth wedding anniversary while investigating the search warrant factory at Justice of the Peace Spider’s office, framing the core reform effort.
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William Bosson
Office of Justice of the Peace
Bosson
Tennessee
Seer
Public Service Commission
Lincoln
The Elephant and the Mouse in Anglo American Entrances
A Kellogg’s editorial condemns the U S refusal to admit Shapurji Saklatvala MP. It argues Britain allows his visit, cites Senator Borah’s stance, and denounces State Department policy as unBritish and intolerant. It questions America’s 1925 bigotry versus England’s openness.
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Mesie NF
Kellogg
Shapurji Saklatvala
M. P
Saklatvala
Washington
House of Commons
Interparliamentary Union
Borah
United States
State Department
Karolyi
Count Karolyi
Hungary
Canada
George Washington
England
America
Britain
Navy Day Observances Mark 150th Anniversary
The column marks the 150th anniversary of the United States Navy noting the 1775 Continental Congress vote to buy four warships and John Paul Jones hoisting his first pennant aboard the Alfred. It cites current criticism after the Shenandoah disaster but affirms pride and loyalty to the Navy while welcoming upcoming national observances with Navy, War, and Coast Guard participation.
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United States Navy
Continental Congress
Alfred
John Paul Jones
Shenandoah
William Mitchell
Navy League of the United States
Veterans and Patriotic Societies
Navy Department
War Department
United States Coast Guard
Indianapolis
Advice Page Queries on Pests Plants and Theology
A reader asks how to rid a house of spiders and whether poison works. The reply notes fumigation as effective and that spiders do not eat poisoned food. Other questions cover lilac cuttings from slips, John Wesley’s church affiliation, meaning of Episcopal, and amber fusion temperatures.
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Bureau of Entomology
Thought Abhorring Evil and Cleaving to Good
A compact moral line contrasts abhorring evil with clinging to good. It juxtaposes biblical exhortation from Romans and a classic line from Ovid about a life of plangent death.
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Ovid
Five Percent Politics and City Bosses in Der Speak Easy
A garbled talk railed at Milwaukee Indiana and New York politics with der five per cent theme. The speaker mocked political bosses and waste while predicting upcoming struggles and a shift in public opinion in the next three months.
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Bill Herst
Tammany’s
New York
Wisconsin
Fife
Democraters
Det Stadt
Milwaukee
Indiana
Richard
Aboud
Andes Expeditions Explore Climate Zones From Tropics To Arctic
Scientists study the Andes in South America where five expeditions under Dr. Frank H. Chapman of the American Museum of Natural History observe how climate zones from tropical forests to perpetual snow shape flora and fauna. They seek clues to evolution by tracing bird ancestors across zones.
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David Dietz
NEA
North Pole
South America
Andes
Panama
Cape Horn
American Museum of Natural History
Frank H. Chapman
Beauty Contests Raise Moral Alarm Over Atlantic City Pageants
Mrs. Walter Ferguson condemns bathing beauty contests as a commodifying display that exploits young women for advertising. She likens it to a slave block, arguing it erodes morals, promotes immodesty, and risks girlhood for publicity and material gain.
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Walter Ferguson
Atlantic City
Advisor By Hal Cochran on Dads Guiding Sons Through Life
A nostalgic piece credits fathers for shaping sons and guiding them to honesty and success. It stresses a dad’s role as advisor from youth, offering tips on right and wrong, with boys carrying forward the lessons into adulthood.
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Taug
Indiana bar admission reform urged to raise standards
Nelson Pfs Marion County Bar Association proposes tougher qualifications for bar entry in Indiana. The piece argues current admission rules are weak and that requiring knowledge of law plus enforcement of moral character would better elevate the profession and deter unscrupulous lawyers.
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Pfs
Marion County Bar Association
Indiana
W.ithout & Clierit
Tezard
Revival of old fashioned home ideals urged by Watson at Ft Wayne
Fad ENATOR WATSON urged revival of traditional home and family life to cure social ills. He warned such aims fail in a modern age and argued history shows no fixed points as customs and morals evolve with movement and change across generations.
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Enator Watson
Ft. Wayne
Elijah
Cato
Jim Watson
Earth
Man Surrenders to Murder Charge After Seventeen Years
Onroe Movery, sought for the murder of his brother in law, was arrested in Antioch Indiana where the killing occurred. He had returned to Indiana to visit his daughter after years as a fugitive living under an assumed name in Terre Haute. Now he faces trial in the old murder case and speaks of peace of mind after years on the run.
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Antioch
Ind
Indiana
Terre Haute
Victor Hugo
de Maupassant
Bankers Oppose Paroles Rallying Against Bandits
In a West Baden convention bankers voiced opposition to paroles for convicted criminals. They agreed to file protests with the Governor and pardon board against pleas for release of bandits and hold ups. They argued parole does not reform but endangers banking interests and public safety. They noted Arkansas Governor’s stance to end executive clemency reduced crime at home while elsewhere crime rose.
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Nditana
West Baden
Pardon Board
Fragmented humorous miscellany from 1925 column
A lighthearted collage comments on Paris news, Doyle ghosts, American tourists, and social quips. It notes weather damage in Michigan, a New York election, mass arrests of Chinese, and odd vignettes from crime to fashion.
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Paris
Conan Doyle
Michigan
New York
Critique of alimony and women's independence
A column argues alimony is misused, labeling it a legal form of financial exploitation. It condemns divorced women who seek ongoing support, contending equal rights require independence and rejection of alimony as a crutch. The piece critiques modern feminists for adopting dependence under the guise of freedom.
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New York Ave
Washington, D. C
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Methodist Episcopal Church
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Tom Sims
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NEA Service, Inc
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