Article Archives: World War I: 100 Years Ago

World War I 100 Years Ago: June 12-19

June 11, 2015 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Times, Wednesday, June 16, 1915: Finley P. Mount of Indianapolis, M. Rumley Co receiver, said today that no war munitions would be manufactured in Rumley plants regardless of the fact that Canadian authorities have offered contracts which might result in hundreds of thousands of dollars. As an … Read More

World War I 100 Years Ago This Week: June 5-12

June 4, 2015 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Wednesday, June 9, 1915: L. S. Ayres & Co head Fred M. Ayres announced his department store is the first in the United States to receive an allotment of beautiful rare Belgian laces from the Belgian Relief Fund. Exquisite collars and dainty edgings – laces by … Read More

World War I 100 Years Ago: May15-22

May 14, 2015 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Tuesday, May 18, 1915: National Peace Day will be celebrated in Indianapolis today with various exercises and entertainments arranged by the Indiana branch of the Woman’s Peace Party. The program begins this morning with the raising of four blue and white peace flags at the Soldiers’ … Read More

World War 1 100 Years Ago: May 8-15

May 7, 2015 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, May 13, 1915: Indianapolis nurses Miss Clodia Johnson and Miss Margaret Bowen, who are members of the National Red Cross Nursing Service, departed yesterday for New York where they will sail Saturday for Austria. The women are the first Indiana nurses to be accepted for … Read More

World War I 100 Years Ago This Week: May 1-8

April 30, 2015 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, May 5, 1915: The Indiana Committee of the Commission for Relief in Belgium has opened its headquarters at 753 Lemcke Annex, 145 N. Pennsylvania. The committee will undertake the work of providing a cargo for an “Indiana ship” to be sent to the relief of … Read More