Article Archives: 100 Years Ago

100 Years Ago: Jan. 19-25

January 18, 2024 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, January 20, 1924: The official opening of the new Indianapolis Athletic Club was celebrated last night when more than 1,000 men attended the membership banquet in the club’s magnificent main dining room. Hundreds of members inspected the building before the evening festivities and proclaimed it … Read More

100 Years Ago: Jan. 12-18

January 11, 2024 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Saturday, January 12, 1924: “SCHOOL ZONE – DON’T KILL A CHILD” proclaims special warning signs placed by the Hoosier Motor Club safety department in the vicinity of the portable public school building at Emerson and English avenues. The signs are intended to protect children who attend … Read More

100 Years Ago: Jan. 5-11

January 4, 2024 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, January 10, 1923: “I don’t think there’s a place in the American republic for such organizations as this,” District Judge Albert Anderson said in federal court yesterday in ruling on the case of six South Bend citizens who asked for an injunction restraining the Ku … Read More

100 Years Ago: Dec. 22 – Jan. 4

December 21, 2023 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Times, Friday, December 28, 1923: Needy Indianapolis families had an abundance of Christmas cheer with almost 2,000 baskets of food and provisions given out through the benevolence of several different organizations earlier this week.  To avoid duplications, the Christmas clearing house supplied lists of poor families to … Read More

100 Years Ago: Dec. 15-21

December 14, 2023 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Times, Monday, December 17, 1923: For the first time in Marion County court history the expression, “Ladies and gentlemen of the jury,” may be heard next month. Judge Theophilus J. Moll, Superior Court, Room 5, today ordered the jury commissioners to draw twelve jurors for the regular … Read More