Article Archives: 100 Years Ago

100 Years Ago: Aug. 26-Sept. 1

August 25, 2022 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, August 30, 1922: As a strategic point in the Mid-West in event of a nation-wide railroad strike that interrupts the mail, the United States Post Office is making Indianapolis a distribution center for a large number of postal trucks. Over three hundred three-quarter ton army … Read More

100 Years Ago: Aug. 19-25

August 18, 2022 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Monday, August 21, 1922: Charles Lee, Flanner House superintendent, in his report to the directors said housing is one of the most acute problems confronting colored people in Indianapolis. A survey of housing conditions among white and colored poor families, found nothing among the worst homes … Read More

100 Years Ago: Aug. 12-18

August 11, 2022 | by Steve Nicewanger

From The Indianapolis News, Thursday, August 17, 1922: Nine Indianapolis men attended a meeting yesterday evening at the Denison Hotel under the auspices of the American Unity League, an anti-Ku Klux Klan society headquartered in Chicago. The men pledged to arrange a meeting next week to organize a county chapter … Read More

100 Years Ago: Aug. 5-11

August 4, 2022 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Friday, August 11, 1922: One of the greatest gatherings of swimming stars to assemble in the United States opened the three-day national swimming meet at the Broad Ripple Park pool yesterday with a crowd of spectators filling the grand stand and encircling the west end of … Read More

100 Years Ago: July 29-Aug. 4

July 28, 2022 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Tuesday, August 1, 1922: A proposed zoning ordinance, prepared by the Indianapolis plan commission, divides areas of the city into five district classifications: U1 dwelling house, only residential buildings; U2 apartment, occupies the principal part of the north side and areas east and west of the … Read More