Monthly Archives: October 2016

An Old School World Series

October 27, 2016 | by Steve Nicewanger

The Curse of the Goat is finally broken. After 71 years the Chicago Cubs are back in the World Series. Harry Truman was president the last time the Cubs were National League Champs. Television was a futuristic novelty. Marilyn Monroe was still called Norma Jean Baker. The baby Boom was … Read More

The Halloweens of Yesteryear: Part 1

October 27, 2016 | by Rose Mary Clarke

Onc’t they was a little boy wouldn’t say his prayers— An’ when he went to bed at night, away up stairs, His mammy heard him holler, an’ his daddy heard him bawl, An’ when they turned the kivvers down he wasn’t there at all! An’ they seeked him in the … Read More

100 Years Ago This Week: Oct. 28-Nov. 3

October 27, 2016 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Monday, October 30, 1916: Yesterday afternoon as the last sun rays descended in the western sky, water began to play in the wonderful kaleidoscopic colors of the electric lights of the fountains in the sunken gardens at Garfield Park. Over seven thousand South Siders marveled at … Read More

World War I 100 Years Ago: Oct. 28-Nov. 3

October 27, 2016 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Friday, November 3, 1916: All National Guardsmen not now in the service of the United States are required to take a new oath, prescribed by the Hay National Defense Act, by November 30, 1916 according to a War Department order from the acting chief of the … Read More

Library Love

October 27, 2016 | by CJ Woods III

Each year it is estimated that over 246,660 women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer and more than 40,000 will die. On November 5th, 1895, in Pittsburgh, Pa., Andrew Carnegie attended the dedication ceremony of a building that bore his name, a massive gray sandstone structure … Read More