Article Archives: 100 Years Ago

100 Years Ago: Nov. 11-17

November 10, 2022 | by Steven R. Barnett

From Aurora Magazine of Sigma Gamma Rho and Other Sources: Sunday, November 12, 1922: Seven young African American women educators met on the Irvington campus of Butler College to found Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority. The Grand Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho was incorporated the following month under the laws of … Read More

100 Years Ago: Nov. 4-10

November 3, 2022 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Friday, November 10, 1922: The new Hoosier Motor Speedway, East 38th St. and Pendleton Pike, will open with pomp and ceremony tomorrow, Armistice Day. The day’s events will begin with Mayor Lew Shank and a detachment of mounted police leading a parade of thirty-five racing machines … Read More

100 Years Ago: Oct. 21-27

October 20, 2022 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Thursday, October 26, 1922: The stockroom at police headquarters where confiscated liquor is stored is filled and additional space must be found to take care of the liquor seized by police that is arriving daily at headquarters. Judge Delbert Wilmeth, city judge, and police officials are … Read More

100 Years Ago:Oct. 7-13

October 6, 2022 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis News, Wednesday, October 11, 1922: No more women will be appointed to the Indianapolis police department during his administration, Mayor Lew Shank announced today. “The police department is no place for a woman. We can’t use them in patrolling districts and there are more of them in … Read More

100 Years Ago: Sept. 30-Oct. 6

September 29, 2022 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, October 4, 1922: The Indianapolis board of public safety approved a recommendation of the Chamber of Commerce fire and safety committee that a secret citizens’ force be appointed to report to the chiefs of police and fire departments such things as violations of automobile speed … Read More