Article Archives: 100 Years Ago

100 Years Ago: Nov. 1-7

October 31, 2024 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Times, Friday, November 7, 1924: Republican Ed Jackson, Ku Klux Klan candidate for governor, has been elected and although he ran 100,000 votes behind President Coolidge in Indiana, the Klan is welcome to claim as much credit as it wishes. With the next Indiana legislature overwhelmingly Republican, … Read More

100 Years Ago This Week

October 24, 2024 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Thursday, October 30, 1924: Indianapolis residents will be able to listen to the broadcasting of Indiana and national election returns next Tuesday evening over the new radio station WFBM. The Merchants Heat & Light Co. received a Class A broadcasting license yesterday from the U. S. … Read More

100 Years Ago: Oct. 18-24

October 17, 2024 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Saturday, October 18, 1924:  Butler College home-coming celebrations began before noon today with students and alumni on many floats created by campus and Greek-letter organizations and in three hundred autos decorated in Blue and White school colors parading from Irvington to Monument Circle where they were … Read More

100 Years Ago: Oct. 11-17

October 10, 2024 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, October 12, 1924: The Hoosier Motor Club board of directors is unanimous in opposition to a driver’s license law according to Todd Stoops, club secretary-manager. “The directors feel a driver’s license law would be an indirect tax on motorists and such a law would not … Read More

100 Years Ago This Week: Oct. 4-10

October 3, 2024 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Tuesday, October 7, 1924: The dedication of James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children today was in commemoration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Hoosier poet’s birth. Ceremonies began with an academic procession of 125 educators, medical, and hospital authorities wearing caps and gowns marching from the … Read More