Article Archives: 100 Years Ago

100 Years Ago This Week: May 24-June 6

May 23, 2019 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Friday, May 30, 1919: The stage is set for history’s greatest speed carnival. Tomorrow an expected 100,000 spectators will see the fastest field ever as thirty-three speed demons push their mounts around the 2½ mile brick oval at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in the international auto … Read More

100 Years Ago This Week: May 17-23

May 16, 2019 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Monday, May 19, 1919: The modern health crusade poster exhibit, sponsored by the Marion County Tuberculosis Association, begins today with 1,500 posters displayed in various downtown store windows. Florence Fitch, Indianapolis Public Schools art supervisor, conducted contests among seventh and eighth grade art students from which … Read More

100 Years Ago This Week: May 10-16

May 9, 2019 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Thursday, May 15, 1919: At today’s County Council meeting, Councilor Jesse Potter proposed the county commissioners consider the question of building a new Court House and investigate whether the ground on which the present Court House sits could be sold for a sufficient amount to cover … Read More

100 Years Ago: May 3-9

May 2, 2019 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, May 4, 1919: High school art students, directed by artist Otto Stark, designed wall decorations at five Indianapolis public schools. Each school paid for its painting, and five characters – Mother Goose, Little Boy Blue, Little Miss Muffet, Mary, Mary Quite Contrary and Little Bo … Read More

100 Years Ago: April 26-May 3

April 25, 2019 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Wednesday, April 30, 1919: Grade school pupils gained weight and new mental vigor, especially in cases of anemic and undersized children, from lunches of hot, nutritious soup or cocoa and bread served daily in an eleven-week experiment conducted at Indianapolis Public School No. 5, Washington and … Read More