Monthly Archives: August 2017

100 Years Ago: Aug. 11-17

August 10, 2017 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Saturday, August 11: The new Indianapolis public library building, northeast corner of Meridian and St. Clair Streets, will formally open next month. Patrons ascending the south steps of the new library will come to the main entrance and pass through the wrought iron Riley gates into … Read More

It’s August, What Did You Expect? The Smell of the Pigskin, the Roar of the Crowd

August 10, 2017 | by Steve Nicewanger

This coming Sunday August 13th is a date which always lives in infamy, that is as far as the Boss is concerned (she will not be watching ever). At Lucas Oil Stadium, at 1:30 EST, the boys with the horseshoe on their helmets, our own Colts, will kick off the … Read More

It’s That Time of the Year Again!

August 10, 2017 | by Rose Mary Clarke

Eric Cox, publisher of the “Knightstown Banner,” recently wrote essays about 4-H that set me to rummaging through the trunks in my mental attic where all of my experiences and snapshots of the past are stored. 4-H shaped my summers. In addition to developing some basic skills, we went on … Read More

World War I 100 Years Ago: Aug.1-17

August 10, 2017 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, August 14: The First Indiana Field Artillery, already mobilized at Ft. Harrison and commanded by Col. Robert H. Tyndall, will soon see active service in France. The War Department has ordered the Hoosier unit’s 1,300 men and 45 officers to be attached to the new … Read More

To Educate, Instruct and Amuse: The Erector Set

August 10, 2017 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

The commute from New York City to New Haven by rail was tedious, at best, in 1911. Yet, it would be on one such trip that manufacturing mogul Alfred Carlton Gilbert would find the inspiration that would garner him a spot in toy making history. Taking his idea from the … Read More