Article Archives: World War I: 100 Years Ago

World War I 100 Years Ago: April 24-May 1

April 23, 2015 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Saturday, April 24, 1915:  State club women are being asked to raise money to buy milk for babies in Belgium. More than 30,000 babies have been born in isolated Belgium since the war began and they are in need of milk. The Belgian Relief appeal reports … Read More

World War I 100 Years Ago: April 17-24

April 16, 2015 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Monday, April 19, 1915: Yesterday afternoon more than $300 (2014: $6,918.20) was raised for the relief of Romanian war sufferers at a meeting of Indianapolis Romanians at the Romanian Hall, 615 W. Washington St. C. R. Pascu, Cleveland, OH editor of the Romanian newspaper America, praised … Read More

World War I 100 Years Ago: April 10-17

April 9, 2015 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Monday, April 12, 1915: Charles W. Fairbanks has accepted the presidency of the Belgian Relief Fund of Indiana which has just been organized. The group has the approval and was organized under the patronage of Emmanuel Havenith, Belgian minister to the United States. The purpose of … Read More

World War I 100 Years Ago: April 3-10

April 2, 2015 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Tuesday, March 30, 1915: The Indiana Peace Society held its first annual meeting last night at the Y. M. C. A.  Speakers expressed the belief that the world was never more in need of peaceful movements than at this time, and members were urged to awaken … Read More

World War I 100 Years Ago: March 27-April 3

March 26, 2015 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Tuesday, March 30, 1915: The Indiana Peace Society held its first annual meeting last night at the Y. M. C. A.  Speakers expressed the belief that the world was never more in need of peaceful movements than at this time, and members were urged to awaken … Read More