Monthly Archives: December 2014

World War I 100 Years Ago This Week: Dec. 19-Jan. 2

December 18, 2014 | by Steve Nicewanger

From The Indianapolis News, Monday, December 21, 1914: Addressing an audience of 1,224 attending the Men’s Big Meeting at the English Theater yesterday, Dr. Arthur Walwyn Evans, a nephew of Britain’s chancellor of the exchequer Lloyd George, made a plea for universal brotherhood as the only basis for universal peace. … Read More

Shopping in the Past for the Presents

December 18, 2014 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

There was a time when Christmas shopping meant scouring the malls and shops for “just the right gift” for friends and family. Painstaking hours were spent wrapping presents and topping them with bows and tin adornments, creating a mass of small works of art under the tree. So how did … Read More

The Death of Sam Cooke, Part 2

December 18, 2014 | by Al Hunter

Sam Cooke stood upright for a moment, stared off in the distance and slowly slid down to the floor, his head coming to rest against the splintered door jamb he had kicked in just moments before. Evelyn Carr then hung up and called the police at 3:15 a.m., advising them … Read More

Applause!: Dec. 19-Jan. 2

December 18, 2014 | by Weekly View

• All Indianapolis Public Libraries will be closed on Dec. 24 and 25 for the Christmas holiday. Additionally, the Flanner House Branch will be closed on Dec. 26. All libraries will close at 5 p.m. on Dec. 31 and will remain closed on Jan. 1, except the InfoZone, which will … Read More

Colts in the Playoffs, Etc.

December 18, 2014 | by Steve Nicewanger

For the 12th time in 14 years the Indianapolis Colts have clinched the AFC South title and are going to the AFC Playoffs. The Colts home field victory over the Houston Texans was their 10th victory of the season and put them in third place, currently behind New England and … Read More