Visions of Dog 'Mule' Sniffers if Mayor's Plan Materializes

From The Indianapolis News, Wednesday, January 10, 1923: Mayor Lew Shank proposes acquiring two or more German police dogs, direct from Germany, to do police work in Indianapolis. Dogs could be taught to ascertain at a sniff that a “bootlegger” has a hip flask or to distinguish from afar the peculiar rattling, rolling noise created by a pair of dice thrown on a table. If the dogs are acquired, they would accompany the squads of “night riders” patrolling the city in automobiles and their duty would be to capture suspicious persons trying to escape when accosted by the police. “A couple of those dogs would be of great value to the city police, and with proper training a police dog accompanying an officer could bring down a fleeing criminal without the officer having to fire his revolver,” the mayor said.

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“Visions of Dog ‘Mule’ Sniffers if Mayor’s Plan Materializes,” The Indianapolis News, 10 January 1923, p. 1:4

Reproduction of Butler Seal Drawn by Indianapolis Artist

From The Indianapolis News, Tuesday, January 2, 1923: Indianapolis artist Paul Hadley has drawn the Butler College seal to be used in the decorations of the new Purdue University building. The Purdue Memorial Union requested a copy of the seal. The Butler seal, described in the university bylaws and used many years on official documents, has never been reproduced showing its decorative value. Hadley’s drawing is in the college colors of blue and white on a gold background. The seal’s outer border is a laurel wreath signifying achievement. This surrounds a broad ribbon on which the words “Butler University” and 1852 in Roman numerals is incorporated. The design’s center shows the open Bible which college bylaws maintain the institution was organized to instruct students in every branch of liberal and professional education and “…to teach and inculcate the Christian faith….”

“Reproduction of Butler Seal Drawn by Indianapolis Artist,” The Indianapolis News, 2 January 1923, p. 25:3

Oust Vendors from Courthouse Yard

From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, December 28, 1922: More than 100 produce standholders and city market outdoor concessionaires will be limited to the curbs surrounding the Marion County Courthouse, after January 1, according to an order posted by the board of county commissioners yesterday. The spaces occupied every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday by the standholders will be sowed with grass and beautified with flowers and shrubbery. Park benches will be placed around the grounds for the relaxation of working people during the lunch hour. Local civic associations have complained that the Courthouse is an historical building, and the refuse of the concessionaires diminishes its beauty. The order is viewed as a blow to city market standholders as there is no other space available in the market house. The city has jurisdiction over the curb areas and apportions space to standholders.

“Oust Vendors from Courthouse Yard,” The Indianapolis Star, 28 December 1922, p. 8:3