Monthly Archives: April 2020

A Day In The Life

April 2, 2020 | by CJ Woods III

I read the news today, oh boy… – The Beatles My granddaughter’s big jogging pram resisted my attempts to bring it into strolling form, but I prevailed against my daughter’s folding and nestling away of the pram’s parts. Wednesday, March 25th was going to be a bright and sunny day, … Read More

100 Years Ago: April 3-9

April 2, 2020 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Times, Saturday, April 3, 1920: Reports of graft, cruelty and incompetency in the management of the Marion County jail have stirred-up women’s clubs, and prominent women have expressed the opinion that the jail’s woman’s department needs a “housecleaning” along with other jail departments. Hester M. Hart (Mrs. … Read More

John Dillinger Throwback

April 2, 2020 | by Al Hunter

This article was originally published in 2009 in our Summer Almanac. Al is currently in research mode. 2009 was the year of John Dillinger. Seventy-five years after being gunned down in a Chicago alley, the Hoosier bandit was the subject of a hit movie starring Johnny Depp this past summer, … Read More

A Very Sad Year for a Family Tradition

April 2, 2020 | by Steve Nicewanger

April is here and one of the normally surest signs of spring, the arrival of baseball season in the good old USA, will not be occurring, at least in 2020. Wrigley, Victory Field, and even the city park diamonds and sand lots across the country will be devoid of players … Read More