Monthly Archives: October 2024

100 Years Ago: Nov. 1-7

October 31, 2024 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Times, Friday, November 7, 1924: Republican Ed Jackson, Ku Klux Klan candidate for governor, has been elected and although he ran 100,000 votes behind President Coolidge in Indiana, the Klan is welcome to claim as much credit as it wishes. With the next Indiana legislature overwhelmingly Republican, … Read More

Pinkerton Detective Frank Guyer and his chase for H.H. Holmes

October 31, 2024 | by Al Hunter

This column first appeared in October 2011. The Devil in the White City, Erik Larson’s best selling book about America’s first serial killer H.H. Holmes, is set to go into production in the near future. Holmes, who spent some time in Irvington, is a prominent figure on the Irvington Ghost … Read More

This Week’s Issue: Oct. 25-31

October 24, 2024 | by Weekly View

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78th Annual Historic Irvington Halloween Festival

October 24, 2024 | by Ethel Winslow

Imagine 1946 (some of you might not have to imagine it). Harry S Truman is in office, and the United States is recovering from World War II. The first Baby Boomers are being born, the Federal minimum wage was 40 cents, a house costs $2,600, a dozen eggs cost 59 … Read More

Broad Ripple Winter Farmers Market Moves to Middle School

October 24, 2024 | by Weekly View

BROAD RIPPLE — The Broad Ripple Winter Farmers Market is moving. Beginning Saturday, November 2, the market will now be held at Broad Ripple Middle School (1115 Broad Ripple Ave.), marking a return to the neighborhood after being located outside at the Glendale Town Center for several years thanks to … Read More