Article Archives: 100 Years Ago

100 Years Ago: July 5-11

From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, July 9, 1924:  Last night after lengthy discussion, the Indianapolis board of school commissioners, with the approval of schools superintendent Ellis Graff, by a vote of 3 to 2,  rescinded a rule preventing the employment of women teachers with young children and adopted a substitute … Read More

100 Years Ago: June 28-July 2

From The Indianapolis News, Saturday, June 28, 1924: Butler College received a hearty welcome to its new Fairview Park site this afternoon with hundreds of colorful banners, a procession of seven floats from north side churches and businesses, 100 automobiles carrying approximately 500 members of the Indianapolis Federation of Civic … Read More

100 Years Ago: June 21-27

From The Indianapolis News, Saturday, June 21, 1924: Mayor Lew Shank announced today he will ask the next Indiana legislature to enact a law requiring all persons driving automobiles to pass an examination to obtain a driver’s license which could be revoked and the automobile impounded in cases of accidents … Read More

100 Years Ago: June 14-20

From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, June 15, 1924: Few places in all Hoosierdom offer the joys awaiting the Boy Scouts of Indianapolis in old Camp Chank-Tun-Un-Gi (Camp Belzer). Wedged between Ft. Harrison and Buzzards Roost (Woollens Gardens) amid beautiful shadows of trees along the south bank of Fall Creek, Camp … Read More

100 Years Ago: June 7-13

From The Indianapolis News, Tuesday, June 10, 1924: Safety in school zones from the menace of the speeding motorist has been the theme of a campaign in the schools devised by the police department to throw arms of protection around the child compelled to cross the street on the way … Read More