Monthly Archives: March 2020

100 Years Ago: March 6-12

March 5, 2020 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, March 7, 1920: Yesterday, members of the Indianapolis Teachers’ Federation asked superintendent Ellis U. Graff for relief from the present low salaries with the distribution of a $300 (2018:  $3,812) bonus to every city public school teacher at the end of the current school year. … Read More

Bittersweet Home Alabama

March 5, 2020 | by CJ Woods III

This past December 2019, I spent Christmastime with my eldest daughter, my son-in-love and their two gifts to me, 15-year-old grandson, Xavion, and 11-year-old granddaughter, Imani. As I worked to find some common conversational ground with the two of them — one of whom spent a large amount of time … Read More

A Place For Everything

March 5, 2020 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

Standing at a neighbor’s garage sale deciding which pieces of pottery to buy, I glanced up to see a beautiful oak tool chest. I had seen these around but never paid much attention to them as they are not really my thing. But Father’s Day was right around the corner … Read More

Jim Thorpe — Indiana Hoosier, Part 2

March 5, 2020 | by Al Hunter

The September 2, 1915 Indianapolis Star ran the headlines: “Jim Thorpe to Coach Indiana”…”World’s Greatest Athlete Will Help Childs with Backfield Men” and “Noted Indian Will Start Work When Baseball Season Is Ended.” The article reported, “This news, coming as it does on the eve of the opening of the … Read More