Article Archives: 100 Years Ago

100 Years Ago: Oct. 3-9

October 2, 2025 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Times, Monday, October 5, 1925: D. C. Stephenson, Earl Gentry, and Earl Klinck, whose trial for the alleged murder of Madge Oberholtzer is to begin next Monday at Noblesville, have been indicted together with Fred Butler by a Marion County grand jury for arson in conspiring to … Read More

100 Years Ago: Sept. 26-Oct. 2

September 25, 2025 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, September 27, 1925: The first Indianapolis radio exposition signed off last night after a successful week. More than 45,000 visitors ambled about the exhibit booths at Cadle Tabernacle since the doors opened Monday evening. Herbert Luckey, president of the Broadcast Listeners Association, said exhibitors transacted … Read More

100 Years Ago: Sept. 19-25

September 18, 2025 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Monday, September 7, 1925: The Butler Collegian will begin publishing daily on September 15 for the first time in the school’s history. Published under the direction of the journalism department, headed by Prof. Henry Birdsong, the Collegian gives journalism students practical experience as editorial staff, reporters, … Read More

100 Years Ago: Sept. 12-18

September 11, 2025 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Times, Saturday, September 19, 1925: An army of more than 3,350 armed men, with various degrees of authority, walk city streets, patrol highways and roads in an elaborate police system of espionage that has been established gradually throughout Marion County was revealed today in a survey by … Read More

100 Years Ago: Sept. 5-11

September 4, 2025 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Tuesday, September 15, 1925: Twenty-five crippled children, whose physical impairments are so severe that their education has been in the hands of parents and private tutors, attended public school for the first time yesterday in a specially adapted, sun-filled room in Indianapolis Oscar C. McCulloch School … Read More