Article Archives: 100 Years Ago

100 Years Ago This Week: Jan. 17-23

January 16, 2020 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, January 18, 1920: The counting of noses has been completed in the city of Indianapolis for the fourteenth decennial United States census. Rechecking of districts for scattered omissions will be conducted to finalize the survey before the returns are ready to be dispatched to Washington, … Read More

100 Years Ago: Jan. 10-16

January 9, 2020 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Friday, January 16, 1920: The Indiana legislature today ratified the woman suffrage amendment to the United States Constitution, becoming the twenty-sixth state to favor granting women political equality with men. When ten more states approve ratification, the amendment will become a part of the federal Constitution. … Read More

100 Years Ago: Jan. 3-9

January 1, 2020 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, January 4, 1920: Federal agents arrested twenty alleged radical agitators last night in raids in Terre Haute, Clinton, and Ft. Wayne as part of the nation-wide round-up of anarchists. Warrants were issued for the arrest of fifty men, but many agitators disappeared, having been alerted … Read More

100 Years Ago: Dec. 20-Jan. 2

December 19, 2019 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Monday, December 22, 1919: Butler College will be enlarged and placed on a university status by September 1923. Alumni have joined committees appointed by the college trustees to select a new location for the Irvington school. Possible sites include the vacant Hibben land along East Washington … Read More

100 Years Ago: Dec. 13-19

December 12, 2019 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, December 14, 1919: More luxury cars are made in Indianapolis than anywhere else in the United States. While other cities may build more cars and have a larger number of automobile factories, the Hoosier capital is the center of fine car production. Detroit may boast … Read More