Article Archives: 100 Years Ago

100 Years Ago: June 23-29

June 22, 2023 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, June 28, 1923: Yesterday’s “Red Letter Day,” sponsored by the East Side Commercial Association, was a great success. Businesses in the area bounded by Emerson Av, Michigan St, Sixteenth St, and the Monon tracks were closed while proprietors gave support to the celebration’s events. Front … Read More

100 Years Ago: June 16-22

June 15, 2023 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Tuesday, June 19, 1923: Last night the Indianapolis city council voted 2 to 6 to defeat a proposed ordinance that would prohibit the wearing of masks in public by anyone except on Halloween. A crowd of nearly 1,000 citizens, mostly made up of members of the … Read More

100 Years Ago: June 9-15

June 8, 2023 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, June 14, 1923: Last week the Englewood Christian Church board of trustees voted 19 to 10 calling for pastor Rev. Frank E. Davison’s resignation because of his denunciation of a “100 per cent Americanism” mass meeting organized on church property by the “Hustling Hundred,” a … Read More

100 Years Ago: June 2-8

June 1, 2023 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Tuesday, June 5, 1923: Despite the impression in American Legion circles that An American History by Dr. David Saville Muzzey had been adopted by the Indiana state board of education for use as the United States history textbook in teaching high school American history, the board … Read More

100 Years Ago: May 26-June 1

May 25, 2023 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, May 27, 1923: Poppy Day in Indianapolis broke all previous records with the sale of 25,000 poppies yesterday. The blood-red flower worn by thousands of veterans of the World War, mothers, fathers, brothers, sons, sisters, and friends recalls and honors the sacrifice of American soldiers’ … Read More