Article Archives: 100 Years Ago

100 Years Ago This Week: Sept. 2-8

September 1, 2016 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Friday, September 8, 1916: Mayor Joseph Bell addressed a meeting of the heads of the various city departments yesterday and announced the first plans for a city sewage disposal plant. He emphasized the need for such a facility stating that at the present time the city … Read More

100 Years Ago This Week: Aug. 26-Sept. 1

August 25, 2016 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, August 31, 1916: The Circle Theater opened last evening with every one of its 3,100 seats taken. Theatergoers arrived an hour before the scheduled 8 o’clock performance to inspect the beautiful interior behind the white terra cotta façade — fittings of ivory and gold, the … Read More

100 Years Ago This Week: Aug. 19-25

August 18, 2016 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, August 20, 1916: Fifty members of the Indianapolis branch of the Woman’s Franchise League left the city yesterday from Monument Place in decorated automobiles to open their campaign to interview every housewife in eight townships and forty towns and obtain signatures of registered voters and … Read More

100 Years Ago This Week: Aug. 12-18

August 11, 2016 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Saturday, August 12, 1916: Thousands of men who came from counties around Indiana to live in Indianapolis are to be counted in a census that will be taken in the business district next week. The purpose is to organize reception committees to receive visitors from the … Read More

100 Years Ago This Week: Aug. 5-11

August 4, 2016 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Saturday, August 5, 1916: Classic Irvington is preparing to link hands with frivolity when “Wonderland” opens Tuesday evening at Layman Ave. and Washington St. Sponsored by the Downey Avenue Christian Church Men’s Bible Class, the program features The Newsboys’ Band tootling tunefully while ex-mayor Lew Shank, … Read More