The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-30
MANY QUERIES
ANSWERED BY
TIMES BUREAU
Letters Pour in Asking for
All Sorts of Useful
Information.
7,725 BULLETINS SENT
Public Urged to Send for
List of 265 Titles
Available.
BY FREDERICK NJ. KERRY
Director. Washington Service Bureau Of
The Times.

1
The Times.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.-Facts,
information, debate material, salts
faction of curiosity, settlement of
bets-a stream of material on
every conceivable subject of human
interest and human curiosity
/ flowed out of the Washington
bureau of this newspaper all during
the year 1888 in response to the
steady stream Of letters from our
readers who made use of the free
information bureau maintained at
the nations capital by this news
paper.
Although it would perhaps be i'm
possible to name any field of human
knowledge in which questions were
not asked by readers, there was an
increasing demand during 1888 for
information on economics, finance,
banking currency, prices, cost of
living, and of course-the NRA and
all the activities of the new deal at
Washington.
| During the year just ended, 625
letters from readers, each one ask
| ing from one to a score or more of
questions were personally answered
by the bureau. In addition, TIPS
! printed bulletins Of information
were sent out at the request of
readers who saw them announced
from week to week during the year.
Service Is Free
It is the job of our information
bureau to answer free for any
reader at any time, any question of
fact or information asked. If YOU
have made use of this service during
the last year, you are invited to use
it again and as often as you wish.
If you have never written letter
| to our Bureau you are missing a
service to which you are entitled.
There is no charge except a
Scent postage stamp incloSed with
your query to mail you a personal
reply. In addition the Bureau
prints and publishes and offers in
this newspaper a new educational
bullet in of 4,500 wards each week.
These are obtained by clipping the
coupon printed with each announce
ment in this newspaper and incloS-
ing 5 cents in postage.
During the year 1888 our Wash
ington Bureau offered bulletins on
the following subjects: The Story
of the Calendar, Guide to Letter
Writing, Famous Naval Vessels, the
Income Tax, Health-Building EXer-
cises, Presidential Inaugurations
Since 1889, the Presidents Cabinet,
Technocracy, Wives of the Presi-
dents, the Chicago Worlds Fair,
Placer Gold Mining, and Water
proofing Cellars.
Titles Now Available
Scrip and Barter in the United
States, Beautifying Home Grounds,
History of Prohibition, Facts for
Fishermen, The New Deal" Presi-
Dental Messages. White Ants, How
to Reduce Your Weight, Bible Facts,
Household Pests. Cooking for Two,
Care of CanarieS, Household Meas
urements, Care of Cats, Relief and
Recovery Laws, Economy Recipes,
and Learning to Fly.
History of United States Coins,
Popular Astronomy, Refrigerator
Delicacies, Keeping Cool in Hot
Weather. Superstitions and Delu-
Sions, Calorie Values of Foods,
Children's Manners. Psychoanalysis,
Football Schedule for 1888. Propa-
cation and Care of Bulbs, Interior
Decoration, Gems and Precious
Stones, How to Make Yeast Bread,
Puzzling Scientific Facts and Sim
plified Parliamentary Law
Desserts of All Kinds, Radio
Broadcasting Stations of North
America, Weather and Climate,
How to Use Leftovers, Cryptic
graphy. Aquarium Fishes, How to
Make Pendants, FudgeS and Bon
bonS, Christmas Customs, How to
Make Hard Candies and Taffies.
The Bureau, maintained at 1922
New York avenue, Washington. D.
c., will send to any reader without
charge. list of the 265 bulletin til
ties now available to readers.