Monthly Archives: August 2018

100 Years Ago This Week: Aug. 10-16

August 9, 2018 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Tuesday, August 13: Forty-six federal licenses and only twenty state permits have been issued under the new state prohibition law allowing persons and firms in Indianapolis and Marion County to deal in or possess alcoholic liquors, according to county clerk Theodore Stein, Jr. Only seven names … Read More

Free is Good! The Great American Giveaways

August 9, 2018 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

While many hold to the old adage that ‘you get what you pay for, in the world of collectibles that may be debatable! Premiums and giveaways have kept the American consumer coming back for more for nearly 100 years. These instant collectibles filled many a 20th century home and a … Read More

The Alcatraz Connection, Part 2

August 9, 2018 | by Al Hunter

On April 14, 1943, Four Alcatraz prisoners, Indianapolis bank robber James Boarman, Harold Brest (a kidnapper serving life plus 50 years), Floyd Hamilton (Bonnie & Clyde gang member), and Fred Hunter (partner of Alvin “Creepy” Karpis and member of Ma Barker’s gang) took two officers hostage while at work in … Read More

The Beast Within

August 9, 2018 | by CJ Woods III

“Are you sure?” My daughter’s response to my offer of help was typical of the way in which she responds to any gratuitous offer of help from me: She questioned whether I was sure that I wanted to do what I had told her that I would do. I ran … Read More

World War I 100 Years Ago: Aug. 10-16

August 9, 2018 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Friday, August 16: Butler College received word today that it has been selected as a site for a unit of the students’ army training corps which will be in working operation when classes resume next month. The purpose of the corps, which has been established under … Read More