Article Archives: 100 Years Ago

100 Years Ago: May 21-27

May 20, 2021 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Friday, May 27, 1921: Fall Creek is so polluted that swimming in the stream should be prohibited according to Dr. Herman Morgan, secretary of the Indianapolis health department. “There are fourteen openings from which sewage overflow enters Fall Creek between the Monon Railroad bridge and Northwestern … Read More

100 Years Ago: May 14-20

May 13, 2021 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, May 15, 1921: Yesterday afternoon, a large crowd at Irwin Field in Irvington watched the baseball team of Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, trounce the Butler College nine in a speedy contest, 2 to 1. With the game devoid of spectacular hitting and fielding, the work … Read More

100 Years Ago: May 7-13

May 6, 2021 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Thursday, May 12, 1921: The first National Hospital Day was observed today throughout the United States and in Indianapolis with the city’s hospitals throwing their doors open to the public. Visitors were welcomed at City, Methodist and Deaconess Hospitals. These hospitals have contracts with the U.S. … Read More

100 Years Ago: April 23-29

April 22, 2021 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Friday, April 29, 1921: “Spite fences” are not legally recognized in Indianapolis or authorized by Indiana law said superior court Judge Theophilus Moll who ruled yesterday in favor of Dr. Lucius Merriwether, a colored dentist residing at 2255 N. Capitol Ave., who had sued his next … Read More

100 Years Ago: April 16-22

April 15, 2021 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Saturday, April 16, 1921: The Seventh District Federation of Clubs adopted a resolution yesterday demanding yearly quotas on the number of immigrants admitted into the United States, “accepting only those essential to our well-being and urges that judicious methods be adopted to assimilate and incorporate the … Read More