Monthly Archives: May 2015

The Lincoln Assassination 150 Years Later, Part 1

May 7, 2015 | by Al Hunter

I’ve spent the last month chasing Lincoln, and over the next few columns I’d like to share my experiences with you. If you’ve read my columns regularly over the past few years, you should know by now that Abraham Lincoln and the American Civil War are a quiet obsession with … Read More

Protect and Serve

May 7, 2015 | by CJ Woods III

Early in 2010 a man and his daughter were on the side of the road near Xenia, Ohio, changing a flat tire. They were returning to Indiana from a visit to Maryland when the yawing of the car signaled distress to a tire, which was flapping as the car edged … Read More

It’s In the Can

May 7, 2015 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

As simple as it is efficient, the tin can has served the consumer for well over a century. First provided by peddlers and later available in the general stores of the late 1800s, the study of the development of the can is also a study of the history of American … Read More

Applause! May 8-15

May 7, 2015 | by Weekly View

• The Otterbein Neighborhood group encourages residents to come to the next neighborhood meeting on May 21st at 7 p.m. at Otterbein UMC. Otterbein UMC is located at 5005 E. 21st St. The Otterbein neighborhood spans from 16th street to 21st, Sherman to Emerson. A summary of KIB’s Adopt A … Read More

World War 1 100 Years Ago: May 8-15

May 7, 2015 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, May 13, 1915: Indianapolis nurses Miss Clodia Johnson and Miss Margaret Bowen, who are members of the National Red Cross Nursing Service, departed yesterday for New York where they will sail Saturday for Austria. The women are the first Indiana nurses to be accepted for … Read More