Monthly Archives: September 2016

100 Years Ago This Week: Sept. 30-Oct. 6

September 29, 2016 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, October 1, 1916: Beginning tomorrow and continuing for the next two weeks the people of Indiana will celebrate the Hoosier statehood centennial. Indianapolis will host the great occasion which will be an immense reunion of all Hoosiers from around the state and beyond. Dramatic and … Read More

World War I 100 Years Ago: Sept. 30-Oct. 6

September 29, 2016 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Monday, October 2, 1916: Fred Van Nuys arrived in Indianapolis last night from the military camp at Llano Grande, Texas where he had gone to register voters among the Indiana National Guard members. The Democratic state committee sent Van Nuys to the border and Gen. Lewis, … Read More

We Do Love the Ladies!

September 29, 2016 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

Question; What do Marilyn Monroe, Jackie Kennedy and Snow White have in common? Answer: They have each been immortalized in the form of a kitschy little mid-20th century planter, fittingly called a “head vase.” Head vases, also known as head planters, are small flower vases that were first produced for … Read More

It’s a Pink Thing

September 28, 2016 | by CJ Woods III

Once again, a pool player asked me, “Why do you have so many pink things?” I’d been asked the question before and wrote a column about my answer, but this time, my reply to the man was partially dishonest. I told him that my mother, aunt, and two best friends … Read More

This Week’s Issue: Sept. 23-29

September 22, 2016 | by Weekly View

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