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MCHS
THIS WEEK IN INDIANAPOLIS
1925
news stories & adverts from one hundred years ago
Compiled by Steve Barnett
Ads & Illustrations clipped by Carl Bates


Filthy Creeks Cause Protest
From The Indianapolis Star, Friday, August 27, 1920:Â An indignation meeting was held last evening at Shelby and Hervey Streets, with...
Aug 27, 2020


County to Teach Women How Vote Machinery Works
From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, August 19, 1920: Yesterday’s vote in Tennessee ratifying the Federal suffrage amendment guarantees...
Aug 26, 2020


Ball Players Come in Plane
From The Indianapolis Times, Monday, June 28, 1920: Yesterday the soldiers of the McCook Field baseball team were flown from Dayton, OH...
Jun 28, 2020


Haag Brothers Found Guilty in Liquor Case
From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, June 23, 1920: Brothers Louis Haag and Julius Haag, Haag Drug Co proprietors, were found guilty...
Jun 23, 2020


Kiwanis Raise Fund for Boy Scout Hut
From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, June 17, 1920: The Kiwanis Club building fund for a hut on the Boy Scout reservation near Ft....
Jun 17, 2020


Mass Meeting Marks Opening of Centennial
From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, June 6, 1920: Indianapolis centennial celebrations began last night in Tomlinson Hall with hundreds...
Jun 6, 2020


Community Chest Plan is Approved
From The Indianapolis News, Friday, June 4, 1920: The plan for the Community Chest of Indianapolis was approved by delegates from...
Jun 4, 2020


Planning Board Urged for City
From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, May 27, 1920:Â The appointment by the mayor of an Indianapolis city planning commission was urged...
May 27, 2020


Real Estate Board in Quandary as to Admitting Women Members
From The Indianapolis Times, Friday, May 21, 1920: The Indianapolis Real Estate board is in a quandary over admitting women. Alta...
May 21, 2020


10,000 Indianapolis School Children Receive Mid-Morning Lunch of Milk and Crackers
From The Indianapolis News, Tuesday, May 11, 1920:Â Ten thousand children in forty-eight Indianapolis public schools are now receiving a...
May 11, 2020
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