Monthly Archives: April 2018

Unlucky Don Gullett’s Lucky Decade

April 19, 2018 | by Al Hunter

Chances are, if I asked you to name the most successful pitcher of the 1970s, you’d choose a lot of names before you got to my pick. Baseball being the stat driven sport that it is, you could argue all summer long about the question itself, let alone the answer. … Read More

World War I 100 Years Ago: April 20-26

April 19, 2018 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Wednesday, April 24: Indianapolis will become a recruiting center for army engineer units according to orders received by Major Thomas Ryan of the local recruiting station. A total of 6,160 men will form the following units at Ft. Harrison: 44th and 48th railway maintenance of way … Read More

100 Years Ago This Week: April 20-26

April 19, 2018 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Monday, April 22: Federal authorities will join city police and health authorities in suppressing vice in Indianapolis. Charles Tighe, agent-in-charge of the federal intelligence bureau, announced as part of a nation-wide effort by the surgeon-general to rid areas near soldiers’ quarters of vice diseases, a five-mile … Read More

Treen

April 19, 2018 | by Weekly View

Half of Jane’s garage was filled with boxes full of items from her Grandma’s home that no one in the family wanted. Among the items were several dusty old wooden pieces, one of which was a covered container with the a few faint remnants of red paint. Useless and rather … Read More

The Deer At Dawn

April 19, 2018 | by CJ Woods III

It was 5:30 am and dark in Cedar Knolls, NJ; my son-in-love was taking me to the Newark airport for my 7:00 a.m. flight back to Indianapolis. As he drove up the street leading from the apartment complex, I pointed out a dusky form, rimmed by an overhead light: “Deer.” … Read More