Article Archives: 100 Years Ago

100 Years Ago: March 17-23

March 16, 2023 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Wednesday, March 21, 1923: Members of the Big Money League direct elaborate bootlegging operations for bringing smuggled liquor and dope from Florida and Georgia ports up the Dixie Highway to Indianapolis. Secrecy on the part of men higher up is essential and they stay far away … Read More

100 Years Ago: March 10-16

March 9, 2023 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Tuesday, March 13, 1923: The West Indianapolis Civic League for the Enforcement of Law West of White River met last night and selected officers. Three men, known as captains, will be assigned to every square in West Indianapolis to watch for and report to the central … Read More

100 Years Ago: March 3-9

March 2, 2023 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, March 8, 1923:  The city court trial of Jessie McDonald, a Chicago chorus girl, charged with public indecency, ended yesterday and Judge Delbert Wilmeth took his findings under advisement. McDonald was arrested following a performance of The Mischief Makers at the Broadway Theater after Rev. … Read More

100 Years Ago:Feb. 24-March 2

February 23, 2023 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Times, Monday, February 26, 1923: “I’m the last member of the Nowland family, and I certainly do regret to see the memory of my ancestor and the other pioneer citizens of Indianapolis desecrated in this way,” Edwin Nowland said in response to an Indiana state senate bill … Read More

100 Years Ago: Feb. 17-23

February 15, 2023 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Tuesday, February 20, 1923: Last night, Mayor Lew Shank approved a plan to install a radio receiving set in each police automobile so that when a crime is reported to headquarters the information could be immediately broadcast to every police officer in an automobile in the … Read More