Christmas Seal Sale Rapid Here

From The Indianapolis Star, Tuesday, December 22, 1925:  Sales of Christmas Seals, those little holiday emblems of better health, have exceeded previous years according to the Marion County Tuberculosis Association.  While thousands of citizens are sending in their checks to the Christmas Seal headquarters for their annual sticker supply, sales in downtown booths and branch post offices are surpassing prior totals.  For the first time the post adjutant at Ft. Benjamin Harrison generously organized the distribution of Christmas Seals among the soldiers stationed there and a check for the sale of 10,000 TB stamps has been remitted.  Dr. Alfred Henry, president of the local association, said the organization is seeking to lead all the other larger cities of the country in per capita Christmas Seal sales to establish a child nutrition camp next summer for the care of anemic children.

“Christmas Seal Sale Rapid Here,” The Indianapolis Star, 22 December 1925, p. 10:4

Stephenson Loses in Three Motions

From The Indianapolis News, Saturday, December 12, 1925:  D. C. Stephenson, former Ku Klux Klan Grand Dragon now serving a life sentence in Indiana State Prison for the murder of Madge Oberholtzer, appeared in circuit court at Noblesville today where his attorneys filed motions asking his conviction of second degree murder be vacated and a new trial be granted.  After hearing defense arguments from attorney Floyd Christian, Special Judge Will Sparks overruled the motions as Stephenson, his hair cropped short prison style and attired in an ill-fitting dark gray prison suit, seated at a table in front of the courtroom, puffed out his ruddy hued cheeks, blowing through his lips, as he shook his head.  When court adjourned, prison guards escorted Stephenson to an awaiting automobile for this return to prison.  An appeal to the Indiana Supreme Court is anticipated.  

“Stephenson Loses in Three Motions,” The Indianapolis News, 12 December 1925, p. 1:1 

City Overrun with 'Sheiks', Remy Told

From The Indianapolis Times, Wednesday, December 9, 1925:  Answering assertations made by six women that young men – “shieks” – in autos and on downtown corners are annoying women and girls and nothing is being done, Prosecutor William Remy said politics in the police department is responsible for “sheiking” because Indianapolis police are told whom to arrest and not to arrest.  Police officials responded, saying women mostly are to blame for the boldness of the “shieks” because of present fashions with low necks and high skirts, together with encouragement offered by women.  Mayor Lew Shank challenged Remy or anyone to prove the police chief has been impeded in enforcing the law, pointing out that Indianapolis is low in crime compared with other large cities and that two young men of respectable north side families were arrested for annoying telephone operators leaving work.    

“City Overrun with ‘Sheiks’, Remy Told,” The Indianapolis Times, 8 December 1925, p. 1:2

“Romeos Just Little Faster, Says Shank,” The Indianapolis Times, 9 December 1925, p. 1:6