Gamblers Using Dice Now

From The Indianapolis Star, Monday, December 1, 1919: Gambling predominates among vices in Indianapolis, according to the report of the police morals squad. Cards are seldom found when officers break up games of chance as the time-honored game of poker has been almost replaced by the more modern “craps.” Another new element in the games is women players. Sergeants Othello Thomas and Floyd Reidenbach, morals squad officers, say in years past the arrest of a woman on gaming charges was almost unknown, but hardly a month now passes in which women are not caught up in a raid. Those who have been sent to the City Prison had all been found playing card games. One woman has been arrested three times for keeping a gambling house. She is said to have taken a “rakeoff” just as in other professional games.

“Gamblers Using Dice Now,” The Indianapolis Star, 1 December 1919, p. 16:5

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Stores Close at 4 O'clock to Save Fuel

From The Indianapolis Star, Tuesday, November 25, 1919: Beginning yesterday afternoon at 4 p.m., coal conservation in Indianapolis began in earnest when most factories and stores in the city closed in an effort to help manage coal supplies of electricity producers while coal miners continue to strike. While not compulsory, this recommendation by the Merchants Association was widely observed with the exception of cigar stores and drug stores. Office buildings maintained only one elevator in service after 4 p.m., and a great majority of offices were dark. By 6 p.m. workers had left the city for their homes and the downtown streets were deserted. Merchants Heat & Light Co vice president Charles Murphy said the early closing saved from 175 to 200 tons of coal. A decrease of 3,000 kilowatts was noticed compared with the peak of the preceding Monday.

“Stores Close at 4 O’clock to Save Fuel,” The Indianapolis Star, 25 November 1919, p. 1:1

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19 Tons of Soot Fall Annually on City Block

From The Indianapolis Star, Friday, November 21, 1919: Nineteen tons of soot is falling annually for each city block in the downtown Indianapolis area. This conclusion was arrived from calculations made by students in the night school physics class at Manual Training High School who conducted tests under the direction of their teacher Louis Karns. Using equipment similar to rain gauges that were placed on the rooftops of downtown buildings, the average sootfall collected at all points was .00119 milligrams for each square inch of surface. Cinders and small grains of coal were excluded from the study, so the sooty precipitation included nothing but the carbon present in flue gases, which falls with atmospheric condensation during the night. A similar study was done in St. Louis that showed an annual fall of fifty tons of soot for each city block.

“19 Tons of Soot Fall Annually on City Block,” The Indianapolis Star, 21 November 1919, p. 1:7

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