Indirect Registrants Told to Make Sure

From The Indianapolis News, Tuesday, September 30, 1924:  Marion County voter registration officials pointed out as a matter of precaution all persons who have filled out registration applications with party workers should go to the precinct registration places Monday and make sure they are registered.  Sometimes either through carelessness or intentionally, applications completed before party workers fail to reach the registration board.  As a result, persons who thought they had registered discovered later they were not on the rolls and were deprived the right to vote.  The first registration day, September 6, was the second highest in the history of the registration law.  Precinct reports showed 80,218 men and women qualified to vote in the November election, 44,820 men and 35,938 women.  One feature of the first registration was that women displayed an interest almost equal to that of men.

“Indirect Registrants Told to Make Sure,” The Indianapolis News, 30 September 1924, p. 1:2

Remy to Bring Suit to Close Garden Resort

From The Indianapolis Times, Monday, September 22, 1924:  Early Sunday morning, federal prohibition agents and Marion County sheriff deputies swooped down on Jack-O’-Lantern Gardens, a pleasure resort at 54th St and Shadeland Dr.  Wild panic ensued among society women, college lads and lasses, and others of the merry crowd, leaving 126 empty gin and whisky bottles in their flight to be gathered as “evidence” by the officers.  Many people found under the influence were boys and girls of well-known Indianapolis families, very young college students, and others not so prominent.  Carlos Hammond, proprietor, protested he had warned guests not to bring liquor with them.  “If the gardens are not closed, I intend to place deputies there to arrest everyone found with liquor on him regardless of who he is or what his or her papa does,” said Sheriff George Snider.

“Remy to Bring Suit to Close Garden Resort,” The Indianapolis Times, 22 September 1924, p. 2:4

Thousands of Citizens See Army Planes' Night Stunts

From The Indianapolis News, Thursday, September 18, 1924:  Downtown Indianapolis was crowded last night around nine o’clock as thousands of citizens gathered to watch weird happenings in the sky with a night-flying exhibition by army air service planes. Three tiny stars, changing positions in the heavens as if playing tag, appeared over the city, followed soon by the drone of motors announcing the arrival of three DeHaviland planes flying in V-formation.  Electric lights underneath the wings of the planes outlined an illuminated message announcing the Dayton International Air Race. The watchers below suddenly had their attention diverted as they saw a huge shooting star, scattering a trail of fire, as a Vaught trick plane dropped magnesium flares as it did a series of graceful loops and flip-flops, leaving a trail of smoke as various colored lights broke away from it.   

“Thousands of Citizens See Army Planes’ Night Stunts,” The Indianapolis News, 18 September 1924, p. 20:3