Article Archives: World War I: 100 Years Ago

World War I 100 Years Ago: Feb. 12-19

February 11, 2016 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Tuesday, February 15: The Indiana committee of the Commission for Belgium Relief has been consolidated with the Michigan committee in Detroit. Indiana committee chairman Henry Lane Wilson said Hoosiers have been generous to appeals for help for Belgium. Since the initial appeals, the people of Indiana … Read More

World War I 100 Years Ago: Feb. 5-12

February 4, 2016 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Saturday, February 5: Services will be held at Deaconess Hospital, 202 N. Senate Av. tomorrow afternoon in memory of Miss Margaret Hamilton, a graduate nurse of the hospital, who died in France, October 22. Nurse Hamilton went to Europe last June and was assigned to duty … Read More

World War 1 100 Years Ago: Jan. 29-Feb. 4

January 28, 2016 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Saturday, January 29: L. S. Ayres & Co, the William H. Block Co, the New York Store, H. O. Wasson & Co, and the Star Store have agreed to assist in helping clothe 2,000,000 destitute persons in Belgium and northern France with a special 10 per … Read More

World War I 100 Years Ago: Jan. 22-29

January 21, 2016 | by Steven R. Barnett

The Indiana Branch of the American Jewish Relief Committee was organized yesterday at a meeting of Jewish citizens held at the Indianapolis Club, 2314 N. Meridian St. Officers named are: chairman, Samuel E. Rauh; vice chairman, Gustave A. Efroymson; secretary, Ralph Bamberger; and treasurer, Joseph Wineman. The state has been … Read More

World War 1 100 Years Ago: Jan. 15-21

January 14, 2016 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Friday, January 21: Henry Lane Wilson, chairman of the Indiana Commission for the Relief of Belgium, is sending letters to thousands of Hoosiers seeking $20,000 (2014: $461,213.36) to aid the Belgians. Despite the tremendous response to earlier pleas, the Belgium relief effort has not been able … Read More