Monthly Archives: June 2022

100 Years Ago: June 3-9

June 2, 2022 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Wednesday, June 7, 1922: To promote civic pride, the Indianapolis Federation of Community Civic Clubs plans to take the 2,500 eighth-grade school children on a sight-seeing tour of the city next Tuesday afternoon. The plan has been indorsed by Ada Finfrock, Parent-Teachers’ Association president, who said, … Read More

Collectible Tin Cans

June 2, 2022 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

This column first appeared July 29, 2011 As simple as it is efficient, the tin can has served the consumer for over a century. First provided by peddlers and later available in the general stores of the late 1800s, the study of the development of the tin can is also … Read More

Three Times A Lady

June 2, 2022 | by CJ Woods III

A recent segment of “CBS Sunday Morning” brought me to tears, which is not an unusual event, as my three children will tell you. There is a skit that plays in my head where a child cries out, “MOM! Dad’s crying again!” The TV show segment featured an interview with … Read More