Article Archives: 100 Years Ago

100 Years Ago: June 17-23

June 16, 2022 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Friday, June 23, 1922: The City Normal School will close following a recent opinion on the school’s legality by Indiana Attorney General Ulysses S. Lesh. It was determined that the Indianapolis public school board has no authority in law to appropriate money for the operation of … Read More

100 Years Ago: June 10-16

June 9, 2022 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Wednesday, June 14, 1922: The Indianapolis Federation of Clubs presented a resolution to the Marion County commissioners recommending extending the facilities at Sunnyside Tuberculosis Hospital for caring and treating colored tubercular persons both to safeguard the city and as a humanitarian policy. An investigation showed the … Read More

100 Years Ago: June 3-9

June 2, 2022 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Wednesday, June 7, 1922: To promote civic pride, the Indianapolis Federation of Community Civic Clubs plans to take the 2,500 eighth-grade school children on a sight-seeing tour of the city next Tuesday afternoon. The plan has been indorsed by Ada Finfrock, Parent-Teachers’ Association president, who said, … Read More

100 Years Ago: May 27-June 2

May 26, 2022 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Monday, May 29, 1922: The first mail into Indianapolis by air arrived at the Indianapolis Aero Club’s flying field, eight miles east of the city along the National Road, at 12:36 p.m. this afternoon. A fleet of eight government air mail planes carrying 260 pounds of … Read More

100 Years Ago: May 20-26

May 19, 2022 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Times, Tuesday, May 23, 1922: At a special meeting of the Indianapolis school board today, superintendent Ellis Graff suggested pupils of School No. 4, Blackford and West Michigan Streets, be transferred in a body to the new School No. 5 building, California and West Washington Streets, and … Read More