Article Archives: 100 Years Ago

100 Years Ago This Week: Jan. 10-17

January 16, 2014 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Saturday, January 10, 1914:  Chief of Police Samuel Perrott issued an order to policemen at roll call last night to suppress the practice of giving free prizes in drawings at the motion picture theaters throughout the city. The giving of prizes is regarded as a form … Read More

100 Years Ago This Week: Jan. 17-24

January 16, 2014 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Monday, January 19, 1914:  Approximately 1,200 workers at a mass meeting in Tomlinson Hall yesterday afternoon heard speakers call for establishing a co-operative department store in Indianapolis. “Next to wages, a co-operative store is the best thing for the laborer….With a great advance in the cost … Read More

100 Years Ago this Week: Jan. 3-10

January 9, 2014 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Monday, January 5, 1914:  The tango, the Boston, the fifty-seven and other new dances are growing in popularity largely because of the criticism they are receiving from the good people who imagine that they are doing the public a distinct service by assuming the attitude they … Read More

100 Years Ago This Week: Jan. 2-9

January 1, 2014 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Wednesday, January 6, 1915: The Irving Theater was packed last night with people who paid 25 cents (2013: $5.67) each to see the all-star vaudeville entertainment given by Irvingtonians to benefit The News Winter Relief Fund and The Star Charity. Will Forsyth, the artist, was master … Read More

100 Years Ago this Week: Dec. 20-Jan. 3

December 19, 2013 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, December 25, 1913:  An estimated crowd of 700 persons gathered around the towering Christmas tree, glittering with a myriad of incandescent lights, tinsel and American flags, in University Square early last night as the seventy-five members of the People’s Chorus sang traditional Christmas hymns to … Read More