Article Archives: 100 Years Ago

100 Years Ago This Week: Feb. 5-12

February 4, 2016 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Tuesday, February 8: Indianapolis opened its first public school exclusively for foreigners last night with the enrollment of more than sixty men and three women representing ten nationalities — Greek, Romanian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Turk, Armenian, Italian, German, and Montenegrin. The evening classes at School No. … Read More

100 Years Ago This Week: Jan. 29-Feb. 4

January 28, 2016 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Monday, January 31: Government-owned automobile mail service will begin in the city tomorrow, Tuesday, February 1. When the nine new brightly painted red motor cars are placed in service, Indianapolis will become the sixth city in the United States to have such a system. Mail service … Read More

100 Years Ago This Week: Jan. 22-29

January 21, 2016 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Saturday, January 22: The Mercantile Garage, 125-31 S. Pennsylvania Street is now open to motorists not only from Indianapolis, but for tourist or out-of-town motorists. With 18,000 square feet of floor space, the garage provides accessibility to both the city’s wholesale and shopping districts with easy … Read More

100 Years Ago This Week: Jan. 15-21

January 14, 2016 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Wednesday, January 19: Dr. Herman G. Morgan, city board of health secretary, personally led sanitary inspectors, nicknamed “spitz hounds,” in an ant-spitting campaign today and arrested thirty-two persons for violation of the anti-spitting ordinance. Attorneys, salesmen, merchants, and laborers were among those arrested and must pay … Read More

100 Years Ago: Jan. 8-15

January 7, 2016 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Thursday, January 13: With the sudden drop in temperature from 45 degrees to zero, many unfortunates have been caught unprepared to combat the cold. Unless coal is provided for, them sickness will follow. Many children are obliged to huddle close around a fire made from scraps … Read More