Monthly Archives: July 2015

Ice Cream Social Raises $5,500 for Girls, Inc.

July 23, 2015 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS — In honor of National Ice Cream Month, over 30 local celebrities plus event volunteers scooped giant sundaes on July 10 at the 26th annual Ice Cream Social on the Circle sponsored by American Dairy Association Indiana. In spite of some rain, ice cream lovers turned out on Monument … Read More

Smoke on the Mountain: Homecoming at Beef & Boards

July 23, 2015 | by Weekly View

INDIANAPOLIS – The unforgettable Singing Sanders Family is back this summer to let their fans know what happened next in their sequel, Smoke on the Mountain: Homecoming. Featuring more bluegrass gospel singing and heartwarming stories and hilarious antics in a way only the Sanders Family can present them, Homecoming is … Read More

World War I 100 Years Ago: July 24-31

July 23, 2015 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Monday, July 26, 1915: All records for the bottling of Pluto water have been broken this year at French Lick Springs. The output of bottled spring water is nearly double what it was a year ago owing to the domestic demand that has followed the European … Read More

100 Years Ago This Week: July 24-31

July 23, 2015 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Times, Thursday, July 29, 1915: Given an opportunity, women would be just as successful in business as men, is the opinion of Indianapolis business woman Miss Eldena Lauter, secretary-treasurer of the H. Lauter Furniture Manufacturing Co. She is one of two women in the country to hold … Read More

Two Small-Town Girls are Surprised by Life in the City

July 23, 2015 | by Rose Mary Clarke

In memory of Wilbur and Lois Frazier and Earl and Ruth Gard “Every man beareth within himself the entire human condition.” —Michel de Montaigne During Wanda’s and my growing-up years in Knightstown there was a code of civility and kindness that insulated us from the outside world. Being in and … Read More