Article Archives: 100 Years Ago

100 Years Ago: April 7-13

April 6, 2023 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Tuesday, April 10, 1923: The U. S. Army dirigible TC-1, the largest non-rigid American airship, cruised majestically at 500 feet over Indianapolis shortly after noon yesterday, circling above the Monument before departing for St. Louis, leaving in its wake craning necks and mounting waves of excitement. … Read More

100 Years Ago: March 24-April 6

March 23, 2023 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Times, Tuesday, March 27, 1923: Rev. Daisy Douglass Barr, president of the Indiana War Mothers, resigned last evening after a number of gold star mothers had “strongly disapproved” of her reported efforts in organizing a woman’s Cu Clux Clan while attending to her duties as president of … Read More

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