Article Archives: 100 Years Ago

100 Years Ago This Week: Feb. 26-March 3

February 25, 2016 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Wednesday, March 1: An ordinance is being prepared to provide for the clarification and pasteurization of all milk sold in Indianapolis. Dr. Herman G. Morgan, city board of health secretary, says the measure will revolutionize the present distribution of milk and milk products to the consumer. … Read More

100 Years Ago This Week: Feb. 19-26

February 18, 2016 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Monday, February 21: “Indiana Home Products Day” will be observed today and tomorrow in Indianapolis and other Hoosier cities and towns. The variety and superiority of Indiana foods and manufactured articles will be celebrated at eight luncheons and dinners in Indianapolis where speakers will stress that … Read More

100 Years Ago This Week: Feb. 12-19

February 11, 2016 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Friday, February 18: Campaign advertising in motion picture theaters is having its first real try-out in Indianapolis and in other Indiana cities. Warren T. McCray, one of the candidates for the Republican nomination for governor, is having his advertisement displayed on the screens in more than … Read More

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