Article Archives: 100 Years Ago

100 Years Ago: Jan. 10 & 17

January 16, 2025 | by Weekly View

From The Indianapolis News, Tuesday, January 13, 1925: Yesterday’s inaugural ceremonies saw the installation of Gov. Ed Jackson, Lt. Gov. Harold Van Orman, and Reporter of the Supreme Court Emma Eaton White, the first woman elected to high office in Indiana. The inaugural festivities closed last night with a brilliant … Read More

100 Years Ago This Week: Jan. 3-9

January 2, 2025 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Wednesday, January 7, 1925: The Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce has requested a lighting engineer of a large eastern electric corporation to make a survey of the Indiana Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument and determine the cost of flood lighting after the Monument board of control promised to … Read More

100 Years Ago: Dec. 20-Jan. 2

December 19, 2024 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, December 25, 1924: Hundreds of carolers traveled throughout Indianapolis — from home to home, hospital to hospital, and club to club — last night raising their voices in singing Christmas songs and spreading the yuletide spirit by this age-old custom. Caroling began at 7 p.m. … Read More

100 Years Ago: Dec.13-19

December 12, 2024 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Wednesday, December 17, 1924: Only male voters, both white and colored, will be counted to determine the apportionment of the Indiana General Assembly it was announced today following a conference with Gov. Emmett Branch, secretary of state Frederick Schortemeier, attorney general Ulysses Lesh, and state auditor … Read More

100 Years Ago This Week: Dec. 6-12

December 5, 2024 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, December 7, 1924: Cool temperatures and damp streets did not keep Ku Klux Klan members from parading through downtown streets last night. Observers estimated 1,660 (Klan leaders claim 4,000) persons clad in robes and hoods tramped three abreast from the Pennsylvania Railroad Park at Hamilton … Read More