Article Archives: 100 Years Ago

100 Years Ago This Week: Oct. 18-25

October 17, 2013 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Thursday, October 23, 1913:  Equal suffrage was endorsed at noon today, without a dissenting vote, by the delegates to the 7th annual convention of the Indiana Woman’s Federation of Clubs. Suffrage has been the subject under greatest discussion since hundreds of club women from across the … Read More

100 Years Ago This Week: Oct. 11-18

October 10, 2013 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Monday, October 13, 1913: While yesterday was Discovery Day, the first observance in Indiana of the celebrated event since it was made a public holiday by the last session of the legislature will be held today.  Last night, the Knights of Columbus gave a public banquet … Read More

100 Years Ago This Week: Oct. 4-11

October 3, 2013 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, October 8, 1913:  The sun shone down in its rich October glory on the many colored leaves falling gently on Lockerbie Street yesterday morning as 3,000 pupils of the Indianapolis public schools and hundreds of tots with their parents greeted the Hoosier Poet, James Whitcomb … Read More

100 Years Ago This Week: Sept. 27-Oct. 4

September 26, 2013 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, October 1, 1913:  A representative of fire insurance companies told prominent business men and members of the city council that fire insurance rates in Indianapolis will be boosted in the near future unless a new building code ordinance that was proposed two years ago is … Read More

100 Years Ago This Week: Sept. 20-27

September 19, 2013 | by Steven R. Barnett

any of the citizens of Indianapolis are not aware of the large number of citizens from other states, especially from the South, who have left their homes since the war commenced and “sought refuge and employment” in the Hoosier capital. Day and night the “buzz of machinery may be heard” … Read More