Monthly Archives: August 2014

The Gold and Glory Sweepstakes and Charlie Wiggins

August 7, 2014 | by Steve Nicewanger

August 7 is the 90th anniversary of the first Gold and Glory Sweepstakes, held at the Indiana State Fairgrounds by the Colored Speedway Association. There were 12,000 paid attendees, making it the largest attended black sporting event up to that time. The first 100 mile event was won by Malcolm … Read More

Residents Asked for Comments on IPL Rate Hike

August 7, 2014 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor (OUCC) is inviting consumer comments on Indianapolis Power & Light Company’s (IPL’s) request for a rate increase, aimed at facilitating the City of Indianapolis’ proposal to create an electric vehicle sharing program for public use. IPL is seeking IURC approval of … Read More

Piggyback Memories

August 7, 2014 | by Rose Mary Clarke

I have many ideas for columns, but none of them ring my writing chime today. Sometimes I have “unstructured” moods when I feel restless, stale and unfocused. Perhaps you do, also. Fortunately, it doesn’t last. Meanwhile, what to do . . . what to do? I have a deadline to … Read More

World War I 100 Years Ago: Aug. 8-15

August 7, 2014 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, August 13, 1914: Indianapolis druggists and physicians predicted yesterday that within a few days it will be impossible, on account of the war, to obtain the anti-syphilitic drug salvarsan, commonly known as “606,” that is manufactured exclusively in Germany. One of the city’s largest retail … Read More

The Diary of Anne Frank, Part II

August 7, 2014 | by Al Hunter

The Diary of Anne Frank has been praised for its literary merits. Eleanor Roosevelt described it as “one of the wisest and most moving commentaries on war and its impact on human beings that I have ever read.” John F. Kennedy in a 1961 speech said, “Of all the multitudes … Read More