Plan Precaution for Gun Toting Permits

From The Indianapolis Times, Saturday, May 2, 1925:  “Every precaution will be taken to prevent the issuance of permits to carry revolvers to irresponsible persons,” Marion County clerk Albert Losche said today.  Pursuant to a recent law, applications to obtain permits to carry firearms will be available from the county clerk by the middle of next week.  Applications must be signed by two resident freeholders and householders and they must take an oath that the applicant is a suitable person to carry firearms.  Each permit will cost $1 (2023:  $18) and will be good for one year.  Anyone giving false information is guilty of a felony and anyone giving firearms to a minor is guilty of a misdemeanor.  Retailers are prohibited from displaying firearms or advertising their sale in store windows.  Police Chief Herman Rikhoff declared the law encourages gun-toting.

“Plan Precaution for Gun Toting Permits,” The Indianapolis Times, 2 May 1925, p. 1:2

Warren Central Name of New High School

From The Indianapolis News, Saturday, April 18, 1925:  This evening will be a house warming and formal dedication program for the new and attractive Warren Central High School, designed by Indianapolis architects Harrison & Turnock, located at East Tenth St and the Fort Benjamin Harrison Rd.  Following the invocation by Rev. Howard Spangler, Cumberland Baptist Church, and the appearance on stage of all sixty members of the Warren Township school system, gifts will be presented, the most important of these are a multigraph machine from the senior class and a stage curtain from students of the former Shadeland High School.  Speakers include Frederick Schortemeier, Indiana secretary of state, and Henry Noble Sherwood, Indiana superintendent of public instruction.  Musical numbers will be given by the school orchestra, quartet, and glee clubs.  A chicken dinner will be served by the Parent-Teacher Association.

"Warren Central Name of New High School…,” The Indianapolis News, 18 April 1925, p. 20:1

Miss Oberholtzer Dies; Coroner Asks Autopsy

From The Indianapolis News, Tuesday, April 14, 1925:  Madge Oberholtzer died this morning at her Irvington home, 5802 University Av, after suffering nearly a month from bichloride of mercury poisoning which she took following an alleged attack by former Ku Klux Klan grand dragon D. C. Stephenson.  She had been unconscious since April 1, and while her condition had appeared slightly improved, there was little chance of recovery. Dr. John K. Kingsbury, the Oberholtzer family physician, announced her death and said only the nurse and family members were at her bedside when the end came.  Before losing consciousness, Oberholtzer made a statement about the alleged attack which led to charges against Stephenson which have been revised to include murder.  Madge Oberholtzer’s funeral will be held Friday at her home, and she will be laid to rest at Memorial Park Cemetery.

     “Miss Oberholtzer Dies; Coroner Asks Autopsy,” The Indianapolis News, 14 April 1925, p. 1:1