Article Archives: 100 Years Ago

100 Years Ago: March 8-14

March 7, 2024 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, March 13, 1924: The increasing use of automobiles has seen the demand for paving alleys account for more than half of the street improvements according to Elmer Williams, of the Indianapolis board of works. With many people having some kind of automobile, alleys are more … Read More

100 Years Ago: March 1-7

February 29, 2024 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Tuesday, March 4, 1924: Laura E. Alexander is the only automobile saleswoman in Indianapolis. She is employed with the North-Overland Co, 3011 Central Ave., the city’s oldest distributor of Overland and Willys-Knight cars. Prior to her affiliation with the North-Overland Co., she sold Overlands and Willys-Knights … Read More

100 Years Ago: Feb. 23-29

February 22, 2024 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Friday, February 29, 1924: The shrill blast of the referee’s whistle will be the signal today for the start of Indiana’s great basketball derby. In fifty-two playing centers the lithe forms of scores of sterling athletes, trained to the minute after weeks of preparation and careful … Read More

100 Years Ago: Feb. 16-22

February 15, 2024 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Times, Monday, February 18, 1924: A suit seeking to prevent the Indianapolis board of school commissioners from building a separate high school for colored children was filed today in Superior Court, Room 5, by Archie Greathouse, an Indiana Avenue businessman and civic leader. The school board plans … Read More

100 Years Ago: Feb. 9-15

February 8, 2024 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, February 14, 1924: Before a crowded Cadle Tabernacle last night, Hiram Evans, Ku Klux Klan emperor, urged creation of a cabinet level U. S. department of education, attacked the Catholic Church as an enemy of the public school system, and called for strict immigration laws. … Read More