The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-12
Squaring
the Circle
TTysII
THE HOOSIER EDITOR

IN the sly the head OF a Fed
- eral agency in the city told
me this tale about SLOT. His as
sistant turned in an expense account
that was that much more than it
should have been, through error.
Washington wrote back. He wrote
Washington. Washington wrote
back. And that went on for nine
months. He says he can't just re-
member how it was solved.
GONE family in the city is all
~ upset over what grandpap did
the other day, doctor at City Hos
pital told me. Maybe grandpap is
upset, TOO, because, incoming around
looking for something to do about
his rheumatism, he ran Spang into
bottls of eye drops.
The eye drops had been sent on
prescription from the clinic at City
Hospital for one of the children of
the family. Grandpap, apparently
figuring that if he tried enough
things he would find something that
would help, drank them.
His condition remains approx
mately the same.
THERE ought to be a medal or
~ something for the motorman
on the Fort Wayne to indianapolis,
via Peru, interurban, who spends
his night footing at rabbits and
saving their lives.
For some reason, rabbits like to
perch on the rails. When they see
the car coming they are fascinated
by the light and freeze. This motor
man, rather than run over them,
gives a sharp toot and that gets
them going out of danger.
Last night, in spite OF his best
efforts, he nearly ran over small
wire-haired terrier who was on the
tracks and got wildly hysterical.
There was nothing for the motor
man to do. He was going too fast.
But just as the car neared the
dog it threw a fit or something
and catapulted out of the tracks
to safety. The motornaan slowed up
for while after that.
TACK WALSH brought in a copy
~ of The Rebel, a newspaper pub
lished Aug. 8, 1862, in Chattanooga,
Tenn, sub! The first thing you see
is an al which says:
For sale or exchange, a Negro
woman, good cook, ironer, and
washer, for boy Apply at office. -
1t also points out in an editorial
that the North can't possibly win
the war, the way things are going,
and every one should be of good
cheer.
But the terms for the paper con-
tain this cautious note:
mo subscription received for a
period of longer than one month. !"
THE news reels sent photog-
a raphers from Chicago to take
pictures of the first contestants in
the American Bowling Congress.
Instead of waiting for the first
official leave, the camera reporters
arranged for a preview the after
noon before formal ceremonies.
For enough film to occupy few
seconds on the screen, these men
were in Indianapolis two full days,
getting things ready.
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A FRIEND tells me that a traf-
L 4 fic COP at 18th and Meridian
SITS called him down in this fashion
the other afternoon for not stick
ing out his hand on a left turn:
Nov I know it isn't too much
trouble for you to stick out your
hand when making a left turn.
And I know you know it's the thing
to do. So suppose you were too
tired.
well, I'm not going to do any,
thing about it. But remember next
time that the motorist in back of
you is entitled to know what your
intentions are and the law provides
that you must let him know. Just
remember that"
Well, it was so new for a police
man to be reasonable that nv
friends the motorist hasn't broken
law since then. He found a po-
lite policeman!