Article Archives: 100 Years Ago

100 Years Ago This Week: May 31-June 7

May 30, 2013 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Tuesday, June 3, 1913: “Notice – Zone of Quiet” would be posted in a radius of 250 feet of hospitals if an ordinance introduced by President Charles F. Copeland at last night’s city council meeting, at the request of the superintendents of Deaconess and Methodist Hospitals, … Read More

100 Years Ago This Week: May 24-31

May 23, 2013 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Sun, Monday, May 26, 1913: Auto polo, the most strenuous expression of sport, is regular polo played with automobiles.  Play is on a field, 300 feet by 200 feet, with two cars on a side, manned by a driver and a “mallet man,” competing for five ten-minute … Read More

100 Years Ago This Week: may 17-24

May 16, 2013 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Thursday, May 22, 1913:  More than 30,000 citizens lined the streets of downtown this afternoon to see 2,400 members of the Indiana Department of the Grand Army of the Republic (G. A. R.) pass in parade. With bands playing and flags waving the five divisions wound … Read More

100 Years Ago This Week: May 10-17

May 9, 2013 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Sun, Friday, May 16, 1913: Good feeding; two shaves a week; humane treatment; liberal tobacco supply; family Sunday dinners; and mid-week bread pudding festival are just a few of the policies that Sheriff Theodore Portteus has implemented at the jail in an effort to do the right … Read More

100 Years Ago This Week: May 3-10

May 2, 2013 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Sun, Sunday, May 4, 1913: A barefoot burglar who has entered dozens of homes in the past three weeks has police baffled.  The intruder leaves nothing but his bare footprints and many burnt matches. Entering a house by a window, he strikes a match to see the … Read More