Monthly Archives: September 2018

The Abraham Lincoln Handball

September 20, 2018 | by Al Hunter

Abraham Lincoln is in the National Handball Hall Of Fame. What, you say? There’s a National Handball Hall of Fame? Well, I don’t know if such an entity exists or whether the 16th president is enshrined there. But if it does and he ain’t…he should be. I do know that … Read More

The New Intimacy

September 20, 2018 | by CJ Woods III

A man and a woman sat together across from me in an airport seating area, where I was among those waiting to board a flight. I did not have interesting material to read, so I was looking around, observing people. This couple caught my attention because they leaned against each … Read More

World War I 100 Years Ago: Sept. 21-27

September 20, 2018 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Monday, September 23: Crowds swarmed over University Park today to see relics from the battlefields of France and Flanders that tell the story of the war’s realism and grimness. Trophies — rusty guns, battered and broken shells, aerial bombs and torpedoes, and helmets of the Kaiser’s … Read More

100 Years Ago This Week: Sept. 21-27

September 20, 2018 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Friday, September 27: Mayor Charles Jewett has taken steps to prevent a Spanish influenza epidemic in Indianapolis. He has directed Dr. Herman Morgan of the city board of health to order the fumigation and cleansing of all public places — hotel lobbies, theaters, railway stations and … Read More

That Old Thing?

September 20, 2018 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

Jane’s garage was filled with boxes full of items that no one had wanted when her grandma passed away. Among the items were several dusty old wooden pieces, one of which was a covered container with the a few faint remnants of red paint. Useless and rather ugly in her … Read More