Article Archives: 100 Years Ago

100 Years Ago: April 21-27

April 20, 2023 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Monday, April 23, 1923: Fred S. Beck, city smoke inspector, is preparing charges against engineers and superintendents of fifteen public and industrial buildings for violation of the city smoke ordinance. The individuals to be charged are allegedly responsible for clouds of smoke from the stacks of … Read More

100 Years Ago: April 14-20

April 13, 2023 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Friday, April 20, 1923: The design submitted by Cleveland, Ohio architects Frank R. Walker and Harry E. Weeks for the Indiana World War Memorial was selected yesterday afternoon by a jury of distinguished architects from 26 entries. The plan proposes a towering shrine of classic Greek … Read More

100 Years Ago: April 7-13

April 6, 2023 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Tuesday, April 10, 1923: The U. S. Army dirigible TC-1, the largest non-rigid American airship, cruised majestically at 500 feet over Indianapolis shortly after noon yesterday, circling above the Monument before departing for St. Louis, leaving in its wake craning necks and mounting waves of excitement. … Read More

100 Years Ago: March 24-April 6

March 23, 2023 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Times, Tuesday, March 27, 1923: Rev. Daisy Douglass Barr, president of the Indiana War Mothers, resigned last evening after a number of gold star mothers had “strongly disapproved” of her reported efforts in organizing a woman’s Cu Clux Clan while attending to her duties as president of … Read More

100 Years Ago: March 17-23

March 16, 2023 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Wednesday, March 21, 1923: Members of the Big Money League direct elaborate bootlegging operations for bringing smuggled liquor and dope from Florida and Georgia ports up the Dixie Highway to Indianapolis. Secrecy on the part of men higher up is essential and they stay far away … Read More