Article Archives: 100 Years Ago

100 Years Ago: Nov. 4-10

November 3, 2022 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Friday, November 10, 1922: The new Hoosier Motor Speedway, East 38th St. and Pendleton Pike, will open with pomp and ceremony tomorrow, Armistice Day. The day’s events will begin with Mayor Lew Shank and a detachment of mounted police leading a parade of thirty-five racing machines … Read More

100 Years Ago: Oct. 21-27

October 20, 2022 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Thursday, October 26, 1922: The stockroom at police headquarters where confiscated liquor is stored is filled and additional space must be found to take care of the liquor seized by police that is arriving daily at headquarters. Judge Delbert Wilmeth, city judge, and police officials are … Read More

100 Years Ago:Oct. 7-13

October 6, 2022 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Wednesday, October 11, 1922: No more women will be appointed to the Indianapolis police department during his administration, Mayor Lew Shank announced today. “The police department is no place for a woman. We can’t use them in patrolling districts and there are more of them in … Read More

100 Years Ago: Sept. 30-Oct. 6

September 29, 2022 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, October 4, 1922: The Indianapolis board of public safety approved a recommendation of the Chamber of Commerce fire and safety committee that a secret citizens’ force be appointed to report to the chiefs of police and fire departments such things as violations of automobile speed … Read More

100 Years Ago: Sept. 23-29

September 22, 2022 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Times, Monday, September 25, 1922: Every type of building from a modern well equipped portable schoolhouse to a shack is being used to accommodate the overflow of Indianapolis school children unable to be housed in permanent buildings, and school officials admit the probability of erecting enough permanent … Read More