Article Archives: 100 Years Ago

100 Years Ago: March 18-24

March 17, 2022 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Tuesday, March 21, 1922: “Daddy Buttons” are being sold for $5 (2020: $79) by the city’s fourteen Girl Scout troops as part of a week-long drive to raise $10,000 (2020: $157,224) to carry on the work of the movement in Indianapolis. Authors Booth Tarkington and Meredith … Read More

100 Years Ago: March 11-17

March 10, 2022 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, March 16, 1922: Yesterday, the Indianapolis board of public works rescinded its earlier action allowing the Ku Klux Klan to use Tomlinson Hall for a public meeting Saturday evening. The board took this step on advice of Taylor Groninger, city corporation counsel, who declared such … Read More

100 Years Ago: March 4-10

March 3, 2022 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Times, Thursday, March 9, 1922: Only nine ex-service men are currently tubercular patients at Sunnyside Sanitarium according to the monthly report submitted to the county commissioners by superintendent Dr. Harold Hatch. “The veterans’ bureau is paying us $3 (2020: $47) per day for the maintenance of six … Read More

100 Years Ago: Feb. 25-March 3

February 24, 2022 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, March 1, 1922: As part of a nation-wide movement to force Congress to pass the bonus bill, Indianapolis World War veterans’ organizations, along with women’s auxiliaries and allied organizations, will participate in a mass meeting this coming Sunday afternoon at Tomlinson Hall. “The meeting will … Read More

100 Years Ago: Feb. 18-24

February 17, 2022 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Monday, February 20, 1922: Fire swept through the main stables at the state fairgrounds early yesterday morning, destroying the structure. Stablemen entered the burning structure, braving the intense heat, cutting several horses loose from their stalls and driving them from the conflagration, but approximately 100 valuable … Read More