Monthly Archives: June 2025

Intensely Personal

June 12, 2025 | by CJ Woods III

This column first appeared in January 2020. A new reader said to me that she found my columns to have been written from an “intensely personal” viewpoint. I mulled that over for a period of time before I admitted that she may be correct. The first words from me that … Read More

Grave Goods — You Can’t Take It With You

June 12, 2025 | by Al Hunter

This column first appeared in May 2016. Grave goods, in archaeology and anthropology, are defined as items buried along with the body. In ancient times, grave goods were seen as offerings to the gods. In modern times, they are usually personal possessions or supplies designed to smooth the deceased’s journey … Read More

100 Years Ago: June 13-19

June 12, 2025 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Times, Tuesday, June 16, 1925: A copy of the dying declaration of Madge Oberholtzer, for whose murder former Indiana Ku Klux Klan Grand Dragon D. C. Stephenson and his co-defendants Earl Klinck and Earl Gentry are charged, was given to the defense at today’s bail hearing for … Read More