Article Archives: World War I: 100 Years Ago

World War I 100 Years Ago: Jan. 2-9

January 1, 2015 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Tuesday, January 5, 1915: At a joint meeting of delegates representing the German-American Alliance and the Allied Irish-American Societies held last night, steps were taken to arrange a public meeting in Indianapolis to protest against the exportation of war materials from the United States to the … Read More

World War I 100 Years Ago This Week: Dec. 19-Jan. 2

December 18, 2014 | by Steve Nicewanger

From The Indianapolis News, Monday, December 21, 1914: Addressing an audience of 1,224 attending the Men’s Big Meeting at the English Theater yesterday, Dr. Arthur Walwyn Evans, a nephew of Britain’s chancellor of the exchequer Lloyd George, made a plea for universal brotherhood as the only basis for universal peace. … Read More

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

December 11, 2014 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Friday, December 18, 1914: Indianapolis floral importers always turn to Europe for Christmas novelties in plants and blooms, and this year’s selections are charged with the flavor of European war. Great quantities of the flowers came from nurseries and gardens which have been or are now … Read More

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

December 4, 2014 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, December 10, 1914: European countries have always manufactured large quantities of surgical instruments, and the fact that one Indianapolis concern is now providing surgical blades and another is providing medical furniture to countries engaged in the European War is taken as proof that the demand … Read More

World War I 100 Years Ago: Nov. 28-Dec. 5

November 27, 2014 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, November 29, 1914: The most graphic and realistic motion pictures ever made of a great war are those taken by Edwin F. Weigle, staff photographer for the Chicago Tribune. The four different reels of film, “On Belgium Battle Fields,” will be displayed all this week at … Read More