Article Archives: 100 Years Ago

100 Years Ago: March 19-25

March 18, 2021 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, March 23, 1921:  Miss Clara Burnside, supervisor of the women’s police bureau, has been promoted to the rank of captain of police by the board of public safety.  This action places the Indianapolis department at the head of similar organizations in the United States.  Only … Read More

100 Years Ago: March 12-18

March 11, 2021 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Times, Monday, March 14, 1921: Indianapolis becomes the basketball center of Indiana for the first time when the best sixteen high school teams start their two-day elimination contest Friday for the State basketball championship at the Coliseum. The tournament will be the biggest in the history of … Read More

100 Years Ago: March 5-11

March 4, 2021 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Friday, March 7, 1921: The Indianapolis board of public works announced today that no group would be permitted to use Tomlinson Hall for meetings at which propaganda against nations allied with the United States would be spread or at which foreign political questions would be discussed. … Read More

100 Years Ago: Feb. 19-March 4

February 25, 2021 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, February 20, 1921: Indianapolis is book poor! The library is 100,000 volumes short of what a library for a city of this size should have, and with a 30% increase in the number of library patrons in the last three years the high schooler trying … Read More

100 Years Ago: Feb. 12-18

February 11, 2021 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, February 17, 1921: For the first time in the legal history of Indianapolis, and possibly the United States, a jury of twelve black women sat in a jury box yesterday hearing evidence in a damage suit brought by a black citizen. In the case before … Read More